Table 1 Clinical trials of conventional drugs in combination therapy against cancer

From: The updated landscape of tumor microenvironment and drug repurposing

Conventional Drug

Combination Therapy

Targeting Cancer

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier

Recruitment Status

Aspirin

Immunotherapy (atezolizumab, bevacizumab, pembrolizumab, avelumab, nivolumab, ipilimumab, lenalidomide)

Ovarian cancer, HNSCC, TNBC, solid adult tumor, multiple myeloma

NCT04188119

Not yet recruiting

NCT02659384; NCT03245489; NCT03728179; NCT03428373

Recruiting

Combination immunomodulatory cocktail (Vitamin D, aspirin, CTX and lansoprazole), pembrolizumab, radiation and curcumin

Cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, uterine cancer

NCT03192059

Recruiting

Targeted therapy (osimertinib)

NSCLC

NCT03532698; NCT03543683; NCT04184921

Not yet recruiting

Celecoxib

Immunotherapy (nivolumab)

Metastatic cancer

NCT03864575

Not yet recruiting

Targeted therapy (erlotinib, toripalimab, cetuximab, gefitinib, carboplatin, exemestane, depsipeptide)

Squamous cell carcinoma of oral cavity, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, NSCLC, HNSCC, ovarian cancer, pulmonary and pleural malignancies

NCT02748707

Active, not recruiting

NCT03926338

Recruiting

NCT00466505; NCT00068653; NCT00400374; NCT00072072; NCT00062101; NCT00499655; NCT01124435; NCT00201773; NCT00037817

Completed

Chemotherapy (cisplatin, gemcitabine, docetaxel, paclitaxel and carboplatin, etoposide, irinotecan, capecitabine CTX, methotrexate, docetaxel, fluorouracil, vinblastine, 6-TG, temozolomide, CCNU, decitabine, DFMO, topotecan)

Pancreatic cancer, NSCLC, bladder cancer, TNBC, GBM, advanced cancer, colorectal cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, sarcoma, pulmonary and pleural malignancies, neuroblastoma, relapsed or progressive cancer

NCT02770378; NCT02030964

Active, not recruiting

NCT02885974; NCT04081389; NCT03498326

Recruiting

NCT00176813; NCT00030407; NCT00030420; NCT00062179; NCT00551005; NCT00101686; NCT00084721; NCT00551889; NCT02280694; NCT00320918; NCT00073866; NCT00064181; NCT00230399; NCT00085163; NCT00061893; NCT00047281; NCT00504660; NCT00037817; NCT00165451

Completed

Radiation therapy

NSCLC

NCT00046839

Completed

Targeted therapy and chemotherapy

Recurrent and/or refractory solid and CNS tumors

NCT02574728

Recruiting

Chemoradiotherapy

Rectal cancer, cervix neoplasms, GBM, NSCLC, operable esophageal cancer

NCT00931203; NCT00336960; NCT00152828; NCT00112502; NCT00188565; NCT00346801; NCT00137852

Completed

DC Vaccine, IFN alpha-2 and rintatolimod

Melanoma, peritoneal surface malignancies

NCT04093323

Not yet recruiting

NCT02151448

Completed

DC vaccine and cisplatin

Ovarian cancer

NCT02432378

Recruiting

Gemcitabine and gene therapy (rAd-IFN)

Malignant pleural mesothelioma

NCT03710876

Recruiting

Chemotherapy (carboplatin, gemcitabine) and 5-LOX inhibitor zileuton

Advanced NSCLC

NCT00070486

Completed

Etoposide, CTX, thalidomide, fenofibrate

Relapsed or progressive cancer

NCT00357500

Completed

ARTA and itraconazole

Multiple myeloma

NCT02401295

Completed

β-blocker

Immunotherapy (pembrolizumab)

Cutaneous melanoma

NCT03384836

Recruiting

Chemotherapy (doxorubicin, vinorelbine, paclitaxel, nab-paclitaxel, doxorubicin, CTX)

EOC, primary peritoneal carcinoma, fallopian tube cancer, breast cancer, gastric cancer, Malignant soft tissue sarcoma, pediatric cancer

NCT02897986

Not yet recruiting

NCT01847001

Active, not recruiting

NCT04005365; NCT03108300

Recruiting

NCT01308944

Completed

NASIDs (etodolac)

Colorectal cancers; Pancreatic cancer

NCT03919461; NCT03838029

Recruiting

Prednisone

Hemangioma

NCT01072045

Completed

Relaxation/guided imagery audio intervention

Cervical cancer

NCT01902966

Active, not recruiting

Metformin

Immunotherapy (nivolumab, pembrolizumab, sintilimab)

NSCLC, SCLC, melanoma, solid tumors

NCT03048500; NCT03311308;

