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. 2021 May 8;40:159. doi: 10.1186/s13046-021-01926-6

Table 2.

Current status of antiangiogenic agents in CM

Drugs affecting angiogenesis Angiogenic Targets Main Clinical Studies Clinical Trial Identifiers
Bevacizumab VEGF-A

Corrie et al. 2019 [141]

Fane et al. 2020 [139]

Bevacizumab + IFN-α2b VEGF-A + bFGF Grignol et al. 2011 [142]
Nab-paclitaxel + Bevacizumab + Ipilimumab VEGF-A Markovic et al. 2020 [140]
Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, and Bevacizumab ± Everolimus VEGF-A McWilliams et al. 2018 [143]
Ipilimumab + Bevacizumab VEGF-A Phase I NCT00790010
Ipilimumab ± Bevacizumab VEGF-A Phase II NCT01950390
Pazopanib + Paclitaxel VEGFR − 1, −2, −3 Fruehauf et al. 2018 [145]
Aflibercept VEGF-A, −B, PlGF Tarhini et al. 2011 [146, 193] Phase II NCT00450255
Aflibercept ± HD IL-2 VEGF-A, −B, PlGF Tarhini et al. 2018 [147] Phase II NCT01258855
Aflibercept + Pembrolizumab VEGF-A, −B, PlGF Phase I NCT02298959
Thalidomide VEGF-A + TNF Pawlak et al. 2004 [148]
Thalidomide + Temozolamide VEGF-A + TNFα Clark et al. 2010 [149]

Phase II NCT00072163,

Phase II NCT00005815,

Phase II NCT00104988

Thalidomide + Temozolamide

+Lomustine

VEGF-A + TNFα

Phase I NCT00527657,

Phase II NCT00072345

Thalidomide + DTIC VEGF-A + TNFα Ott et al. 2009 [150] Phase II NCT00006200
Thalidomide + Semaxanib VEGF-A + TNFα + VEGFR-2 + KIT Phase II, NCT00017316
Thalidomide + IFN-α2b VEGF-A + TNFα + bFGF Phase II NCT00026520
Thalidomide + PEG-IFN-α2b VEGF-A + TNFα + bFGF Phase II NCT00238329
Lenalidomide VEGF, VEGFR-2 Eisen et al. 2010 [151]
Lenalidomide + DTIC VEGF, VEGFR-2 Hwu et al. 2010 [152]
Imatinib mesylate PDGFR, KIT

Ugurel et al. 2005 [156]

Carvajal et al. 2011 [157]

Phase II NCT00881049,

Phase II NCT00154388

Imatinib mesylate + Bevacizumab VEGF, PDGFR, KIT Flaherty et al. 2015 [155]
Imatinib mesylate + Pembrolizumab VEGF, PDGFR, KIT Phase II NCT04546074
Imatinib mesylate + Binimetinib VEGF, PDGFR, KIT Phase II NCT04598009
Nilotinib PDGFR, KIT Guo et al. 2017 [159]
Axitinib VEGFR − 1, −2, −3 Fruehauf et al. 2011 [161]
Axitinib + Paclitaxel/Carboplatin VEGFR − 1, − 2, − 3 Algazi et al. 2015 [162]
Axitinib + Nivolumab VEGFR − 1, − 2, − 3 Phase II NCT04493203
Axitinib + Toripalimab VEGFR − 1, − 2, − 3 Phase Ib NCT03086174
Endostatin + DTIC VEGF, VEGFR and bFGF Cui et al. 2013 [163]
Sorafenib + DTIC VEGFR-1–3, PDGFR-β, KIT Eisen et al. 2011
Sorafenib + Temsirolimus or Tipifarnib VEGFR-1–3, PDGFR-β, KIT Margolin et al. 2012 [165]
Sorafenib + Lenalidomide VEGFR-1–3, PDGFR-β, KIT + VEGF + VEGFR-2 Ganesan et al. 2014 [153]
Sorafenib + Temozolomide VEGFR-1–3, PDGFR-β, KIT Phase II NCT00602576
Sorafenib + PEG-IFN-α2b VEGFR-1–3, PDGFR-β, KIT + VEGF + bFGF Phase II NCT00623402
Sorafenib + Bevacizumab VEGF-A + VEGFR-1–3, PDGFR-β, KIT Mahalingam et al. 2014 [166]
Ramucirumab ± DTIC VEGFR-2 Carvajal et al. 2014 [144]
Bevacizumab + Lenalidomide, Sorafenib,Temsirolimus, 5-fluorouracil, Leucovorin, or Oxaliplatin (FOLFOX) VEGF + VEGFR-2+ VEGFR-1–3, Phase I NCT01183663
Sunitinib PDGFR-β, KIT

Phase II NCT00462982

Phase II NCT02465060 (MATCH TRIAL)

Cabozantenib + Nivolumab/Ipilimumab VEGFR-2, c-Met, KIT Phase II NCT04091750
Cabozantenib + Nivolumab VEGFR-2, c-Met, KIT Phase I NCT04514484
Cabozantenib + Pembrolizumab VEGFR-2, c-Met, KIT Phase II NCT03957551

Abbreviations: bFGF basic fibroblast growth factor, TNFα tumor necrosis factor alpha, PIGF placental growth factor, HD high dose, DTIC Decarbazine, PEG-interferon Pegylated Interferon