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Doxorubicin

  • Prescription medicine
  • Prescription only
  • Identity checked
  • Sources last checked 2026-09-04

This page shows what was measured, who it was measured in, and what that does not settle.

What Doxorubicin does in the body

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia acute myeloblastic leukemia Hodgkin lymphoma non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) metastatic breast cancer metastatic Wil

From the FDA-approved label: The cytotoxic effect of doxorubicin hydrochloride on malignant cells and its toxic effects on various organs are thought to be related to nucleotide base intercalation and cell membrane lipid binding activities of doxorubicin hydrochloride. Intercalation inhibits nucleotide replication and action of DNA and RNA polymerases. The interaction of doxorubicin hydrochloride with topoisomerase II to form DNA-cleavable complexes appears to be an important mechanism of doxorubicin hydrochloride cytocidal activity.

What happened in people

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

A fixed RNAWiki sentence

Where this came from

Wording RNAWiki always uses, not a finding about this substance.

No reviewed claim names a result for any goal on this record.

No source is stored against this line.

The limit that matters most

Not recorded.

Where it acts
Not recorded.
Kind of result
No result is published, so no kind of result applies yet
Supervision
Professional supervision is normally required. A regulator classifies this substance in a way that restricts how it is supplied.

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as chemical.

    FDA substance registry · 82F2G7BL4E · read 2026-08-29

Where each sentence above came from

No recorded sentence describes the change this makes in a way that stands on its own. The page opens with what it is taken for instead, and the recorded explanation follows below.

Shown as the opening line on this page.

No statement of the main limit is recorded.

The four opening statements run to 101 words.

Words this page uses

Four words worth knowing first

Chosen from what this page shows, with each one explained before the word it depends on.

Formulation

A formulation is the exact made-up form a substance comes in.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

It is like the difference between a whole bean and instant coffee.

Where that stops being true. Coffee tastes different. A formulation can change how much reaches the blood.

What people get wrong. Two products with the same name are assumed to behave the same. They often do not.

The specific composition and physical form of a product, including salt, excipients and release profile.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What happened in people

Each card is one study: the exact question it asked, who was in it, and whether it showed what it set out to show.

Cytotoxicity/Cell viability.

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05456022
How many people
1000000
Study design
Phase 2
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Injection

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Disease Free Survival (DFS) in Average Risk (AR) Patients Based on the Methotrexate Dose Randomization

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT01190930
How many people
9350
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Injection

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Disease free survival (DFS) in randomization eligible patients with higher risk features (SR-High) or standard risk average (SR-Avg) B-ALL patients based on randomization with addition of blinatumomab

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT03914625
How many people
6720
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Injection

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Event-free survival (EFS) for the whole protocol

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT04307576
How many people
6430
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Injection

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Event-free survival

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT01117441
How many people
6136
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Injection

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Tamoxifen, Ovarian Ablation, and/or Chemotherapy in Treating Women With Stage I, Stage II, or Stage IIIA Breast Cancer

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00002582
How many people
6000
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Injection

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
What we know
RNAWiki holds 6 written-up human studies for this substance, each with the question it asked.
How we know it
Each card names the study, the number of people and what the study set out to measure.
What this does not prove
These summaries were written by a person and have not been signed off as reviewed claims.
Why it matters
A study that failed is as informative as one that worked, and both are here.
What we still do not know
No reviewed claim exists, so no exact population, effect size or interval is published yet.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Were people like you studied?

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it, and where the result stops carrying.

Who was studied

People similar to this profile were included.

  • Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Injection is an anthracycline topoisomerase inhibitor indicated: •as a component of multiagent adjuvant chemotherapy for treatment of women with axillary lymph node involvement following resection of primary breast cancer ( 1.1 ).

Who is missing from the studies

  • Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What the label states about particular groups

  • On pediatric, the label states: “Based on postmarketing reports, pediatric patients treated with doxorubicin are at risk for developing late cardiovascular dysfunction.”

    US prescribing information · f62aa88d-1e25-4049-87ec-99d42edd1d31 · read 2026-08-30

  • On older people, the label states: “Clinical experience in patients who were 65 years of age and older who received doxorubicin based chemotherapy regimens for metastatic breast cancer showed no overall differences in safety and effectiveness compared with younger patients.”

    US prescribing information · f62aa88d-1e25-4049-87ec-99d42edd1d31 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are pregnant, the label states: “Category D Risk Summary Doxorubicin can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman.”

