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. 2021 Feb 18;9:624312. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.624312

TABLE 2.

Epigenetic drugs for radiotherapy enhancement.

Drugs Target Phase Application Results References
Panobinostat HDACi I High-grade gliomas Three grade 3 toxicities, one grade 4 neutropenia in 12 patients. Shi et al., 2016
Vorinostat HDACi I Gastrointestinal carcinoma Seven grade 3 adverse events in 16 patients. Ree et al., 2010
Vorinostat HDACi I/II Glioblastoma Shorter PFS and OS associated with high scores for the signature sig-79; conversely, patients with high scores on the sig-139 had longer PFS and OS. Galanis et al., 2018
Belinostat Pan-HDACi II Glioblastoma Stable disease for 16 months and consistent improvement in neurocognition over 18 months. Gurbani et al., 2020
Valproic acid HDACi Retrospective Glioblastoma Improvements in PFS (median 22.7 vs. 11.0 months; P = 0.099; HR, 0.62), in OS (median 42.2 vs. 20.3 months; P < 0.01; HR, 0.36). Watanabe et al., 2017