Table 2 Synthetic retinoids in terminated or active (in bold) clinical trials and approved for commercialization.

From: Advances and challenges in retinoid delivery systems in regenerative and therapeutic medicine

Drug

Receptor activity

Indication

Clinical trial

Tamibarotene (or Am80)

RARα agonist

Crohn’s disease

Phase II (NCT00417391)

  

APL

Phase II (NCT00520208)

  

Advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer

Phase I (NCT01337154)

  

AML or myelodysplastic syndrome

Phase II (NCT02807558)

Palovarotene

RARγ agonist

Eye dry disease

Phase I (CTP300302)

  

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive

Phase III (NCT03312634)

  

Multiple osteochondromas

Phase II (NCT03442985)

Trifarotene (cream)

RARγ agonist

Moderate facial and truncal acne vulgaris

Phase III (NCT03915860)

  

Autosomal recessive ichthyosis with lamellar scale

Phase II (NCT03738800)

  

Early cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

Phase I (NCT01804335)

Bexarotene (capsules)

Pan agonist

Refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

Approved by FDA since 1999

Tazarotene (gel or cream)

Pan agonist

Hand–foot skin reactions

Phase II (NCT04071756)

  

Facial acne vulgaris

Approved by FDA since 1997

  

Plaque psoriasis

Approved by FDA since 1997

Adapalene (solution, cream, and lotion)

Pan agonist

Acne

Approved by FDA since 1996

AGN194204

RXR agonist

Prostate cancer

Phase II (NCT01540071)

UAB30/9-cis-UAB30

RXR agonist

Nonmelanoma skin cancer

Phase I/II (NCT03327064)

Fenretinide (oral powder and intravenous liquid emulsion)

Atypical retinoid

Peripheral T-cell lymphoma

Phase II (NCT02495415)

  

Solid tumor (relapsed malignancies)

Phase I (NCT01553071)

  

High risk cancer

Phase III (NCT01479192)

  

Prevention of bladder cancer

Phase III (NCT00004154)

  

Cervical neoplasia

Phase III (NCT00003075)

  

Schizophrenia

Phase III (NCT00534898)

  

Breast cancer

Phase III (NCT01357772)

  1. AML, acute myeloid leukemia; APL, acute promyelocytic leukemia; FDA, Food Drug Administration; RAR, retinoic acid receptor; RXR, retinoid X receptors.