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Table 4 Potential drug-cancer associations with numbers of clinical trials

From: A systematic analysis of FDA-approved anticancer drugs

Drug

Possible indication

Number of clinical trialsa

Drug

Possible indication

Number of clinical trialsa

Thalidomide

Lymphoma

174

Ziv-aflibercept

Lung cancer

5

Temsirolimus

BRCA

129

Afatinib

CRC

4

Cetuximab

Lung cancer

77

Axitinib

THC

4

Ofatumumab

Lymphoma

64

Gefitinib

PACA

4

Erlotinib

HNC

62

Pazopanib

GCA

4

Temsirolimus

PACA

50

Pazopanib

CRC

4

Aldesleukin

Lymphoma

44

Pertuzumab

GCA

4

Obinutuzumab

Lymphoma

44

Regorafenib

KNC

4

Gefitinib

HNC

43

Regorafenib

PACA

4

Temsirolimus

BrainC

40

Regorafenib

Melanoma

4

Axitinib

KNC

39

Tamoxifen citrate

PCa

4

Cetuximab

PACA

31

Tositumomab and Iodine I 131 Tositumomab

Leukemia

4

Erlotinib

CRC

31

Vandetanib

KNC

4

Panitumumab

HNC

31

Vemurafenib

THC

4

Sorafenib

Melanoma

30

Ziv-aflibercept

KNC

4

Vandetanib

Lung cancer

29

Ado-trastuzumab emtansine

GCA

3

Erlotinib

BRCA

25

Afatinib

PACA

3

Sorafenib

PACA

25

Bevacizumab

THC

3

Sorafenib

CRC

23

Cabozantinib

PACA

3

Trastuzumab

Lung cancer

22

Cabozantinib

Sarcoma

3

Vandetanib

HNC

22

Dabrafenib

THC

3

Carfilzomib

Lymphoma

20

Fulvestrant

PCa

3

Lapatinib

HNC

20

Pertuzumab

Lung cancer

3

Afatinib

HNC

17

Vandetanib

PACA

3

Sunitinib

Sarcoma

17

Ziv-aflibercept

BrainC

3

Panitumumab

Lung cancer

16

Axitinib

Sarcoma

2

Sorafenib

Sarcoma

16

Axitinib

PACA

2

Sunitinib

Liver cancer

16

Axitinib

GCA

2

Cetuximab

BRCA

14

Cabozantinib

Liver cancer

2

Peginterferon Alfa-2b

Leukemia

14

Denileukin diftitox

KNC

2

Sunitinib

CRC

14

Estramustine

BRCA

2

Lapatinib

GCA

13

Gefitinib

THC

2

Gefitinib

CRC

12

Vandetanib

GCA

2

Gefitinib

BRCA

12

Bexarotene

KS

1

Leuprolide

BRCA

12

Cabozantinib

CRC

1

Vandetanib

BRCA

11

Cabozantinib

GCA

1

Sorafenib

GCA

10

Cetuximab

THC

1

Bicalutamide

BRCA

9

Crizotinib

THC

1

Denileukin diftitox

Melanoma

9

Dabrafenib

KNC

1

Enzalutamide

BRCA

9

Dabrafenib

Liver cancer

1

Ibritumomab tiuxetan

Leukemia

9

Dabrafenib

CRC

1

Cabozantinib

Lung cancer

8

Degarelix

BRCA

1

Regorafenib

Liver cancer

8

Erlotinib

THC

1

Lapatinib

Lung cancer

7

Lapatinib

THC

1

Lapatinib

CRC

7

Peginterferon Alfa-2b

Sarcoma

1

Panitumumab

PACA

7

Ramucirumab

PACA

1

Ramucirumab

Liver cancer

7

Ramucirumab

Sarcoma

1

Vandetanib

CRC

7

Regorafenib

THC

1

Vandetanib

BrainC

7

Ziv-aflibercept

THC

1

Ado-trastuzumab emtansine

Lung cancer

6

Abarelix

BRCA

0

Axitinib

Liver cancer

6

Afatinib

THC

0

Cabozantinib

KNC

6

Alitretinoin

Lymphoma

0

Pazopanib

PACA

6

Bosutinib

GCA

0

Pazopanib

THC

6

Dabrafenib

GCA

0

Ramucirumab

CRC

6

Dasatinib

GCA

0

Sunitinib

THC

6

Fluoxymesterone

PCa

0

Afatinib

GCA

5

Flutamide

BRCA

0

Axitinib

CRC

5

Methyltestosterone

PCa

0

Lapatinib

PACA

5

Nilotinib

GCA

0

Panitumumab

BRCA

5

Nilutamide

BRCA

0

Pazopanib

Liver cancer

5

Panitumumab

THC

0

Peginterferon Alfa-2b

Lymphoma

5

Ponatinib

GCA

0

Pomalidomide

Lymphoma

5

Ramucirumab

THC

0

Ramucirumab

KNC

5

Vemurafenib

GCA

0

Regorafenib

Sarcoma

5

Vemurafenib

KNC

0

Toremifene

PCa

5

Vemurafenib

Liver cancer

0

Vemurafenib

CRC

5

   
  1. aobtained from ClinivalTrials.gov