Table 2

Targeted therapeutic agents in NSCLC

Class

Agent

Target

Company

Stage of development in NSCLC


First Generation TKI


Gefitinib

EGFR (reversable)

AstraZeneca

Approved for a restricted group of patients


Erlotinib

EGFR

(reversable)

OSI, Genentec and Roche

Approved


Second Generation TKI


EKB-569

EGFR (irreversible)

Wyeth

Phase II


CL-387,785

EGFR

(irreversible)

Wyeth

Preclinical


Multi-Targeted TKI


HKI-272

EGFR, HER2

(irreversible)

Wyeth

Phase I/II


Canertinib

EGFR, HER2, HER4

(irreversible)

Pfizer Inc.

Phsae II


BIBW 2992

EGFR, HER2

(irreversible)

Boehringer Ingelheim

Phase I/II


HKI-357

EGFR, HER2

(irreversible)

Wyeth

Preclinical


Vandetanib, ZD-6474

EGFR, HER2, FLT1, KDR

(reversible)

AtraZeneca

Phase III


XL647

EGFR, HER2, KDR, EPHB4

(reversible)

Exelexis

Phase II


HER2 Heterodimerization


BMS-599626

EGFR, HER2

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Phase I


Macrolide Derivatives


RAD001

mTOR

Novartis Pharma AG

Phase II


CCI-779

mTOR

Wyeth

Phase II


AP23573

mTOR

Ariad Pharmaceuticals

Phase I


Monoclonal Antibodies


Cetuximab

EGFR

(chimeric mAB)

ImClone/Merk KGaA Bristol-Myers Squibb

Approved


Matuzumab

EGFR

(humanized mAb)

Merck KgaA

Phase II


Panitumumab

EGFR

(humanized mAb)

Abgenix

Phase II/III,


Trastuzumab

HER2

(humanized mAb)

Genentech/Roche

Approved


Bevacizumab

VEGF-A

Genentech

Approved


VEGF Inhibitors


Sorafenib

VEGFR2, FLT3, PDGFR, fibroblast growth factor receptor-1

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Onyx Pharmaceuticals

Phase III


Sunitinib

c-kit, VEGFR1-3, PDGFRa, PDGFRb, Flt-3, CSF-1R, ret

Pfizer Inc.

Phase II/III


Axitinib AG013736

VEGF 1-3, PDGFR, cKIT

Pfizer Inc.

phase II


Regeneron

VEGF-Trap

Phase I


Non VEGF Angiogenesis inhibitors


Celecoxib

COX-2

Pfizer Inc.

Phase II


Proteasome Inhibitors


Bortezomib

Inhibits 26S proteasome

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Phase II


Retinoic Acid Receptor


Bexarotene

Retinoid × receptor

Eisai Inc.

Phase III


Katzel et al. Journal of Hematology & Oncology 2009 2:2   doi:10.1186/1756-8722-2-2

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