Abacavir
Regulatory milestones approvals, filings & regulatory actions · 9 recorded
| Milestone | Jurisdiction | Brand | Indication | Date | Sentence it was read from |
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| Filed HIV infectious disease 2 milestones | |||||
| Filed | US (FDA) | — | HIV infectious disease | 2021-10-04 | “regulatory submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval of a new dispersible tablet formulation of the fixed dose combination of abacavir” viivhealthcare.com ↗ |
| Filed | US (FDA) | — | HIV infectious disease | 2013-10-22 | “ViiV Healthcare today announced the submission of a regulatory application in the United States for its investigational single-tablet regimen (STR) combining dolutegravir,...” gsk.com ↗ |
| Approved Indication not stated 3 milestones | |||||
| Label expansions (5) | US (FDA) | ZIAGEN | — | 2000-12-15 – 2015-03-23 | fda.gov ↗ |
| Approved | EU (EMA) | Ziagen | — | 1999-07-08 | europa.eu ↗ |
| Approved | US (FDA) | ZIAGEN | — | 1998-12-17 | fda.gov ↗ |
Trials 115 · started per year
News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 26
| Date | Issuer | Release |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-05 | Pfizer's Upjohn has merged with Mylan to form Viatris Inc. | Regulatory Viatris Announces U.S. FDA Tentative Approval of a Paediatric Formulation of Abacavir (ABC)/Dolutegravir (DTG)/Lamivudine (3TC), a Once-daily Treatment for Children Living with HIV viatris.com ↗
The FDA's tentative approval through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program means the formulation meets all the agency's quality, safety, and efficacy standards. |
| 2022-06-14 | Drugs for Neglected Diseases | Regulatory Cipla and DNDi launch child-friendly 4-in-1 antiretroviral treatment for young children living with HIV in South Africa dndi.org ↗
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has approved a sweet-tasting, heat-stable, ‘4-in-1’ fixed-dose combination of four antiretroviral (ARV) treatments composed of abacavir, lamivudine, lopinavir, and ritonavir that is specifically designed for infants and young children with HIV. |
| 2022-03-30 | GlaxoSmithKline | Regulatory ViiV Healthcare announces US FDA approval of Triumeq PD, the first dispersible single tablet regimen containing dolutegravir, a once-daily treatment for children living with HIV gsk.com ↗ |
| 2022-03-30 | ViiV Healthcare | Regulatory ViiV HEALTHCARE ANNOUNCES US FDA APPROVAL OF TRIUMEQ PD, THE FIRST DISPERSIBLE SINGLE TABLET REGIMEN CONTAINING DOLUTEGRAVIR, A ONCE-DAILY TREATMENT FOR CHILDREN LIVING WITH HIV viivhealthcare.com ↗ |
| 2021-10-04 | GlaxoSmithKline | Regulatory ViiV Healthcare submits FDA application for first dispersible single tablet regimen containing dolutegravir (DTG) for children living with HIV gsk.com ↗ |
| 2021-10-04 | ViiV Healthcare | Regulatory ViiV Healthcare submits FDA application for first dispersible single tablet regimen containing dolutegravir (DTG) for children living with HIV viivhealthcare.com ↗ |
| 2020-10-21 | Gilead Sciences | Results Gilead Announces New Data on Biktarvy® for the Treatment of HIV in Black Americans gilead.com ↗
After one year, those who switched from TDF to TAF (n=828) and those who switched from abacavir (ABC) to TAF (n=142) experienced a mean unadjusted weight gain of 1.4 kg and 0.2 kg, respectively (p=0.039). |
| 2020-03-11 | Janssen Research & Development, LLC | Results Janssen Announces Results of Phase 3 Study Demonstrating the Safety and Efficacy of Long-Acting Injectable HIV Treatment Regimen of Rilpivirine And Cabotegravir through 96 Weeks jnj.com ↗
The study – First Long-Acting Injectable Regimen (FLAIR) trial – demonstrated positive 96-week results in long-term safety and efficacy of rilpivirine and cabotegravir. |
| 2019-11-06 | Gilead Sciences | Results Gilead’s Biktarvy Maintained High Efficacy With No Cases of Treatment-Emergent Resistance Through Three Years in Phase 3 HIV Clinical Trials gilead.com ↗
Across all treatment groups no participants developed treatment failure with treatment-emergent resistance. |
| 2019-03-07 | GlaxoSmithKline | Results ViiV Healthcare presents positive, 48-week data from two pivotal phase III studies showing long-acting, injectable two-drug regimen of cabotegravir and rilpivirine has similar efficacy to daily, three-drug oral treatment in adults living with HIV-1 infection gsk.com ↗
The study found virologic suppression rates (HIV-1 RNA <50 c/mL) at Week 48 were similar between treatment arms (cabotegravir + rilpivirine: 265/283 [93.6%], Triumeq: 264/283 [93.3%], adjusted difference: 0.4%. 95% CI: -3.7, 4.5). |
| 2019-03-07 | ViiV Healthcare | Results ViiV HEALTHCARE PRESENTS POSITIVE, 48-WEEK DATA FROM TWO PIVOTAL PHASE III STUDIES SHOWING LONG-ACTING, INJECTABLE TWO-DRUG REGIMEN OF CABOTEGRAVIR AND RILPIVIRINE HAS SIMILAR EFFICACY TO DAILY, THREE-DRUG ORAL TREATMENT IN ADULTS LIVING WITH HIV-1 INFECTION viivhealthcare.com ↗
The study found virologic suppression rates (HIV-1 RNA <50 c/mL) at Week 48 were similar between treatment arms (cabotegravir + rilpivirine: 265/283 [93.6%], Triumeq: 264/283 [93.3%], adjusted difference: 0.4%. 95% CI: -3.7, 4.5). |
| 2018-10-30 | GlaxoSmithKline | Results ViiV Healthcare reports positive 48-week results for second phase III study for novel, long-acting, injectable HIV-treatment regimen gsk.com ↗
The study showed long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine, injected once a month, had similar efficacy to Triumeq at Week 48 based on the proportion of participants with plasma HIV-1 RNA ≥50 copies per millilitre [c/mL] using the FDA Snapshot algorithm. |
| 2018-10-03 | Gilead Sciences | Results Gilead Announces 96-Week Results From Phase 3 Study of Biktarvy® (Bictegravir, Emtricitabine, Tenofovir Alafenamide) for the Treatment of HIV-1 in Adults New to HIV Therapy gilead.com ↗
In the ongoing study, Biktarvy was found to be statistically non-inferior to a regimen of abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine (600/50/300mg, ABC /DTG/3TC) through 96 weeks of therapy. |
| 2018-03-05 | Gilead Sciences | Results Gilead Presents Results from Phase 3 Study Evaluating Patients Who Switched to Biktarvy® (Bictegravir, Emtricitabine and Tenofovir Alafenamide) from Regimen Containing Abacavir, Dolutegravir and Lamivudine gilead.com ↗
Through Week 48, Biktarvy was found to be statistically non-inferior to ABC /DTG/3TC with a numerically lower incidence of mild or moderate study drug-related adverse events and no treatment-emergent resistance. |
| 2017-10-04 | Gilead Sciences | Results Gilead Presents Results From Phase 3 Study Evaluating Patients Who Switched to Investigational Fixed-Dose Combination of Bictegravir, Emtricitabine and Tenofovir Alafenamide From Boosted Protease Inhibitor-Based Regimens gilead.com ↗
In the ongoing study, BIC/FTC/TAF was found to be statistically non-inferior to regimens containing bPIs and demonstrated no treatment-emergent resistance at 48 weeks. |
| 2017-07-24 | Gilead Sciences | Results Gilead Announces Phase 3 Results for Investigational Fixed-Dose Combination of Bictegravir, Emtricitabine and Tenofovir Alafenamide for Treatment of HIV gilead.com ↗
At Week 48, 92.4 percent (n=290/314) of patients taking BIC/FTC/TAF and 93.0 percent (n=293/315) of patients taking ABC /DTG/3TC achieved the primary endpoint |
| 2016-07-18 | GlaxoSmithKline | Results ARIA study shows superior efficacy of Triumeq® for treatment-naïve women living with HIV gsk.com ↗
ViiV Healthcare today presented 48-week data from the phase IIIb, open-label, international, multi-centre ARIA study which showed superior efficacy for Triumeq® (dolutegravir/abacavir/lamivudine) compared with atazanavir boosted with ritonavir (ATV/r) plus tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) in 495 treatment-naïve women living with HIV. |
