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. 2021 Apr 9;13(8):1795. doi: 10.3390/cancers13081795

Table 7.

Clinical studies analyzing therapies targeting apoptosis.

Target Molecule Date Protocol Phase Patients
CD95 APG101
NCT01071837 02/2010–06/2015 Combined with re-irradiation compared to re-irradiation alone II R
Results (91 patients): PFS 2.5 months vs. 4.5 months (p = 0.0162; HR = 0.49); OS 11.5 months vs. 11.5 months; reirradation vs. reirradiation + APG101 [215]
NCT03158389 05/2017–02/2020 Molecularly Matched Targeted Therapies (APG101, alectinib, idasanutlin, atezolizumab, vismodegib, temsirolimus, palbociclib) combined with RT [71] I/II N without MGMT promoter methylation
See Vismodegib
DRD2/3 ONC201
NCT02525692 08/2015–01/2020 Monotherapy II R H3 K27M positive
Results: (14 patients): OS 17 weeks; PFS 14 weeks [216]
p53 Gene therapy (SGT-53)
NCT02340156 12/2014–03/2020 Combined with TMZ II R
Unpublished data
p53-MDM2 Idasanutlin (RG7388)
NCT03158389 05/2017–02/2020 Molecularly Matched Targeted Therapies (APG101, alectinib, idasanutlin, atezolizumab, vismodegib, temsirolimus, palbociclib) combined with RT [71] I/II N without MGMT promoter methylation
See Vismodegib
Bcl-2 Gossypol
NCT00540722 10/2007–03/2017 Monotherapy II R
Results (56 patients): PFS 1.87 months; OS = 5.9 months
Farnesyl transferase Tipifarnib
NCT00050986 01/2003–08/2012 Combined with TMZ I/II R
No published results
NCT00058097 04/2003–04/2013 Combined with RT II N
Results (28 patients): PFS 42 days; OS 234.5 days [217]
NCT00005859 01/2003–06/2018 Monotherapy I/II R
Results (67 patients): PFS 8 vs. 6 weeks (p = 0.01) patients non- EIAED vs. patients EIAED [218]
NCT00335764 04/2006–07/2018 Sorafenib combined with erlotinib. tipifarnib or temsirolimus I/II R
See Sorafenib
Lonafarnib
NCT00038493 06/2002–10/2018 Combined with TMZ II R
Unpublished data

R: recurrent GBM; N: newly diagnosed GBM; PFS: progression-free survival; PFS-6: 6-month survival; OS: overall sur-vival. In red, not significant comparative tests. In green, significant comparative tests. In italics, clinical trials listed in other tables (as mentioned). Results obtained from Clinicaltrials.com (accessed on 1 April 2020) and/or in cited references. Dates correspond to first posted and last update posted.