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Paclitaxel clinical trials

Also written Taxol, BMS-181339, Onxal and DHP107.

Includes 529 studies of Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel, 15 studies of Paclitaxel Liposome and 6 studies of Submicron Particle Paclitaxel Sterile Suspension.

studies test it
1,755
open now
262
in phase 3
266
first study started
1991
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Approvals

The first approval found in each region, with its record

United States
29 Dec 1992 · TAXOL · NDA 020262 (FDA, Drugs@FDA)
European Union
19 Jul 1999 · Paxene · EMEA/H/C/000216 (EMA; now withdrawn)

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

Paclitaxel
959
Anzatax
135
Asotax
125
Praxel
81
Bristaxol
80

Brand

Taxol
333
Onxol
3
Paxene
3
GENEXOL
1

Development codes

BMS-181339
8
DHP107
4
NSC 673089
2
NSC 125973
2
SMS001
1

Other names

Onxal
8
Capxol
1

In one entry with another drug

Given together, or one or the other

Paclitaxel and Carboplatin
10
carboplatin and paclitaxel
7
POF
6
Paclitaxel, Carboplatin
5
Paclitaxel, Cisplatin
4
Paclitaxel + Carboplatin
3
paclitaxel and cisplatin
3
Paclitaxel plus carboplatin
3

Studies by the year they started

1,744 studies that test it; most in 2015 (78); 4 more planned to start later

Studies that test Paclitaxel, by start year
YearStudies
19911
199410
19956
199620
199739
199844
199958
200059
200152
200235
200340
200442
200554
200665
200768
200873
200957
201063
201153
201256
201360
201473
201578
201655
201765
201852
201977
202066
202161
202249
202350
202454
202553
202656

Who runs them

Industry 292 · Other 1,463

National Cancer Institute (NCI) (82) · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (56) · Fudan University (44) · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (35) · Gynecologic Oncology Group (32) · Celgene (28) · Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (27) · Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (24)

Often tested with

Tested in the same studies.

Carboplatin (523) · Gemcitabine (241) · Cisplatin (222) · Bevacizumab (121) · Cyclophosphamide (89) · Doxorubicin (86) · Trastuzumab (76) · Fluorouracil (72)

Related medicines

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Coming up

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

Tested against it · 99 phase 3 studies under way

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

  • 7Sacituzumab tirumotecan · Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. · next primary completion Apr 2027
  • 5Sacituzumab govitecan · Gilead Sciences, National Cancer Institute (NCI) · next primary completion Feb 2027
  • 5Izalontamab brengitecan · Sichuan Baili Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Bristol-Myers Squibb · next primary completion Mar 2028
  • 4Datopotamab deruxtecan · AstraZeneca · next primary completion Jul 2027
  • 4Durvalumab · AstraZeneca · next primary completion Jul 2027
  • 4Trastuzumab rezetecan · Jiangsu HengRui Medicine Co., Ltd., Suzhou Suncadia Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. · next primary completion May 2027
  • 4Docetaxel · University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Fudan University · next primary completion Aug 2028
  • 4Mocertatug rezetecan · GlaxoSmithKline, Hansoh BioMedical R&D Company · next primary completion Mar 2027
Reaching primary completion within a year · 99, 10 in phase 3

Studies that test Paclitaxel, phase 3 first.

Studies

Open first, then newest update. How each study uses Paclitaxel 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 · 1,755

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Given beside what is tested · 1,670 — Paclitaxel is usual care or a partner of the new treatment

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As the comparator · 270 — what is tested is compared with Paclitaxel

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Codes

What other systems call Paclitaxel · ClinicalTrials.gg INT008560

  • MeSH (NLM) D017239PaclitaxelConfirmed ClinicalTrials.gov, NLM, Wikidata
  • UNII (FDA) P88XT4IS4DPACLITAXELConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
  • RxNorm 56946Confirmed FDA, Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q423762paclitaxelConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
  • NCI Thesaurus C1411PaclitaxelOne source FDA
  • DrugBank DB01229One source Wikidata

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