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Fosfomycin

  • 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 Fosfomycin does in the body

CONTEPO is an epoxide antibacterial indicated for the treatment of patients 18 years of age and older with complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI) including acute pyelonephritis caused by susceptible isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae .

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Why people take it. CONTEPO is an epoxide antibacterial indicated for the treatment of patients 18 years of age and older with complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI) including acute pyelonephritis caused by susceptible isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae .

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
RNAWiki has not recorded a supervision or regulatory status for this substance.

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as chemical.

    FDA substance registry · 2N81MY12TE · read 2026-08-29

  • Its recorded molecular formula is C3H5Na2O4P, weighing 182.

    US prescribing information · 855574f2-39f8-43bc-a3d2-79dbb578cb94 · read 2026-08-30

Where each sentence above came from

The use the label states, quoted from it. No plain-language version of this sentence has been written.

The use the label states, quoted from it. It is written for a clinician, not for a reader without medical training.

No statement of the main limit is recorded.

The four opening statements run to 84 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.

Biomarker

A biomarker is a number from a test that stands in for something about health.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A biomarker is like a fuel gauge.

Where that stops being true. A gauge is wired to the tank. Many biomarkers are only loosely tied to health.

What people get wrong. A better number is read as a better life. Several medicines improved a number and helped nobody.

A measurable indicator used as a substitute for a clinical outcome of interest.

Placebo

A placebo is a dummy treatment given so the real one can be compared with it.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A placebo is like a blank control in an experiment.

Where that stops being true. A blank does nothing. People given a placebo often do get better.

What people get wrong. A placebo effect is read as imaginary. The improvement is measured and real.

An inactive intervention matched in appearance to the test intervention, used to control for non-specific effects.

Comparator

A comparator is whatever the treatment was measured against.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

It is like the other runner in a race.

Where that stops being true. A race has one winner. A study can show both arms improved.

What people get wrong. Results are read without asking what the other group got. Beating nothing is not beating a treatment.

The control condition against which the experimental intervention is assessed.

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.

Maternal non-anemic state (Hb ≥11 g/dL)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05590260
How many people
4857
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. Oral

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

Any registered clinical infectious complication after prostate biopsy

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT03228108
How many people
1538
Study design
Phase 4
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. Oral

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

Clinical effectiveness.

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT04959331
How many people
1000
Study design
Phase 4
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. Oral

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

14-day All-Cause Mortality Rate

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05942157
How many people
810
Study design
Not applicable
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. Oral

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

Intake of any additional antibiotic medication for acute lower uUTIs between Visit 1 and Visit 4

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT02639520
How many people
659
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. Oral

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

Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis for Time to Other Anemia Therapy or Hb Trigger

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00994318
How many people
626
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. Oral

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.

  • CONTEPO is an epoxide antibacterial indicated for the treatment of patients 18 years of age and older with complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI) including acute pyelonephritis caused by susceptible isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae.

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: “Safety and effectiveness of CONTEPO in patients less than 18 years of age has not been established.”

    US prescribing information · 855574f2-39f8-43bc-a3d2-79dbb578cb94 · read 2026-08-30

  • On older people, the label states: “Of the 233 patients treated with CONTEPO in Trial 1, 32% (74/233) were 65 years of age and older, including 11.2% (26/233) who were 75 years of age and older.”

    US prescribing information · 855574f2-39f8-43bc-a3d2-79dbb578cb94 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are pregnant, the label states: “Risk Summary Available data from observational studies and pharmacovigilance reports with fosfomycin use in pregnant women are insufficient to identify a drug-associated risk of major birth defects, miscarriage, or adverse maternal or fetal outcomes.”

    US prescribing information · 855574f2-39f8-43bc-a3d2-79dbb578cb94 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are breastfeeding, the label states: “Risk Summary Fosfomycin is present in human milk.”