NCT03874000; NCT03874000

Recruiting

NCT02145559

Completed

Targeted therapy (temsirolimus, vandetanib, sirolimus, lapatinib, erlotinib, irinotecan, gefitinib, sapanisertib, dabrafenib, trametinib, ritonavir, nelfinavir, toremifene, everolimus, letrozole, lanreotide)

Advanced cancers, kidney cancer, TNBC, colorectal cancer, NSCLC, advanced or metastatic relapsed or refractory cancers, lymphoma, melanoma, multiple myeloma or chronic lymphocytic leukemia, breast cancer, endometrial carcinoma, neuroendocrine tumors

NCT01529593; NCT02948283; NCT01797523

Active, not recruiting

NCT01930864; NCT03017833; NCT02143050; NCT03829020; NCT02506790; NCT02823691

Recruiting

NCT02495103; NCT01087983;

NCT01650506; NCT01864681; NCT00659568

Completed

Chemotherapy (docetaxel, carboplatin, paclitaxel, oxaliplatin, gemcitabine, vincristine, irinotecan, temozolomide, CTX, myocet, VPLD, R-CHOP, FDC)

Ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, primary peritoneal cancer; esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, glioblastoma, pediatric tumor, childhood ALL, diffuse large-B-cell lymphoma

NCT03833466

Not yet recruiting

NCT02336087; NCT01528046; NCT03200015

Active, not recruiting

NCT02437812; NCT02122185; NCT04170465; NCT01929811; NCT03243851; NCT02506777

Recruiting

NCT01796028; NCT01210911; NCT02312661; NCT02005419; NCT01666730; NCT01971034; NCT01442870; NCT01885013; NCT01324180

Completed

Chemoradiotherapy

Cervix cancer, lung cancer, HNSCC, rectal cancer

NCT02115464; NCT02325401; NCT01430351

Active, not recruiting

NCT02394652; NCT02949700

Recruiting

NCT02437656

Completed

Chemotherapy and targeted therapy

Endometrial cancer

NCT02755844

Active, not recruiting

Antiandrogen (enzalutamide, bicalutamide)

Prostate cancer

NCT02339168

Active, not recruiting

NCT02640534; NCT02614859

Recruiting

Antibiotic (doxycycline)

Breast cancer, uterine cancer, HNSCC

NCT03076281

Active, not recruiting

NCT02874430

Recruiting

Chloroquine

IDH1/2-mutated solid tumors

NCT02496741

Completed

Omega-3 fatty acids

Early stage breast cancer

NCT02278965

Active, not recruiting

Vitamin C

Hepatocellular cancer, pancreatic cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer

NCT04033107

Recruiting

Statin

Targeted therapy (sorafenib, erlotinib, anti-HER2 therapy, fulvestrant, aromatase Inhibitors)

hepatocellular carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, NSCLC, breast cancer

NCT03275376; NCT03324425; NCT02958852

Recruiting

NCT00966472

Completed

Chemotherapy (capecitabine, topotecan, CTX, zoledronate, bortezomib, bendamustin)

Rectal cancer, multiple myeloma, pediatric solid and CNS tumors, TNBC

NCT02569645; NCT02390843; NCT03358017

Recruiting

NCT02161822; NCT00399867

Completed

Chemoradiotherapy

GBM

NCT02029573

Completed

Digoxin and enzalutamide

Prostate cancer

NCT04094519

Recruiting

Ezetimibe

Prostate cancer

NCT02534376

Completed

Combination

Combination statin and celecoxib

Optico-chiasmatic gliomas

NCT02115074

Active, not recruiting

Combination celecoxib, β-blocker, CTX, etoposide and vinblastin

Neuroblastoma

NCT02641314

Recruiting

Combination aspirin, celecoxib and PD-1 antibody BAT1306

Colorectal cancer

NCT03638297

Recruiting

Combination metformin and statin

Breast cancer

NCT01980823

Recruiting

Combination statin, aspirin and dutasteride

Prostate cancer

NCT01428869

Completed

  1. NSCLC non-small cell lung cancer, SCLC small cell lung cancer, TNBC triple negative breast cancer, CTX cyclophosphamide, VPLD vincristine, dexamethasone, doxorubicin, and PEG-asparaginase, R-CHOP rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone, FDC fluoruracil, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, ALL acute lymphoblastic leukemia, HNSCC head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, IDH isocitrate dehydrogenase, EOC epithelial ovarian cancer, NASIDs non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, CNS central nervous system, GBM glioblastoma, 6-TG 6-thioguanine, CCNU lomustine, DFMO α-difluoromethylornithine, DC dendritic cell, IFN interferon, 5-LOX 5-lipoxygenase, PD-1 programmed death-1