Drugs / Rifabutin
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Rifabutin

Small molecule targets CYP3A4 via activation

Developed for
HIV infectious disease · Mycobacterium avium complex disease · tuberculosis · Helicobacter pylori infectious disease · pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection · pulmonary tuberculosis · Crohn disease · bacterial pneumonia
+11 more · bacterial meningitis · bronchiectasis · multidrug-resistant tuberculosis · periprosthetic joint infection · relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis · bacterial gastritis · chlamydia infectious disease · coronary atherosclerosis · primary bacterial infectious disease · pulmonary sarcoidosis · staphylococcus aureus infection
Investigated by
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) · BioVersys AG · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Pfizer · Pharmacia · RedHill Biopharma Limited
+65 more · BioVersys SAS · Clinical Research Units Hungary · US Department of Veterans Affairs · ViiV Healthcare · Abbott · GlaxoSmithKline · The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler · Boehringer Ingelheim · French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis · National Cheng-Kung University Hospital · Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine · The University of Queensland · Zhejiang University · Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections · Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing · Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute · BeiGene · CW-Research and Management GmbH · Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa · Children's Hospital Foundation · Chongqing Public Health Medical Center · Chulalongkorn University · Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Erasmus Medical Center · Gilead Sciences · Griffith University · Harriet Shezi Children's Clinic · Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics · Janssen R&D Ireland · Jiangsu Province Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Johns Hopkins University · Konstantopoulio-Patission General Hospital of Nea Ionia · Medical Research Council · Medstar Health Research Institute · Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC · Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan · Monash University · Murdoch Childrens Research Institute · National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) · National Taiwan University Hospital · Newcastle University · Nuvisan · Ottawa Hospital Research Institute · QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute · Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention · Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center · Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China · Shenzhen Third People's Hospital · Shionogi · South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute · State University of New York at Buffalo · The Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning · The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Longtan hospital · The HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration · Tourcoing Hospital · Tuberculosis Trials Consortium · University of Bari · University of California, San Francisco · University of Cape Town · University of Copenhagen · University of Melbourne · University of Southern California · University of Utah · Viriom · Yunnan Provincial Infectious Disease Hospital

Regulatory milestones approvals, filings & regulatory actions · 1 recorded

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Approved US (FDA) MYCOBUTIN — 1992-12-23 fda.gov ↗

