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. 2022 Jan 19;10(2):211. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10020211

Table 1.

Clinical trials of epigenetic agents combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors for cancer therapy.

Identifier Malignant Conditions Therapeutics
(Single or Combined)
Start Date Results
NCT02608268 Advanced solid tumors 1. MBG453 (Tim3 antibody)
2. PDR001 (PD-1 antibody)
3. Decitabine
November 2015 Recruiting
NCT03066648 Acute myeloid leukemia or high
risk myelodysplastic syndrome
1. Decitabine/Azacytidine
2. PDR001
3. MBG453
July 2017 Recruiting
NCT03019003 Head and neck cancer 1. ASTX 727 (oral decitabine)
2. Durvalumab (PD-L1 antibody)
March 2017 Recruiting
NCT03161223 Relapsed or refractory peripheral
T-cell lymphomas (PTCL)
1. Durvalumab (PD-L1 inhibitor)
2. Romidepsin
3. 5-azacytidine
4. Pralatrexate
May 2018 Recruiting
NCT01928576 Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) 1. Azacytidine
2. Entinostat
3. Nivolumab
August 2013 Recruiting
NCT04611711 PD-1 monoclonal antibody-resistant digestive system tumors 1. Decitabine
2. TQB2450 (PD-1 inhibitor)
3. Anlotinib (VEGFR inhibitor)
November 2020 Recruiting
NCT02890329 Relapsed or refractory myelodysplastic syndrome or acute myeloid leukemia 1. Decitabine
2. Ipilimumab (CTLA-4 antibody)
September 2016 Recruiting
NCT04277442 Newly diagnosed TP53 mutated acute myeloid leukemia 1. Decitabine
2. Nivolumab (PD-1 inhibitor)
3. Venetoclax (Bcl-2 inhibitor)
February 2020 Recruiting
NCT02397720 Refractory/relapsed or newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia 1. Azacytidine
2. Ipilimumab
3. Nivolumab
April 2015 Recruiting
NCT02816021 Metastatic melanoma 1. Azacytidine
2. Pembrolizumab (PD-1 inhibitor)
February 2017 Recruiting
NCT03233724 Inoperable locally advanced or
metastatic NSCLC, and esophageal carcinomas, or pleural mesotheliomas
1. Oral decitabine
2. Tetrahydrouridine (inhibitor of cytidine deaminase)
3. Pembrolizumab (PD-1 inhibitor)
April 2018 Recruiting
NCT02959437 Advanced solid tumors and previously treated stage IIIB or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer and stage IV microsatellite-stable colorectal cancer 1. Azacytidine
2. Pembrolizumab
3. Epacadostat (indoleamine2,3-dioxygenase inhibitor)
4. INCB057643 (BET inhibitor)
5. INCB059872 (LSD1 inhibitor)
February 2017 Recruiting
NCT02546986 Locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer 1. CC-486 (oral azacytidine)
2. Pembrolizumab
October 2015 Recruiting
NCT04250246 Melanoma and NSCLC resistant to anti-PD1/PDL1 1. Ipilimumab + Nivolumab + Guadecitabine
2. Ipilimumab + Nivolumab
March 2020 Recruiting
NCT03765229 Melanoma 1. Entinostat
2. Pembrolizumab
March 2019 Recruiting
NCT02437136 NSCLC, melanoma and mismatch repair-proficient
colorectal cancer
1. Entinostat
2. Pembrolizumab
July 2015 Recruiting
NCT03024437 Advanced renal cell carcinoma 1. Atezolizumab (PD-L1 inhibitor)
2. Bevacizumab (VEGF inhibitor)
3. Entinostat
May 2017 Recruiting
NCT04708470 Solid tumors, metastatic checkpoint refractory HPV-associated tumors, microsatellite stable colon cancer 1. Bintrafusp Alfa (bifunctional fusion protein composed of the extracellular domain of the TGF-β receptor II fused to an IgG1 antibody blocking PD-L1)
2. NHS-IL12
3. Entinostat
August 2021 Recruiting
NCT02915523 Advanced epithelial ovarian cancer 1. Entinostat
2. Avelumab (PD-L1 inhibitor)
January 2017 Recruiting
NCT03250273 Previously treated unresectable/metastatic cholangiocarcinoma and pancreatic cancer 1. Entinostat
2. Nivolumab
November 2017 Recruiting
NCT03854474 Locally advanced and metastatic urothelial carcinoma 1. Pembrolizumab
2. Tazemetostat (EZH2 inhibitor)
May 2019 Recruiting
NCT02453620 Unresectable or locally advanced or metastatic Her2-negative breast cancer 1. Entinostat
2. Ipilimumab
3. Nivolumab
November 2015 Recruiting
NCT02395627 Hormone receptor expressing advanced breast cancer 1. Vorinostat
2. Tamoxifen
3. Pembrolizumab
May 2015 Recruiting