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Table 3 Major clinical trials comprising epidrugs and immunotherapy for cancer treatment

From: Tackling tumor microenvironment through epigenetic tools to improve cancer immunotherapy

Clinical trial

Phase

State

Cancer

Combination

Dates

NCT01928576

II

Recruiting

Non-small cell lung cancer

Nivolumab

Entinostat

Azacitidine

2013-estimated end 2022

NCT02260440

II

Completed

Metastatic colorectal cancer

Pembrolizumab

Azacitidine

2015–2017

NCT02546986

II

Active, not recruiting

Non-small cell lung carcinoma

CC-486

Pembrolizumab

2015-estimated end 2021

NCT02453620

I

Active, not recruiting

Breast Cancer

Ipilimumab

Nivolumab

Entinostat

2015-estimated end 2021

NCT02961101

I/II

Recruiting

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, gastrointestinal cancers, hepatocellular carcinoma, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, lung cancer, renal-cell cancer, pancreatic cancer and bile duct cancer

Anti-PD-1 antibody

Decitabine

Chemotherapy

2016–2020

NCT02890069

I

Recruiting

Colorectal cancer

Non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma

Triple-negative breast cancer

Renal cell carcinoma

PDR001 (Anti-PD-1 antibody)

Everolimus

Panobinostat

2016-estimated end 2021

NCT02619253

I/Ib

Active, not recruiting

Renal cell carcinoma

Urinary bladder neoplasms

Pembrolizumab

Vorinostat

2016-estimated end 2022

NCT02512172

I

Active, not recruiting

Colorectal cancer

CC-486 (Oral 5-Aza)

Romidepsin

MK–3475 (Anti-PD-1 antibody)

2016-estimated end 2022

NCT02811497

II

Active, not recruiting

Microsatellite stable colorectal carcinoma

Platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian cancer type II

Estrogen receptor-positive and HER2-negative breast cancer

Durvalumab

Azacitidine

2016-estimated end 2022

NCT02957968

II

Recruiting

Breast cancer

Decitabine

Pembrolizumab

Doxorubicin

Cyclophosphamide

Paclitaxel

Carboplatin

2016-estimated end 2023

NCT02638090

I/II

Recruiting

Lung cancer

Vorinostat

Pembrolizumab

2016-estimated end 2023

NCT02959437

I/II

Completed

Advanced or metastatic solid tumors

Azacitidine

Pembrolizumab

Epacadostat

INCB057643 (BET inhibitor)

INCB059872

(LSD1 inhibitor)

2017–2020

NCT03308396

Ib/II

Active, not recruiting

Advanced kidney cancer

Kidney cancer

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Durvalumab

Guadecitabine

2017-estimated end 2021

NCT03206047

I/II

Active, not recruiting

Platinum-resistant fallopian tube carcinoma

Platinum-resistant ovarian carcinoma

Platinum-resistant primary peritoneal carcinoma

Recurrent fallopian tube carcinoma

Recurrent ovarian carcinoma

Recurrent primary peritoneal carcinoma

Atezolizumab

Guadecitabine

2017-estimated end 2021

NCT03264404

II

Recruiting

Pancreas cancer

Pembrolizumab

Azacitidine

2017-estimated end 2021

NCT03179943

II

Active, not recruiting

Urothelial carcinoma

Atezolizumab

Guadecitabine

2017-estimated end 2022

NCT03019003

I/II

Recruiting

Head and neck cancer

Durvalumab

Oral Decitabine

2017-estimated end 2024

NCT02816021

II

Recruiting

Melanoma and other malignant neoplasms of skin

Metastatic melanoma

Pembrolizumab

Azacitidine

2017-estimated end 2026

NCT03590054

I

Recruiting

Melanoma

Metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Urothelial carcinoma

Non-small cell lung carcinoma

Pembrolizumab

Abexinostat

2018-estimated end 2022

NCT03426891

I

Recruiting

Glioblastoma

Brain tumor

Pembrolizumab

Vorinostat

Temozolomide

2018-estimated end 2022

NCT03233724

I/II

Recruiting

Non-small cell lung Cancer

Esophageal carcinoma

Malignant pleural mesotheliomas

Pembrolizumab

Decitabine

Tetrahydrouridine (THU)

2018-estimated end 2026

NCT03854474

I/II

Recruiting

Locally and metastatic urothelial carcinoma

Pembrolizumab

Tazemetostat

2019-estimated end 2021

NCT03812796

II

Recruiting

Gastrointestinal cancer

Domatinostat

Avelumab

2019-estimated end 2021

NCT03765229

II

Recruiting

Melanoma

Pembrolizumab

Entinostat

2019-estimated end 2023

NCT03978624

II

Recruiting

Bladder cancer

Pembrolizumab

Entinostat

2020-estimated end 2022

NCT04357873

II

Recruiting

Squamous cell lung cancer

Vulvar cancer

Penile cancer

Cervix cancer

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Anal cancer

Pembrolizumab

Vorinostat

2020-estimated end 2024

NCT04624113

I/II

Not yet recruiting

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Pembrolizumab

Tazemetostat

2021-estimated end 2024

NCT04190056

II

Not yet recruiting

Breast cancer

Pembrolizumab

Tamoxifen

Vorinostat

2021-estimated end 2029