Drugs / Dapsone
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Dapsone

Small molecule

Developed for
acne · HIV infectious disease · malaria · pneumocystosis · Plasmodium falciparum malaria · acneiform dermatitis · acquired aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage · acute respiratory distress syndrome
+21 more · anemia · autoimmune thrombocytopenia · bullous pemphigoid · COVID-19 · cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa · cutaneous vasculitis · dermatitis herpetiformis · exanthem · immunoglobulin A vasculitis · iron deficiency anemia · leprosy · mucous membrane pemphigoid · neoplasm · pemphigus vulgaris · Plasmodium vivax malaria · pulmonary fibrosis · rosacea · stroke disorder · tuberculosis · linear IgA Dermatosis · prurigo
Investigated by
Allergan · Jacobus Pharmaceutical · London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · Almirall, S.A. · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
+60 more · Derm Research, PLLC · El Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia Manuel Velasco Suarez · Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium · Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine · Ministry of Health, Malawi · National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania · Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional · Albert Schweitzer Hospital · All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Assiut University · Bausch Health Americas, Inc. · Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb · Catawba Research · Centre Muraz · Cidat, S.A. de C.V. · Dr. Frank Arguello Cancer Clinic · East African Network for Monitoring Antimalarial Treatment · Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co · Glaxo Wellcome · GlaxoSmithKline · HealthNet TPO · Hospital Clinic of Barcelona · Hunt Regional Medical Center · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · Instituto de Ciencia y Medicina Genomica, Torreon, Coah. Mexico www.institutodeciencia.com · Istanbul Training and Research Hospital · Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre · Kenya Medical Research Institute · Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania · Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana · Malaria Research and Training Center, Bamako, Mali · Manhiça Health Research Centre · Mansoura University · Mbarara University of Science and Technology · Medical Research Council · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Ministry of Health, Rwanda · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) · National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) · National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) · National Malaria Control Programme, The Gambia · Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) · Oya Helin Dundar · Tanta University · Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center · Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited · Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Zambia · U.S. Bioscience · Uganda Malaria Surveillance Project · University Hospital Tuebingen · University of Barcelona · University of Calabar · University of Copenhagen · University of Pennsylvania · Vanderbilt University Medical Center · WFH MEDICAL, LLC · World Health Organization

Regulatory milestones approvals, filings & regulatory actions · 3 recorded

MilestoneJurisdictionBrandIndicationDateSentence it was read from
Label expansions (2) US (FDA) ACZONE 2008-03-14 – 2019-09-10 fda.gov
Approved US (FDA) DAPSONE 1979-07-03 fda.gov

