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Table 5 MDSC-based therapeutic strategies

From: Exploiting innate immunity for cancer immunotherapy

Classification

Target

Agent

Representative clinical trials

Cancer type

Phase

Suppressing the recruitment and expansion of MDSCs

CXCR1/2

Reparixin

NCT02370238

TNBC

2

Navarixin

NCT03473925

Solid tumors

2

SX-682

NCT04574583

Solid tumors

1/2

CXCR2

AZD5069

NCT03177187

Prostate cancer

1/2

CXCL8

HuMax-IL8

NCT02536469

Solid tumors

1

S100A8/A9

Tasquinimod

NCT01234311

Prostate cancer

3

VEGF

Bevacizumab

NCT02669173

Glioblastoma

1

VEGFR

Pazopanib

NCT00866697

Gynecologic cancer

3

Cabozantinib

NCT01605227

Prostate cancer

3

Regorafenib

NCT01853319

Colorectal cancer

3

Sorafenib

NCT01234337

TNBC

3

Facilitating the differentiation of MDSCs

Nuclear retinoid receptors

All-trans retinoic acid

NCT00617409

SCLC

2

STAT3

AZD9150

NCT03421353

NSCLC

1

IONIS-STAT3Rx

NCT01563302

Solid tumors and lymphoma

1/2

TLR9

CpG ODN

NCT04952272

Solid tumors

1

TLR7/8

Resiquimod

NCT00821652

Solid tumors

1

TLR7/8

Motolimod

NCT02431559

Ovarian cancer

1/2

TLR3

NS-9 Poly (I:C)

NCT00094003

Solid tumors with liver metastases

1

Suppressing the functions of MDSCs

COX-2

Celecoxib

NCT03026140

Colon cancer

2

PDE5

Tadalafil

NCT03993353

Head and neck cancer

2

Sildenafil

NCT00752115

NSCLC

2/3

HDAC1/3

Entinostat

NCT02708680

TNBC

1/2

HDAC6

Ricolinostat

NCT02091063

Lymphoma

1/2

Nrf2

CDDO-Me

NCT00529438

Lymphoma

1

COX-1

Nitroaspirin

NCT00331786

Colon cancer

1

mTOR

Everolimus

NCT04203901

Renal cell carcinoma

2

Glycolysis

Metformin

NCT03709147

Lung cancer

2

IDO

Indoximod

NCT01792050

Breast cancer

2

CD73

MEDI9447

NCT02503774

Solid tumors

1

Directly depleting MDSCs

CD33

Gemtuzumab ozogamicin

NCT03531918

Acute myeloid leukemia

1/2

BI 836858

NCT01690624

Acute myeloid leukemia

1

Cytotoxic drugs

5-Fluorouracil

NCT03299660

Rectal cancer

2

Gemcitabine

NCT03302247

NSCLC

2

Carboplatin

NCT05841472

NSCLC

2

Paclitaxel

NCT04815408

Ovarian cancer

2

Capecitabine

NCT03111732

Biliary tract carcinoma

2

  1. MDSC myeloid-derived suppressor cell, SCLC small cell lung cancer, NSCLC non-small cell lung cancer, TNBC triple-negative breast cancer, TLR toll-like receptor, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor, IDO indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, PDE5 phosphodiesterase 5, HDAC histone deacetylase, COX2 cyclooxygenase-2