    US prescribing information · f62aa88d-1e25-4049-87ec-99d42edd1d31 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are breastfeeding, the label states: “Doxorubicin has been detected in the milk of at least one lactating patient [see Clinical Pharmacology (12.3) ] .”

    US prescribing information · f62aa88d-1e25-4049-87ec-99d42edd1d31 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people with reduced liver function, the label states: “The clearance of doxorubicin was reduced in patients with elevated serum bilirubin levels.”

    US prescribing information · f62aa88d-1e25-4049-87ec-99d42edd1d31 · read 2026-08-30

Where the result stopped carrying

  • This is a scope explorer, not a diagnosis engine.
  • It shows who was studied so you can see whether people similar to you were included.

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Why it might seem to do nothing

A real effect and a noticed effect are different things. These are the recorded reasons the two come apart.

It was studied in different people

The people in the studies were not much like the reader.

On this record: Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

A different form was studied

The studied form is not the form on the shelf.

On this record: This record is linked to 1 related forms. Evidence does not carry across all of them.

The evidence may simply be wrong

Small early studies often do not hold up.

On this record: RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Other reasons RNAWiki checked and found nothing for (10)
It was studied for a different goal
The studies measured something else entirely. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
There was nothing to correct
Where a level is already normal, topping it up may change nothing. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else had to happen too
In the studies it was paired with training, a diet or another treatment. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The change is too small to feel
A real change can still sit below what a person notices. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Day-to-day swing hides it
Sleep, food, stress and time of day move most numbers more than this would. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Not enough time yet
The studies ran longer than the person has waited. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
It was not taken as studied
Missed days change the result, and studies count them. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else changed at the same time
Two changes at once cannot be told apart afterwards. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The product may not be what it says
Contents of a sold product are not always what the label states. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
No recorded reason
RNAWiki has nothing stored that would explain it. Nothing in this record points to this reason.

None of these is a reason to take more. Taking more is not a step this page ever suggests.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What taking it involves

The recorded facts about getting hold of it and using it. Nothing here is a suggestion about what you should do.

How it is supplied

Prescription only

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

Read from the recorded approval status.

No source is stored against this line.

Form and route

Injection

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form and route recorded on this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

Who oversees it

Professional supervision is normally required. A regulator classifies this substance in a way that restricts how it is supplied.

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

Suppression classes recorded: S1, S3, S4, S6.

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Sold as injectable, injectable, liposomal, injection, suspension, liposomal, injection, solution, given by the injection, intravenous, intravitreal route.

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

Recorded notes on how this is sold and what that means for what is in the pack.

No source is stored against this line.

Where it is registered

Regulatory records are listed in the technical disclosure at the foot of this page.

Counted from records

Where this came from

A count of rows RNAWiki holds. It describes our records, not your body.

Register entries are stored per jurisdiction and shown with their dates.

No source is stored against this line.

Why people stop

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

No record of why people stopped taking it is stored for this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

What it would be like to takeNothing found in the sources checked

What can go wrong

Sorted by where each line came from. A regulator's label and a report somebody sent in are not the same kind of fact.

Nothing found in the sources checked

No harm is recorded against this substance in the sources RNAWiki checked. Finding nothing is not the same as showing there is nothing.

The sources listed were searched and held nothing. That is not the same as nothing existing.

Over a long time. No completed tested study window is recorded, so long-term effects are not established by the registry record.

Groups the studies covered thinly. Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Does the exact form matter?

Evidence belongs to the exact thing that was tested. A different salt, a different mixture or a different preparation is a different question.

The form that was studied

Injection

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form used in the studies cited on this page.

No source is stored against this line.

What is sold

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

Nothing further is recorded about which forms are sold.

No source is stored against this line.

What is recorded as being sold

  • 72 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 72 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 17337-0260 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as injectable, liposomal, injection, powder, lyophilized, for solution, injection, solution, injection, suspension, liposomal and powder, taken intravenous and intravitreal.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 17337-0260 · read 2026-08-29

  • The regulator's established pharmacologic class for it is anthracycline topoisomerase inhibitor [epc], anthracyclines [cs] and topoisomerase inhibitors [moa].

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 17337-0260 · read 2026-08-29

  • 31 published labels name it as an active ingredient. 31 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.

    US prescribing information · f62aa88d-1e25-4049-87ec-99d42edd1d31 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels are classed as human prescription drug.