| 2015-09-23 | GlaxoSmithKline | Results New Phase IIIb/IV data show switching to once-daily Triumeq® maintains HIV viral suppression gsk.com ↗
Furthermore, statistically, the treatment satisfaction score improved significantly more for those patients switching to once-daily abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine from their established regimen, as assessed by the HIV Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire (adjusted difference 2.4, 95% CI: 1.3, 3.5; p<0.001). |
| 2014-09-03 | GlaxoSmithKline | Regulatory ViiV Healthcare receives EU marketing authorisation for Triumeq® (dolutegravir/abacavir/lamivudine), a new once-daily single-pill regimen for the treatment of HIV gsk.com ↗
We are delighted with today’s approval that offers people living with HIV in Europe the first single-pill regimen containing dolutegravir. |
| 2014-08-22 | GlaxoSmithKline | Regulatory ViiV Healthcare receives FDA approval for Triumeq® (abacavir, dolutegravir and lamivudine), a new single-pill regimen for the treatment of HIV-1 infection gsk.com ↗
ViiV Healthcare announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Triumeq® (abacavir 600mg, dolutegravir 50mg and lamivudine 300mg) tablets for the treatment of HIV-1 infection. |
| 2014-06-27 | GlaxoSmithKline | Regulatory Triumeq® (dolutegravir/abacavir/lamivudine) single-tablet regimen receives positive CHMP opinion in Europe for the treatment of HIV gsk.com ↗
the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued a positive opinion recommending marketing authorisation for Triumeq® (dolutegravir/abacavir/lamivudine) |
| 2013-10-25 | GlaxoSmithKline | Regulatory ViiV Healthcare announces European regulatory submission for a single-tablet regimen combining dolutegravir with abacavir and lamivudine for people living with HIV gsk.com ↗
ViiV Healthcare today announced the submission of a regulatory application in Europe for its investigational single-tablet regimen (STR) combining dolutegravir (DTG), abacavir (ABC) and lamivudine (3TC) for the treatment of people living with HIV. |
| 2013-10-22 | GlaxoSmithKline | Regulatory ViiV Healthcare announces US regulatory submission for a single-tablet regimen combining dolutegravir with abacavir and lamivudine for people living with HIV gsk.com ↗
ViiV Healthcare today announced the submission of a regulatory application in the United States for its investigational single-tablet regimen (STR) combining dolutegravir, abacavir and lamivudine for the treatment of people living with HIV-1. |
| 2005-02-28 | Gilead Sciences | Results 48-Week Data Comparing Viread Versus Abacavir as Replacement for Thymidine Analogue in Lipoatraphic HIV Patients Presented at the 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections gilead.com ↗
Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq:GILD) today announced the presentation of preliminary 48-week data from the RAVE (Randomized Abacavir Viread Evaluation) study at the 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston. |
| 2003-07-14 | Gilead Sciences | Results Phase III Trial of Emtriva, New Once-Daily Capsule for HIV, Shows Continued Response Through 60 Weeks gilead.com ↗
At 24 weeks, Emtriva showed comparable efficacy to abacavir, with 83 percent of patients taking Emtriva (n=18) experiencing a reduction in HIV RNA to under 50 copies/mL, compared with 63 percent of patients receiving abacavir (n=19). |
| 1998-09-23 | Gilead Sciences | Results Gilead Sciences Provides Update on PREVEON® Clinical Program for the Treatment of HIV gilead.com ↗
These data suggest that treatment with PREVEON, abacavir and efavirenz, a regimen that does not contain a protease inhibitor, resulted in viral load reductions in patients who have failed treatment with other antiretrovirals. |
All press releases naming this drug 26 releases
Evidence & citations 11 cited values
Every value below carries the sentence it was read from. 193 sources stand behind the page.
