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Table 1 Synergistic 2-agent combinations

From: Inference of synergy/antagonism between anticancer drugs from the pooled analysis of clinical trials

Agent 1

Agent 2

Standard of care*

Expected ORR 1

Observed ORR 0

p synergy

Cancer subtype

Docetaxel

Doxorubicin

Yes

40

65

7.70E-43

Breast cancer

Oxaliplatin

5-fluorouracil

Yes

25

52

1.82E-17

Colorectal, gastric cancer

Irinotecan

Etoposide

No

19

66

4.98E-13

Lung cancer

Doxorubicin

Ifosfamide

Yes

19

48

1.20E-09

Gynecologic, soft tissue sarcoma

Bortezomib

Thalidomide

Yes

56

100

2.13E-09

Myeloma

Capecitabine

Irinotecan

No

35

48

9.53E-09

Colorectal, gastric, lung cancer

S-1

Irinotecan

No

33

47

1.20E-07

Colorectal, gastric, lung cancer

Oxaliplatin

Doxorubicin

No

27

68

1.30E-07

Ovarian cancer

Oxaliplatin

Irinotecan

Yes

24

52

4.30E-06

Colorectal, lung cancer

Capecitabine

Radiation

No

65

88

3.11E-05

Cervical cancer

Rituximab

Alpha-interferon

No

67

94

2.48E-04

Lymphoma

Oxaliplatin

Capecitabine

Yes

38

44

3.41E-03

Colorectal, gastric cancer

5-fluorouracil

Irinotecan

Yes

22

38

5.87E-03

Colorectal cancer

Capecitabine

Alpha-interferon

No

38

54

3.34E-02

Renal cancer

Fludarabine

Thalidomide

No

78

100

4.05E-02

Leukemia

  1. *By National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines.
  2. The combinations with an observed ORR (ORR0) that is significantly higher than the expected ORR in the absence of agent interactions (ORR1).