Drug · Small Molecule
Tamoxifen
CI-DRUG-00000572Explore in graph →NCIt C62078 CHEMBL83 CIViC Approved
Regulatory
Approvals (31)
Each record names the authority, jurisdiction, indication text and status. A drug approved in one jurisdiction for one indication is not 'approved' in general.
- Source
- Health Canada — Drug Product Database (DPD)
- Dataset
- Health Canada DPD
- Version
- dpd-2026-09-11
- Retrieved
- Sep 11, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Evidence
- regulatory
- License
- Open Government Licence – Canada (https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
- Run
- ING-HEALTHCANADADPD-20260911-000001
| Jurisdiction · authority | Cancer | Indication | Status | Approval date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA Health Canada | — | Marketed in Canada as TAMOXIFENE - 20 (DIN 02296748) under ATC L02BA01 TAMOXIFEN. Indications are not published in the Drug Product Database — see the Health Canada Product Monograph. | withdrawnsource: Cancelled Post Marketsince Jul 27, 2011 | Oct 29, 2007 | health-canada-dpd |
| CA Health Canada | — | Marketed in Canada as TAMOXIFENE - 10 (DIN 02296721) under ATC L02BA01 TAMOXIFEN. Indications are not published in the Drug Product Database — see the Health Canada Product Monograph. | withdrawnsource: Cancelled Post Marketsince Jul 27, 2011 | Oct 29, 2007 | health-canada-dpd |
| CA Health Canada | — | Marketed in Canada as TAMOXIFEN (DIN 02237597) under ATC L02BA01 TAMOXIFEN. Indications are not published in the Drug Product Database — see the Health Canada Product Monograph. | withdrawnsource: Cancelled Post Market |
Health Canada records are DIN-level: one row per marketed product (brand, strength, form). The Drug Product Database does not publish indications, so no cancer is stated for these rows, and a cancelled or dormant DIN is the status of that one product — not a withdrawal of the molecule.
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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 | 55 | 29 | 116 | 287 | 31 | CA, US | Dec 31, 1989 | 1987-09 |
| Malignant Breast Neoplasm | Approved | Phase 4 | 35 | 19 | 93 | 201 | 3 | US | Oct 29, 2005 | 1987-09 |
| Malignant Ovarian Neoplasm | Phase3 | Phase 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 1996-09 |
| Malignant Prostate Neoplasm | Phase3 | Phase 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Curated evidence
Clinical evidence (23)
CIViC items in which this therapy appears, grouped by cancer context, then molecular profile. 50 items per page.
- Source
- CIViC — Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer
- Dataset
- CIViC evidence items
- Version
- civic-2026-09-08
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Evidence
- expert curation
- License
- CC0 1.0
- PMID
- 24167368
- Run
- ING-CIVIC-20260908-000001
| Therapy | Cancer | Type | Level | Direction · significance | Rating (1–5) | Status | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGR2 EXPRESSION1 | ||||||||
| Tamoxifen | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | |||||||
Clinical trials
Trials with this intervention (306)
Most recently updated first, 50 per page.
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Dataset
- ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 studies
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
| NCT | Title | Status | Phase | Enrollment (n) | Sponsor | Countries | Last update | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCT00077168 | Adjuvant Radiation Therapy Compared With Observation After Surgery in Treating Women With Estrogen Receptor Positive or Progesterone Receptor Positive Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast Who Are Receiving Tamoxifen or Anastrozole | unknown | Phase 2 | 2,000 | Institute of Cancer Research, United KingdomOTHER | 1 | Feb 9, 2009 | clinicaltrials |
| NCT00228930 | Tamoxifen Pharmacogenetics and Clinical Effects |