Trials 57 · a red edge is where a trial was stopped

PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 01 trial
Phase 0 NCT04918914 Oct 2020 → Dec 2021 COVID-19, acute respiratory distress syndrome Hunt Regional Medical Center Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 18 trials
Phase 1 NCT02117739 Apr → Jul 2014 Almirall, S.A. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02117752 Apr → Jul 2014 Almirall, S.A. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02108483 Apr → May 2014 Almirall, S.A. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01785836 Mar → Oct 2013 acne Allergan Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT00126971 Jul 2005 → ? Plasmodium falciparum malaria Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT00000826 ? → May 1999 HIV infectious disease, bacterial infectious disease, fungal infectious disease National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT00000739 ? → Jun 1998 HIV infectious disease, pneumocystosis National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT00002120 HIV infectious disease, pneumocystosis U.S. Bioscience Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 28 trials
Phase 2 NCT05899699 Jun → Sep 2023 acne Mansoura University Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT05926869 Aug → Dec 2022 acne Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT02939573 Jan 2017 → Dec 2028 expected cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa, cutaneous vasculitis, immunoglobulin A vasculitis University of Pennsylvania Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT02366884 Jul 2011 → Dec 2022 neoplasm Dr. Frank Arguello Cancer Clinic Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT00343187 Jun 2006 → Jul 2007 exanthem, non-small cell lung carcinoma Allergan Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT00249782 Nov 2005 → May 2006 rosacea Allergan Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT00429533 Nov 1996 → Feb 2004 pemphigus vulgaris Jacobus Pharmaceutical Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT00000596 Jun 1978 → Jan 1983 pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2/33 trials
Phase 2/3 NCT04744623 Sep → Dec 2020 mucous membrane pemphigoid Tanta University Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 2/3 NCT01144650 Jul 2009 → Aug 2010 stroke disorder Cidat, S.A. de C.V. Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 2/3 NCT00158574 Jan 2005 → Apr 2008 malaria London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 317 trials
Phase 3 NCT04015375 Jul 2019 → Feb 2020 acne Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT02627417 Dec 2015 → May 2019 autoimmune thrombocytopenia Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01974141 Nov 2013 → Oct 2014 acne Almirall, S.A. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01974323 Nov 2013 → Oct 2014 acne Almirall, S.A. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01931150 Aug 2013 → Sep 2015 acneiform dermatitis, cancer Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT05131295 Sep 2007 → Dec 2008 acquired aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, brain ischemia, intracranial vasospasm El Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia Manuel Velasco Suarez Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT00393679 Jul 2007 → Dec 2009 malaria Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT00361114 Jul 2006 → Aug 2007 malaria London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT00344006 Jun 2006 → Aug 2007 Plasmodium falciparum malaria GlaxoSmithKline Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT00151541 Feb → Jul 2005 acne Allergan Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 415 trials
Phase 4 NCT07244887 Jun 2025 → Feb 2026 acne Oya Helin Dundar Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT05984381 Aug 2023 → Jan 2025 bullous pemphigoid All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT05296460 Sep 2022 → Oct 2023 acne Assiut University Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT03681470 Apr 2019 → May 2021 acne Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT02959970 Oct 2016 → Mar 2018 acne Almirall, S.A. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT02944461 Oct 2016 → Sep 2017 acne Derm Research, PLLC Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT02032407 Dec 2013 → Jun 2014 acne Allergan Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT01885910 Jul 2013 → Jul 2014 acne Derm Research, PLLC Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT01313728 Dec 2010 acne Bausch Health Americas, Inc. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT01115244 Jul 2010 → Mar 2012 dermatitis herpetiformis Vanderbilt University Medical Center Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase not applicable5 trials
NCT00461578 Apr 2005 → Oct 2006 malaria London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Completed No outcome recorded
NCT00111163 Mar 2004 → Mar 2006 anemia, malaria Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Completed No outcome recorded
NCT00497471 Feb 1995 → Jul 1999 Plasmodium falciparum malaria, iron deficiency anemia Hospital Clinic of Barcelona Terminated No outcome recorded
NCT00002043 HIV infectious disease, pneumocystosis Jacobus Pharmaceutical Completed No outcome recorded
NCT00002283 HIV infectious disease, pneumocystosis Jacobus Pharmaceutical Completed No outcome recorded
Also used as a comparator or background therapy in 20 trials
PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 15 trials
Phase 1 NCT03132194 Comparator Aug 2016 → Jan 2017 acne Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02929719 Comparator Apr 2014 → Jun 2016 acne Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01773122 Comparator Jan → May 2013 acne Allergan Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01425320 Comparator Jan → Jun 2013 acne Allergan Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02493283 Comparator Sep 2011 → Jun 2012 linear IgA Dermatosis, methemoglobinemia University Medicine Greifswald Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 21 trial
Phase 2 NCT00519467 Background Jun 2003 → Feb 2005 Plasmodium falciparum malaria GlaxoSmithKline Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 34 trials
Phase 3 NCT05894954 Background Jul 2023 → Oct 2025 cognitive impairment with or without cerebellar ataxia, dementia Alzheimer's Prevention and Reversal Project, Inc. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT04935476 Comparator Nov 2021 → Mar 2022 COVID-19 McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT02865005 Comparator Feb → Nov 2016 acne Seegpharm S.A. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT00371735 Background Apr 2006 → May 2007 Plasmodium falciparum malaria GlaxoSmithKline Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 47 trials
Phase 4 NCT02550080 Background Jul 2015 → Dec 2018 acne, allergic cutaneous vasculitis, leprosy, pneumocystosis +3 Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT01231334 Comparator Aug 2010 → Jun 2011 acne Allergan Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT00964366 Comparator Jul → Aug 2009 acne Stiefel, a GSK Company Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT00834210 Comparator Dec 2008 → Sep 2009 acne Allergan Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT00835198 Comparator Dec 2008 → Aug 2009 acne Allergan Completed No outcome recorded
Phase not applicable3 trials
NCT06819449 Comparator Dec 2024 → Dec 2025 overdue leprosy South Valley University Recruiting No outcome recorded
NCT01870050 Comparator Sep 2013 → Nov 2019 prurigo Cook County Health Unknown No outcome recorded
NCT00162383 Background Jul 1995 → Dec 2020 Hadassah Medical Organization Unknown No outcome recorded

Evidence & citations 18 cited values

Every value below carries the sentence it was read from. 79 sources stand behind the page.

FieldValueCited text
Known as Dapsone “Bacterial or Viral infection treatment may include: Doxycycline, Minocycline, Nitazoxanide, Hydroxychloroquine, Rifampin, Dapsone, Azithromycin, Tetracycline, Benzathine...” NCT05894954
76

“Combination therapy of topical anti-inflammatory agent (Dapsone 5%) and anti-androgenic agent (Flutamide 2.5%) with anti-bacterial agent of micro-emulsion component (tea tree oil 5%)” NCT05899699

“Artesunate+chlorproguanil-dapsone (AS+CD) was a potential alternative for treatment of uncomplicated malaria.” PMID 18575626 Jun 2008

“antibiotics (Bactrim, Pentamidine, Atovaquone, Primaquine/Clindamycin, or Trimethoprim/Dapsone)” NCT00636935

