Drug

Sorafenib clinical trials

Also written Nexavar, BAY 43-9006 and BAY 54-9085.

studies test it: 509
open now: 13
in phase 3: 47
first study started: 2002

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How studies write it

Studies that test it under each name

Studies by the year they started

508 studies that test it; most in 2007 (75)

Studies that test Sorafenib, by start year
Year	Studies
2002	4
2003	1
2004	22
2005	44
2006	38
2007	75
2008	69
2009	62
2010	28
2011	35
2012	22
2013	19
2014	17
2015	20
2016	12
2017	10
2018	5
2019	4
2020	5
2021	4
2022	4
2023	1
2024	3
2025	3
2026	1

By phase

A phase 1/2 study counts in both.

Early Phase 1: 2
Phase 1: 196
Phase 2: 309
Phase 3: 47
Phase 4: 4
No phase: 18

What it is tested for

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

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular: 113
Carcinoma, Renal Cell: 53
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung: 24
Melanoma: 23
Breast Neoplasms: 21
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute: 18
Neoplasms: 17
Liver Neoplasms: 16
Carcinoma: 13
Prostatic Neoplasms: 12
Thyroid Neoplasms: 10
Glioblastoma: 9

Who runs them

Industry 89 · Other 420

National Cancer Institute (NCI) (75) · Bayer (49) · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (22) · SCRI Development Innovations, LLC (9) · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (8) · University Health Network, Toronto (8) · St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (7) · H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute (6)

Often tested with

Tested in the same studies.

Bevacizumab (26) · Gemcitabine (21) · Everolimus (19) · Cisplatin (19) · Erlotinib (17) · Paclitaxel (16) · Carboplatin (15) · Capecitabine (14)

Studies

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

Testing it · 509

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Given in every arm · 69 — Sorafenib is usual care beside what is tested

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As the comparator · 55 — what is tested is compared with Sorafenib

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Codes

What other systems call Sorafenib · ClinicalTrials.gg INT006656

MeSH (NLM) D000077157SorafenibConfirmed ClinicalTrials.gov, NLM, Wikidata
UNII (FDA) 9ZOQ3TZI87SORAFENIBConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
RxNorm 495881Confirmed FDA, Wikidata
Wikidata Q421136sorafenibConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
NCI Thesaurus C61948SorafenibOne source FDA
DrugBank DB00398One source Wikidata

System	Code	Name there	Checked by
MeSH (NLM)	D000077157	Sorafenib	Confirmed ClinicalTrials.gov, NLM, Wikidata
UNII (FDA)	9ZOQ3TZI87	SORAFENIB	Confirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
RxNorm	495881	—	Confirmed FDA, Wikidata
Wikidata	Q421136	sorafenib	Confirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
NCI Thesaurus	C61948	Sorafenib	One source FDA
DrugBank	DB00398	—	One source Wikidata

Also registered as bay-673472 (UNII 5XYK65KIGD) and sorafenib tosylate (UNII 5T62Q3B36J · RxNorm 597744).

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