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Volume 8, Number 4, April 2016, pages 284-296


Signaling Pathways in Thyroid Cancer and Their Therapeutic Implications

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Table 1. Drugs Targeting the Signaling Pathways in Thyroid Cancer Studied in Current Clinical Trials
 
DrugTargetsCancer typePhase of clinical trialsFDA approvedReferences
DTC: differentiated thyroid carcinoma; PTC: papillary thyroid cancer; MTC: medullary thyroid carcinoma; ATC: anapestic thyroid carcinoma; BRAF: B sereine/threonin kinase; VEGFR: vascular endothelial growth factor receptor; PDGFR: platelet-derived growth factor receptor; KIT: stem cell factor receptor; RET: rearranged during transfection; MEK1/2: mitogen-activated protein kinase1/2; FLT3: fms-like tyrosine kinase 3; CSF-1R: colony stimulating factor-1 receptor; EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor; VE-cadherin: vascular endothelial cadherin; -: not FDA approved for thyroid cancer.
VemurafenibBRAFDTCPhase I-II-[40]
AZD 6244 (ARRY-142886, selumetinib)MEK1/2DTCPhase I-II-[42, 43, 65, 66]
Sorafeib (BAY43-9006)VEGFR1-3, PDGFRβ, KIT, RET, BRAF, CRAF, FLT3DTC, MTC, ATCPhase I-IIIDTC[43-49, 60, 67]
PazopanibVEGFR1-3, PDGFR, KITDTC, ATCPhase I-II-[50, 51, 68, 69]
Axitinib (AG-013736)VEGFR1-3, PDGFRβ, KITDTC, MTC, ATCPhase I-II-[52, 70, 71]
Sunitinib (Su11248)VEGFR1-3, PDGFR, KIT, RET, FLT3, CSF-1RDTC, MTCPhase I-II-[53-57]
Motesanib (AMG-706)VEGFR1-3, PDGFR, KIT, RETDTC, MTCPhase I-II-[58, 59, 72]
TemsirolimusPI3K/Akt/mTORMTCPhase I-[61]
Everolimus (RAD001)PI3K/Akt/mTORPTC, MTCPhase I-II-[62, 63, 73]
BortezomibProteasome?Phase I-II-[64, 74, 75]
Gefitinib (ZD1839)EGFRDTC, MTC, ATCPhase I-II-[76, 77]
Vandetanib (ZD6474)VEGFR2-3, RET, EGFRDTC, MTCPhase I-IIIMTC[78-80]
Cabozantinib (XL-184)VEGFR2, RET, MET, KITDTC, MTCPhase I-IIIMTC[81-83]
CediranibVEGFRDTCPhase I-[84]
Trametinib (GSK1120212)MEK1/2DTCPhase I-[85]
Dabrafenib (GSK2118436)BRAFPTCPhase I-II-[86, 87]
Lenvatinib (E7080)VEGFR1-3, PDGFR, KIT, FGFRDTC, MTCPhase I-II-[88]
Imatinib (ST1571)PDGFRα, PDGFRβ, KIT, RETMTC, ATCPhase I-II-[89, 90]
CombretestatinAngiogenesisMTC, ATCPhase I-[91]
PLX-4032 (RG7204)BRAFDTCPhase I-[92]
FosbretabulinVE-cadherinATCPhase I-II-[93]