“Doxycycline, Paramomycin, Clarithromycin, Clindamycin, Dapsone, Miltefosine” NCT02366884

“The active drug ingredient in ACZONE Gel, 5% is dapsone.” NCT00243542

dapsone 7.5” NCT03132194

DapsoneNCT01885910

DapsoneNCT03681470

dapsoneNCT02929719

NCT01231334

NCT01785836

NCT02550080

NCT00964366

NCT07244887

NCT00162383

NCT00151541

NCT02493283

NCT04015375

NCT00111163

NCT02865005

NCT01974323

NCT05131295

NCT00249782

NCT00000991

NCT00001028

NCT01165840

NCT00146731

NCT04744623

NCT00834210

NCT02108483

NCT02959970

NCT00002283

NCT00343187

NCT02627417

NCT00344006

NCT00000826

NCT00371735

NCT00461578

NCT00126971

NCT00519467

NCT04918914

NCT00000802

NCT06819449

NCT02944461

NCT00835198

NCT00164359

NCT00497471

NCT00002043

NCT00361114

NCT02032407

NCT00158561

NCT00669643

NCT04935476

NCT00158574

NCT00002120

NCT00164710

NCT00429533

NCT01425320

NCT01773122

NCT01115244

NCT01931150

NCT01974141

NCT01144650

NCT02939573

NCT00118794

NCT05984381

NCT00393679

NCT00000739

NCT02117739

NCT02117752

NCT00000596

NCT05926869

NCT01313728

NCT00000640

NCT01870050

NCT05296460

Known as 4,4'-diaminodiphenylsulfone “In 2 clinical trials of antimalarial preparations containing dapsone (4,4'-diaminodiphenylsulfone; 2.5 mg/kg once daily for 3 days), 95 G6PD-deficient hemizygous boys, 24...” PMID 22993389 Sep 2012
Known as ACZONE “Research has demonstrated that Aczone ® (dapsone) gel, 7.5% used once daily is effective, safe, and well-tolerated for the treatment of acne” NCT03681470
4

“Dapsone (ACZONE) 7.5% gel topically once daily.” NCT02959970

ACZONE® (dapsone) gel, 7.5% (Allergan, INC.)” NCT04015375

ACZONE (dapsone) Gel, 5%, 2x/day” NCT00249782

ACZONE (dapsone) Gel, 5%” NCT00343187

Known as ACZONE (dapsone) Gel “ACZONE® (dapsone) Gel” NCT00964366
Known as ACZONE (dapsone) Gel, 5% “ACZONE™ (dapsone) Gel, 5%” NCT01115244
Known as Dapson-Fatol “Administration of two tablets Dapson-Fatol 50 mg Tabletten (= 100 mg dapsone)” NCT02493283
Known as Dapsone Topical Gel Dapsone Topical Gel + adapalene gel 0.1%” NCT00151541
Known as DDS “The combination of chlorproguanil HCl (CPG) and dapsone (DDS) as chlorproguanil-dapsone has already been shown to be efficacious against P.falciparum in adults and children in...” NCT00371735
4

“With minimal bactericidal activity, sulfone (diaminodiphenyl sulfone, or DDS), commonly referred to as dapsone, primarily acts as a bacteriostatic agent.” NCT06819449

“Chlorproguanil (CPG)-dapsone (DDS)-artesunate was in development for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria.” PMID 19517101 Jun 2009

“Dapsone (diamino diphenyl sulphone, DDS) was synthesized by Emil Fromm and Jakob Wittmann in Freiburg (Germany) in 1908.” NCT02493283

“Dapsone(DDS)-naive patients” NCT02550080

Known as diamino diphenyl sulphone “Dapsone (diamino diphenyl sulphone, DDS) was synthesized by Emil Fromm and Jakob Wittmann in Freiburg (Germany) in 1908.” NCT02493283
Known as diaminodiphenyl sulfone “With minimal bactericidal activity, sulfone (diaminodiphenyl sulfone, or DDS), commonly referred to as dapsone, primarily acts as a bacteriostatic agent.” NCT06819449
Known as Disulone “Dapsone (Disulone®)” NCT02627417
Known as DTG “5% Dapsone Topical Gel, (DTG)” NCT00151541
Known as rifampcin “( dapsone \_ clofazimine \_ rifampcin) then to assess the role of Rab 32 gene.” NCT06819449
Known as rifampicin “The primary bactericidal effect of rifampicin (RMP), a semi-synthetic derivative of rifamycin B, is observed.” NCT06819449
Known as RMP “The primary bactericidal effect of rifampicin (RMP), a semi-synthetic derivative of rifamycin B, is observed.” NCT06819449
Action Inhibit “its glutamate receptors antagonistic effect” NCT05131295
Modality Small molecule “Dapsone is a "4,40-diamino diphenyl sulfone" compound” NCT05296460
Route Oral “two oral treatments for mild to moderate Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP): dapsone/trimethoprim or clindamycin/primaquine as compared to a standard treatment program of...” NCT00000640