Numerous clinical trials spanning Phase 1 through Phase 4 evaluate amifostine trihydrate for its cytoprotective and radioprotective properties across diverse oncological indications, including leukemia, lymphoma, breast cancer, and head and neck malignancies. Sponsored by industry partners and academic medical centers, these studies investigate the mitigation of toxicities such as radiation-induced xerostomia, mucositis, and neurotoxicity, with recruitment statuses ranging from completed to terminated or withdrawn.
| NCT Number | Recruitment | Conditions | Sponsor/Collaborators | Start Date | Phases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCT00003927 | COMPLETED | Breast Cancer |
City of Hope Medical Center |
1999-05-18 | PHASE1 |
| NCT00217438 | COMPLETED | Refractory Multiple Myeloma; Stage II Multiple Myeloma; Stage III Multiple Myeloma |
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center |
2005-07 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00040365 | COMPLETED | Prostatic Neoplasms |
National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
2002-06 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00503776 | TERMINATED | Dysphagia; Head and Neck Cancer; Mucositis; Xerostomia |
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center |
2006-01 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00058071 | COMPLETED | Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor; Neurotoxicity; Peripheral Neuropathy; Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific |
Gynecologic Oncology Group |
2003-03 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00003994 | COMPLETED | Childhood Hepatoblastoma; Recurrent Childhood Liver Cancer; Stage I Childhood Liver Cancer |
Children's Oncology Group |
1999-03 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00098683 | COMPLETED | Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms |
Children's Oncology Group |
2005-01 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00012012 | COMPLETED | Cervical Cancer; Radiation Toxicity |
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group |
2001-08 | PHASE1; PHASE2 |
| NCT00052884 | TERMINATED | Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ; Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm |
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group |
2004-01-22 | PHASE1 |
| NCT00003211 | COMPLETED | Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors |
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |
1996-10 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00006012 | COMPLETED | Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ; Lung Cancer; Radiation Toxicity |
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology |
2001-02 | PHASE1; PHASE2 |
| NCT00003193 | COMPLETED | Head and Neck Cancer; Oral Complications |
Massachusetts General Hospital |
1998-01 | PHASE1; PHASE2 |
| NCT00006105 | COMPLETED | Bladder Cancer; Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ |
University of Chicago |
2000-06 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00003811 | COMPLETED | Childhood Germ Cell Tumor; Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ; Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor; Ovarian Cancer |
Children's Oncology Group |
2000-04 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00086099 | Completed | Leukemia|Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
MedImmune LLC |
2004-07 | Phase 1|Phase 2 |
| NCT00003407 | WITHDRAWN | Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ; Leukemia; Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Neutropenia |
Rush University Medical Center |
2001-02-13 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00003624 | TERMINATED | Cervical Cancer; Endometrial Cancer; Fallopian Tube Cancer; Neurotoxicity; Ovarian Cancer; Primary Peritoneal Cavity Cancer; Sarcoma |
Gynecologic Oncology Group |
1998-12 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00130143 | Completed | Head and Neck Cancer|Lung Cancer |
The Dale & Frances Hughes Cancer Center|MedImmune LLC |
2003-06 | Not Applicable |
| NCT00002643 | COMPLETED | Neutropenia; Sarcoma |
National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
1995-04 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00136474 | Completed | Lymphoma|Hodgkin''s Disease|Non-Hodgkin''s Lymphoma |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Brigham and Women''s Hospital|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center|MedImmune LLC |
2003-05 | Phase 2 |
| NCT00003127 | COMPLETED | Endometrial Cancer |
SWOG Cancer Research Network |
1998-02 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00004919 | COMPLETED | Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific |
National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
1999-12 | PHASE1 |
| NCT00004166 | COMPLETED | Ovarian Cancer; Quality of Life |
Northwestern University |
1999-10 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00025298 | TERMINATED | Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ; Head and Neck Cancer; Oral Complications; Radiation Toxicity |
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC |
2001-07 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00003926 | TERMINATED | Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors; Childhood Germ Cell Tumor; Chordoma; Kidney Cancer; Liver Cancer; Neuroblastoma; Ovarian Cancer; Retinoblastoma; Sarcoma |
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota |
1998-11 | PHASE1 |
| NCT00003425 | COMPLETED | Breast Cancer; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Neuroblastoma; Ovarian Cancer; Sarcoma; Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific |
University of Kentucky |
1997-12 | PHASE1; PHASE2 |
| NCT00003313 | COMPLETED | Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ; Lung Cancer; Oral Complications; Radiation Toxicity |
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group |
1998-09 | PHASE3 |
| NCT00005598 | COMPLETED | Myelodysplastic Syndromes |
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center |
2000-10 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00003307 | COMPLETED | Prostate Cancer; Radiation Toxicity |
