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Table 6 FDA-approved therapeutic drugs for urologic cancers

From: Small-molecule inhibitors, immune checkpoint inhibitors, and more: FDA-approved novel therapeutic drugs for solid tumors from 1991 to 2021

Drug (brand name)

Sponsor

Properties

Indication

Approval date

Review

Aldesleukin (Proleukin)

Chiron

Recombinant human interleukin-2

Metastatic RCC

05/05/1992

O

Sorafenib toylate (Nexavar)

Bayer

Multitarget TKI (VEGFR2/3, PDGFRβ, FLT3, KIT, RAF1, and BRAF)

Advanced RCC

12/01/2005

P, O

Pazopanib HCl (Votrient)

Novartis

Multitarget TKI (VEGFRs, PDGFRα/β, FGFR1/2, KIT)

Metastatic RCC

10/19/2009

S

Axitinib (Inlyta)

Pfizer

VEGFRs inhibitor

Advanced RCC

01/27/2012

S

Tivozanib HCl (Fotivda)

Aveo Pharms

VEGFRs inhibitor

Advanced RCC

03/10/2021

S

Temsirolimus (Torisel)

Merck & Co

mTOR inhibitor

Advanced RCC

05/30/2007

P

Everolimus (Afinitor)

Novartis

mTOR inhibitor

Advanced RCC

03/30/2009

P

Atezolizumab (Tecentriq)

Genentech

PDL1-directed mAb

Urothelial carcinoma

05/18/2016

N/A

Durvalumab (Imfinzi)

AstraZeneca

PDL1-directed mAb

Urothelial carcinoma

05/01/2017

N/A

Enfortumab vedotin (Padcev)

Astellas

Nectin-4-directed ADC

Urothelial carcinoma

12/18/2019

P

Valrubicin (Valstar)

Endo Pharm

A semisynthetic analog of anthracycline doxorubicin

BCG-refractory CIS of urinary bladder cancer

09/25/1998

P, O

Erdafitinib (Balversa)

Janssen

FGFR inhibitor

Bladder cancer

04/12/2019

P

  1. BCG Bacillus Calmette-Guérin; CIS Carcinoma in situ; FGFR Fibroblast growth factor receptor; mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin; O Orphan; P Priority; PDGFR Platelet-derived growth factor receptor; PDL1 Programmed death-ligand 1; RCC Renal cell carcinoma; S Standard; VEGFR Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor