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Lenalidomide

Drug

Lenalidomide is an oral immunomodulatory imide drug (IMiD), also described as a cereblon E3 ligase modulator, used in hematologic malignancies such as multiple myeloma and selected lymphomas/MDS. It is marketed under the brand name Revlimid. U.S. approval was first granted in 2005.

Trials
1097
Recruiting
123
Completed
498
With results
371

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownNo longer availableTotal
Early Phase 1 2322 9
Phase 1 812310444617 194
Phase 1/2 16421812610115 174
Phase 2 6116258224601751 489
Phase 2/3 34112 11
Phase 3 26942608311 159
Phase 4 3215225 20
Not applicable 21523 13
Unknown 2112193 28

Trials started per year

2021
15
2022
61
2023
49
2024
41
2025
40
2026
38
2027
1

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Multiple Myeloma 3705818859110311 439
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse 14254211114 98
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell 26174141 89
Lymphoma, Follicular 152323192 82
Recurrence 12183011214 78
Lymphoma 10182572 62
Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell 16142343 60
Neoplasms, Plasma Cell 1109271911 59
Myelodysplastic Syndromes 12527413 52
Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone 13121561 47

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1Celgene6321
2M.D. Anderson Cancer Center600
3National Cancer Institute (NCI)578
4Mayo Clinic290
5Celgene Corporation237
6Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center220
7Ruijin Hospital214
8Janssen Research & Development, LLC198
9Bristol-Myers Squibb154
10Dana-Farber Cancer Institute140

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Lenalidomide1097
2Dexamethasone370
3Rituximab191
4Bortezomib145
5Calcium Dobesilate109
6Cyclophosphamide107
7daratumumab99
8Prednisone76
9carfilzomib68
10Doxorubicin53

Evidence

Results reported
74.5%371 of 498 completed
Published
15.3%76 of 498 completed
Primary endpoint met
42.9%39 of 91 analyses
Median months to report
13

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
187
Statistical analysis plan
186
PubMed citations
122

Trial profile

Median enrollment
45
Median duration
62months
Countries
62
Study sites
14730

Who is enrolled

Adults
1054
Children
42
Older adults
1082
Healthy volunteers
12

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
21
Phase 1
24
Phase 1/2
47
Phase 2
41
Phase 2/3
100
Phase 3
395
Phase 4
60
Not applicable
24
Unknown
200

Where trials run

United States
639
China
150
France
147
Spain
127
Germany
121
Italy
113
United Kingdom
93
Canada
85
Australia
78
Belgium
72

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1New YorkUnited States176
2HoustonUnited States149
3BostonUnited States128
4ChicagoUnited States106
5RochesterUnited States106
6MadridSpain103
7BarcelonaSpain94
8ParisFrance94
9ColumbusUnited States93
10NantesFrance93

Terminations

Terminated
146
Withdrawn
39
Suspended
2
Stopped for recruitment
5.5%60 of 1097 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
75
Recruitment
60
Business decision
12
Funding
12
Safety
11
Lack of efficacy
10
Regulatory
7

Reasons are grouped from the sponsor's own wording with a rule-based classifier; the original text is shown below.

Recently stopped

TrialStatusStated reasonStopped
NCT07428369 Withdrawn Withdrawn Sponsor Decision 2038-05-21
NCT05867030 Withdrawn Withdrawn Development strategy adjustment 2033-04-30
NCT06313996 Withdrawn Withdrawn Replaced with another clinical trial. 2031-10-16
NCT04539236 Suspended Suspended Funding Sponsor decision 2029-08-01
NCT06348147 Withdrawn Withdrawn budget 2029-05-31
NCT04882163 Withdrawn Withdrawn Business objectives have changed 2029-04-07
NCT05279300 Suspended Suspended The sponsor is temporarily pausing the trial to evaluate existing clinical data for long-term benefit-risk and optimize doses and dosing schedule. 2027-12-31
NCT05820763 Withdrawn Withdrawn Study sponsor decided to close study. 2027-01-31
NCT05183139 Withdrawn Withdrawn Business decision (no enrollment) 2026-12-31
NCT05660967 Terminated Terminated The study was terminated because sufficient data had been collected to meet the objectives of the development program. No new or unexpected safety findings were identified, and the decision to terminate was not related to participant safety. 2026-06-10

Trial records