    US prescribing information · f62aa88d-1e25-4049-87ec-99d42edd1d31 · read 2026-08-29

  • 3 marketed supplement labels list this ingredient, classed as non-nutrient/non-botanical and other combinations.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 248183 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels carry all other, nutrient and structure/function claims. A claim of that kind is written by the manufacturer and is not assessed by any regulator, so its presence says nothing about whether it is true.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 248183 · read 2026-08-29

  • Doxorubicin Hydrochloride is intravenous at 3 DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS DOXOrubicin HCl for Injection, USP: Vials contain 10 mg and 50 mg doxorubicin hydrochloride as a red-orange lyophilized powder., recorded as fda label in effect 2024-04-26 in the United States.

    US prescribing information · f62aa88d-1e25-4049-87ec-99d42edd1d31 · read 2026-08-30

Evidence carries across two names for one substance. It does not carry across a salt, a mirror form or a mixture.

Names and forms linked to this record

  • Stereoisomer of

    Epirubicin

    Evidence on this page does not automatically apply to this one.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What you could measure

This one is decided with a clinician, so this section holds questions to ask rather than a plan to run.

Self-experiment planning is not offered for a prescription or clinician-supervised medicine. The questions below are for a clinician or pharmacist.

Questions worth asking

  • Which of the trials of Doxorubicin studied people like me?
  • What was measured, and for how long?
  • Was the result a laboratory value or a health outcome?
  • What would we watch for, and when would we stop?

Tracking can show whether something changed for you. It cannot show what caused it.

RNAWiki records evidence. It does not say whether this substance is right for you.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What nobody knows yet

Open questions, each with why it is open and what would close it.

Missing populations

Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing long-term data

No completed tested study window is recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

No reviewed conclusion

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing interaction studies

No interaction was found in the registers checked. Not finding one is not the same as showing there is none.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Formulation uncertainty

Several salts, forms or products of Doxorubicin are recorded. Results from one form may not transfer to another.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Mechanism not reviewed

No reviewed mechanism story exists for this substance.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Check any of this yourself

Every line above traced back to the study it came from. This is the technical layer, and the vocabulary changes here.

How many documents were read

  • 28 documents were read for this substance.

    RNAWiki source record

  • 15 of them state the same proteinBinding, and they agree.

    RNAWiki source record

Where else this substance is registered

FDA substance identifier (UNII)
82F2G7BL4E
RxNorm concept
1790095

Checks this page had to pass

  • Passed

    Identity resolved

    no open identity hold

  • Passed

    No unresolved merge across substance families

    no quarantine open

  • Passed

    Every public sentence names a source

    The opening statement carries the origin: Written into the record, not signed off.

  • Not passed

    Trial roles classified for highlighted evidence

    No registered study is classified as testing this substance.

  • Passed

    No internal keys in reader text

    enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page

  • Passed

    Safety mode resolved

    Suppression classes recorded: S1, S3, S4, S6.

  • Passed

    Canonical metadata present

    slug and display name present

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How this medicine reached us

Kept near the foot of the page. A historical event moves up only when it changes something about this substance today.

  1. Withdrawn in United States, 2026, for "Presence of Particulate matter: Particulate matter identified as glass." (openFDA drug enforcement Class I recall)

What the approval register records

  • 30 approved applications cover products containing this substance. The earliest was NDA050467, approved 19740807 to PFIZER.

    Drugs@FDA application register · NDA050467 · read 2026-08-29

  • Marketing status on the register: discontinued and prescription.

    Drugs@FDA application register · NDA050467 · read 2026-08-29

  • The earliest marketing start date recorded for a listed product is 19881208.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 17337-0260 · read 2026-08-29

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What to learn next

Ordered by what would most change how you read this page, starting with what is easiest to misunderstand.

This order is fixed in code and does not count clicks or time on the page.

What is not here

9 questions this page could not answer

These sections were prepared and left out because there was nothing to put in them. They are listed rather than hidden, so the gaps in this record are visible.

  • What was measured, goal by goal — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • How close this is to real life — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • The path through the body — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Felt, measured, or meaningful — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • How long anything takes — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What it may clash with — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Other ways to the same goal — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Claims that go past the evidence — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What changed on this page — found nothing in the sources checked.

The record as stored

The full record, for auditing

Everything above is built from what is below. This layer keeps the technical vocabulary, record identifiers and every stored row, so a reader who wants to check the page can.

Recorded evidence blocks (9)

On the Doxorubicin label: indicated for what?


"Doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome injection is an anthracycline topoisomerase inhibitor indicated for: Ovarian cancer : After failure of platinum-based chemotherapy ( 1.1 ) AIDS-related Kaposi’s Sarcoma : After failure of prior systemic chemotherapy or intolerance to such therapy ( 1.2 ) Multiple Myeloma : In…": indications and usage on Doxorubicin's label. DailyMed label · 55889588-c5f1-d9bc-e063-6294a90a5791 · 2026-07-09

1678 registered trials of Doxorubicin — at which phases?


Registered studies posting no result
1168 of 1678

1678 registered studies of Doxorubicin: 933 phase2, 442 phase3, 368 phase1, 50 na, 28 na or unstated, 26 phase4, 10 early phase1. CLINICALTRIALS_SNAPSHOT · 2026-09-01

5243 with a PubMed record

Show the evidence
  • phase2
    933
  • phase3
    442
  • phase1
    368
  • na
    50
  • na or unstated
    28
  • phase4
    26
10 more recorded rows
  • early phase1
    10
  • completed
    876
  • unknown
    211
  • terminated
    187
  • recruiting
    158
  • active not recruiting
    143
  • withdrawn
    57
  • not yet recruiting
    37
  • suspended
    6
  • enrolling by invitation
    3

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

216 of Doxorubicin's trials stopped: safety, futility/efficacy, accrual/recruitment, funding/business, sponsor decision unspecified, other?


safety (19), futility/efficacy (9), accrual/recruitment (84), funding/business (24), sponsor decision unspecified (11) and other (69): Doxorubicin's stop wording, clustered. CLINICALTRIALS_SNAPSHOT · 2026-09-01

"poor accrual"; 216 of 1678 registered studies

Show the evidence

Trial

  • NCT00002772
    terminated; "poor accrual"
  • NCT00003086
    terminated; "no participants enrolled in a three year period"
  • NCT00003640
    terminated; "low accrual"
  • NCT00003682
    terminated; "lack of inclusions"
  • NCT00004039
    withdrawn; "No patient accruals"
  • NCT00005047
    terminated; "Accrual was halted on the basis of the Data and Safety Monitoring Board review of a futility analysis."
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT00005090
    terminated; "poor accrual"
  • NCT00016276
    terminated; "Administratively complete."
  • NCT00022230
    withdrawn; "PI left Institution"
  • NCT00023868
    terminated; "redesign"
  • NCT00024167
    terminated; "Terminated due to slow accrual"
  • NCT00038142
    terminated; "Low Accrual"
  • NCT00048893
    terminated; "The study was closed to accrual due to very poor enrollment."
  • NCT00060346
    terminated; "slow accrual"
  • NCT00060385
    terminated; "low accrual"
  • NCT00074139
    withdrawn; "No patients were enrolled"
  • NCT00074490
    terminated; "Premature closure due to inability to accrue to ARM IVD, cohorts 1 and 2"
  • NCT00077103
    terminated; "slow accrual"
  • NCT00080782
    terminated; "Low accrual due to competing trial."
  • NCT00082095
    terminated; "The study was terminated due to poor recruitment (after enrolling 62 of planned 300 patients in 20 months"

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Human studies of Doxorubicin used A1: AMG 386 10 mg/kg + Liposomal doxorubicin — over how long?


studies of Doxorubicin used the recorded amount. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

4 recorded entries; human; injection; also "A1: AMG 386 10 mg/kg + Liposomal doxorubicin", "A3: AMG 386 15mg/kg + Liposomal doxorubicin", "Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposomal injection 20 mg/10 mL"

Show the evidence

human

  • NCT00770536
    A1: AMG 386 10 mg/kg + Liposomal doxorubicin
  • NCT00770536
    A3: AMG 386 15mg/kg + Liposomal doxorubicin
  • NCT03681548
    injection; Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposomal injection 20 mg/10 mL
  • NCT06784765
    doxorubicin (2.1 mg/m2)

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which running trial of Doxorubicin could settle lifespan?


NCT03712202 measures 18-month Progression-free survival (PFS) for each arm of therapy, reading out 2024-12-23.

