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Ribavirin clinical trials

Also written Copegus, RBV, Rebetol and SCH 18908.

studies test it
358
open now
3
in phase 3
117
first study started
1997

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Approvals

The first approval found in each region, with its record

United States
31 Dec 1985 · VIRAZOLE · NDA 018859 (FDA, Drugs@FDA)
European Union
6 May 1999 · Rebetol · EMEA/H/C/000246 (EMA; now withdrawn)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

Ribavirin
203
Ribavirin (RBV)
18
ribavirin [Copegus]
4
Ribavirin (COPEGUS)
4
REBETOL (ribavirin; SCH 18908)
3

Brand

Copegus
35
Rebetol
24
Ribasphere
6
Virazole
4

Development codes

SCH 18908
3
SCH 018908
1
Ro 20-9963
1

Other names

RBV
34

In one entry with another drug

Given together, or one or the other

Pegylated interferon alfa-2a and ribavirin
6
Pegylated interferon and ribavirin
5
Peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin
3
Pegasys and Copegus
2
PEGETRON combination therapy
2
Combination of pegylated interferon alfa-2b and ribavirin
2
pegylated interferon alpha 2a and ribavirin
2
Pegylated Interferon alpha 2a + Ribavirin
2

Studies by the year they started

343 studies that test it; most in 2007 (30)

Studies that test Ribavirin, by start year
YearStudies
19972
19982
19992
20003
20016
200212
200319
200420
200523
200619
200730
200810
200920
201014
201124
201228
201318
201424
201525
201620
20173
20184
20205
20212
20223
20232
20242
20251

By phase

A phase 1/2 study counts in both.

Early Phase 1
2
Phase 1
32
Phase 2
115
Phase 3
117
Phase 4
95
No phase
24

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 171 · Other 187

Hoffmann-La Roche (31) · Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (30) · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (20) · Gilead Sciences (19) · AbbVie (17) · Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (11) · Bristol-Myers Squibb (8) · National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) (8)

Often tested with

Tested in the same studies.

Peginterferon alfa-2a (81) · Peginterferon alfa-2b (41) · Sofosbuvir (34) · Paritaprevir (20) · Telaprevir (20) · Dasabuvir (18) · Ombitasvir (18) · Interferons (18)

Coming up

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

Reaching primary completion within a year · 2, 1 in phase 3

Studies that test Ribavirin, phase 3 first.

Studies

Open first, then newest update. How each study uses Ribavirin 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 · 358

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Given beside what is tested · 295 — Ribavirin is usual care or a partner of the new treatment

Showing 20 of 295.

As the comparator · 22 — what is tested is compared with Ribavirin

Showing 20 of 22.

Codes

What other systems call Ribavirin · ClinicalTrials.gg INT008159

  • MeSH (NLM) D012254RibavirinConfirmed ClinicalTrials.gov, NLM, Wikidata
  • UNII (FDA) 49717AWG6KRIBAVIRINConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
  • RxNorm 9344Confirmed FDA, Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q421862ribavirinConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
  • NCI Thesaurus C807RibavirinOne source FDA
  • DrugBank DB00811One source Wikidata

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