Drugs / Butylphthalide
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Butylphthalide

Small molecule

Developed for
ischemic stroke · cardiac arrest · cerebral artery occlusion · cerebral infarction · cognitive impairment with or without cerebellar ataxia · vascular dementia · anterior cerebral artery infarction · brain ischemia
+11 more · cerebral atherosclerosis · cerebrovascular disorder · chemotherapy-induced toxicity · coronary restenosis · migraine disorder · multiple system atrophy · ST-elevation myocardial infarction · stroke disorder · transient ischemic attack · vascular occlusion disorder · Moyamoya disease
Investigated by
Peking Union Medical College Hospital · Beijing Tiantan Hospital · CSPC-NBP Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. · Huisheng Chen · Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University · Tang Ziren
+31 more · The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University · Xiangya Hospital of Central South University · Affiliated Yueqing Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University · Beijing Chao Yang Hospital · CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited · Capital Medical University · Chinese PLA General Hospital · First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University · First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University · First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University · First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University · First Hospital of China Medical University · Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital · Huzhou Central Hospital · Jinling Hospital, China · Lishui Country People's Hospital · Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University · Ningbo No.2 Hospital · Peking University First Hospital · Qianfoshan Hospital · Shanghai 6th People's Hospital · Shenzhen Second People's Hospital · Taizhou Hospital · Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University · The First Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical University · The First Hospital of Jilin University · The People's Hospital of Hebei Province · The Second Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University · The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University · Tianjin Medical University General Hospital · Yi Yang

Trials 26

PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 1/21 trial
Phase 1/2 NCT02149875 Jan → May 2010 cerebral artery occlusion Shanghai 6th People's Hospital Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2/32 trials · 1 met primary
Phase 2/3 NCT07518810 Apr 2026 → Apr 2027 expected multiple system atrophy Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2/3 NCT02993367 Jan 2017 → Jan 2019 cognitive impairment with or without cerebellar ataxia The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University Unknown Met primary
Phase 37 trials · 1 met primary
Phase 3 NCT07369999 Feb 2026 → Mar 2029 expected stroke disorder Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT07230587 Dec 2025 → Sep 2027 expected ischemic stroke Peking Union Medical College Hospital Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT07252544 Dec 2025 → Aug 2027 expected ischemic stroke Beijing Tiantan Hospital Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT06704685 Dec 2024 → Oct 2025 overdue ST-elevation myocardial infarction Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT03804229 Oct 2019 → Oct 2024 overdue vascular dementia Capital Medical University Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT03539445 Jul 2018 → May 2022 ischemic stroke Beijing Tiantan Hospital Completed Met primary
Phase 3 NCT01405248 Jul 2011 → Jan 2014 coronary restenosis Jinling Hospital, China Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 410 trials · 1 met primary
Phase 4 NCT07528456 Apr 2026 → Apr 2027 expected ischemic stroke Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT07193277 Sep 2025 → Dec 2027 expected cognitive impairment with or without cerebellar ataxia, focal epilepsy First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT06508671 Jul 2024 → Dec 2025 overdue chemotherapy-induced toxicity First Hospital of China Medical University Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT05068349 May 2022 → Sep 2025 brain ischemia, cerebral infarction Qianfoshan Hospital Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT06572085 Jan 2022 → Dec 2027 expected cardiac arrest Tang Ziren Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT06353334 Sep 2021 → Dec 2026 expected cardiac arrest Tang Ziren Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT04091412 May 2019 → Jan 2020 cerebral infarction, vascular occlusion disorder The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT03413202 Feb 2018 → Mar 2022 ischemic stroke Yi Yang Completed Met primary
Phase 4 NCT02594995 Jul 2015 → Sep 2016 anterior cerebral artery infarction, cerebral artery occlusion Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT00724724 Aug 2008 → Jun 2011 transient ischemic attack Peking Union Medical College Hospital Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase not applicable6 trials
— NCT06968429 May 2025 → Dec 2027 expected migraine disorder Chinese PLA General Hospital Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
— NCT06331494 Mar 2024 → May 2026 overdue cerebral atherosclerosis, ischemic stroke First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
— NCT04664946 Dec 2020 → May 2028 expected ischemic stroke Huisheng Chen Recruiting No outcome recorded
— NCT04664933 Dec 2020 → May 2028 expected ischemic stroke, thrombotic disease Huisheng Chen Recruiting No outcome recorded
— NCT04078204 Apr 2018 → Feb 2022 cerebrovascular disorder Peking Union Medical College Hospital Unknown No outcome recorded
— NCT03906123 Nov 2017 → Dec 2019 vascular dementia Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Unknown No outcome recorded
Comparator or background therapy1 trial
Phase 3 NCT04205578 Comparator Jan 2020 → Dec 2022 Moyamoya disease, cerebral infarction, transient ischemic attack yuanli Zhao Unknown No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 3