| Field | Value | Cited text |
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| Known as | abacavir | “Generic names: Efavirenz/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir, Lamivudine/Zidovudine, Emtricitabine, Lamivudine, Abacavir/Lamivudine, Zidovudine, Abacavir/Lamivudine/Zidovudine,...” NCT00624195 ↗176“This study will compare the ability of fosamprenavir 700 mg with ritonavir 100 mg twice a day or lopinavir 400 mg with ritonavir 100 mg twice a day both combined with a fixed...” NCT00085943 ↗ “Participants will receive 2 investigator-selected NRTIs, which may include abacavir (ABC), lamivudine (3TC)/zidovudine (ZDV), didanosine (DDI), emtricitabine (FTC), ABC/3TC,...” NCT01363011 ↗ “Antiretroviral therapy, administered orally may include regimens such as: bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide, darunavir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir...” NCT05729568 ↗ “Second generation integrase inhibitor 1) Bictegravir 50 mg/ alafenamide tenofovir 25 mg/ emtricitabine 200 mg (BIC/TAF/FTC); 2) Dolutegravir 50 mg/ abacavir 600 mg/ lamivudine...” NCT06602622 ↗ “NRTIs included abacavir, emtricitabine, Combivir (lamivudine/zidovudine, coformulated), Epzicom (abacavir/lamivudine, coformulated), lamivudine, stavudine, tenofovir DF,...” NCT01252940 ↗ “Bictegravir 50 mg / tenofovir alafenamide 25 mg / emtricitabine 200 mg or dolutegravir 50 mg / lamivudine 300 mg / abacavir 600 mg, both combinations in a single tablet, will...” NCT07138144 ↗ “adult FDC of abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine and adult FDC of dolutegravir/lamivudine with their respective pediatric FDC formulations, taken as dispersion immediately or...” PMID 34817414 ↗ Mar 2022 “The preferentially recommended treatment of the study is atazanavir boosted with ritonavir, associated with a fixed combination of abacavir and lamivudine or emtricitabine + tenofovir” NCT00820118 ↗ “The abacavir (ABC)/dolutegravir (DTG)/lamivudine (3TC) 600 milligrams (mg)/50 mg/300 mg fixed-dose combination (FDC) tablet is currently approved in the United States (US) and Europe.” NCT02539576 ↗ “the dolutegravir/abacavir/lamivudine (DTG/ABC/3TC) fixed dose combination (FDC) tablet is being made available to women who become pregnant while participating in study ING117172” NCT02075593 ↗ |
| Known as | 1592U89 | “A Study to Test the Safety, Tolerance, and Metabolism of Abacavir (1592U89, ABC) With Standard Zidovudine (ZDV) Therapy in Newborn Infants Born to HIV-1 Infected Women” NCT00000864 ↗6“In this open-label study antiretroviral-experienced patients receive Combivir (3TC/AZT tablet) plus 1592U89 (abacavir) and 141W94 twice daily for 48 weeks.” NCT00002217 ↗ “To assess the safety of single oral doses of 1592U89 (abacavir succinate, ABC) administered to HIV-positive individuals.” NCT00002141 ↗ “1592U89 (abacavir [ABC])” NCT00006617 ↗ “abacavir (ABC, 1592U89)” NCT00001086 ↗ “Abacavir (1592U89)” NCT00002419 ↗ “1592U89 (abacavir)” NCT00002216 ↗ |
| Known as | abacavir succinate | “To assess the safety of single oral doses of 1592U89 (abacavir succinate, ABC) administered to HIV-positive individuals.” NCT00002141 ↗ |
| Known as | abacavir sulfate | “The investigator selects either TRUVADA™, a tablet containing 200 mg emtricitabine and 300 mg tenofovir disoproxil fumarate p.o. q.d. or EPZICOM™/KIVEXA™, a tablet containing...” NCT02275780 ↗8“Abacavir sulfate/lamivudine (ABC/3TC) and tenofovir DF/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) are widely used nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors for initial HIV-1 treatment.” PMID 19542866 ↗ Jul 2009 “ABC/3TC fixed dose combination (FDC) oral tablet, containing 600 mg of ABC (as abacavir sulfate) and 300 mg of 3TC” NCT02120352 ↗ “abacavir sulfate (ABC), lamivudine (3TC), and zidovudine (AZT)” NCT00084149 ↗ “Accepted NRTIs: abacavir sulfate (ABC)” NCT00039741 ↗ |
| Known as | Abacavir sulphate | “containing 702 mg Abacavir sulphate which is equivalent to 600 mg ABC” NCT02105987 ↗ |
| Known as | ABC | “Participants will receive 2 investigator-selected NRTIs, which may include abacavir (ABC), lamivudine (3TC)/zidovudine (ZDV), didanosine (DDI), emtricitabine (FTC), ABC/3TC,...” NCT01363011 ↗62“The investigators propose to evaluate the safety of combination therapy comprising the three nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) zidovudine (AZT),...” NCT02363452 ↗ “The aim of this study was to investigate the effect on fasting lipid parameters of switching to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) plus emtricitabine (FTC) from abacavir (ABC)...” PMID 22910324 ↗ Aug 2012 “The purpose of this study is to see if it is safe and effective to give HIV-positive patients a combination of anti-HIV drugs (abacavir \[ABC\] plus efavirenz \[EFV\] plus...” NCT00005018 ↗ “the presence of low level nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor-resistant human immunodeficiency virus in subjects receiving failing first-line regimens consisting of...” PMID 19032103 ↗ Jan 2009 “bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (BIC/FTC/TAF) or dolutegravir/lamivudine/abacavir (DTG/3TC/ABC), are associated with metabolic, renal, and cardiovascular adverse effects” NCT07138144 ↗ “The abacavir (ABC)/dolutegravir (DTG)/lamivudine (3TC) 600 milligrams (mg)/50 mg/300 mg fixed-dose combination (FDC) tablet is currently approved in the United States (US) and Europe.” NCT02539576 ↗ “the dolutegravir/abacavir/lamivudine (DTG/ABC/3TC) fixed dose combination (FDC) tablet is being made available to women who become pregnant while participating in study ING117172” NCT02075593 ↗ “NRTIs may include emtricitabine (FTC)/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), zidovudine+FTC/TDF, abacavir (ABC)+TDF, ABC+FTC/TDF, ABC+lamivudine (3TC), or didanosine (DDI)+FTC.” NCT01440569 ↗ “A Study to Test the Safety, Tolerance, and Metabolism of Abacavir (1592U89, ABC) With Standard Zidovudine (ZDV) Therapy in Newborn Infants Born to HIV-1 Infected Women” NCT00000864 ↗ “Abacavir sulfate/lamivudine (ABC/3TC) and tenofovir DF/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) are widely used nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors for initial HIV-1 treatment.” PMID 19542866 ↗ Jul 2009 |
| Known as | ABC: abacavir: Ziagen | “ABC: abacavir: Ziagen” NCT02028676 ↗ |
| Known as | Ziagen | “Ziagen (Abacavir) 300mg BID” NCT00004585 ↗ |
| Action | Inhibit | “HIV nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI)” PMID 16103764 ↗ Sep 2005 |
| Modality | Other / unclassified | “dual nucleosides” NCT00000919 ↗ |
| Route | Oral | “abacavir 300 mg po BID” NCT00001766 ↗ |