126 open trials; n 155; "Brentuximab Vedotin and Nivolumab in Treating Patients With Early Stage Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma"

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Trial

  • NCT03712202
    "Brentuximab Vedotin and Nivolumab in Treating Patients With Early Stage Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma"; n 155; "18-month Progression-free survival (PFS) for each arm of therapy"; 2024-12-23
  • NCT03233347
    "Doxorubicin, Vinblastine, Dacarbazine, Brentuximab Vedotin, and Nivolumab in Treating Patients With Stage I-II Hodgkin Lymphoma"; n 82; "Progression free survival"; 2026-07-08
  • NCT04594798
    "A Study of Polatuzumab Vedotin, Rituximab and Dose Attenuated CHP in Older Patients With DLBCL"; n 39; "Progression Free Survival"; 2026-07-31
  • NCT01704716
    "High Risk Neuroblastoma Study 1.8 of SIOP-Europe (SIOPEN)"; n 3300; "Event Free Survival (R1: MAT therapy)"; 2026-09
  • NCT02112916
    "Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Bortezomib in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Stage II-IV T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma"; n 847; "Event-free Survival (EFS) for Modified Augmented Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster Backbone With or Without Bortezomib in All Randomized Patients"; 2026-09-16
  • NCT02306161
    "Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Ganitumab in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Ewing Sarcoma"; n 312; "Event-free Survival"; 2026-09-17
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT02176967
    "Response and Biology-Based Risk Factor-Guided Therapy in Treating Younger Patients With Non-high Risk Neuroblastoma"; n 621; "Overall survival (OS) (Strata 1-4)"; 2026-09-30
  • NCT02166463
    "Brentuximab Vedotin and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Children and Young Adults With Stage IIB, Stage IIIB, IVA, or IVB Hodgkin Lymphoma"; n 600; "Event Free Survival (EFS), Where Events Include Disease Progression or Relapse, Second Malignancy, or Death"; 2026-10-03
  • NCT02877303
    "Blinatumomab, Inotuzumab Ozogamicin, and Combination Chemotherapy as Frontline Therapy in Treating Patients With B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia"; n 80; "Relapse-free survival (RFS)"; 2026-11-01
  • NCT03517137
    "Very Early PET-response Adapted Targeted Therapy for Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma: a Single -Arm Phase II Study"; n 150; "Modified Progression-free Survival (mPFS) Rate at 2 Years"; 2026-11-16
  • NCT00470223
    "Combined Chemotherapy With or Without Zoledronic Acid for Patients With Osteosarcoma"; n 318; "Event-free survival"; 2026-12
  • NCT04274426
    "Mirvetuximab Soravtansine (IMGN853), in Folate Receptor Alpha (FRα) High Recurrent Ovarian Cancer"; n 136; "Progression free survival (PFS) defined as the time from randomization to progressive disease (PD) or death, whichever occurs earlier. PD is based on investigator assessment using the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST…"; 2026-12
  • NCT06014528
    "IN10018 in Combination With Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin (PLD) vs. Placebo in Combination With PLD for the Treatment of Platinum-resistant Recurrent Ovarian Cancer"; n 168; "Progression-free survival (PFS) per RECIST 1.1, as assessed by blinded independent central review (BICR), following treatment of IN10018 in combination with PLD vs. placebo in combination with PLD."; 2026-12-24
  • NCT01856192
    "Rituximab and Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Lenalidomide in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Stage II-IV Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma"; n 349; "3-year Progression-free Survival Rate"; 2026-12-31
  • NCT03749018
    "Nivolumab With DA-REPOCH Chemotherapy Regimen in Treating Patients With Aggressive B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma"; n 30; "Progression-free survival (PFS)"; 2026-12-31
  • NCT04216524
    "Venetoclax, SL-401, and Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm"; n 40; "Progression free survival (PFS)"; 2026-12-31
  • NCT04759586
    "Nivolumab in Combination With Chemo-Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Primary Mediastinal B-Cell Lymphoma"; n 244; "Progression-free survival (PFS)"; 2026-12-31
  • NCT06394492
    "SHR-A1921 for Injection in Patients With Platinum-Resistant Recurrent Epithelial Ovarian Cancer"; n 440; "Progression-free Survival (PFS) assessed by Blinded Independ Review Committee (BIRC) as per RECIST 1.1"; 2026-12-31
  • NCT00070564
    "S0221 Adjuvant Doxorubicin, Cyclophosphamide, and Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Breast Cancer"; n 3294; "Disease-free Survival"; 2027-01
  • NCT00792948
    "Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Donor Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia"; n 97; "Relapse-free Survival (RFS) After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation"; 2027-01-06

Which 414 trials of Doxorubicin posted no result?


