Prednisone

Generic Name: Prednisone

Brand Names: Deltasone, Rayos, Winpred

Drug Type: Small Molecule

Chemical Formula: C_₂₁H_₂₆O_₅

CAS Number: 53-03-2

Unique Ingredient Identifier: VB0R961HZT

Background: A synthetic anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid derived from cortisone. It is biologically inert and converted to prednisolone in the liver.

Prednisone was granted FDA approval on 21 February 1955.

Indication: Prednisone is indicated as an anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressive drug for allergic, dermatologic, gastrointestinal, hematologic, ophthalmologic, nervous system, renal, respiratory, rheumatologic, infectious, endocrine, or neoplastic conditions as well as in organ transplant.

Associated Conditions: Acne Vulgaris, Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Acute Gouty Arthritis, Acute Leukemia, Aggressive Lymphoma, Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis, Allergic Conjunctivitis (AC), Allergic Rhinitis (AR), Allergic corneal marginal ulcers, Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic, Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), Aspiration Pneumonitis, Asthma, Atopic Dermatitis, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Bell's Palsy, Berylliosis, Bullous dermatitis herpetiformis, Chorioretinitis, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia, Contact Dermatitis, Disseminated tuberculosis, Drug hypersensitivity reaction, Edema of the cerebrum, Epicondylitis, Erythroblastopenia, Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Hypercalcemia of Malignancy, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP), Iridocyclitis, Iritis, Keratitis, Leukemias, Loeffler's syndrome, Lymphoma, Meningitis caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC), Mycosis Fungoides (MF), Ocular Inflammation, Ophthalmia, Sympathetic, Optic Neuritis, Pain caused by Herpes zoster, Pemphigus, Pericarditis, Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia, Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR), Polymyositis, Posterior Uveitis, Primary adrenocortical insufficiency, Psoriatic Arthritis, Pure Red Cell Aplasia, Regional Enteritis, Relapsing Polychondritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Juvenile, Secondary adrenocortical insufficiency, Secondary thrombocytopenia, Serum Sickness, Severe Seborrheic Dermatitis, Sjogren's Syndrome (SS), Solid Organ Transplant Rejection, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Takayasu Arteritis, Thyroid Eye Disease, Thyroiditis, Thyrotoxicosis, Trichinosis, Ulcerative Colitis, Uveitis, Vasculitis, Acquired immune hemolytic anemia, Acute Bursitis, Acute Crohn's Disease (CD), Acute Multiple sclerosis exacerbation, Acute rheumatic carditis, Anterior eye segment inflammation, Exfoliative erythroderma, Fulminating Tuberculosis, Idiopathic Bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia, Idiopathic eosinophilic pneumonias, Non-suppurative Thyroiditis, Severe Psoriasis, Subacute Bursitis, Symptomatic Sarcoidosis, Synovitis of osteoarthritis, Systemic Dermatomyositis, Varicella-zoster virus acute retinal necrosis

Associated Therapies: Palliative Treatment

Clinical Trials

Low-dose ITI Strategy for Children in Hemophilia A With High-titer Inhibitor and Poor ITI Risk in China

Phase 4

Conditions: Hemophilia A With Inhibitor

Interventions: Drug: Coagulation Factor VIII
Drug: Prednisone
Drug: Rituximab

First Posted Date: 2018-07-26

Last Posted Date: 2018-07-26

Lead Sponsor: Beijing Children's Hospital

Target Recruit Count: 55

Registration Number: NCT03598725

Locations: 🇨🇳
Beijing Children's Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China

Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of Sarilumab in Patients With Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Phase 3

Terminated

Conditions: Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Interventions: Drug: Sarilumab-matching placebo
Drug: Sarilumab SAR153191 (REGN88)
Drug: Prednisone
Drug: Prednisone-matching placebo

First Posted Date: 2018-07-26

Last Posted Date: 2022-06-10

Lead Sponsor: Sanofi

Target Recruit Count: 118

Registration Number: NCT03600818

Locations: 🇺🇸
Investigational Site Number 8400009, Stamford, Connecticut, United States
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Investigational Site Number 0320001, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Investigational Site Number 6430001, Moscow, Russian Federation

and more 81 locations

ABL001 + Dasatinib + Prednisone + Blinatumomab in BCR-ABL+ B-ALL or CML

Phase 1

Recruiting

Conditions: Philadelphia Chromosome Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Ph+ ALL
B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) in Lymphoid Blast Crisis

Interventions: Drug: ABL001
Drug: Dasatinib
Drug: Prednisone
Drug: Blinatumomab

First Posted Date: 2018-07-23

Last Posted Date: 2024-12-27

Lead Sponsor: Marlise Luskin, MD

Target Recruit Count: 40

Registration Number: NCT03595917

Locations: 🇺🇸
University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, United States
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

and more 1 locations

A Study of Ponatinib Versus Imatinib in Adults With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Phase 3

Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Philadelphia Chromosome Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Ph+ALL)

Interventions: Drug: Ponatinib
Drug: Imatinib
Drug: Vincristine
Drug: Dexamethasone
Drug: Cytarabine
Drug: Methotrexate
Drug: Prednisone

First Posted Date: 2018-07-17

Last Posted Date: 2024-10-31

Lead Sponsor: Takeda

Target Recruit Count: 245

Registration Number: NCT03589326

Locations: 🇺🇸
Augusta University Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta, Georgia, United States
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Hopital Charles-LeMoyne, Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
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University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment Saint Ivan Rilski, Sofia, Sofiya, Bulgaria

and more 89 locations

GRAVITAS-309: Itacitinib and Corticosteroids as Initial Treatment for Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease

Phase 2

Terminated

Conditions: Chronic Graft-versus-host Disease

Interventions: Drug: Itacitinib
Drug: Methylprednisolone
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Prednisone

First Posted Date: 2018-07-12

Last Posted Date: 2024-01-24

Lead Sponsor: Incyte Corporation

Target Recruit Count: 155

Registration Number: NCT03584516

Locations: 🇺🇸
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States
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Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

and more 130 locations