Review Article

PPAR Ligands for Cancer Chemoprevention

Table 3

Clinical trials on the anticancer effects of PPARγ ligands.

Clinical trialsDrugResultsReference no.

Patients with intermediate to high-grade liposarcomas (case reports)TroglitazoneHistlogical and biochemical differentiation[90]
Phase II study on patients with histologically-confirmed prostate cancer and no symptomatic metastatic diseaseTroglitazoneLengthened stabilization of prostate-specific antigen[91]
75-year-old patient with an occult recurrent prostate cancer (case reports)TroglitazoneReduced prostate-specific antigen[92]
Phase II study on patients with metastatic colon cancerTroglitazoneNo significant effect[93]
Phase II study on patients with liposarcomaRosiglitazoneLengthened mean time of progression[94]
Phase II study on patients with refractory breast cancerTroglitazoneNo significant effect[95]
Phase II study on patients with thyroglobulin-positive and radioiodine-negative differentiated thyroid cancerRosiglitazoneInduced radioiodine uptake[96]
Phase I study on patients with solid tumorsLY293111The recommended oral dose (600 mg/day) for phase II trial[97]