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Table 1 Summary of Major Clinical Trials of Novel Drugs in CTCL

From: Novel therapeutic agents for cutaneous T-Cell lymphoma

Agent

Target

Type of Study

Dose

No of Patients

Stage of Patients

ORR [CR +PR] (%)

CR (%)

PR (%)

Median DoR1

Status in CTCL

Major side- effects

Reference

Vorinostat

Hydrox-amic acid Class I, II, IV HDAC inhibitor

Phase II

400mg oral/d

74

IB=11

29.7

1.35

28.35

Not reached

Approved for R/R2 CTCL

Diarrhea fatigue, nausea, anorexia, changes in taste, thrombocyto-penia, eight decrease

[35]

IIA=2

IIB=19

III=20

IVA=18

IVB=4

Romi- depsin

Cyclic peptide Class I, II, IV HDAC inhibitor

Phase II

14 mg/m2 on days 1, 8, 15 every 28days

71

IA=1

33

7

26

13.7 months

Approved for R/R2 CTCL

Fatigue, nausea, thrombocyto-penia, anemia, Hypocal-cemia

[40]

NCI-1312

IB=6

IV

IIA=2

IIB=15

IIIA=3

IIIB=3

IVA=28

IVB=13

  

Phase II

14 mg/m2 on days 1, 8, 15 every 28days

96

IB=15

34

6

28

15 months

Approved for R/R2 CTCL

Nausea, asthenia, vomiting, anorexia

[41]

IIA=13

GPI-04-0001

IIB=21

IV

III=23

IVA=24

Belinostat

Hydrox-amic acid Class I, II, IV HDAC inhibitor

Phase II

1000 mg/m2 on days, 1-5 every 3weeks

29

IV=15

14

7

7

9.1 Months

Clinical activity but not approved

Neutro-penia, thrombocyto-penia pruritis, rash, edema, adynamic ileus

[53]

IV

Panobio- stat

Hydrox-amic acid Class I, II, IV HDAC inhibitor

Phase II

20mg orally on days 1,3,5 every 28 days

95

≥ IIB=68

15.78

2

13.78

Not reached

Clinical activity but not approved

Diarrhea, thrombocyto-penia, nausea, pruritus, fatigue, asthenia

[55]

Prala- trexate

RFC-1

Phase I

Dose finding study

29 at optimal dose of 15 mg/m2 weekly x 3 every 4 weeks IV

Data not available

43

Un-known

Un-known

Not reached

Clinical activity and acceptable toxicity at MTD.

Fatigue, nausea, mucositis, edema, epistaxis

[65]

Bortez- omib

Various

Phase II

1.3 mg/m2 on days 1,4, 8 and 11 every 21 days

10

IIIA=1

70

10

60

9 months

Clinical activity but not approved

Neutropenia, thrombocyto-penia, sensory neuropathy

[76]

IIIB=3

IVA/B=6

IV

Foro- desine

Inhibits purine nucleoside phophoryla-se

Phase I

Dose finding study 40–320 mg/m2 oral daily

9

≥ III=8

55

22

33

Not reached

On-going Phase II trial in CTCL

Nausea, fatigue, dyspnea, edema, urinary casts

[81]

Alemtu- zumab

Mono-clonal anti-body against CD52

Phase II

Escalating dose up to 30 mg thrice/week

22

IIA=1

52

21.4

14.2

Not reached

Approved for use in CTCL

Fever, rigors, nausea, fatigue, hypotension

[85]

IIB=2

IIIA=6

IIIB=4

IVA=7

IV

IVB=2

SGN-35

Anti-CD30 combined with cytotoxic agent auri-statin

Phase II in R/R2 Hodgkin lymphoma after ASCT3

1.8 mg/kg every 3 weeks IV

102

Not applicable

75

34

Unknown

Not reached

On-going Phase II trial in CTCL

Neuropathy, nausea, fatigue, neutropenia, diarrhea

[100]

  

Phase II in R/R sALCL4

1.8 mg/kg every 3 weeks

58

Not applicable

86

53

Unknown

Not reached

On-going Phase II trial in CTCL

Neuropathy, nausea, fatigue, neutropenia, diarrhea

[101]

IV

TLR9 agonist vaccine

Enhance host immune response

Phase II

Intra-tumoral injection with radiation

14

IB=5

35

None

28.5

Not reached

Clinical activity but not approved

Well tolerated

[109]

IIB=10

Lena- lidomide

IMiD

Phase II

25 mg orally daily for 21 days followed by 1 week of rest

15

Not available

30

None

30

Not reached

On-going larger Phase II trial in CTCL

anemia, fatigue malaise, skin burning, pruritus, lower leg edema, initial flare of disease

[110]