Drug

Docetaxel clinical trials

Also written Taxotere, RP56976, Docefrez and HB1801.

Includes 3 studies of Nanoparticle Albumin-Bound Docetaxel and 3 studies of Liposomal Docetaxel.

studies test it: 1,319
open now: 111
in phase 3: 199
first study started: 1993

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How studies write it

Studies that test it under each name

Studies by the year they started

1,314 studies that test it; most in 2004 (100)

Studies that test Docetaxel, by start year
Year	Studies
1993	1
1994	1
1995	3
1996	2
1997	11
1998	17
1999	35
2000	27
2001	39
2002	60
2003	78
2004	100
2005	97
2006	74
2007	85
2008	70
2009	48
2010	53
2011	41
2012	30
2013	37
2014	39
2015	38
2016	41
2017	26
2018	39
2019	21
2020	36
2021	33
2022	21
2023	37
2024	26
2025	27
2026	21

By phase

A phase 1/2 study counts in both.

Early Phase 1: 4
Phase 1: 317
Phase 2: 904
Phase 3: 199
Phase 4: 12
No phase: 25

What it is tested for

Each study’s main condition, where its own words name it.

Breast Neoplasms: 239
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung: 218
Prostatic Neoplasms: 191
Stomach Neoplasms: 71
Neoplasms: 50
Adenocarcinoma: 48
Head and Neck Neoplasms: 43
Carcinoma: 39
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck: 38
Lung Neoplasms: 29
Pancreatic Neoplasms: 22
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: 19

Who runs them

Industry 292 · Other 1,027

Sanofi (50) · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (33) · National Cancer Institute (NCI) (32) · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (23) · Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (22) · Hoffmann-La Roche (21) · SWOG Cancer Research Network (20) · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (18)

Often tested with

Tested in the same studies.

Cisplatin (201) · Gemcitabine (131) · Carboplatin (130) · Fluorouracil (102) · Capecitabine (96) · Oxaliplatin (84) · Paclitaxel (69) · Cyclophosphamide (68)

Studies

Open first, then newest update. How each study uses Docetaxel is read from its arms, and is right about nine times in ten.

Testing it · 1,319

See all 1,319 studies that test Docetaxel →

Given in every arm · 480 — Docetaxel is usual care beside what is tested

Showing 20 of 480.

As the comparator · 246 — what is tested is compared with Docetaxel

Showing 20 of 246.

Codes

What other systems call Docetaxel · ClinicalTrials.gg INT006647

MeSH (NLM) D000077143DocetaxelConfirmed ClinicalTrials.gov, NLM, Wikidata
UNII (FDA) 15H5577CQDDOCETAXELConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
RxNorm 72962Confirmed FDA, Wikidata
Wikidata Q27126905docetaxel trihydrateConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
NCI Thesaurus C1526DocetaxelConfirmed FDA, Wikidata

System	Code	Name there	Checked by
MeSH (NLM)	D000077143	Docetaxel	Confirmed ClinicalTrials.gov, NLM, Wikidata
UNII (FDA)	15H5577CQD	DOCETAXEL	Confirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
RxNorm	72962	—	Confirmed FDA, Wikidata
Wikidata	Q27126905	docetaxel trihydrate	Confirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
NCI Thesaurus	C1526	Docetaxel	Confirmed FDA, Wikidata

Also registered as docetaxel anhydrous (UNII 699121PHCA · RxNorm 1299922).

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