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. 2022 Apr;74(2):340–372. doi: 10.1124/pharmrev.121.000445

TABLE 5.

Representative adenosine receptor modulators in clinical trials, currently and previously, according to clinicaltrials.gov

Compound Action Activity Phase, National Clinical Trial Number
Agonists
Adenosine (1) Nonselective agonist headache/migraine
ADCY5-related dyskinesia
-, 04577443
-, 04469283
Neladenoson bialanate
(77, BAY1067197)
A1AR agonist heart failure 2, 02040233, PARSiFAL
2, 02992288, PANTHEON
2, 03098979, PANACHE
Selodenoson (78, DTI-0009, RG14202) A1AR agonist atrial fibrillation 2, 00040001
Trabodenoson (79, INO-8875; PJ-875) A1AR agonist glaucoma 3, 02565173
Regadenoson (2, CVT 3146) A2AAR agonist sickle cell anemia
COVID-19
pulmonary hypertension
glioma (disrupting BBB)
2, 01788631
1/2, 0460609
-, 02220634
1, 03971734
Tecadenoson (80, CVT-510) A2AAR agonist atrial fibrillation 2, 00713401
Spongosine (81, BVT.115959) A2AAR agonist diabetic nerve pain 2, 00452777
UK-432,097 (11) A2AAR agonist chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2, 00430300
Piclodenoson (48, IB-MECA, CF-101) A3AR agonist rheumatoid arthritis
psoriasis
COVID-19
3, 02647762
3, 03168256
2, 04333472
Namodenoson
(14, Cl-IB-MECA, CF-102)
A3AR agonist hepatocellular carcinoma
NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis)
2, 02128958
2, 02927314
Antagonists
Caffeine (3) Nonselective antagonist hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
ADCY5-related dyskinesia
Alzheimer’s disease
radiation-induced fibrosis
glaucoma
1, 03913221
-, 04469283
3, 04570085
2, 03768492
-, 03675412
Theophylline (4)
Nonselective antagonist acute kidney injury
smell in COVID-19
depression
anaesthesia recovery
3, 03897335
2, 04789499
1, 04309877
1, 04151381
Rolofylline (82, KW-3902) A1AR antagonist congestive heart failure 3, 00328692 (PROTECT-1)
3, 00354458 (PROTECT-2)
SLV320 (19) A1AR antagonist heart failure and
renal dysfunction
combined with furosemide
2, 00744341
2, 00160134
-, 00568009a
PBF-680 A1AR antagonist asthma 2, 03774290, ADENOASMA
Istradefylline (5, KW-6002) A2AAR antagonist Parkinson’s disease (alone) 2, 00250393
Parkinson’s disease (with l-dopa) 3, 00955526, 6002-009
3, 01968031
Preladenant
(21, MK-3814, SCH 420814)
A2AAR antagonist Parkinson’s disease 3, 01155479, PARADYSE
antipsychotic drug side effects 2, 00686699, P04628
advanced solid tumors (alone and in combination with pembrolizumab) 1, 0309916
BIIB014 (65) A2AAR antagonist Parkinson’s disease 2, NCT00438607
Tozadenant (66) A2AAR antagonist Parkinson’s disease 3, NCT03051607
Taminadenant (83, NIR178, PBF-509) A2AAR antagonist Parkinson’s disease, non-small cell lung cancer (with PDR001b) 1, 02111330
1/2, 02403193, AdenONCO
various cancersc (with PDR001) 3, 03207867
Ciforadenant (84, CPI-444, V81444) A2AAR antagonist advanced cancers (in combination with CD73 blocker, CPI-0006) 1, 03454451
(in combination with PD-L1/PD-1b) 1/2, 03337698
Imaradenant (22, AZD4635, HTL1071) A2AAR antagonist cancer, alone 1, 03980821
(in combination with CD73 blocker, MEDI9447d) 1/2, 03381274
(in combination with anticancer drugs) 1, 02740985
2, 04089553
Inupadenant (85, EOS100850) A2AAR antagonist solid tumors 1, 03873883
Etrumadenant (86, AB928) A2A/A2B antagonist various cancers (with AB122b)
(in combination with anticancer drugs)
1, 03629756
1/2, 04381832
PBF-1129 A2BAR antagonist non-small cell lung cancer 1, 03274479
PBF-677 A3AR antagonist glaucoma
ulcerative colitis
1, 02639975
2, 03773952, ADENOIBD
PBF-1650 A3AR antagonist psoriasis, NASH 1, 03798236, ADENOIMMUNE
FM101 (87) A3AR antag/part agonist glaucoma
NASH
1/2, 04585100
2, 04710524

Note that this list is not all-inclusive (e.g., dipyridamole has been omitted). Other compounds are reviewed elsewhere (Borah et al., 2019; Jacobson et al., 2019). Structures, when disclosed, are shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5.

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