Review Article

Ovarian Cancer: Opportunity for Targeted Therapy

Table 1

Potential targets of therapy in ovarian cancer.

TargetsInhibitorsStudiesNCI study

GOG 218
VEGFBevacizumabPhase III [49]ICON 7
GOG 213
OCEANS

VEGF TKISunitinibPhase IINCT00979992
NCT00768144
NCT00388037
VatalanibPhase I (+doce)NCT00268918
SorafenibPhase II (+carb/pacli)NCT00390611
Phase II (+topo)NCT01047891
Phase IINCT00522301
Phase II (+bev)NCT00436215
Phase II [36]NCT00093626
Phase II (+carb/pacli)NCT00096200
VandetanibPhae I/II (+bortezomib)NCT00923247
Phase IINCT00445549
Phase II(+/− doce)NCT00872989
CediranibPhase I/II(+olaparib)NCT01116648
Phase IINCT00275028
Phase II (+temsirolimus)NCT01065662
PazopanibPhase I/II (+cyclophosphamide)NCT01238770
Phase IINCT01262014
Phase I/II [37]NCT01035658
Phase IINCT00281632
Phase IIINCT00866697
VargatefPhase I (+everolimus)Pending
AMG 706Phase IINCT00574951

VEGF TRAPAflibercept Phase IINCT00327171
Phase II (+doce)NCT00436501

PI3K-PTEN-Akt-mTOR pathwayTemsirolimusPhase I (+lip Doxo)NCT00982631
Phase IINCT00926107
Phase II (carb/pacli)NCT01196429
Phase IINCT00429793
Phase I/II(+bev)NCT01010126
EverolimusPhase II (+bev)NCT01031381
Phase II (+/− bev)NCT00886691
Phase II (+lip doxo)NCT01281514
RidaforolimusPhase I (+carb/pacli)NCT01256268

EGFRCetuximabPhase II (carb/pacli)NCT00063401/
Phase II (+carb)NCT00086892
Erlotinib Phase II (+bev) [38] NCT00130520
Phase II (+topo)NCT01003938
Phase I/II (+carb/pacli)NCT00217529
Phase II (+carb)NCT00030446
Phase II (+bev after carb/pacli/bev)NCT00520013
LapatinibPhase II (+topo) [39]NCT00436644
Phase IINCT00113373
Phase I/II (+carb/pacli)NCT00316407

HER2TrastuzumabPhase II [40]
PertuzumabPhase IINCT00058552
Phase II (+gemcitabine)NCT00096993
LapatinibSee above

PARPABT 888Phase II (+temoz versus lip doxo)NCT01113957
Phase II (+cyclophosphamide)NCT01306032
Phase I/II (+topo)NCT01012817
Phase I (+carb/pacli/bev)NCT00989651
Olaparib Phase II (+carb/pacli) NCT01081951
Phase I (+carb)NCT00647062
Phase IINCT00679783
Phase IINCT00494442
Phase II (versus lip doxo)NCT00628251
Phase IINCT00753545
Phase IINCT01033123
Iniparib*Phase II (carb/gemcitabine)NCT01033292
Phase IINCT00677079

EpigeneticDecitabinePhase II (+carb)NCT00477386
Phase I (+doxorubicin/vaccine)NCT00887796
Belinostat Phase I/II (+carb or pacli) NCT00421889

MAPK/RAF/MEK pathwayCabozantinibPhase INCT00940225

HMGA2Let-7 microRNAPreclinical

*Iniparib as a true PARP inhibitor is currently under investigation.
Doce: docetaxel, Carb: carboplatin, pacli: paclitaxel, topo: topotecan, bev: bevacizumab, temoz: temozolomide, and lip doxo: liposomal doxorubicin.