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Abacavir clinical trials

Also written Ziagen.

studies test it
77
open now
3
in phase 3
22
first study started
1994

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Approvals

The first approval found in each region, with its record

United States
17 Dec 1998 · ZIAGEN · NDA 020977 (FDA, Drugs@FDA)
European Union
8 Jul 1999 · Ziagen · EMEA/H/C/000252 (EMA)

From FDA's Drugs@FDA and Purple Book (through openFDA) and the European Medicines Agency, files of Sept 2026 and 27 Oct 2026. National approvals in Europe and other countries are not included. How this is worked out

How studies write it

Studies that test it under each name

Name

Abacavir sulfate
32
Abacavir
17
Abacavir (ABC)
3
ABC
3
abacavir 600 mg/lamivudine 300 mg
2

Brand

Ziagen
5

In one entry with another drug

Given together, or one or the other

Abacavir+Lamivudine
2

Studies by the year they started

56 studies that test it; most in 1999 (9)

Studies that test Abacavir, by start year
YearStudies
19941
19971
19999
20002
20012
20021
20031
20043
20055
20063
20075
20082
20092
20103
20111
20123
20133
20142
20151
20161
20222
20241
20251
20261

By phase

A phase 1/2 study counts in both.

Phase 1
12
Phase 2
20
Phase 3
22
Phase 4
18
No phase
8

What it is tested for

Each study’s main condition, where its own words name it, so a study counts once.

Who runs them

Industry 33 · Other 44

Glaxo Wellcome (17) · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (14) · ViiV Healthcare (5) · GlaxoSmithKline (5) · Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital (3) · Kirby Institute (2) · Gilead Sciences (2) · Central Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia (1)

Often tested with

Tested in the same studies.

Lamivudine (32) · Efavirenz (15) · Zidovudine (13) · Ritonavir (11) · Amprenavir (11) · Dolutegravir (8) · Tenofovir (6) · Emtricitabine (5)

Related medicines

As reviewed, each with the page that says it.

Studies

Open first, then newest update. How each study uses Abacavir is read from its arms, and is right about nine times in ten. Ask us to read each study. These are the studies that list it as an intervention; a search of ClinicalTrials.gov also finds studies that mention it only in a description, such as earlier treatment.

Testing it · 77

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Given beside what is tested · 7 — Abacavir is usual care or a partner of the new treatment
As the comparator · 5 — what is tested is compared with Abacavir

Codes

What other systems call Abacavir · ClinicalTrials.gg INT006891

  • MeSH (NLM) D000099227AbacavirConfirmed NLM, Wikidata
  • UNII (FDA) WR2TIP26VSABACAVIRConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
  • UNII (FDA) X9A7099R51ABACAVIR, (+)-One source NLM
  • RxNorm 190521Confirmed FDA, Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q304330abacavirConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
  • NCI Thesaurus C61523AbacavirOne source FDA
  • DrugBank DB01048One source Wikidata

Also registered as abacavir hydrochloride monohydrate (UNII GZP7A66C3C), abacavir succinate (UNII 40FH6D8CHK), abacavir sulfate (UNII J220T4J9Q2 · RxNorm 221052) and abacavir sulfate, (+)- (UNII PMA9EH08PM).

“Confirmed” means two independent publishers link the code to this drug; “one source”, one does and its name agrees.