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PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 127 trials
Phase 1 NCT07580586 Mar → Sep 2026 overdue — BioVersys SAS Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT07199452 Oct → Dec 2025 — Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT07066722 Jul → Dec 2025 HIV infectious disease ViiV Healthcare Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT05684705 Sep 2023 → Oct 2024 bacterial infectious disease BioVersys AG Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT05684718 Feb → Sep 2023 bacterial infectious disease BioVersys AG Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT05537142 Sep 2022 → Jul 2024 — BioVersys AG Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT05537090 Sep 2022 → Jul 2023 — BioVersys AG Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT05458102 Aug 2022 → May 2023 HIV infectious disease Gilead Sciences Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT05086107 Oct 2021 → May 2022 impaired renal function disease BioVersys AG Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT05087069 Oct 2021 → Apr 2022 — BioVersys SAS Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 212 trials
Phase 2 NCT07485010 Apr 2027 → Apr 2031 expected pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection The University of Queensland Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT07431307 Jul 2026 → Mar 2028 expected bacterial meningitis, bacterial pneumonia BioVersys AG Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT05685615 Apr 2023 → Nov 2024 — BioVersys AG Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT02415985 Jun 2015 → Dec 2019 HIV infectious disease, tuberculosis The HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT02256696 Apr 2015 → May 2022 pulmonary tuberculosis Johns Hopkins University Completed Mixed
Phase 2 NCT01601626 Jul 2013 → Jan 2017 HIV infectious disease, tuberculosis Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT01717664 Jun 2013 → Dec 2015 relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis RedHill Biopharma Limited Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT01663168 Dec 2011 → Jan 2014 HIV infectious disease, tuberculosis Medical Research Council Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT00651066 Jun 2010 → Sep 2012 HIV infectious disease, tuberculosis French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT00640887 Feb 2009 → Oct 2010 HIV infectious disease, tuberculosis French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2/33 trials
Phase 2/3 NCT05766267 Nov 2023 → Dec 2026 expected pulmonary tuberculosis Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2/3 NCT04310930 Mar 2020 → Jun 2029 expected pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection The University of Queensland Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2/3 NCT00023348 Jul 1999 → Nov 2002 HIV infectious disease, tuberculosis Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 313 trials · 3 met primary
Phase 3 NCT07326540 Mar 2026 → Dec 2027 expected Acinetobacter infectious disease, bacterial pneumonia BioVersys SAS Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT04672525 Nov 2021 → Nov 2026 expected periprosthetic joint infection Tourcoing Hospital Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT04616924 Dec 2020 → Aug 2023 Mycobacterium avium complex disease, bronchiectasis RedHill Biopharma Limited Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Enrollment
Phase 3 NCT04107194 Jan 2020 → Feb 2021 Helicobacter pylori infectious disease University of Bari Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT03198507 Jun 2017 → Oct 2018 Helicobacter pylori infectious disease, dyspepsia RedHill Biopharma Limited Completed Met primary
Phase 3 NCT03009396 Mar 2017 → Nov 2018 Crohn disease RedHill Biopharma Limited Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01980095 Nov 2013 → Jun 2015 Helicobacter pylori infectious disease, dyspepsia RedHill Biopharma Limited Completed Met primary
Phase 3 NCT01951326 Sep 2013 → May 2018 Crohn disease RedHill Biopharma Limited Completed Met primary
Phase 3 NCT03164291 Jun 1984 → Sep 2006 pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT00002101 — HIV infectious disease, Mycobacterium avium complex disease Pharmacia Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 414 trials
Phase 4 NCT07514364 Jan → Mar 2026 overdue pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection National Taiwan University Hospital Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT05874544 May 2023 → Jan 2025 Helicobacter pylori infectious disease Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Completed Mixed
Phase 4 NCT06687499 Aug 2022 → Dec 2023 Helicobacter pylori infectious disease National Cheng-Kung University Hospital Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT04840862 May 2022 → May 2024 — University of Southern California Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT06687473 Jan 2022 → Mar 2023 Helicobacter pylori infectious disease National Cheng-Kung University Hospital Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT04090021 Sep 2019 → Feb 2020 Helicobacter pylori infectious disease Konstantopoulio-Patission General Hospital of Nea Ionia Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT03237182 Jun 2017 → Dec 2022 multidrug-resistant tuberculosis Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT02331823 Jun 2013 → Dec 2015 pulmonary tuberculosis Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT00513552 Jul 2007 Crohn disease Medstar Health Research Institute Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT00023400 Feb 2000 → Feb 2002 HIV infectious disease, tuberculosis Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Completed No outcome recorded
Phase not applicable9 trials
— NCT04879992 May 2021 → Oct 2022 Helicobacter pylori infectious disease Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Completed No outcome recorded
— NCT03478033 Apr 2018 → Jun 2020 AIDS, pulmonary tuberculosis Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center Unknown No outcome recorded
— NCT00023361 Feb 1999 → Feb 2003 HIV infectious disease, tuberculosis Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Completed No outcome recorded
— NCT00002267 — HIV infectious disease, Mycobacterium avium complex disease Pharmacia Completed No outcome recorded
— NCT00018083 — HIV infectious disease, tuberculosis National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) Unknown No outcome recorded
— NCT00001995 — HIV infectious disease, Mycobacterium avium complex disease Pharmacia Completed No outcome recorded
— NCT00002080 — HIV infectious disease, Mycobacterium avium complex disease Pharmacia Completed No outcome recorded
— NCT00002032 — HIV infectious disease, Mycobacterium avium complex disease Pharmacia Completed No outcome recorded
— NCT00001023 ? → Jul 1998 HIV infectious disease, Mycobacterium avium complex disease National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Completed No outcome recorded
Comparator or background therapy12 trials
Phase 0 NCT02099240 Comparator Mar 2014 → Nov 2018 osteomyelitis University of Louisville Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Enrollment
Phase 1 NCT01169038 Comparator Jul → Nov 2010 pulmonary sarcoidosis Vanderbilt University Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT00646776 Comparator Apr → Aug 2008 — Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT04553406 Comparator Dec 2020 → Jan 2021 Mycobacterium avium complex disease, pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection Spero Therapeutics Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Business
Phase 2 NCT03891901 Background Oct 2020 → Aug 2022 tuberculosis National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Completed No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 20

DateIssuerRelease
2026-04-30 RedHill Biopharma Limited Results RedHill's RHB-204 Demonstrates Comparable MAP Killing Efficacy to RHB-104 - Important Step in RHB-204 Development for MAP-related Crohn's Disease redhillbio.com ↗
2023-09-18 RedHill Biopharma Limited Regulatory RedHill Announces FDA sNDA Approval for Talicia® redhillbio.com ↗
RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: RDHL) ("RedHill" or the "Company"), a specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of its supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for Talicia[3], allowing a change to a more flexible three times daily (TID), taken at least 4 hours apart with food, dosing regimen for H. pylori eradication.
2023-08-01 RedHill Biopharma Limited Regulatory RedHill Biopharma Announces Talicia Approved in the United Arab Emirates and First Commercial Order Outside the U.S. redhillbio.com ↗
RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (NASDAQ: RDHL) ("RedHill" or the "Company"), a specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced that its partner, Gaelan Medical LLC ("Gaelan Medical"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ghassan Aboud Group (GAG), has received marketing approval from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Health for Talicia (omeprazole magnesium, amoxicillin and rifabutin)[3].
2023-05-09 RedHill Biopharma Limited Results RedHill Publishes New Talicia® Data on Generic Non-Bioequivalence in AP&T and Presents New Dosing Data at Digestive Disease Week redhillbio.com ↗
The PBPK modeling data we have presented supports bioequivalence between Talicia TID and Q8H dosing regimens for H. pylori eradication therapy showing that the overall exposures are comparable for all three Talicia-containing drugs, amoxicillin, rifabutin, and omeprazole.
2022-11-04 RedHill Biopharma Limited Results RedHill Presents New Talicia® Data Analyses at Obesity Week 2022 redhillbio.com ↗
2022-10-26 RedHill Biopharma Limited Results RedHill Presents New Talicia® and Movantik® Data Analyses at ACG 2022 redhillbio.com ↗
This study used Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling to compare intragastric rifabutin concentrations with Talicia (low-dose rifabutin 50 mg) administered every 8 hours (Q8H) vs. rifabutin 150 mg (the generically available dose) administered twice daily (BID) or 300 mg administered once daily (QD).
2022-07-12 RedHill Biopharma Limited Results RedHill Announces New H. pylori and COVID-19 Data Publication and Presentations at Leading Upcoming Scientific Conferences redhillbio.com ↗
Helicobacter pylori Eradication by Low-Dose Rifabutin Triple Therapy (Talicia®) is Unaffected by High Body Mass Index
2022-05-25 RedHill Biopharma Limited Results RedHill Presents New Talicia® Data Analyses at DDW 2022 redhillbio.com ↗
2021-12-02 RedHill Biopharma Limited Results RedHill Biopharma Data Published in GastroHep Shows Consistent Efficacy of Talicia Irrespective of Patient BMI redhillbio.com ↗
Talicia maintained high efficacy across all BMI groups compared to the active comparator including in obese and severely obese patients (P<0.0001).
2021-10-25 RedHill Biopharma Limited Results RedHill Biopharma Presents New Talicia® and Movantik® Data Analyses at ACG 2021 redhillbio.com ↗
today announced the presentation of four new analyses of Phase 3 Talicia® (omeprazole magnesium, amoxicillin and rifabutin)1 and Movantik® (naloxegol)2 data at the ACG 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting, taking place October 22-27, 2021.
2021-01-06 RedHill Biopharma Limited Regulatory RedHill Biopharma's RHB-204 Granted FDA Fast Track Designation for NTM Disease redhillbio.com ↗
RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: RDHL) (“RedHill” or “the Company”), a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that RHB-204 has been granted Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its development as a potential first-line, stand-alone, oral treatment of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) disease caused by Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC) – a rare disease for which there is no FDA-approved first-line therapy.
2020-10-26 RedHill Biopharma Limited Results RedHill Biopharma Presents New Data from Talicia®’s Phase 3 Studies at ACG 2020 Focused on Achieving Successful First-Line Treatment in H. pylori Eradication redhillbio.com ↗

All press releases naming this drug 20 releases

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Evidence & citations 17 cited values

Every value below carries the sentence it was read from. 94 sources stand behind the page.

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Known as rifabutin “A is amoxicillin (1000 mg thrice daily), B is colloidal bismuth subcitrate (120 mg thrice daily), M is metronidazole (500 mg thrice daily), P is a proton pump inhibitor, i.e.,...” NCT06687473 ↗
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“BV100 (rifabutin for infusion) is being developed as an IV formulation for the treatment of serious infections due to Acinetobacter baumannii, including nosocomial pneumonia...” NCT07580586 ↗

“Current guidelines recommend a macrolide-based triple therapy consisting of a macrolide (azithromycin or clarithromycin), ethambutol, and a rifamycin (typically rifabutin).” NCT07585461 ↗

“The intended dose is RHB-105 (12.5 mg rifabutin, 250 mg amoxicillin, and 10 mg omeprazole capsules) 4 capsules every eight hours, equivalent to a total daily dose of:” NCT01980095 ↗

“RHB-105 is an 'all-in-one' combination oral capsule consisting of combination therapy of Amoxicillin, Omeprazole and Rifabutin; as well as separate Riboflavin” NCT03198507 ↗

“To investigate the pharmacokinetics (PK) of rifabutin in subjects with hepatic impairment after single intravenous (IV) infusion of BV100” NCT05537142 ↗

“Mycobutin capsules contain the antimycobacterial agent rifabutin, which is a semisynthetic ansamycin antibiotic derived from rifamycin S.” NCT01259219 ↗

“Optional rifampin 600 mg or rifabutin 300 mg orally once daily may be added to the SOC regimen for up to 28 days.” NCT04553406 ↗

“Levofloxacin sequential therapy or bismuth quadruple therapy (10 or 14 days) or rifabutin quadruple therapy” NCT07130253 ↗

“to anti-MAP RHB-104 (clarithromycin 95 mg, rifabutin 45 mg, and clofazimine 10 mg per capsule) (n = 166)” PMID 39199994 ↗ Jul 2024

“Rifampin 10 mg/kg for a maximum of 600mg po QD or Rifabutin 10 mg/kg for a maximum of 300 mg po QD.” NCT01169038 ↗

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Known as Ansamycin ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL444633 ↗
Known as BV100 “BV100 (rifabutin for infusion) is being developed as an IV formulation for the treatment of serious infections due to Acinetobacter baumannii, including nosocomial pneumonia...” NCT07580586 ↗
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“BV100 (rifabutin for infusion) is being developed as an intravenous formulation” PMID 41770249 ↗ Mar 2026

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Known as LM 427 ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL444633 ↗
Known as MYCOBUTIN “A Single-centre Open-label Study in Healthy Adult Volunteers to Determine the Effects of Steady-state TPV/RTV (500 mg/200 mg) on the Single-dose Pharmacokinetics of Rifabutin...” NCT02251171 ↗
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“An Open-Label Randomized Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Study of Mycobutin (Rifabutin) or Rifabutin in Combination With Myambutol (Ethambutol) for Prophylaxis of Mycobacterium...” NCT00002343 ↗

“Study to Determine the Effects of Nevirapine (VIRAMUNE®) on the Steady State Pharmacokinetics of Rifabutin (MYCOBUTIN®) in HIV+ Patients” NCT02184078 ↗

Known as RBT “The overall aim of the project is to evaluate rifabutin (RBT) as a replacement for rifampicin (RMP), for the combined treatment of tuberculosis and HIV infection.” NCT00651066 ↗
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“evaluate rifabutin (RBT) as a replacement for rifampicin (RMP)” NCT00640887 ↗

“Group B: Rifampicin (RFP) or Rifabutin (RBT) + CAM + EB” NCT04630145 ↗

Known as RFB “Rifabutin (RFB), a moderate CYP3A inducer” PMID 40957819 ↗ Sep 2025
Known as rifabutin capsules “rifabutin capsules” NCT02331823 ↗
Known as Rifabutin component of talicia ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL444633 ↗
Known as Rifabutin for Infusion “BV100 (rifabutin for infusion) is being developed as an intravenous formulation for treating serious or life-threatening infections due to carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter...” PMID 41770249 ↗ Mar 2026
Known as Rifabutina ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL444633 ↗
Known as Rifabutine ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL444633 ↗
Known as Rifb “Anti-Tb Therapy: 2HREZ-4HRifb(H:Isoniazid,R:Rifampicin,E:Ethambutol,Z:pyrazinamide,Rifb:Rifabutin)” NCT01344148 ↗
Action Activate “Based on the reduced exposure of maraviroc observed in this study, increasing the dose of maraviroc may be studied to normalize its moderately reduced exposure following...” PMID 31647836 ↗ Oct 2019
Modality Small molecule “rifamycin derivative” NCT00001023 ↗
Route Oral “their oral administration is staggered” NCT00000877 ↗
Target CYP3A4 “Based on the reduced exposure of maraviroc observed in this study, increasing the dose of maraviroc may be studied to normalize its moderately reduced exposure following...” PMID 31647836 ↗ Oct 2019