Table 1.

Summary of biologically based strategies for HL


Mechanisms of action

Examples of drugs/compounds
Receptor-specific antibodies  
ADCC   CD30 antibody SGN-30 (Seattle Genetics) or MDX-60 (Medarex)  
  CD20 antibody rituximab (Roche) (mostly for LPHL)  
  IL-13 antibody CAT-354 (Cambridge Antibody Technology)  
  CD40 antibody CHIR-12.12 (Chiron Oncology)  
  RANKL antibody AMG162 (Amgen)  
Proapoptotic   TRAIL-R1 antibody (Human Genome Sciences)  
Protein-specific small molecules  
Inhibition of antiapoptotic pathways   Proteasome inhibitor bortezomib (PS-341; Millennium Pharmaceuticals)  
  IKKβ inhibitors SPC-839 (Celgene) or BMS-345541 (BMS)  
  CDDO (RTA401; Reata Pharmaceuticals)  
  XIAP antagonist Di/triphenylureas (1396-11,12,34) (The Burnham Institute/Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies)  
Transcriptional modulation (HDAC inhibitors)   NFκB modulation by depsipeptide (FK228; Gloucester Pharmaceuticals) or suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA; Aton Pharma)  
Gene-specific antisense oligonucleotides  
Inhibition of antiapoptotic pathways   STAT3 antisense-molecule ISIS 345794 (ISIS Pharmaceuticals)  
  XIAP antisense-molecule AEG35156 (Aegera Therapeutics)  
Antigen-specific adoptive T-cell transfer  
Induction of cytotoxicity
 
Individual EBV-specific cytotoxic T cells
 

Mechanisms of action

Examples of drugs/compounds
Receptor-specific antibodies  
ADCC   CD30 antibody SGN-30 (Seattle Genetics) or MDX-60 (Medarex)  
  CD20 antibody rituximab (Roche) (mostly for LPHL)  
  IL-13 antibody CAT-354 (Cambridge Antibody Technology)  
  CD40 antibody CHIR-12.12 (Chiron Oncology)  
  RANKL antibody AMG162 (Amgen)  
Proapoptotic   TRAIL-R1 antibody (Human Genome Sciences)  
Protein-specific small molecules  
Inhibition of antiapoptotic pathways   Proteasome inhibitor bortezomib (PS-341; Millennium Pharmaceuticals)  
  IKKβ inhibitors SPC-839 (Celgene) or BMS-345541 (BMS)  
  CDDO (RTA401; Reata Pharmaceuticals)  
  XIAP antagonist Di/triphenylureas (1396-11,12,34) (The Burnham Institute/Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies)  
Transcriptional modulation (HDAC inhibitors)   NFκB modulation by depsipeptide (FK228; Gloucester Pharmaceuticals) or suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA; Aton Pharma)  
Gene-specific antisense oligonucleotides  
Inhibition of antiapoptotic pathways   STAT3 antisense-molecule ISIS 345794 (ISIS Pharmaceuticals)  
  XIAP antisense-molecule AEG35156 (Aegera Therapeutics)  
Antigen-specific adoptive T-cell transfer  
Induction of cytotoxicity
 
Individual EBV-specific cytotoxic T cells
 

ADCC indicates antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity; HDAC, histone deacetylase.

Locations for manufacturers are as follows: Seattle Genetics, Bothell, WA; Medarex, Princeton, NJ; Roche, Milan, Italy; Cambridge Antibody Technology, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Chiron Oncology, Berkshire, United Kingdom; Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA; Human Genome Sciences, Rockville, MD; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA; Celgene, Middlesex, United Kingdom; BMS (Bristol-Myers Squib), New York, NY; Reata Discovery, Dallas, TX; Gloucester Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA; Aton Pharma, Tarrytown, NY; ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, CA; and Aegera Therapeutics, Montreal, QC.

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