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Clarithromycin clinical trials

Also written Biaxin, Klacid, Abbott-56268 and ABT-268.

studies test it
152
open now
10
in phase 3
30
first study started
1991

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Approvals

The first approval found in each region, with its record

United States
31 Oct 1991 · BIAXIN · NDA 050662 (FDA, Drugs@FDA)
European Union
Not in EMA's list of EU-wide authorisations

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

Clarithromycin
83
Clarithromycin 500mg
13
Clarithromycin ER 500 mg tablets
2
CLARITH
2
Clarithromycin 500 mg
2

Brand

Biaxin
14
Klacid
6
Klaricid
4

Development codes

Abbott-56268
2
ABT-268
2
CLR 500mg
1

In one entry with another drug

Given together, or one or the other

PPI, amoxicillin, metronidazole and clarithromycin
2
omeprazole, amoxicillin, clarithromycin
2

Studies by the year they started

141 studies that test it; most in 2017 (12)

Studies that test Clarithromycin, by start year
YearStudies
19911
19921
19941
19952
19991
20002
20029
200311
20043
20054
20066
20073
20081
20091
20104
20114
20123
20137
20145
20157
20167
201712
201810
20195
20206
202110
20223
20233
20243
20253
20263

By phase

A phase 1/2 study counts in both.

Early Phase 1
2
Phase 1
29
Phase 2
32
Phase 3
30
Phase 4
40
No phase
25

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 39 · Other 113

Weill Medical College of Cornell University (5) · Abbott (5) · Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (5) · Teva Pharmaceuticals USA (4) · Hellenic Institute for the Study of Sepsis (4) · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (4) · Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc (3) · Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (3)

Often tested with

Tested in the same studies.

Amoxicillin (43) · Metronidazole (26) · Omeprazole (11) · Levofloxacin (10) · Rabeprazole (8) · Dexamethasone (7) · Bismuth (7) · Lansoprazole (7)

Related medicines

As reviewed, each with the page that says it.

Coming up

From the study records. Dates are the sponsors’ own estimates and often move.

Tested against it · 2 phase 3 studies under way

Clarithromycin is the comparator. A study of two new drugs counts under both.

  • 1Azithromycin · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens · next primary completion Feb 2028
Reaching primary completion within a year · 3, 1 in phase 3

Studies that test Clarithromycin, phase 3 first.

Studies

Open first, then newest update. How each study uses Clarithromycin 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 · 152

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Given beside what is tested · 66 — Clarithromycin is usual care or a partner of the new treatment

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As the comparator · 43 — what is tested is compared with Clarithromycin

Showing 20 of 43.

Codes

What other systems call Clarithromycin · ClinicalTrials.gg INT008571

  • MeSH (NLM) D017291ClarithromycinConfirmed ClinicalTrials.gov, NLM, Wikidata
  • UNII (FDA) H1250JIK0ACLARITHROMYCINConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
  • RxNorm 21212Confirmed FDA, Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q118551clarithromycinConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
  • NCI Thesaurus C1054ClarithromycinOne source FDA
  • DrugBank DB01211One source Wikidata

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