TABLE 1

Selected liposomal products in clinical development in GI cancers

ConditionsInterventionPhaseSponsorClinical Trials Identifier
Advanced colorectal cancerCPX-1 (irinotecan HCl: floxuridine)IIJazz Pharmaceuticals (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)NCT00361842
Gemcitabine-resistant metastatic pancreatic cancerLiposomal irinotecan (Onivyde)III (Approved 2015)Merrimack PharmaceuticalsNCT01494506
Gastric, gastroesophageal, and esophageal adenocarcinomaOxaliplatin in transferrin-conjugated liposomeI/IIMebiopharm Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan)NCT00964080
Nonresectable hepatocellular carcinomaThermoDox (thermally sensitive liposomal doxorubicin)IIICelsion (Lawrenceville, NJ)NCT02112656
Locally advanced/metastatic pancreatic cancerEndoTAG-1 (paclitaxel in cationic liposomes)IIISynCore Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Chung Shan Village, Taiwan)NCT03126435
Pancreatic cancer(LE-DT) docetaxelIIINSYS Therapeutics Inc. (Phoenix, AZ)NCT01186731
Metastatic/unresectable GI cancersLiposomal irinotecanI/IIEmory University (Atlanta, GA)NCT03368963
Liver cancerLiposomal doxorubicin with TTFields (alternating electric fields)IMD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX)NCT03203525
Liver cancerMTL-CEBPA (CEBPA small activating RNA in liposomesIMina Alpha Ltd. (London, UK)NCT02716012
Metastatic colorectal cancerSN-38 liposomeIIAlliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (Boston, MA)NCT00311610
Solid tumors including gastric/gastroesophageal/pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma(MM-310) docetaxel in liposomes targeted with antibodies to EphA2 receptorIMerrimack PharmaceuticalsNCT03076372
Locally advanced/metastatic esophageal carcinomaPNU-93914 (liposomal paclitaxel)IIMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, NY)NCT00016900
Metastatic pancreatic cancerSGT-53 (human p53 plasmid DNA in cationic liposome)IISynerGene Therapeutics, Inc. (Potomac, MD)NCT02340117
Primary liver cancerMRX34 (liposomal miRNA-34a mimic)IMirna Therapeutics, Inc. (Austin, TX)NCT01829971
Metastatic pancreatic cancerAtu027 (liposomal protein kinase N3 siRNA)I/IISilence Therapeutics GmbH (Berlin, Germany)NCT01808638