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ArticleNature medicine2024

High-throughput identification of repurposable neuroactive drugs with potent anti-glioblastoma activity.

Sohyon Lee, Tobias Weiss, Marcel Bühler, Julien Mena, Zuzanna Lottenbach, Rebekka Wegmann, Miaomiao Sun, Michel Bihl, Bartłomiej Augustynek, Sven P Baumann and 15 more

3 registry-linked trialsAbstract read
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Article in Nature medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 48 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06620380 phase2recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Ex Vivo Drug Response Evaluation for Next Generation Care of Brain Metastases

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ZurichRan2025 to 2027Enrolled102ConditionsBrain Metastases, Brain Metastases, AdultArmsPharmacoscopy 1.0, Control
NCT06804655 phase2not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Pharmacoscopy for Patients With Refractory Primary Brain Tumors

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ZurichRan2026 to 2028Enrolled40ConditionsBrain (Nervous System) Cancers, Glioblastoma, Glioma, EpendymomaArmsPharmacoscopy 1.0
NCT07284628 phase2recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

A Phase II Drug Repurposing Trial of Vortioxetine for the Treatment of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ZurichRan2026 to 2029Enrolled78ConditionsGlioblastomaArmsVortioxetine
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Comparison of anterolateral versus posterior lumbar fusion techniques in obese patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Sohyon Lee *Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4790-4990
Tobias Weiss *Department of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5533-9429
Marcel BühlerDepartment of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9608-1316
Julien MenaDepartment of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8040-810X
Zuzanna LottenbachDepartment of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Rebekka WegmannDepartment of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9616-3303
Miaomiao SunDepartment of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Michel BihlInstitute of Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Bartłomiej AugustynekMembrane Transport Discovery Lab, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension and Department of Biomedical Research, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Sven P BaumannMembrane Transport Discovery Lab, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension and Department of Biomedical Research, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Sandra GoetzeDepartment of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute of Translational Medicine (ITM), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6880-8020
Audrey van DrogenDepartment of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute of Translational Medicine (ITM), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Patrick G A PedrioliDepartment of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute of Translational Medicine (ITM), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
David PentonElectrophysiology Facility, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Yasmin FestlDepartment of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Alicia BuckDepartment of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Daniel KirschenbaumDepartment of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Anna M ZeitlbergerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Marian C NeidertDepartment of Neurosurgery, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Flavio VasellaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Elisabeth J RushingDepartment of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Bernd WollscheidDepartment of Health Sciences and Technology, Institute of Translational Medicine (ITM), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Matthias A HedigerMembrane Transport Discovery Lab, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension and Department of Biomedical Research, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Michael WellerDepartment of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1748-174X
Berend SnijderDepartment of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. bsnijder@ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3386-6583

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 803063EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 898549European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) 956-2019Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 310030_185155Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 310030_204972
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma, the most aggressive primary brain cancer, has a dismal prognosis, yet systemic treatment is limited to DNA-alkylating chemotherapies. New therapeutic strategies may emerge from exploring neurodevelopmental and neurophysiological vulnerabilities of glioblastoma. To this end, we systematically screened repurposable neuroactive drugs in glioblastoma patient surgery material using a clinically concordant and single-cell resolved platform. Profiling more than 2,500 ex vivo drug responses across 27 patients and 132 drugs identified class-diverse neuroactive drugs with potent anti-glioblastoma efficacy that were validated across model systems. Interpretable molecular machine learning of drug-target networks revealed neuroactive convergence on AP-1/BTG-driven glioblastoma suppression, enabling expanded in silico screening of more than 1 million compounds with high patient validation accuracy. Deep multimodal profiling confirmed Ca

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Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorDrug RepositioningHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansMiceAntineoplastic Agents

Identifiers

PMID39304781
PMCPMC11564103

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