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Table 3 Inhibitors of STAT3 in clinical development

From: Unraveling the complexity of STAT3 in cancer: molecular understanding and drug discovery

Type

Drug names

Phase of trial

Status

Clinical Trial ID

Patients

Ref

Direct inhibitors

     

SH2 domain

OPB-51602 (Small molecule)

I

Terminated

NCT02058017

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (n = 9)

NA

 

I

Completed

NCT01423903

Advanced cancer (n = 45)

NA

 

I

Completed

NCT01344876

Hematological malignancies (n = 20)

[239]

 

I

Completed

NCT01184807

Malignant solid tumor (n = 51)

[240]

OPB-31121 (Small molecule)

I

Completed

NCT00955812

Advanced solid tumors (n = 30)

[241]

 

I

Unkonwn

NCT00657176

Advanced solid tumors (n = 25)

[242]

C188–9 (Small molecule)

I

Recruiting

NCT03195699

BC, HNSCC, NSCLC, CRC, melanoma, GAC, advanced cancer (n = 60)

NA

DNA-binding domain

BBI-608 (Napabucasin, small molecule)

I

Completed

NCT01775423

Advanced malignancies (n = 87)

NA

I

Completed

NCT03525405

Healthy volunteers (n = 8)

[243]

III

Completed

NCT01830621

CRC (n = 282)

[244]

 

I/II

Completed

NCT02024607

GC (n = 495)

NA

 

III

Completed

NCT02993731

Pancreatic cancer (n = 1132)

[245]

 

I/II

Terminated

NCT02851004

Colorectal cancer (n = 55)

[246]

Other modes

AZD9150(Antisense oligonucleotide)

I

Completed

NCT01839604

HCC (n = 58)

NA

I/II

Completed

NCT01563302

Lymphoma (n = 64)

[247]

 

I

Completed

NA

Lymphoma, Lung Cancer (n = 25)

[248]

STAT3 DECOY (Oligonucleotide)

I

Completed

NCT00696176

HNSCC (n = 32)

NA

CpG-STAT3 siRNA

I

Recruiting

NCT04995536

Relapsed/Refractory B-Cell NHL (n = 18)

NA

Pyrimethamine (Small molecule)

NA

Completed

NA

CLL (n = 16)

[249]

 

I/II

Recruiting

NCT01066663

CLL, SLL (n = 26)

NA

OPB-111077 (Small molecule)

I

Completed

NCT01711034

Advanced cancers (n = 145)

NA

 

I

Terminated

NCT01942083

HCC (n = 33)

[250]

Celecoxib (Small molecule)

III

Terminated

NCT00087256

CRC (n = 18)

NA

Indirect inhibitors

     

IL-6

Siltuximab (Anti-IL-6 mAb)

I

Completed

NCT01219010

SMM, IMM (n = 30)

NA

 

I

Completed

NCT00401765

Prostate cancer (n = 40)

NA

 

I/II

Completed

NCT00265135

Metastatic RCC (n = 68)

[251]

 

I/II

Completed

NCT00841191

Solid tumors (n = 106)

[252]

 

II

Completed

NCT00402181

Multiple myeloma (n = 53)

[253]

 

II

Completed

NCT00433446

Prostate cancer (n = 62)

[254]

 

II

Terminated

NCT00385827

Prostate cancer (n = 106)

[255]

IL-6R

Tocilizumab (Anti-IL-6R mAb)

I

Terminated

NCT02336048

B-cell CLL (n = 38)

NA

 

I

Completed

NCT03135171

Brest cancer (n = 11)

NA

 

I/II

Completed

NCT01637532

Ovarian cancer (n = 21)

[256]

SRC

Saracatinib

II

Terminated

NCT00752206

Osteosarcoma (n = 38)

[257]

 

II

Completed

NCT00669019

Melanoma (n = 23)

NA

KX2–391

II

Completed

NCT01074138

Prostate cancer (n = 31)

NA

SRC, ABL

Bosutinib

III

Completed

NCT02130557

Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, Breakpoint cluster region-abelson proto-oncogene (BCR-ABL) positive (n = 536)

[258]

Dasatinib

II

Completed

NCT00439270

Prostate cancer (n = 49)

[259]

 

III

Completed

NCT00744497

Prostate cancer (n = 1930)

[260]

 

IV

Completed

NCT01660906

Chronic Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (n = 39)

[261]

EGFR

Lapatinib

II

Completed

NCT00105950

Neoplasms, breast (n = 126)

[262]

Cetuximab

II

Completed

NCT00084318

Head and neck cancer (n = 238)

NA

Panitumumab

IV

Recruiting

NCT02301962

CRC (n = 58)

NA

FGFR

Ponatinib

II

Recruiting

NCT04043676

CML (n = 40)

NA

VEGFR

Apatinib

II

Unknown

NCT03709953

Lung cancer (n = 33)

NA

FGFR/VEGFR

ODM 203

I/IIa

Completed

NCT02264418

Advanced or metastatic solid tumors (n = 84)

[263]

TLR2, TLR4

OM-174

I

Completed

NCT01800812

Solid tumors (n = 27)

[264]

PDGFR

Sorafenib

IV

Recruiting

NCT02733809

HCC (n = 40)

NA

IGFR

Figitumumab

I

Completed

NA

Solid tumors (n = 24)

[265]

JAK1/2

AZD1480 (Antisense oligonucleotide)

I

Terminated

NCT01112397

Solid malignancies (n = 72)

NA

I

Terminated

NCT01219543

HCC, NSCLC (n = 47)

NA

Ruxolitinib (Small molecule)

II

Completed

NCT00674479

AML, ALL, CML (n = 51)

[266]

Momelotinib (Small molecule)

I

Terminated

NCT02258607

NSCLC (n = 21)

[267]

 

III

Terminated

NCT02101021

PDAC (n = 25)

NA

INCB018424

I/II

Completed

NCT00509899

Myelofibrosis (n = 153)

[268]

JAK2

WP1066 (Small molecule)

I

Completed

NCT01904123

Brain tumors (n = 8)

NA

TQ05105 (Small molecule)

I

Recruiting

NCT04339400

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (n = 50)

NA

Fedratinib (Small molecule)

I

Completed

NCT01836705

Neoplasm malignant (n = 60)

NA

 

I

Completed

NCT01437787

Myelofibrosis (n = 289)

[269]

 

II

Completed

NCT01523171

Myelofibrosis (n = 97)

[270]

SB1518 (Small molecule)

I/II

Completed

NCT00719836

AML, CML, Myelofibrosis (n = 76)

[271]

LY2784544 (Small molecule)

II

Active

NCT01594723

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (n = 110)

[272]

Lestaurtinib

II

Completed

NCT00494585

Leukemia, Myelofibrosis (N = 27)

[273]

SHP1

SC-43

I

Withdrawn

NCT03443622

Refractory solid tumor

NA

  1. BC Breast cancer, HNSCC Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer, CRC Colorectal cancer, GAC Gastric adenocarcinoma, HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma, NHL Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, CLL Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, SLL Small lymphocytic lymphoma, SMM Smoldering Multiple Myeloma, IMM Indolent Multiple Myeloma, RCC Renal cell cancer, CML Chronic myelogenous leukemia, PDAC Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, AML Adult acute myeloid leukemia, NA Not available