Table 10 The comparative study between recent approaches and the proposed model using the same dataset in this study.

From: Harnessing machine learning to find synergistic combinations for FDA-approved cancer drugs

Author

Method

Results

Comment

Li et al.69

SNRMPACDC: Siamese CNN, Random Matrix Projection, MLP

RMSE: 15.01, Pearson correlation: 0.75 (regression)

Good regression & classification (AUC 0.91, AUPR 0.62)

Huang et al.70

Kaplan–Meier, Cox Regression, Nomogram

AUC > 0.800 for 3-, 5-, and 10-year intervals

Well-calibrated nomogram for clinical use

Zhang et al.71

Sequential model with various feature encodings

M13-M20 performance metrics documented

Comprehensive feature analysis, confidence intervals included

Kuru et al.72

MatchMaker: Deep learning with drug structure & gene expression

DrugComb: 15% correlation, 33% lower MSE

Deep learning with large dataset and good performance

Zagidullin et al.73

Drug and cell line categorization in DrugComb

33.3% of drugs lacked documented mechanisms

Highlighted data limitations in DrugComb

Tang and Gottlieb74

Biologically motivated deep learning for pathway features

MSE: 70.6 ± 6.4, topologically interacting pathways for synergy

Considered pathway interactions for improved prediction

El Khili et al., 2023 75

MARSY: Deep learning multitask model for synergy prediction

RMSE: 9.06 (± 0.45) for drug-pair combinations

Efficient prediction for large datasets with multitask learning

Proposed model

Classification (NB, RF, KNN, and LR)

Average Accuracy: 89%

After applying data preprocessing

Regression (Linear, Ridge, and RF regressors)

Average

MAE: 0.0984

R2: 0.5290

MSE:0.015

Prediction methods were employed to forecast the CSS score of drug combinations