    US prescribing information · 855574f2-39f8-43bc-a3d2-79dbb578cb94 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people with reduced liver function, the label states: “Monitor patients with severe hepatic impairment closely for fluid overload and electrolyte abnormalities [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.1 ), Clinical Pharmacology ( 12.3 )] .”

    US prescribing information · 855574f2-39f8-43bc-a3d2-79dbb578cb94 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people with reduced kidney function, the label states: “Dosage adjustment is required for patients with estimated CLcr 50 mL/min or less.”

    US prescribing information · 855574f2-39f8-43bc-a3d2-79dbb578cb94 · 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.

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 (11)
It was studied for a different goal
The studies measured something else entirely. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
A different form was studied
The studied form is not the form on the shelf. 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

Oral

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

RNAWiki has not recorded a supervision or regulatory status for this substance.

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

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

No register row and no identity class settled the question.

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Sold as for solution, powder, granule, for solution, injection, powder, for solution, given by the oral, intravenous 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

Oral

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

  • 21 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 21 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 40074-0005 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as granule, granule, for solution, injection, powder, for solution and powder, taken intravenous and oral.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 40074-0005 · read 2026-08-29

  • 11 published labels name it as an active ingredient. 11 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.

    US prescribing information · d101b5d8-bffc-4ee6-b93b-4589fcb8750d · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels are classed as human prescription drug.

    US prescribing information · d101b5d8-bffc-4ee6-b93b-4589fcb8750d · read 2026-08-29

  • Contepo is intravenous at 3 DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS CONTEPO for Injection contains 6 grams of fosfomycin, and is supplied as a white or almost white, sterile powder in single-dose vials, for constitution and further dilution., recorded as fda label in effect 2025-11-04 in the United States.

    US prescribing information · 855574f2-39f8-43bc-a3d2-79dbb578cb94 · read 2026-08-30

  • Recorded price in US: 26.75419 USD per one unit as the pricing file counts it — a tablet, capsule, patch or single item, across 8 priced products whose strengths and pack forms differ, as of 2026-08-26, paid by retail pharmacies buying the product, as surveyed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. It is not a list price, an insurance price, or what anyone pays at a counter..

    Recorded source · 2026-08-26 · read 2026-08-28

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

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.

RNAWiki could not confidently classify this substance, so no self-experiment plan is offered.

Questions worth asking

  • Which of the trials of Fosfomycin 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 Fosfomycin 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

  • 9 documents were read for this substance.

    RNAWiki source record

  • 8 of them state the same bioavailability, and they agree.

    RNAWiki source record

Where else this substance is registered

FDA substance identifier (UNII)
2N81MY12TE
CAS registry number
23155-02-4
PubChem compound
446987
ChEMBL
CHEMBL1757
ChEBI
28915
WHO international nonproprietary name list entry
3014
RxNorm concept
4550
EMA substance identifier
100000086575
European Chemicals Agency number
245-463-1
DrugBank
DB00828

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: Quoted from a stored source.

  • 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

  • Not passed

    Safety mode resolved

    No register row and no identity class settled the question.

  • 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.

What the approval register records

  • 10 approved applications cover products containing this substance. The earliest was NDA050717, approved 19961219 to ZAMBON SPA.

    Drugs@FDA application register · NDA050717 · read 2026-08-29

  • Marketing status on the register: discontinued and prescription.

    Drugs@FDA application register · NDA050717 · read 2026-08-29

  • The earliest marketing start date recorded for a listed product is 19961219.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 40074-0005 · 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 Fosfomycin label: indicated for what?


"CONTEPO is an epoxide antibacterial indicated for the treatment of patients 18 years of age and older with complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI) including acute pyelonephritis caused by susceptible isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae . ( 1.1 ) Usage to Reduce Development of Drug-Resistant…": indications and usage on Fosfomycin's label. DailyMed label · 855574f2-39f8-43bc-a3d2-79dbb578cb94 · 2025-11-04

44 registered trials of Fosfomycin — at which phases?


