Drug

Imatinib clinical trials

Also written Gleevec, Glivec, STI571 and CGP 57148.

studies test it: 408
open now: 29
in phase 3: 48
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

407 studies that test it; most in 2002 (44)

Studies that test imatinib, by start year
Year	Studies
1993	1
1999	3
2000	10
2001	21
2002	44
2003	32
2004	44
2005	29
2006	33
2007	26
2008	17
2009	15
2010	11
2011	10
2012	10
2013	7
2014	13
2015	7
2016	8
2017	7
2018	7
2019	7
2020	14
2021	8
2022	5
2023	5
2024	2
2025	6
2026	5

By phase

A phase 1/2 study counts in both.

Early Phase 1: 3
Phase 1: 106
Phase 2: 275
Phase 3: 48
Phase 4: 17
No phase: 7

What it is tested for

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

Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive: 76
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: 49
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma: 24
Leukemia: 14
Melanoma: 12
Neoplasms: 10
Prostatic Neoplasms: 8
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: 7
COVID-19: 6
Scleroderma, Systemic: 6
Breast Neoplasms: 6
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung: 6

Who runs them

Industry 75 · Other 333

Novartis Pharmaceuticals (47) · National Cancer Institute (NCI) (38) · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (28) · Asan Medical Center (8) · Novartis (8) · OHSU Knight Cancer Institute (6) · University of Bologna (6) · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (5)

Often tested with

Tested in the same studies.

Dasatinib (21) · Nilotinib (20) · Cytarabine (13) · Docetaxel (13) · Gemcitabine (10) · Everolimus (8) · Capecitabine (7) · Cisplatin (7)

Studies

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

Testing it · 408

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Given in every arm · 31 — imatinib is usual care beside what is tested

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As the comparator · 35 — what is tested is compared with imatinib

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Codes

What other systems call imatinib · ClinicalTrials.gg INT006552

MeSH (NLM) D000068877Imatinib MesylateConfirmed ClinicalTrials.gov, NLM, Wikidata
UNII (FDA) BKJ8M8G5HIIMATINIBConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
RxNorm 282388Confirmed FDA, Wikidata
Wikidata Q177094imatinibConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
NCI Thesaurus C62035ImatinibOne source FDA
DrugBank DB00619One source Wikidata

System	Code	Name there	Checked by
MeSH (NLM)	D000068877	Imatinib Mesylate	Confirmed ClinicalTrials.gov, NLM, Wikidata
UNII (FDA)	BKJ8M8G5HI	IMATINIB	Confirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
RxNorm	282388	—	Confirmed FDA, Wikidata
Wikidata	Q177094	imatinib	Confirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
NCI Thesaurus	C62035	Imatinib	One source FDA
DrugBank	DB00619	—	One source Wikidata

Also registered as imatinib mesylate (UNII 8A1O1M485B · RxNorm 284924).

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

Imatinib clinical trials

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Combined with it in one product