Table 2 Approved nanomedicine for cancer

From: Current advance of nanotechnology in diagnosis and treatment for malignant tumors

Therapeutic type

Product name

Therapeutic agent

Nanocarrier

Administration route

Indications

First approval

Chemotherapy

Doxil

Doxorubicin

PEGylated liposomes

iv.

Kaposi sarcoma, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, multiple myeloma

USA 1995

Chemotherapy

Caelyx

Doxorubicin

PEGylated liposome

iv.

Metastatic breast, Kaposi’s sarcoma, multiple myeloma

USA 1996

Chemotherapy

DaunoXome

Daunorubicin

Liposomes

iv.

Kaposi sarcoma

USA 1996

Chemotherapy

Myocet

Doxorubicin

Liposomes

iv.

Metastatic breast cancer

USA 1996

Chemotherapy

DepoCyt

Cytarabine

Liposomes

iv.

Lymphomatous meningitis

USA 1999

Chemotherapy

Eligard

Leuprolide

Polymeric micelles

iv.

Prostate cancer

USA 2002

Chemotherapy

Lipusu

Paclitaxel

Liposomes

iv.

Ovarian cancer, metastatic gastric cancer

China 2003

Chemotherapy

Oncaspar

Pegaspargase

Polymeric micelles

iv.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

USA 1994

Chemotherapy

MEPACT

Mifamurtide

Liposomes

iv.

Osteosarcoma

Europe 2009

Chemotherapy

Ameluz

5-aminolevulinic acid

Liposomes

it.

Nodular basal cell carcinoma

USA 2011

Chemotherapy

Marqibo

Vincristine sulfate

Liposomes

iv.

Philadelphia chromosome-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia

USA 2012

Chemotherapy

Lipodox

Doxorubicin hydrochloride

Liposome

iv.

Kaposi’s sarcoma, ovarian cancer, multiple myeloma, metastatic pancreatic cancer

Chnia 2013

Chemotherapy

Kadcyla

DM1(or Emtansine)

Protein

iv.

Breast cancer

USA 2013

Chemotherapy

Paclical

Paclitaxel

polymeric nanoparticle-based

iv.

Pancreatic cancer, metastatic breast cancer

USA 2015

Chemotherapy

Onivyde

Irinotecan

PEGylated liposomes

iv.

Metastatic pancreatic cancer

USA 2015

Chemotherapy

VYXEOS

Cytarabine/daunorubicin (51)

Liposomes

iv.

Acute myeloid leukemia

USA 2017

Chemotherapy

Pazenir

Paclitaxel

Micelle

iv.

Metastatic breast cancer, metastatic pancreatic cancer, non-small cell lung cancer

USA 2019

Chemotherapy

Apealea

Paclitaxel

Nanocrystal

iv.

Ovarian cancer, peritoneal cancer, fallopian tube cancer

USA 2018

Chemotherapy

Abraxane

Paclitaxel

Albumin

iv.

Breast cancer, non-metastatic small cell lung cancer, metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

USA 2005

Chemotherapy

Ontak

Denileukin Diftitox

Protein

iv.

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

USA 1999

Chemotherapy

Genexol-PM

Paclitaxel

Polymeric micelles

iv.

Breast cancer, lung cancer

Korea 2007

Chemotherapy

Nanoxel

Paclitaxel

Polymeric micelles

iv.

Breast cancer, ovarian cancer

India 2007

Chemotherapy

Paclical

Paclitaxel

Polymeric micelles

iv.

Ovarian cancer

Russia 2015

Chemotherapy

PICN

Paclitaxel

Polymer/lipid NP

iv.

Metastatic breast cancer

India 2014

Chemotherapy

DHP107

Paclitaxel

Lipid NP

po.

Advanced gastric cancer

Korea 2016

Chemotherapy

LipoplatinTM, NanoplatinTM

Cisplatin

Liposomes

iv.

Pancreatic cancer, lung cancer

USA 2018

Hyperthermia

NanoTherm

Fe2O3

Metallic

iv.

Glioblastoma, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer.

USA 2013

Hyperthermia

NanoTherm

Iron oxide NP

it.

Recurrent glioblastoma

Europe 2010

Radiotherapy enhancer

Hensify

Hafnium oxide NP

it.

Locally advanced soft tissue sarcoma

Europe 2019

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