DateIssuerRelease
2020-12-28 CSPC ZhongQi Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. Regulatory INSIDE INFORMATION - ADJUSTMENT TO THE MEDICAL INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT BASIS irasia.com ↗
the new reimbursement basis for Butylphthalide Soft Capsule and Butylphthalide and Sodium Chloride Injection will be RMB3.36 per capsule and RMB139 per injection respectively
2018-03-11 CSPC ZhongQi Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. Regulatory VOLUNTARY ANNOUNCEMENT - THE GROUP'S DRUG "BUTYLPHTHALIDE" WAS GRANTED ORPHAN-DRUG DESIGNATION BY THE U.S. FDA irasia.com ↗
2016-04-20 CSPC ZhongQi Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. Regulatory VOLUNTARY ANNOUNCEMENT - THE GROUP'S CHEMICAL DRUG "BUTYLPHTHALIDE SOFT CAPSULES" WAS GRANTED CLINICAL TRIAL APPROVAL IN RELATION TO A NEW INDICATION FOR VASCULAR DEMENTIA irasia.com ↗
The board of directors (the “ Board”) of CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited (the “ Company ”, together with its subsidiaries (the “ Group”)) is pleased to announce that the pre-clinical trial data of the Group’s chemical drug “ butylphthalide soft capsules” (the “ Product ”) in relation to the new indication for the treatment of vascular dementia caused by ischemic stroke (“ Vascular Dementia ”) has passed the technical assessment of the Centre for Drug Evaluation of China Food and Drug Administration (the “CFDA”) of the People’s Republic of China (“China”), and was recently granted clinical trial approval from the CFDA.

All press releases naming this drug 3 releases

DateIssuerRelease

Evidence & citations 9 cited values

Every value below carries the sentence it was read from. 28 sources stand behind the page.

FieldValueCited text
Known as butylphthalide “Tenecteplase (TNK), a novel thrombolytic agent with favorable pharmacokinetic profiles, and butylphthalide (NBP), a multi-targeted neuroprotective drug, have shown promising...” NCT07369999 ↗
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“oral butylphthalide soft capsules for the prophylactic treatment of migraine in adults” NCT06968429 ↗

“Take 200 mg butylphthalide soft capsules (NBP) orally three times a day for 24 weeks” NCT06508671 ↗

NCT07230587 ↗

NCT07252544 ↗

NCT06331494 ↗

NCT04091412 ↗

NCT03804229 ↗

NCT07193277 ↗

NCT05068349 ↗

NCT06572085 ↗

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Known as 3-N-butylphthalide “Intra-arterial administration of 3-n-butylphthalide for 16 to 24 hours during and after the operation at 17.36 to 26.04 ug/min” NCT04664933 ↗
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“Intra-arterial administration of 3-n-butylphthalide for 24 hours via microcatheter at 17.36 ug/min.” NCT04664946 ↗

NCT07518810 ↗

Known as Butylphthalide and Sodium Chloride Injection “For patients in the butylphthalide group, Butylphthalide and Sodium Chloride Injection was administered immediately after randomization, 100 ml per dose, intravenously, twice...” NCT07528456 ↗
Known as Butylphthalide Soft Capsules, En Bi Pu (NBP) “Butylphthalide Soft Capsules, En Bi Pu (NBP)” NCT00724724 ↗
Known as celery seed oil extract “3-n-Butylphthalide (NBP), also known as celery seed oil extract, is a lipid-soluble compound isolated from celery seeds.” NCT07518810 ↗
Known as Dl-3-n-butylphthalide “Butylphthalide, as a well-known neuroprotective medication, is a family of compounds initially isolated from the seeds of Apium graveolens Linn, of which active ingredient is...” NCT03539445 ↗
6

“DL-3-n-butylphthalide (NBP) (Fig. 1) is a synthetic chiral compound containing L- and D-isomers of butylphthalide.” NCT02993367 ↗

“Dl-3-n-butylphthalide (NBP), isolated from the seeds of celery” NCT02594995 ↗

“DL-3-n-butylphthalide” NCT03906123 ↗

NCT06508671 ↗

NCT04205578 ↗

NCT02149875 ↗

Known as NBP “Our preliminary single-center study suggests that postoperative intravenous administration of dl-3-n-butylphthalide (NBP) may alleviate perioperative neurological deficits and...” NCT04205578 ↗
10

“Tenecteplase (TNK), a novel thrombolytic agent with favorable pharmacokinetic profiles, and butylphthalide (NBP), a multi-targeted neuroprotective drug, have shown promising...” NCT07369999 ↗

“This study is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of butylphthalide (NBP) in the treatment of cerebral small vessel disease through a multicenter,...” NCT04078204 ↗

“Cerebrolysin and DL-3-n-butylphthalide (NBP) have each shown neuroprotective efficacy in preclinical models of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and passed clinical trials as...” PMID 27168844 ↗ Mar 2016

“Butylphthalide (NBP) is a neuroprotective medication capable of ameliorating neurological dysfunction induced by ischemia, hypoxia, and reperfusion injury in the brain.” NCT06353334 ↗

“3-n-Butylphthalide (NBP), also known as celery seed oil extract, is a lipid-soluble compound isolated from celery seeds.” NCT07518810 ↗

“DL-3-n-butylphthalide (NBP) (Fig. 1) is a synthetic chiral compound containing L- and D-isomers of butylphthalide.” NCT02993367 ↗

“Take 200 mg butylphthalide soft capsules (NBP) orally three times a day for 24 weeks” NCT06508671 ↗

“25mg butylphthalide(NBP) injection, and 100ml 0.9% saline” NCT03413202 ↗

NCT02594995 ↗

NCT03906123 ↗

Modality Small molecule “DL-3-n-butylphthalide (NBP) (Fig. 1) is a synthetic chiral compound containing L- and D-isomers of butylphthalide.” NCT02993367 ↗
Route Oral “20 mg/time per os three times a day.” NCT01405248 ↗