Registered studies posting no result
38 of 44

44 registered studies of Fosfomycin: 16 phase4, 9 phase3, 7 phase1, 7 phase2, 5 na or unstated, 2 early phase1, 2 na. CLINICALTRIALS_SNAPSHOT · 2026-09-01

204 with a PubMed record

Show the evidence
  • phase4
    16
  • phase3
    9
  • phase1
    7
  • phase2
    7
  • na or unstated
    5
  • early phase1
    2
5 more recorded rows
  • na
    2
  • completed
    24
  • unknown
    10
  • recruiting
    6
  • terminated
    4

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

4 of Fosfomycin's trials stopped: accrual/recruitment, other?


accrual/recruitment (3) and other (1): Fosfomycin's stop wording, clustered. CLINICALTRIALS_SNAPSHOT · 2026-09-01

"One of the study drugs was no longer available on a worldwide level."; 4 of 44 registered studies

Show the evidence

Trial

  • NCT01931592
    terminated; "One of the study drugs was no longer available on a worldwide level."
  • NCT02099240
    terminated; "Not enough patient enrollment and lack of staffing"
  • NCT03697993
    terminated; "inadequate enrollment."
  • NCT05254808
    terminated; "Insufficient participating sites, and insufficient participants from participating sites mainly due to COVID-19 workload. The number of necessary participants could not be reached within the anticipated timelines and the allocated budget."

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

Human studies of Fosfomycin used Fosfomycin 3 g — over how long?


Human studies of Fosfomycin used "Fosfomycin 3 g". ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

4 recorded entries; human; also "fosfomycin-trometamol 3 g", "Fosfomycin Tromethamine 3G Sachet", "Fosfomycin 3000 MG"

Show the evidence

human

  • NCT01803191
    Fosfomycin 3 g
  • NCT01931592
    fosfomycin-trometamol 3 g
  • NCT04209192
    Fosfomycin Tromethamine 3G Sachet
  • NCT06017479
    Fosfomycin 3000 MG

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

Which 16 trials of Fosfomycin posted no result?


Posted no result
16 of 16 completed trials
Registrations
NCT01488955, NCT02178254, NCT01820897, NCT01803191, NCT02639520 and NCT03235947, and 10 more
Completion dates
oldest 2014-07; newest 2024-02-20
Show the evidence

Trial

  • NCT01488955
    2014-07
  • NCT02178254
    2014-10
  • NCT01820897
    2015-03
  • NCT01803191
    2016-01-25
  • NCT02639520
    2017-06-29
  • NCT03235947
    2017-11-06
10 further recorded trials
  • NCT03709927
    2018-08-21
  • NCT03453177
    2019-05-24
  • NCT03151603
    2019-06-20
  • NCT03176563
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At the median, Fosfomycin's trials enrolled 152 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
152
Largest enrolment
5000
Registered trials counted
44

What do 60 spontaneous reports say about Fosfomycin — 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.

Fosfomycin appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 10 most-reported reaction terms, 60 reaction mentions were counted: abortion spontaneous 10; hypersensitivity 9; urinary tract infection 8; renal impairment 6. FAERS via Open Targets · CHEMBL1200331 · 2026-06-24

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  • abortion spontaneous
    10
  • hypersensitivity
    9
  • urinary tract infection
    8
  • renal impairment
    6
  • colitis
    5
  • agranulocytosis
    5
4 more recorded rows
  • cholecystitis infective
    5
  • foetal heart rate decreased
    4
  • rash maculo-papular
    4
  • toxic skin eruption
    4

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

Which 10 reactions does Fosfomycin's label not list?


abortion spontaneous, agranulocytosis and cholecystitis infective and 7 more reported for Fosfomycin, absent from its label. FAERS via Open Targets · CHEMBL1200331 · 2026-06-24

2 label terms; 10 reported and unlisted; 855574f2-39f8-43bc-a3d2-79dbb578cb94

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  • abortion spontaneous
    count not stated
  • agranulocytosis
    count not stated
  • cholecystitis infective
    count not stated
  • colitis
    count not stated
  • foetal heart rate decreased
    count not stated
  • hypersensitivity
    count not stated
4 more recorded rows
  • rash maculo-papular
    count not stated
  • renal impairment
    count not stated
  • toxic skin eruption
    count not stated
  • urinary tract infection
    count not stated

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

Fosfomycin and CYP1A2, CYP2B6 and CYP3A4: shared by which compounds?


