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. 2022 Sep 10;23(18):10509. doi: 10.3390/ijms231810509

Table 3.

Integrin-associated therapy and the related drugs in cancer therapeutics.

Therapeutics Target Drug Mechanism Cancer Type Status Reference
integrin Cilengitide an inhibitor of integrin ανβ3, ανβ5, α5β1, αIIβ3 lung cancer, breast cancer, glioblastoma, prostate cancer, melanoma, squamous cell cancer in clinical trials [203,207,208]
Abituzumab inhibiting integrin ανβ1, ανβ3, ανβ5, ανβ6, ανβ8 colorectal cancer.
ovarian cancer
in clinical trials [203,209]
Etaracizumab inhibiting integrin ανβ3 melanoma
prostate cancer
a phase II trial [203]
Intetumumab inhibiting integrin ανβ1, ανβ3, ανβ5, ανβ6, ανβ8 melanoma
prostate cancer
a phase II trial [203]
NCT02428270 using a FAK inhibitor in combination with a MEK1 and MEK2 inhibitor pancreatic cancer a phase II trial [206]
NCT02546531 using a FAK inhibitor in combination with a humanized antibody targeting programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1) and chemotherapy solid tumors
pancreatic cancer
a phase I trial [206]
NCT01279603 inhibit MUC1 cytoplasmic tail oligomerization solid tumors a phase I trial [206]
NCT00565721 as valuable probes in cancer imaging studies to determine both prognosis and treatment efficacy lung cancer
Head & Neck cancer
a phase II trial [206]
NCT02683824 an αvβ6 integrin tracer to detect tumors and evaluate treatment response in patients with pancreatic cancer pancreatic cancer early phase I trial [206]
snake venom disintegrins inhibiting integrins on transmembrane cellular surfaces prostate
breast cancer
lung cancer
sarcoma
a promising candidate awaiting further testing [208]