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Table 1 Agents in clinical development that target the insulin-like growth factor pathway

From: Targeting insulin-like growth factor axis in hepatocellular carcinoma

Company

Compound

Mechanism of Action

Phase of Clinical Development

Dosing

Types of Cancers Tested

MedImmune

MDI-573 [89]

Fully human monoclonal antibody of IGF-1 and IGF-2

I

IV every 3 weeks

Solid tumors

Merck

MK-0646 [90]

Monoclonal antibody of IGF-1R

II

IV weekly, 3 weeks on, 1 week off

Non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer, prostate, breast, pancreas

Imclone

IMC-A12 [91, 99]

Fully human Monoclonal antibody of IGF-1R

II

IV every 1 or 2 weeks

HCC, Colorectal, pancreas, mesothelioma, thymoma, prostate, head and neck

Biogen-Idec

BIIB 022 [92]

Monoclonal antibody of IGF-1R

I/II

IV every 2 weeks

HCC, non-small cell lung cancer

Sanofi-Aventis

AVE 1642 [98]

Humanized antibody of IGF-1R

I

IV every 3 weeks

HCC, multiple myeloma

Roche

R1507 [118]

Fully human IgG1 recombinant antibody of IGF-1R

I

Every 1 or 3 weeks

Solid tumors and Lymphoma

Amgen

AMG 479 [119]

Fully human Monoclonal antibody of IGF-1R

II/III

IV every 2 weeks

Pancreas, colorectal, Ewing's sarcoma, ovarian

Pfizer

CP-751871 [93]

Fully human Monoclonal antibody of IGF-1R

II/III

IV every 3 weeks

Non-small cell lung cancer

OSI

OSI-906 [100]

Small molecule inhibitor of IGF-1R

II/III

Oral twice a day

Adenocortical carcinoma, Ovarian

Novartis

AEW54, ADW742 [120, 121]

Small molecule inhibitor of IGF-1R

preclinical

NA

NA

BMS

BMS-554417 [102]

Small molecule inhibitor of IGF-1R

preclinical

NA

NA