CYP1A2, CYP2B6 and CYP3A4 appear in Fosfomycin's recorded interaction sentences, 8 in all. DailyMed label · 855574f2-39f8-43bc-a3d2-79dbb578cb94 · 2025-11-04

CYP1A2, CYP2B6, CYP2C19, CYP2C8, CYP2C9, CYP2D6; 26 shared nodes; pharmacokinetics, clinical_pharmacology

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Interaction statement

  • pharmacokinetics
    Drug Interaction Studies In Vitro Studies Fosfomycin at clinically relevant concentrations does not inhibit CYP1A2, CYP2B6, CYP2C8, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6, and CYP3A4/5.
  • pharmacokinetics
    Fosfomycin does not induce CYP1A2, CYP2B6, and CYP3A4.
  • pharmacokinetics
    Fosfomycin is not a substrate for P-gp, BCRP, OATP1B1, OATP1B3, OAT1, OAT3, OCT2, MATE1 or MATE2-K.
  • pharmacokinetics
    Fosfomycin inhibits MATE1 and MATE2-K with the observed IC50 values of 30.0 mM (4142 mcg/mL) and 56.4 mM (7787 mcg/mL), respectively.
  • pharmacokinetics
    Fosfomycin does not inhibit P-gp, BCRP, OATP1B1, OATP1B3, OAT1, OAT3, OCT1, and OCT2.
  • clinical_pharmacology
    Drug Interaction Studies In Vitro Studies Fosfomycin at clinically relevant concentrations does not inhibit CYP1A2, CYP2B6, CYP2C8, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6, and CYP3A4/5.
2 more recorded rows
  • Interaction statement clinical_pharmacology
    Fosfomycin does not induce CYP1A2, CYP2B6, and CYP3A4.
  • Interaction statement clinical_pharmacology
    Fosfomycin is not a substrate for P-gp, BCRP, OATP1B1, OATP1B3, OAT1, OAT3, OCT2, MATE1 or MATE2-K.
  • CYP1A2
    FINGOLIMOD LAURYL SULFATE, FOSAPREPITANT DIMEGLUMINE, TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Rasagiline, Sofpironium, Golodirsen, Tinidazole
  • CYP2B6
    FINGOLIMOD LAURYL SULFATE, TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Sofpironium, Bupropion, Golodirsen, Tinidazole, Naldemedine
  • CYP2C19
    FINGOLIMOD LAURYL SULFATE, FOSAPREPITANT DIMEGLUMINE, TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Rasagiline, Golodirsen, Naldemedine, Etravirine
  • CYP2C8
    FINGOLIMOD LAURYL SULFATE, TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Golodirsen, Naldemedine, Methylnaltrexone, Lapatinib, Tivozanib
  • CYP2C9
    FINGOLIMOD LAURYL SULFATE, FOSAPREPITANT DIMEGLUMINE, TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Rasagiline, Golodirsen, Tinidazole, Naldemedine
  • CYP2D6
    FINGOLIMOD LAURYL SULFATE, Darunavir Propylene Glycolate, FOSAPREPITANT DIMEGLUMINE, TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Rasagiline, Sofpironium, Fluoxetine
1 more recorded row
  • CYP3A4
    FINGOLIMOD LAURYL SULFATE, ERYTHROMYCIN LACTOBIONATE, FOSAPREPITANT DIMEGLUMINE, TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Beclometasone, Rasagiline, Sofpironium

