Acyclovir is named as an intervention in 4 current clinical trials in our USA, Germany, France and Brazil registers. 4 are recruiting patients now. The most common phase is Phase 1. The sponsor with the most trials is Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine (1). The most-studied condition is Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Registers list studies that are recruiting, about to open, active but closed to enrolment, or enrolling by invitation. The UK and USA registers cover industry-sponsored studies only. Trial titles and statuses are copied from the registry as published.
The same active substance in our other registers, matched by its exact name. Each entry links to the register record it comes from.
3 single-substance products containing Acyclovir on the HPRA medicines list.
No entry for Acyclovir in the EMA, FDA or German BfArM shortage lists we track.
| Lead sponsor | Trials |
|---|---|
| Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine | 1 |
| Jena University Hospital | 1 |
| University Hospital, Toulouse | 1 |
| University of Sao Paulo General Hospital | 1 |
| Register | Trials | Recruiting |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical trials in USA | 1 | 1 |
| Clinical trials in Germany | 1 | 1 |
| Clinical trials in France | 1 | 1 |
| Clinical trials in Brazil | 1 | 1 |
A trial with sites in more than one country appears in each of those registers.
4 current trials in our USA, Germany, France and Brazil registers name Acyclovir as a drug or biological intervention, as of the registry sync on 26 September 2026. Completed and withdrawn studies are not counted.
Yes. 4 of the 4 trials are recruiting: 1 with sites in USA, 1 with sites in Germany, 1 with sites in France and 1 with sites in Brazil. Eligibility and site contacts are on each trial's record. Only the study team can confirm whether a patient is eligible.
Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine (1), Jena University Hospital (1), University Hospital, Toulouse (1) and University of Sao Paulo General Hospital (1). The number in brackets is how many trials each organisation leads.
Yes. The HPRA medicines list includes 3 single-substance products containing Acyclovir, for example Zovirax 5% w/w Cream (GlaxoSmithKline (Ireland) Limited). A licence does not mean a product is currently marketed or reimbursed; see each product's record.
Not in the lists we track: Acyclovir has no entry in the EMA, FDA or German BfArM shortage registers as of their latest sync.
Every trial, status, phase and sponsor on this page is copied from public ClinicalTrials.gov records by a daily sync. Nothing here describes how Acyclovir works or whether it is effective, and it is not medical advice.
Everything on this page is copied from public ClinicalTrials.gov registry records — it is not written from memory, and nothing here describes how Acyclovir works or whether it is effective. Each trial links to its own record so you can check it yourself.
This page is built automatically: a daily sync job reads the registry records behind our country trial registers, collects every trial that lists Acyclovir (or a registered synonym) as a drug or biological intervention, and tabulates the registry fields directly. Placebos and generic comparators are excluded. There is no AI drafting and no per-compound editorial pass, and the page has not been clinically reviewed. The “last verified” date above is the timestamp of that sync, not a review date. Our general editorial approach is described in our editorial standards and corrections policy. The ClinicalTrials.gov data on this page was last retrieved on 26 Sep 2026.