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‹ Mon · 29 Jun 2026
Promising but preliminary

Fluvoxamine combined with lenvatinib enhances anti-hepatocellular carcinoma immunity by promoting M1 macrophage and T-cell infiltration.

Repurposing an antidepressant with a cancer drug remodels liver tumors' immune environment in lab models, warranting clinical testing given fluvoxamine's safety history.

Drug repurposing of fluvoxamine with lenvatinib remodels the HCC immune microenvironment toward M1/anti-tumor phenotype in preclinical models, offering a novel sigma-1 receptor-based combination strategy. Preclinical efficacy warrants early clinical investigation given fluvoxamine's established safety profile.

What the study was

Study design
Preclinical experimental study (in vivo murine models)
Population
Murine hepatocellular carcinoma models
Category
Drug Development
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
Scientific reports

Why it surfaced

Novel SSRI drug repurposing for HCC immune remodeling; high novelty; animal study only; triage_score capped at 5 per non-human rule but adjusted to 6 given novel drug repurposing dimension.

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