Review Article

Reviving Lonidamine and 6-Diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine to Be Used in Combination for Metabolic Cancer Therapy

Table 4

Phase III clinical studies with lonidamine in lung cancer.

Patients accrued TreatmentMain findingsObservationsReferences

184LND versus mit + vds versus LND + mit + vdsORR (%)
3.4% versus 22.4% versus 25.9%
1-year OS rate
mit + vds 20%
mit + vds + LND 32%
[55]

158cis + epi + vds versus cis + epi + vds + LDNORR (%)
24 versus 43
Median TTP
5 versus 8 m.
Median OS
7.6 versus 11 m.
[56]

151MACC versus MACC + LNDORR (%)
7 versus 13
Median PFS
17 versus 20 weeks
Median OS
27 versus 30 weeks
[57]

126LND versus vds versus LND + vds versus BSCORR (%)
LND 3.3
LDN + vds 6
Elderly patients
Median OS all pts 24.2 weeks
No differences among regimens
[58]

310LND + RT versus pla + RTMore local control in LND + RT arm ()Median PFS
7.6 versus 6.5 months,
Median OS
13 versus 10.8 months
[59]

mit: mitomycin-C; vds: vindesine; MACC; methotrexate-doxorubicin-cyclophosphamide-CCNU; BSC: best supportive care; ORR: overall response rate; PFS: progression-free survival; OS: overall survival; TTP: time to progression.