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Letrozole clinical trials

Also written Femara, CGS 20267 and FEM345.

studies test it
340
open now
51
in phase 3
85
first study started
1998
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Approvals

The first approval found in each region, with its record

United States
25 Jul 1997 · FEMARA · NDA 020726 (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

Letrozole
243
Letrozole 2.5mg
25
Letrozole tablets
10
Letrozole (Aromatase Inhibitors)
5
Aromatase inhibitor
5

Brand

Femara
104

Development codes

CGS 20267
17
FEM345
5

In one entry with another drug

Given together, or one or the other

Lenvatinib + Letrozole
2
GnRH agonist and Letrozole
2

Studies by the year they started

340 studies that test it; most in 2022 (21)

Studies that test Letrozole, by start year
YearStudies
19982
19991
20006
20012
20026
20038
200411
200515
200612
200713
200818
200912
20107
20118
201211
20139
20147
201515
201619
201715
201818
201916
202017
202115
202221
202319
202414
202512
202611

By phase

A phase 1/2 study counts in both.

Early Phase 1
11
Phase 1
32
Phase 2
146
Phase 3
85
Phase 4
46
No phase
51

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 53 · Other 287

Novartis Pharmaceuticals (24) · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (9) · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (8) · Cairo University (8) · Assiut University (8) · University of California, San Francisco (6) · The University of Hong Kong (6) · Fudan University (5)

Often tested with

Tested in the same studies.

Tamoxifen (26) · Anastrozole (18) · Exemestane (14) · Palbociclib (14) · Everolimus (13) · Trastuzumab (12) · Abemaciclib (10) · Clomiphene (9)

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 · 14 phase 3 studies under way

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

  • 3AZD9833 · AstraZeneca · next primary completion Apr 2027
  • 2Palazestrant · Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · next primary completion Dec 2028
  • 2HRS-8080 · Shandong Suncadia Medicine Co., Ltd. · next primary completion Aug 2027
  • 1Giredestrant · Hoffmann-La Roche
  • 1Imlunestrant · Eli Lilly and Company · next primary completion Oct 2027
  • 1Vepdegestrant · Pfizer · next primary completion Dec 2026
  • 1RO5126766 · Verastem, Inc. · next primary completion Oct 2028
  • 1Defactinib · Verastem, Inc. · next primary completion Oct 2028
Reaching primary completion within a year · 20, 3 in phase 3

Studies that test Letrozole, phase 3 first.

Studies

Open first, then newest update. How each study uses Letrozole 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 · 340

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Given beside what is tested · 203 — Letrozole is usual care or a partner of the new treatment

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As the comparator · 40 — what is tested is compared with Letrozole

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What changed recently

From the registry's own updates since Oct 15, 2026.

Codes

What other systems call Letrozole · ClinicalTrials.gg INT006690

  • MeSH (NLM) D000077289LetrozoleConfirmed ClinicalTrials.gov, NLM, Wikidata
  • UNII (FDA) 7LKK855W8ILETROZOLEConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
  • RxNorm 72965Confirmed FDA, Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q194974letrozoleConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
  • NCI Thesaurus C1527LetrozoleOne source FDA
  • DrugBank DB01006One source Wikidata

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