Table 4 Recent clinical trials targeting bone remodeling to treat bone diseases

From: Targeting strategies for bone diseases: signaling pathways and clinical studies

Individual

Agent

Target

Type

Source

Enrollment

Sponsor

Phase

Status

Osteoporosis

Postmenopausal osteoporosis

Denosumab

RANKL

Monoclonal antibody

NCT00089791

7808

Amgen

Phase III

Completed

Glucocorticoid-induced Osteoporosis

NCT03164928

24

Amgen

Phase III

Active, not recruiting

Osteoporosis associated to systemic mastocytosis

NCT03401060

24

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Phase III

Active, not recruiting

Postmenopausal osteoporosis

Romosozumab (versus Alendronate

Sclerostin

NCT01588509

60

Amgen

Phase I

Completed

Chinese postmenopausal osteoporosis

Romosozumab

NCT05067335

564

UCB Biopharma SRL

Phase III

Active, not recruiting

Glucocorticoid-induced Osteoporosis

Romosozumab (versus Denosumab)

NCT04091243

72

Tuen Mun Hospital

Phase IV

Active, not recruiting

Women with low bone mineral density

Blosozumab (LY2541546)

NCT01144377

154

Eli Lilly and Company

Phase II

Completed

Postmenopausal osteoporosis

SHR-1222

NCT04435158

107

Jiangsu HengRui Medicine Co., Ltd.

Phase I

Active, not recruiting

MK-0822

Cathepsin K

Small-molecule inhibitor

NCT00529373

16071

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Phase III

Completed

Teriparatide

PTH1R

Recombinant polypeptide

NCT01709110

1366

Eli Lilly and Company

Phase IV

Completed

Lactobacillus Reuteri

Gut-bone axis

Probiotics

NCT04169789

239

Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden

Not applicable

Completed

Lactobacillus Acidophilus

NCT05332626

60

Poznan University of Life Sciences

Enrolling by invitation

Motor-complete spinal cord injury-induced osteoporosis

Rosuvastatin Calcium

Hepatic hydroxymethyl-glutaryl coenzyme A

Small-molecule inhibitor

NCT03113994

8

Dr. B. Catharine. Craven

Phase II

Active, not recruiting

Simvastatin

NCT02946424

20

Craig Hospital

Phase II

Active, not recruiting

Postmenopausal osteoporosis

Atorvastatin

NCT02342015

20

University of Padova

Phase IV

Completed

MK-0429

α5β3

NCT00533650

227

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Phase II

Completed

Osteoporosis

Fucosylated BMSCs

Bone marrow

Cell

NCT02566655

10

Red de Terapia Celular

Phase I

Completed

Osteopenia secondary to glucocorticoids

LLP2A-Ale

MSC

PDB

NCT03197623

58

Nancy E. Lane, MD

Phase I

Completed

Postmenopausal osteoporosis

Quercetin

Senescent cell

Natural senolytic

NCT05371340

33

Kennesaw State University

Not applicable

Completed

Healthy elderly women

Dasatinib, Quercetin, Fisetin

Senolytics

NCT04313634

120

Sundeep Khosla, M.D.

Phase II

Recruiting

Osteoarthritis (OA)

Patients scheduled for total knee replacement

LNA043

Integrin α5β1

Small-molecule drug

NCT02491281

28

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Phase I

Completed

Knee OA

NCT04864392

550

Phase II

Recruiting

MIV-711

Cathepsin K

NCT03037489

50

Medivir

Phase II

Completed

NCT02705625

244

TGF-β/SMAD signaling pathway level

NCT05218122

340

Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing

Observational trial

Recruiting

Tanezumab

NGF

Monoclonal antibody

NCT00830063

832

Pfizer

Phase III

Completed

Quercetin with/without Fisetin

Senescent cell

Natural senolytic

NCT05276895

60

Assiut University

Not applicable

Not yet recruiting

Fisetin

NCT05482672

120

Cale Jacobs, PhD

Phase II/ III

Not yet recruiting

NCT04210986

75

Steadman Philippon Research Institute

Phase I/II

Active, not recruiting

OA of interphalangeal finger joints

Denosumab

RANKL

Monoclonal antibody

NCT02771860

100

University Hospital, Ghent

Phase II

Completed

OA of the hip or knee

TPX-100

Subchondral matrix

Small peptide

NCT02528188

3021

OrthoTrophix, Inc

Phase II

Completed

NCT02837900

14

Phase II

Completed

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

RA

Denosumab

RANKL

Monoclonal antibody

NCT01973569

679

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.

Phase III

Completed

NCT00095498

227

Amgen

Phase II

Completed

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Sema4A level

NCT05534347

300

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Observational trial

Not yet recruiting

Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)

OI

Romosozumab

Sclerostin

Monoclonal antibody

NCT04545554

25

Amgen

Phase I

Active, not recruiting

Type I, III or IV OI

Setrusumab (BPS804)

NCT03118570

112

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc

Phase II

Completed

OI

NCT05125809

219

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc

Phase II/III

Recruiting

Fresolimumab

TGF-β

NCT03064074

11

Baylor College of Medicine

Phase I

Completed

Adult OI

SAR439459

NCT05231668

24

Sanofi

Phase I

Recruiting

OI

Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells

N.A.

Cell

NCT05559801

12

Emory University

Phase I/II

Not yet recruiting

Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells

NCT03706482

18

Karolinska Institutet

Phase I/II

Active, not recruiting

Nontraumatic osteonecrosis

Osteonecrosis of femoral head

Zoledronic Acid

Osteoclast

BP

NCT00939900

110

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Phase III

Completed

Nontraumatic osteonecrosis

RAB001

MSC

PDB

CTR20222771

n.a.

RabPharma

Phase I

Not yet recruiting

Nontraumatic osteonecrosis of the knee

Ibandronate

Osteoclast

BP

NCT00532220

30

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Phase III

Completed

Osteosarcoma

Recurrent or refractory osteosarcoma

Denosumab

RANKL

Monoclonal antibody

NCT02470091

56

Children’s Oncology Group

Phase II

Active, not recruiting

Recurrent, refractory, or progressive pulmonary metastatic osteosarcoma

Natalizumab

α4-integrin

NCT03811886

20

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Phase I/II

Recruiting

Osteosarcoma

ALMB-0168

Connexin 43

NCT04886765

238

AlaMab Therapeutics (Shanghai) Inc.

Phase I/II

Not yet recruiting

Recurrent, relapsed, or refractory solid tumors including osteosarcoma

Pepinemab

Sema 4D

NCT03320330

26

Children’s Oncology Group

Phase I/II

Active, not recruiting

Osteosarcoma

Chemotherapy (with or without zoledronic acid)

Osteoclast

BP

NCT00470223

318

UNICANCER

Phase III

Active, not recruiting

Bone metastasis

Hormone refractory prostate cancer

Denosumab

RANKL

Monoclonal antibody

NCT00286091

1435

Amgen

Phase III

Completed

Unresectable or metastatic melanoma

Denosumab in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors

NCT03161756

72

Melanoma and Skin Cancer Trials Limited

Phase I/II

Active, not recruiting

Lung cancer with bone metastases

Denosumab with Nivolumab

NCT03669523

82

Centre Hospitalier Annecy Genevois

Phase II

Active, not recruiting

Paget’s Disease of Bone

Pathophysiology of Paget’s Disease of Bone

N.A.

N.A.

N.A.

NCT02802384

11

Johns Hopkins University

Observational trial

Active, not recruiting

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