BCRP

  • TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Ceftobiprole Medocaril, Deoxycholic acid, Golodirsen, Naldemedine, Eravacycline, Omadacycline
  • TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Ceftobiprole Medocaril, Deoxycholic acid, Golodirsen, Naldemedine, Eravacycline, Omadacycline

MATE1

  • TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Ceftobiprole Medocaril, Sofpironium, Golodirsen, Eravacycline, Prucalopride, Chenodeoxycholic acid
  • TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Ceftobiprole Medocaril, Sofpironium, Golodirsen, Eravacycline, Prucalopride, Chenodeoxycholic acid

MATE2-K

  • TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Sofpironium, Golodirsen, Eravacycline, Prucalopride, Chenodeoxycholic acid, Methylnaltrexone
  • TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Sofpironium, Golodirsen, Eravacycline, Prucalopride, Chenodeoxycholic acid, Methylnaltrexone

OAT1

  • TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Ceftobiprole Medocaril, Deoxycholic acid, Golodirsen, Naldemedine, Eravacycline, Prucalopride
  • TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Ceftobiprole Medocaril, Deoxycholic acid, Golodirsen, Naldemedine, Eravacycline, Prucalopride

OAT3

  • TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Ceftobiprole Medocaril, Deoxycholic acid, Golodirsen, Naldemedine, Pemetrexed, Eravacycline
  • TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Ceftobiprole Medocaril, Deoxycholic acid, Golodirsen, Naldemedine, Pemetrexed, Eravacycline

OATP1B1

  • FINGOLIMOD LAURYL SULFATE, TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Ceftobiprole Medocaril, Deoxycholic acid, Golodirsen, Naldemedine, Eravacycline
  • FINGOLIMOD LAURYL SULFATE, TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Ceftobiprole Medocaril, Deoxycholic acid, Golodirsen, Naldemedine, Eravacycline
  • OATP1B3
    FINGOLIMOD LAURYL SULFATE, TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Ceftobiprole Medocaril, Deoxycholic acid, Golodirsen, Naldemedine, Eravacycline

recorded 2025-11-04 · last checked 2026-09-04

Where it is registered
Identifiers, relations and other names

The exact record

ChEMBL id
CHEMBL1200331
PubChem CID
54331
CAS number
78964-85-9
RxCUI
142135
InChIKey
YMDXZJFXQJVXBF-STHAYSLISA-N
Also called
FOSFOMYCIN TROMETHAMINE, Fosfomicina, Fosfomycine, Zti-01, FOSFOMYCIN [JAN], FOSFOMYCIN [MART.], FOSFOMYCIN [MI], FOSFOMYCIN [USAN], FOSFOMYCIN [VANDF], Fosfomycin [WHO-DD], PHOSPHONIC ACID, (3-METHYLOXIRANYL)-, (2R-CIS)-, fosfomycin [INN]
Salt form
Fosfomycin trometamol, Fosfomycin trometamol salt, Calcium fosfomycin, Fosfomycin calcium, Fosfomycin calcium hydrate, Fosfomycin sodium, Fosfomycin disodium, GRANULES FOR ORAL, GRANULES FOR ORAL SOLUTION
Trade name
Monuril, Monurol, Fosfocina, Contepo, Contepo / Monurol
Development code
Z 1282, J01XX01, NSC-758170, NSC-136017
Sources (6)

Sources

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

How these records are assembled · Which registers were checked

Index-quality checks
  • identity passed: no open identity hold
  • required summary fields resolved: 4 required field(s) not terminal: Why people use it, Best-supported result, Biggest unanswered question, Human evidence
  • public claims reviewed: 0 reviewed claim(s); drafts are never rendered
  • source coverage passed: 6 source rows
  • no critical contamination: no quarantine open
  • canonical metadata passed: slug and display name present
  • no raw internal fields: enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page

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