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Table 1 Elesclomol-related clinical trials

From: Elesclomol: a copper ionophore targeting mitochondrial metabolism for cancer therapy

Clinical Trial Subjects

Staging of Clinical Trials

Recruitment Status

Drug use

Results

References

Acute myeloid leukemia

Phase I

Unknown

Elesclomol sodium

Elesclomol has a good clinical safety profile, but patients have not developed clinical responses to elesclomol

26732437

Solid tumors

Phase I

Completed

Elesclomol sodium, Paclitaxel

The combination of Elesclomol and paclitaxel was well tolerated by patients and the toxicity profile of elesclomol was similar to that of single agent paclitaxel

17255281

Melanoma

Phase I/II

Completed

Elesclomol sodium, Paclitaxel

The combination of elesclomol and paclitaxel resulted in a statistically significant doubling of median PFS, with an acceptable toxicity profile and encouraging OS

19826135

Melanoma

Phase III

Terminated

Elesclomol sodium, Paclitaxel

The combination of elesclomol and paclitaxel did not significantly improve PFS

23401447

Recurrent or persistent ovarian epithelial cancer, fallopian tube cancer, primary peritoneal cancer

Phase II

Completed

Elesclomol sodium, Paclitaxel

The combination of elesclomol and paclitaxel was well tolerated by patients but the proportion responding was low

30309721

Solid tumors

Phase I

Suspended

Elesclomol sodium

Unpublished

-

Prostate cancer

Phase I

Completed

Elesclomol sodium, Docetaxel

Unpublished

-

Stage IIIB/IV non-small cell lung cancer

Phase I/II

Completed

Elesclomol sodiuml, Paclitaxel, Carboplatin

Unpublished

-

Soft tissue sarcoma

Phase II

Completed

Elesclomol sodium, taxane

Elesclomol enhanced taxane efficacy by induction of Hsp70

16784029

  1. Elesclomol-related clinical trials were searched using the ClinicalTrials.gov platform. Nearly a dozen clinical trials related to elesclomol treatment have been conducted with the estimated enrollment of a thousand patients with different types of cancers, including melanoma, ovarian cancer, and acute myeloid leukemia. Unfortunately, according to published results, the clinical anticancer efficacy of elesclomol is suboptimal, but patients have good tolerance to elesclomol
  2. PFS Progression-free survival, OS Overall survival