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

Table 4.

Current status of antiangiogenic agents in UM

Drugs affecting angiogenesis Angiogenic Targets Main Clinical Studies Clinical Trial Identifiers
Bevacizumab + Temozolomide VEGF-A Piperno-Neumann et al. 2013, 2016 [342, 345]
Bevacizumab + IFN-α2b VEGF-A + bFGF Guenterberg et al. 2011 [336]
Thalidomide + IFN-α2b VEGF-A + TNFα + bFGF Solti et al. 2007 [337]
Thalidomide + PEG-IFN-α2b VEGF-A + TNFα + bFGF Phase II, NCT00238329
Temozolamide + Thalidomide VEGF-A + TNFα Phase I/II, NCT00005815
Temozolomide + Thalidomide + Lomustine VEGF-A + TNFα Phase II, NCT00072345
Temozolomide + Sunitinib VEGFR-1–3, PDGFR, KIT Phase II, NCT01005472
Aflibercept VEGF-A, −B, PIGF Tarhini et al. 2011 [146, 193]
Lenalidomide VEGF, VEGFR-2 Zeldis et al. 2009 [339]
Carboplatin + Paclitaxel + Sorafenib VEGFR-1–3, PDGFR-β, KIT Bhatia et al. 2012 [340, 348]
Sorafenib VEGFR-1–3, PDGFR-β, KIT

Mouriaux et al. 2016 [346]

Scheulen et al. 2017 [344]

Sunitinib VEGFR-1–3, PDGFR, KIT Mahipal et al., 2012 [341]
Sunitinib vs DTIC VEGFR-1–3, PDGFR, KIT Phase II, NCT01551459
Sunitinib vs Valproic Acid VEGFR-1–3, PDGFR, KIT Phase II, NCT02068586
Sunitinib + Tamoxifen + Cisplatin VEGFR-1–3, PDGFR, KIT Phase II, NCT00489944
Imatinib mesylate PDGFR, KIT Hofmann et al. 2009 [338]
Axitinib VEGFR − 1, −2, −3 Fruehauf et al. 2011 [161]
Cabozantinib VEGFR-2, c-Met, KIT Daud et al. 2017 [343, 347]
Cabozantinib vs Temozolomide or DTIC VEGFR-2, c-Met, KIT Luke et al. 2020 [349]
Vaccine: Tyrosinase/gp100 ± Interleukin-12 bFGF, VEGFR-3 Phase II, NCT00003339
Vaccine:Tyrosinase/GP100/MART-1 + Interleukin-12 + Alum/GM-CSF bFGF, VEGFR-3 Phase II, NCT00031733
Nab-paclitaxel + Bevacizumab vs Ipilimumab VEGF-A Phase II, NCT02158520

Abbreviations: NAE NEDD8-activating enzyme NAE, bFGF basic fibroblast growth factor, TNFα tumor necrosis factor alpha, PIGF placental growth factor, PEG-interferon Pegylated Interferon, DTIC Decarbazine, GM-CSF granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor