Review Article

Therapies with Emerging Evidence of Efficacy: Avotermin for the Improvement of Scarring

Table 2

Agents in development for the reduction of dermal scarring.

Agents in preclinical development for the reduction of dermal scarring

CompanyAgentStatus

First Stringpolypeptide -connexinPreclinical
PhylogicaPYC-35BPreclinical
SirnaomicsSTP-705Preclinical

Agents in clinical development for the reduction of dermal scarring

Capstone TherapeuticsAZX-100: 24 amino acid peptide analogue of heat shock protein 20, an intracellular actin-relaxing moleculePhase II
CoDa TherapeuticsNexagon: an anti-connexin oligonucleotide, shown to increase rate of wound healingPhase I
Excaliardantisense inhibitors of Smads, Connective Tissue Growth FactorPhase II
RenovoIlodecakin (Prevascar): recombinant human interleukin 10Phase II
Avotermin (Juvista): recombinant human TGF 3Phase III