Table 2 Some clinical trials of novel therapeutic strategies for MI

From: Signaling pathways and targeted therapy for myocardial infarction

Strategy (drug)

Molecular markers/Signal pathways

Register number

Phase

Estimated/actual enrollment

Status

Ivabradine

PI3K/Akt/mTOR

NCT02446990

III

19102

Completed

Rapamycin/Sirolimus

mTOR

NCT00552669

IV

200

Completed

NCT04951050

NA

200

Not yet recruiting

Losmapimod

MAPK

NCT02145468

III

3503

Completed

Canakinumab

NLRP3/IL-1β

NCT01327846

III

10066

Completed

NCT01900600

NA

15

Completed

Colchicine

NLRP3/IL-1β

NCT02551094

III

4745

Completed

ACTRN12614000093684

III

5522

Completed

NCT01709981, NCT02594111

IV

280

Completed

NCT01906749

IV

500

Unknown

NCT00754819

II & III

80

Completed

NCT05130892

IV

132

Recruiting

Erythropoietin

MAPK, TGF-β, Wnt, Sonic Hedgehog

NCT00390832

III

138

Completed

UMIN000005721

NA

600

Completed

NCT00423020

IV

72

Completed

NCT00149058

II

124

Unknown

NCT00524901

II

10

Completed

Estradiol

RhoA/ROCK

NCT00402636

IVIV

502

Completed

Estrogen

RhoA/ROCK

NCT00123539

NA

334

Terminated

Nicorandil

RhoA/ROCK

NCT01396395

IV

402

Completed

Dexmedetomidine

RhoA/ROCK

NCT03095469

I

200

Unknown

Valsartan

TGF-β/SMADs

NCT03309618

NA

36

Completed

Sildenafil

JAK2/STAT3, RhoA/ROCK

NCT01046838

IV

70

Completed

G-CSF

JAK2/STAT3, NF-κB

NCT00596479

NA

50

Completed

NCT00886509

NA

50

Completed

NCT00307879

II

20

Terminated

NCT00043628

II

35

Completed

Methotrexate

NF-κB

NCT01741558

II

80

Completed

Metformin

TLR4

NCT01217307

II & III

380

Completed

Melatonin

Notch, Hippo/YAP

NCT00640094

II

272

Terminated

NCT03966235

IV

74

Unknown

NCT00640094

II

272

Terminated

NCT01172171

II

41

Completed

Fasudil

TGFβ1/TAK1, TGF-β2, TGF-β3, RhoA/ROCK

NCT03753269

IV

600

Not yet recruiting

Statin

PI3K/Akt/ FOXO3a, TGF-β/SMADs, Sonic Hedgehog, RhoA/ROCK/ERK, PI3K/Akt/Nrf2/HO-1

NCT00128024

IV

460

Completed

Hirudin

KEAP1/Nrf2/HO-1

NCT03664180

IV

2856

Recruiting

Strategy (gene therapy)

VEGF-A165 plasmid

VEGF/PI3K/Akt

NCT00135850

I& II

48

Completed

AdGVVEGF121cDNA

VEGF/PI3K/Akt

NCT01174095

I

31

Completed

Endocardial adenovirus VEGF-D gene transfer

VEGF/PI3K/Akt

NCT01002430

I

30

Completed

Bicistronic VEGF-A165/bFGF plasmid

VEGF(bFGF)/PI3K/Akt

NCT00620217

II

52

Completed

Strategy (Cell therapy)

CD34+ cell

PI3K/Akt, Sonic Hedgehog

NCT00300053

II

321

Completed

NCT03471611

I

20

Active, not recruiting

NCT01508910

III

291

Completed

CD133+ cell

PI3K/Akt, Wnt

NCT00694642

I& II

28

Completed

NCT02870933

IV

30

Completed

EPCs

VEGF/PI3K/Akt/eNOS, Dll4/Notch/Hey2, Sonic Hedgehog, Akt/HO-1

NCT00494247

IV

60

Completed

MSCs

PI3K/Akt/mTOR, Wnt/β-catenin, TGF-β/SMADs, Notch, Sonic Hedgehog

NCT00418418

II

60

Unknown

  1. PI3K/Akt phosphoinositide-3 kinase/protein kinase B, MAPK mitogen-activated protein kinase, NLRP3/IL-1β, mTOR mammalian target of rapamycin, NLRP3/IL-1β nucleotide-binding domain, leucine-rich-repeat family, pyrin-domain-containing 3/ interleukin-1β, TGF-β/SMADs transforming growth factor-β/SMADs, Wnt Wingless, RhoA/ROCK/ERK Ras homolog family member A/Rho-associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase/extracellular regulated protein kinases, JAK/STAT Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription, NF-κB nuclear factor-κB, TLR4 toll-like receptor 4, Hippo/YAP, Hippo/Yes-associated protein, FOXO3a forkhead box subfamily O3a, KEAP1 kelch like ECH-associated protein 1, Nrf2/HO-1 nuclear factor erythroid derived 2-related factor 2/heme oxygenase-1, G-CSF granulocyte colony stimulating factor, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor, bFGF basic fibroblast growth factor, eNOS endothelial nitric oxide synthase, EPCs endothelial progenitor cells, MSCs mesenchymal stem cells