Drug · Small Molecule

Prednisone

CI-DRUG-00000488Explore in graph →NCIt C770 CHEMBL635 CIViC Approved

Regulatory

Approvals (1)

Each record names the authority, jurisdiction, indication text and status. A drug approved in one jurisdiction for one indication is not 'approved' in general.

openfdaRegulatory1 approval record · authority, jurisdiction and indication text as published.

Jurisdiction · authority	Cancer	Indication	Status	Approval date	Source
US FDA	—	Prednisone tablets, USP are indicated in the following conditions: Endocrine Disorders Primary or secondary adrenocortical insufficiency (hydrocortisone or cortisone is the first choice; synthetic analogs may be used in conjunction with mineralocorticoids where applicable; in infancy mineralocorticoid supplementation is of particular importance); congenital adrenal hyperplasia; hypercalcemia associated with cancer; nonsuppurative thyroiditis. Rheumatic Disorders As adjunctive therapy for short-term administration (to tide the patient over an acute episode or exacerbation) in: psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (selected cases may require low-dose maintenance therapy), ankylosing spondylitis, acute and subacute bursitis, acute nonspecific tenosynovitis, acute gouty arthritis, post-traumatic osteoarthritis, synovitis of osteoarthritis, epicondylitis. Collagen Diseases During an exacerbation or as maintenance therapy in selected cases of: systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic dermatomyositis (polymyositis), acute rheumatic carditis. De rmatologic Diseases Pemphigus; bullous dermatitis herpetiformis; severe erythema multiforme (Stevens-Johnson syndrome); exfoliative dermatitis; mycosis fungoides; severe psoriasis; severe seborrheic dermatitis. Allergic States Control of severe or incapacitating allergic conditions intractable to adequate trials of conventional treatment: seasonal or perennial allergic rhinitis; bronchial asthma; contact dermatitis; atopic dermatitis; serum sickness; drug hypersensitivity reactions. Ophthalmic Diseases Severe acute and chronic allergic and inflammatory processes involving the eye and its adnexa such as: allergic corneal marginal ulcers, herpes zoster ophthalmicus, anterior segment inflammation, diffuse posterior uveitis and choroiditis, sympathetic ophthalmia, allergic conjunctivitis, keratitis, chorioretinitis, optic neuritis, iritis and iridocyclitis. Respiratory Diseases Symptomatic sarcoidosis; Loeffler’s syndrome not manageable by other means; berylliosis; fulminating or disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis when used concurrently with appropriate antituberculous chemotherapy; aspiration pneumonitis. Hematologic Disorders Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in adults; secondary thrombocytopenia in adults; acquired (autoimmune) hemolytic anemia; erythroblastopenia (RBC anemia); congenital (erythroid) hypoplastic anemia. Neoplastic Diseases For palliative management of: leukemias and lymphomas in adults, acute leukemia of childhood. Edematous States To induce a diuresis or remission of proteinuria in the nephrotic syndrome, without uremia, of the idiopathic type or that due to lupus erythematosus. Gastrointestinal Diseases To tide the patient over a critical period of the disease in: ulcerative colitis, regional enteritis. Miscellaneous Tuberculous meningitis with subarachnoid block or impending block when used concurrently with appropriate antituberculous chemotherapy; trichinosis with neurologic or myocardial involvement.

Data updated 2 days agoSource updated unknown

Derived

Development pipeline

Most advanced stage across all cancers, then per top-level cancer reached through trial conditions or approval indications. Approval in any ingested jurisdiction outranks trial phase; counts are interventional studies.

Scope	Stage	Max phase	Active	Recruiting	Phase 3	Trials	Approvals	Jurisdictions	First approval	First trial
All cancers	Approved	Phase 4	212	84	203	825	1	US	Jan 17, 1972	1989-02
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma	Phase4	Phase 4	89	34	57	238	0	—	—	1993-03
Malignant Prostate Neoplasm	Phase4	Phase 4	44	21	37	188	0	—	—	Nov 24, 1997
Leukemia	Phase4	Phase 4	32	16	29	121	0	—

Curated evidence

Clinical evidence (12)

CIViC items in which this therapy appears, grouped by cancer context, then molecular profile. 50 items per page.

civicCuratedShowing 1–12 of 12 evidence items · levels, directions and significance as curated at the source; each row links to its CIViC record.

Therapy	Cancer	Type	Level	Direction · significance	Rating (1–5)	Status	Evidence	Source
TSPYL1 P62S1
Abiraterone + Prednisone

Clinical trials

Trials with this intervention (834)

Most recently updated first, 50 per page.

clinicaltrialsPublishedShowing 1–50 of 834 studies · status and phase as posted by the registrant; each row links to the study record.

NCT	Title	Status	Phase	Enrollment (n)	Sponsor	Countries	Last update	Source
NCT00092222	Virotherapy and Natural History Study of KHSV-Associated Multricentric Castleman s Disease With Correlates of Disease Activity	active not recruiting	Phase 2	75	National Cancer Institute (NCI)NIH	1	Sep 28, 2026	clinicaltrials
NCT02257736	An Efficacy and Safety Study of Apalutamide (JNJ-56021927) in Combination With Abiraterone Acetate and Prednisone Versus Abiraterone Acetate and Prednisone in Participants With Chemotherapy-naive Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)

Molecule

Record

Kind: Small Molecule
Mechanism: Glucocorticoid receptor agonist
Targets: 1 gene
UNII: VB0R961HZT
Aliases: 1, 2-Dehydrocortisone, 17,21-Dihydroxypregna-1,4-diene-3,11,20-trione, 3en3hg4wsw, Adasone, Cortan, Cortancyl, Dacortin, DeCortin, Decortisyl, Decorton, Dehydrocortisone, .delta.1-Cortisone, Deltacortene, Deltacortisone, Deltadehydrocortisone, Delta-dome, Delta-Dome, Deltasone, Deltison, Deltra, Econosone, Fernisone, Liquid pred, Liquid Pred, Lisacort, Lodotra, Meprosona-F, Metacortandracin, Meticorten, NSC-10023 … (+34)

Data updated 21 hours agoSource updated unknown

Identifiers

Codes (0)

Upstream identifiers kept as first-class codes; each links to its registry where a stable public URL exists.

Data not yet available

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Regulatory status is jurisdiction-specific and time-bound. Nothing on this page is a treatment recommendation.

NOTCH1 Mutation2
Prednisone	T Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaCURATED_BROADER	Predictive	C	Supports Sensitivity Response	—	submitted	EID2692 In a study of 157 patients under 18 years of age, with T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), the frequency of NOTCH1 mutations was 52.2% (82/157). Patients with these mutations were associated with i… (full text at CIViC) PMID 16614245 · Breit et al., 2006 · Open in CIViC	civic
〃	T Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaCURATED_BROADER	Predictive	C	Supports Sensitivity Response	—	submitted	EID2693 In a study of 157 patients under 18 years of age, with T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), the frequency of NOTCH1 mutations was 52.2% (82/157). Patients with these mutations were associated with i… (full text at CIViC) PMID 16614245 · Breit et al., 2006 · Open in CIViC	civic