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Oxaliplatin

Drug

Oxaliplatin is a platinum-based antineoplastic chemotherapy drug used mainly for colorectal cancer, often in combination regimens such as FOLFOX or CAPOX. It is administered intravenously and marketed under the trade name Eloxatin. European approval occurred in 1996 and U.S. FDA approval followed in 2002.

Trials
1875
Recruiting
277
Completed
746
With results
355

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownApproved for marketingTotal
Early Phase 1 11531 11
Phase 1 30315120272116 214
Phase 1/2 2812965271221 174
Phase 2 13464259406111332197 1008
Phase 2/3 1159152514 61
Phase 3 622532109203261 314
Phase 4 1461110 23
Not applicable 94114313 44
Unknown 2226122 26

Trials started per year

2021
33
2022
75
2023
88
2024
108
2025
108
2026
116
2027
4

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Colorectal Neoplasms 1594221915941097 456
Stomach Neoplasms 1221917111575105 301
Rectal Neoplasms 29211445512125 269
Colonic Neoplasms 2311677747381 192
Pancreatic Neoplasms 4332681321142 175
Neoplasm Metastasis 2076711321 111
Esophageal Neoplasms 12115515121 88
Neoplasms 1723031421 69
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular 5226712141 58
Adenocarcinoma Of Esophagus 37331911 55

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1National Cancer Institute (NCI)6512
2Sun Yat-sen University5523
3Fudan University5311
4Hoffmann-La Roche4410
5Sanofi3910
6M.D. Anderson Cancer Center320
7Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology2712
8UNICANCER2411
9Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC2011
10Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center190

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Oxaliplatin1875
2Fluorouracil877
3Leucovorin736
4Capecitabine632
5Irinotecan384
6Bevacizumab305
7Gemcitabine297
8Docetaxel141
9S 1 (combination)139
10Cetuximab129

Evidence

Results reported
47.6%355 of 746 completed
Published
20.2%151 of 746 completed
Primary endpoint met
37.4%43 of 115 analyses
Median months to report
23

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
158
Statistical analysis plan
151
PubMed citations
423

Trial profile

Median enrollment
60
Median duration
50.6months
Countries
73
Study sites
18489

Who is enrolled

Adults
1858
Children
50
Older adults
1860
Healthy volunteers
13

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
23
Phase 1
30
Phase 1/2
54
Phase 2
46
Phase 2/3
220
Phase 3
393
Phase 4
105
Not applicable
66
Unknown
121

Where trials run

United States
682
China
563
France
175
South Korea
150
Germany
130
Italy
121
Spain
119
Canada
106
United Kingdom
100
Japan
99

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1ShanghaiChina178
2GuangzhouChina159
3BeijingChina154
4New YorkUnited States152
5HoustonUnited States127
6SeoulSouth Korea126
7Los AngelesUnited States116
8ChicagoUnited States111
9BostonUnited States110
10HangzhouChina110

Terminations

Terminated
194
Withdrawn
55
Suspended
6
Stopped for recruitment
4.2%79 of 1875 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
126
Recruitment
79
Funding
18
Business decision
9
Lack of efficacy
9
Regulatory
8
Safety
5
COVID-19
1

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

Recently stopped

TrialStatusStated reasonStopped
NCT05358704 Suspended Suspended no slots available 2028-01-30
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
NCT04796454 Withdrawn Withdrawn Company decision 2026-08-31
NCT03203525 Terminated Terminated \<75% participation 2026-07-22
NCT02366819 Suspended Suspended Pending data analysis 2026-06-08
NCT04488159 Withdrawn Withdrawn Lack of funding. 2026-06-01
NCT04949256 Terminated Terminated Trial was rendered as cancelled work ongoing in the book of business. 2026-05-20
NCT06704724 Terminated Terminated The trial was terminated for strategic business reasons; the decision was not based on any safety and/or efficacy concerns. 2026-05-12
NCT05083481 Terminated Terminated Lack of clinical benefit 2026-05-11
NCT04481204 Withdrawn Withdrawn 0 participants 2026-04-27

Trial records