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. 2021 Feb 27;13(5):987. doi: 10.3390/cancers13050987

Table 1.

Active clinical trials targeting CAF in lung cancer and PDAC.

Lung Cancer
Goal Compound Class ID Title Phase Status
Reduce ECM and IL-1β Canakinumab mAB targeting IL-1β NCT03447769 Canakinumab as Adjuvant Therapy in Adult Subjects with Stages AJCC/UICC v. 8 II-IIIA and IIIB (T > 5 cm N2) Completely Resected NSCLC Phase III Recruiting
Prevent activation of CAFs and block CAF secretome Erdafitinib TKI of FGF receptor 1-4 NCT02699606 Erdafitinib, A Pan- FGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, In Asian Participants with Advanced NSCLC, Urothelial Cancer, Esophageal Cancer Or Cholangiocarcinoma Phase II Active, not recruiting
Prevent generation and activation of CAFs Entinostat HDAC inhibitor NCT02437136 Entinostat with Pembrolizumab in NSCLC with Expansion Cohorts in NSCLC, Melanoma, and Colorectal Cancer Phase II Active recruiting
NCT01928576 Epigenetic Therapy with Azacitidine and Entinostat with Concurrent Nivolumab in Subjects With Metastatic NSCLC Phase II Recruiting
Prevent generation and activation of CAFs Vorinstat HDAC inhibitor NCT02638090 Pembrolizumab and Vorinostat in Patients with Immune Therapy Naïve and Immune Therapy Pretreated Stage IV NSCLC Phase I/II Active recruiting
Prevent generation and activation of CAFs Mocetinostat HDAC inhibitor NCT02805660 Mocetinostat and Durvalumab in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors and NSCLC Phase II Completed, no results yet
PDAC
Goal Compound Class ID Title Phase Status
Reduce ECM and IL-1β Canakinumab mAB targeting IL-1β NCT04581343 A Phase 1B Study of Canakinumab, Spartalizumab, Nab-paclitaxel, and Gemcitabine in Metastatic PC Patients (PanCAN-SR1) Phase Ib Recruiting
Reduce ECM and TGF-β Losartan Angiotensin II receptor antagonist NCT03563248 Losartan and Nivolumab in Combination with FOLFIRINOX and SBRT in Localized Pancreatic Cancer Phase II Active recruiting
NCT01821729 Proton w/FOLFIRINOX-Losartan for Pancreatic Cancer Phase II Active not recruiting
Normalize CAFs ATRA Vitamin A derivative NCT04241276 Phase IIb Randomized Trial of ATRA in a Novel Drug Combination for Pancreatic Cancer (STARPAC2) Phase IIb Not yet recruiting
Normalize CAFs Paricalcitol Vitamin D analogue NCT03520790 Paricalcitol Plus Gemcitabine and Nab-paclitaxel in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Phase I/II Active, not recruiting
Reduce CAF secretome Plerixafor CXCR4 antagonist NCT04177810 Plerixafor and Cemiplimab in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Phase II Recruiting
Reduce CAF secretome GSK2256098 FAK inhibitor NCT02428270 A Study of GSK2256098 and Trametinib in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Phase II Active, not recruiting
Target FAP+ CAFs BXCL701 (talabostat) Small molecule inhibitor of FAP and dipeptidyl peptidases NCT04123574 A Pilot Study of BXCL701 in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Early phase I Recruiting
Target FAP+ CAFs CAR-T targeting nectin4/FAP CAR-T cell NCT03932565 Interventional Therapy Sequential With the Fourth-generation CAR-T Targeting Nectin4/FAP for Malignant Solid Tumors Phase I Recruiting