Posted no result
414 of 414 completed trials
Registrations
NCT00000703, NCT00000996, NCT00000689, NCT00000987, NCT00000681 and NCT00002526, and 408 more
Completion dates
oldest 1990-03; newest 2024-08-05
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Trial

  • NCT00000703
    1990-03
  • NCT00000996
    1990-06
  • NCT00000689
    1991-03
  • NCT00000987
    1992-04
  • NCT00000681
    1993-10
  • NCT00002526
    1995-09
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT00000658
    1996-02
  • NCT00000954
    1996-09
  • NCT00000801
    1998-04
  • NCT00001059
    1998-08
  • NCT00000626
    1999-02
  • NCT00002755
    1999-06
  • NCT00002492
    2000-02
  • NCT00003050
    2000-03
  • NCT00003776
    2000-03
  • NCT00003214
    2000-04
  • NCT00003667
    2000-08
  • NCT00001498
    2000-12
  • NCT00002576
    2001-01
  • NCT00004030
    2001-01

At the median, Doxorubicin's trials enrolled 66 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
66
Largest enrolment
9350
Registered trials counted
1589

What do 20676 spontaneous reports say about Doxorubicin — and not say?


These are reports people sent to a regulator. They do not show the medicine caused the reaction. Nobody counted how many people took the medicine and reported nothing. The same event can be reported more than once, and many reports are incomplete. News coverage, lawsuits and new warnings change how often people report. A count is not a rate and not a risk.

Doxorubicin appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 10 most-reported reaction terms, 20676 reaction mentions were counted: febrile neutropenia 5214; neutropenia 3506; pyrexia 2410; anaemia 2070. FAERS via Open Targets · CHEMBL359744 · 2026-06-24

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  • febrile neutropenia
    5214
  • neutropenia
    3506
  • pyrexia
    2410
  • anaemia
    2070
  • thrombocytopenia
    1872
  • disease progression
    1449
4 more recorded rows
  • mucosal inflammation
    1171
  • pancytopenia
    1098
  • leukopenia
    990
  • malignant neoplasm progression
    896

recorded 2026-06-24 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which 10 reactions does Doxorubicin's label not list?


anaemia, disease progression and febrile neutropenia and 7 more reported for Doxorubicin, absent from its label. FAERS via Open Targets · CHEMBL359744 · 2026-06-24

2 label terms; 10 reported and unlisted; 55889588-c5f1-d9bc-e063-6294a90a5791

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  • anaemia
    count not stated
  • disease progression
    count not stated
  • febrile neutropenia
    count not stated
  • leukopenia
    count not stated
  • malignant neoplasm progression
    count not stated
  • mucosal inflammation
    count not stated
4 more recorded rows
  • neutropenia
    count not stated
  • pancytopenia
    count not stated
  • pyrexia
    count not stated
  • thrombocytopenia
    count not stated

recorded 2026-06-24 · last checked 2026-09-04

Where it is registered

Where it’s registered

Withdrawn in United States, 2026, for "Presence of Particulate matter: Particulate matter identified as glass." (openFDA drug enforcement Class I recall)

Identifiers, relations and other names

The exact record

ChEMBL id
CHEMBL359744
PubChem CID
443939
CAS number
25316-40-9
RxCUI
142433
InChIKey
AOJJSUZBOXZQNB-TZSSRYMLSA-N

Relations

Also called
DOXORUBICIN HYDROCHLORIDE, Adriablastina cs, Doxorubicin citric acid salt, Doxorubicini hydrochloridum, abvd, adriamycine, dox, dox-sl, doxorubicin-eluting beads, hydroxydaunomycin, lipodox, liposomal doxorubicin
Trade name
Adriamycin, Adriamycin pfs, Adriamycin rdf, Caelyx, Caelyx pegylated liposomal, Celdoxome pegylated liposomal, Doxil, Myocet, Myocet liposomal (previously myocet), Rubex, Zolsketil pegylated liposomal, Adriblastina
Salt form
Adriamycin, hydrochloride, Doxorubicin citrate, Doxorubicin hcl, Doxorubicin hydrochloride component of imx-110, Doxorubicin liposomal complex of the hydrochloride, Hydroxydaunomycin hydrochloride, Liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride, doxorubicin hcl liposome, doxorubicin hcl liposome injection, doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome, hydroxydaunorubicin hydrochloride, pegylated doxorubicin hcl liposome
Development code
NSC-123127, NSC-759155
Sources (7)

Sources

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ChEMBL 37 — CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported · ClinicalTrials.gov — US Government work · Open Targets 26.06 — CC0 · mixed register set; per-register licences in docs/specs/corpus-20k-sources.md · openFDA / DailyMed — US Government work · openFDA enforcement — US Government work

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