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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Pharm Biopharm. 2021 Mar 24;163:72–101. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2021.03.010

Table 1.

List of approved and under clinical trial cancer immunotherapies.

Type Name
(trade name)
Manufacturer/
CTid
Target/
Platform
Indication (Phase)
Cytokines IFN-α2b (Intron A) Merck & Co., Inc Kaposi Sarcoma (II), leukemia (IV), lymphoma (IV), melanoma (III)
IFN-α2a (Roferon-A) Genentech, Inc. Kaposi Sarcoma (II), leukemia (IV)
Recombinant IL-2 (Aldesleukin) Novartis RCC (III), melanoma (III)
1-isobutyl-1H-imidazo (Imiquimod) Perrigo Superficial basal cell carcinoma (III)
IFN-α2b NCT02634294 Hematological malignancies (II/III)
IFN-α2a NCT03253250 Hepatocellular carcinoma (IV)
NCT02829775 Advanced tumors (II/III)
GM-CSF NCT03363373 Neuroblastoma (II)
Checkpoint inhibitors Ipilimumab (Yervoy) Bristol-Myers Squibb CTLA-4 Melanoma (IV)
Pembrolizumab (Keytmda) Merck & Co PD-1 HL (III), lung cancer (IV), melanoma (IV), head and neck cancer (IV), stomach cancer (III)
Nivolumab (Opdivo) Bristol-Myers Squibb PD-1 Melanoma (IV), RCC (IV), HL (III), liver cancer (IV), bladder cancer (III), NSCLC (IV)
Atezolizumab (Tecentriq) Roche, Genentech PD-1 Lung (IV), breast (III), bladder (III), urinary tract cancer (III)
Avelumab (Bavencio) Merck KGaA and Pfizer PD-L1 Merkel cell carcinoma (III)
Durvalumab (Imfinzi) Medimmune/AstraZe neca PD-L1 Bladder (III), urinary tract cancer (III), NSCLC (IV)
Cemiplimab Sanofi PD-L1 Squamous cell carcinoma (III)
IMP321 NCT00365937, NCT01308294, NCT02614833, NCT03625323 LAG-3 Advanced melanoma (I/II), Metastatic breast cancer (II), Advanced NSCLC and HNSCC (II),
Relatlimab NCT01968109, NCT02488759, NCT02061761, NCT03459222, NCT03623854, NCT03743766, NCT03642067, NCT03607890, NCT02996110, NCT02935634, NCT02750514, NCT02060188, NCT02519322 LAG-3 Virus associated cancer (I/II), hematologic malignancies (I/II), Advanced solid tumors (II), chordoma (II), melanoma (II), RCC (II), GC (II), NSCLC (II), CRC (II),
LAG525 NCT02460224, NCT03365791, NCT03499899, NCT03484923 LAG-3 Advanced Solid tumor (I/II), hematological malignancies (II), TNBC (II), melanoma (II)
MK-4280 NCT03598608, NCT03516981 LAG-3 Advanced NSCLC (II), hematological malignancies (I/II),
BI754111 NCT03697304 LAG-3 Advanced solid tumor (II)
TSR-022 NCT03680508 TIM-3 Liver Cancer (II)
MBG453 NCT02608268 TIM-3 Advanced malignancies (I/II)
BMS-986258 NCT03446040 TIM-3 Advanced solid tumor (I/II)
Tiragolumab NCT03563716 TIGIT Advanced NSCLC (II)
BMS-986207 NCT02913313 TIGIT Advanced solid tumor (I/II)
Enoblituzumab NCT02923180 B7-H3 Prostate cancer (II)
131I-8H9/omburtamab NCT03275402 B7-H3 Neuroblastoma/leptomeningeal metastases (II/III)
CAR-T cells Tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) Novartis Pharma CD19 Leukemia (III), lymphoma (III)
Axicabtagene ciloleucel (Yescarta) Kite Pharma CD19 NHL (II)
NCT03631576, NCT02937103, NCT03398967 CD123 AML (II/III), myeloid malignancies (I/II)
NCT03398967 CD19 and CD20 or CD22 B cell leukemia and lymphoma (I/II)
NCT02958397 CD33 myeloid malignancies (I/II)
NCT03754764 CD38 B-ALL (I/II)
NCT03196414 CART-138 MM (I/II)
NCT03778346 CD38/CD138 MM (I)
NCT03767751 Dual CD38/BCMA MM (I/II)
NCT03222674 Muc1/CLL1/CD33/CD38/CD56/CD123 AML (I/II)
Vaccine Spiuleucel-T (Provenge) Dendreon Pharmaceuticals Autologous immuno therapy Hormone-refractory prostate cancer (III)
BCG Merck & Co., Dianon Systems, Evans Vaccines, Statens Serum Institut, Japan BCG Laboratory NCT03300843 Attenuated Mycobac terium bovis DC Bladder cancer (IV) solid cancers (II)
NCT03480152 RNA solid cancers (I/II)
NCT03598816 DNA RCC (II)
NCT03633110 Synthetic peptide Solid cancers (I/II)
NCT03639714 RNA Solid cancer (I/II)

Abbreviation: Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), multiple myeloma (MM), renal cell carcinoma (RCC), B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), gastric cancer (GC), colorectal cancer (CRC), head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC), Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), non - Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)