Table 1

Table.  Drugs for Colorectal Cancer

 

 

Product

 

Class

 

Target

 

Clinical Stage

 

Manufacturer

 

ABX-EGF

 

Antibody

Epidermal growth factor receptor

 

Phase II

Amgen and Abgenix

ALVAC-CEA-B7.1

 

Vaccine

 

Immune system

 

Phase II

 

Aventis

 

Avastin

 

Antibody

 

VEGF

 

Market

 

Genentech

 

Avicine

 

Vaccine

 

hCG

 

Phase II

 

AVI Biopharma

Campto

(Irinotecan)

 

Topoisomerase

 

Topoisomerase I

 

Market

 

Aventis and Merck

Camptosar

 

 

 

 

Eloxatin

 

 

 

 

 

CEAcide

 

Antibody

Carcinoembryonic antigen

 

Phase II

 

Immunomedics

 

EP-2101

 

T cells

 

T cells

 

Phase II

 

Epimmune

 

Erbitux (Cetuximab)

 

Antibody

 

EGFR

 

Market

Bristol-Myers Squibb and ImClone

 

IMC-1C11

 

Antibody

 

VEGF

 

Phase I

 

ImClone

Genasense

(Oblimersen sodium)

 

Small molecule

 

Bcl-2

 

Phase II

 

Aventis and Genta

Panitumumab

 

 

 

Amgen

 

PTK787

 

Kinase inhibitor

VEGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor

 

Phase II

 

Novartis

 

Rubitecan

 

Topoisomerase

 

Topoisomerase I

 

Phase II

 

SuperGen

 

Taxotere

 

Tubulin inhibitor

 

Microtubulin

 

Phase II

 

Aventis

 

Tezacitabine

Nucleoside analogue

 

DNA

 

Phase II

 

Chiron

Xeloda

 

 

 

 

 

XR303

 

Antibody

Carcino-embryonic antigen

 

Phase I

 

Xenova