University of Arizona |
1998-03 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00003777 | TERMINATED | Head and Neck Cancer |
Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine |
1998-12 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00003144 | COMPLETED | Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ; Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific |
NYU Langone Health |
1997-08 | PHASE1 |
| NCT00003048 | COMPLETED | Myelodysplastic Syndromes |
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
1997-06-05 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00004176 | COMPLETED | Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ; Lung Cancer; Radiation Toxicity |
Washington University School of Medicine |
1998-10 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00003269 | COMPLETED | Breast Cancer; Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ; Lung Cancer; Lymphoma; Ovarian Cancer; Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific |
Scripps Health |
1998-02 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00003136 | COMPLETED | Ovarian Cancer; Primary Peritoneal Cavity Cancer |
University of Chicago |
1996-12 | PHASE1; PHASE2 |
| NCT00003225 | COMPLETED | Colorectal Cancer |
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center |
1997-07 | PHASE1; PHASE2 |
| NCT00003405 | WITHDRAWN | Leukemia |
Rush University Medical Center |
1998-04 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00003294 | COMPLETED | Leukemia; Lymphoma; Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific |
Roswell Park Cancer Institute |
1997-05 | PHASE1 |
| NCT00003072 | COMPLETED | Lung Cancer; Neurotoxicity; Ovarian Cancer |
University of California, San Francisco |
1997-05 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00003582 | COMPLETED | Carcinoma of Unknown Primary; Head and Neck Cancer |
University of Miami |
1988-05 | PHASE1; PHASE2 |
| NCT00003580 | COMPLETED | Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ; Head and Neck Cancer; Oral Complications; Radiation Toxicity |
University of Tennessee |
1998-06 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00003415 | COMPLETED | Leukemia; Myelodysplastic Syndromes |
University of Arizona |
1998-09 | PHASE1; PHASE2 |
| NCT00003123 | UNKNOWN | Myelodysplastic Syndromes |
Providence Hospital |
1997-08 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00003089 | COMPLETED | Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ; Lung Cancer |
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University |
1997-07 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00004264 | UNKNOWN | Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ; Lung Cancer |
University of Wisconsin, Madison |
1997-07 | PHASE1; PHASE2 |
| NCT00003681 | UNKNOWN | Anemia; Myelodysplastic Syndromes |
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC |
1998-08 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00003583 | UNKNOWN | Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ; Lung Cancer; Radiation Toxicity |
University of Florida |
1997-06 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00003268 | COMPLETED | Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ; Leukemia |
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University |
1998-01 | PHASE1 |
| NCT00003068 | COMPLETED | Breast Cancer; Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ |
University of Arizona |
1997-06 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00003827 | UNKNOWN | Leukemia; Myelodysplastic Syndromes |
ALZA |
1999-01 | PHASE2 |
| NCT00004036 | UNKNOWN | Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders; Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm; Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Precancerous Condition; Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific |
The Cleveland Clinic |
1997-11 | PHASE1 |
| NCT00003251 | UNKNOWN | Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ; Head and Neck Cancer; Radiation Toxicity |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
1997-12 | PHASE1; PHASE2 |
| NCT00003252 | COMPLETED | Drug/Agent Toxicity by Tissue/Organ; Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific |
Rush North Shore Medical Center |
1997-12 | PHASE4 |
| NCT00003555 | COMPLETED | Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific |
State University of New York - Upstate Medical University |
1998-07 | PHASE1 |
(data from https://clinicaltrials.gov, updated on 2023-07-05)
Check the
Amifostine trihydrate
product page for in-depth specifications, including solubility, stock solutions, MOA, and working concentrations.
Mechanism and Biochemical Profile
Appendix RUO and cGMP Quality Standards
| Quality Dimension | RUO (Research Use Only) | cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practice) |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical Applicability | Prohibited in human clinical trials or medical diagnostics. | Mandatory for human clinical trials (Phase I–III) and therapies. |
| Regulatory Status | Non-regulated grade; exempt from drug manufacturing laws. | Legally enforced by health authorities (e.g., FDA, EMA, NMPA). |
| Facility Environment | Unclassified analytical or research laboratories. | Validated Cleanrooms (ISO Class 5–8) with continuous monitoring. |
| Quality Control | Basic purity and activity testing. | Rigorous safety release testing (Sterility, Endotoxin, Mycoplasma). |
| Process Validation | Basic equipment calibration; no process validation required. | Full qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ) and complete batch records. |
| Quality Assurance | Vendor self-declared without required formal QMS. | Mandatory QA/QC unit, Change Control, CAPA, and vendor audits. |
| Regulatory Impact | High risk of IND rejection if used as a critical raw material. | Required for IND/NDA filings, supported by Drug Master Files (DMF). |
Footnotes
Regulatory Note: Governed by FDA (21 CFR Parts 210/211/312), EMA (EudraLex Vol 4), ICH Guidelines (E6/Q7/Q9/Q10), and compendial standards (USP <71>/<85>/<1043>).
Note: Technical data last updated: Sep 1, 2026.