Marimastat is a broad spectrum matrix metalloprotease (MMP) inhibitor. It is an angiogenesis and metastasis inhibitor. It mimics the peptide structure of natural MMP substrates and binds to matrix metalloproteases, thereby preventing the degradation of the basement membrane by these proteases. This antiprotease action prevents the migration of endothelial cells needed to form new blood vessels. Inhibition of MMPs also prevents the entry and exit of tumor cells into existing blood cells, thereby preventing metastasis. Marimastat has been in pivotal phase III trials in glioblastoma, breast, ovarian and small and non-small cell lung cancer, but these trials have all been discontinued because marimastat failed to show superior efficacy over either standard chemotherapy or placebo.

Aderbasib, also known as INCB007839, is an orally bioavailable low nanomolar hydroxamate-based inhibitor of the ADAM (A Disintegrin And Metalloprotease) family of multifunctional membrane-bound proteins with potential antineoplastic activity. Aderbasib represses the metalloproteinase "sheddase" activities of ADAM10 and ADAM17, which may result in the inhibition of tumor cell proliferation. In preclinical studies, Aderbasib with lapatinib prevented the growth of HER-2/neu–positive BT474-SC1 human breast cancer xenografts in vivo. Aderbasib was being developed by Incyte as a potential adjunctive treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Aderbasib in combination with trastuzumab increased the response rate in HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer patients with advanced disease, relative to historical controls (50% versus 15–35%). INC7839 also improved progression-free survival in a subset of the patients expressing the p95 fragment of HER2. Aderbasib development was halted in 2011 after positive findings from Phase II trials were contradicted by further research. Aderbasib is currently being tested in combination with rituximab for diffuse large B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

TAPI-1, known in the earlier literature as just TAPI, is an inhibitor of tumor necrosis factor-alpha converting enzyme (TACE)/ADAM 17, that inhibits the cleavage of TNF-α, TNFRI (p60), and TNFRII (p80). It was shown on mice model, that administration of TAPI-1 to mice with skin fibrosis induced by daily BLM injections lead to the significant suppressed BLM-induced skin thickness and the number of myofibroblasts, thus was suggested, that targeting the TNFalpha converting enzyme might be a new type of therapy for patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc).