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. 2023 Mar 28;29(12):1824–1837. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v29.i12.1824

Table 2.

Ongoing clinical trials of digoxin in non-cardiac diseases

Study title
Medication doses
Current status
Estimated study completion date
Clinical Trials.gov number
Number of participants
Country of trial
Phase 1
Inhibition of Sterile Inflammation by Digoxin Digoxin 3.00 mcg/Kg/day vs Digoxin 0.15 mcg/Kg/day vs placebo Recruiting July 2023 NCT03559868 45 United States
Phase IB Trial of Metformin, Digoxin, Simvastatin in Subjects With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer and Other Advanced Solid Tumors Metformin 850 mg po/day, Simvastatin 5 mg po/day, Digoxin 0.0625 mg po/day vs Metformin 850 mg po/day then 1700 mg po/day, Simvastatin 20 mg po/day, Digoxin 0.25 mg po/day vs Metformin 850 mg po/day then 1700 mg po/day Simvastatin 40 mg po/day, Digoxin 0.25 mg po/day then 0.375 mg po/day Recruiting December 2023 NCT03889795 15 United States
Effect of Digoxin on Clusters of Circulating Tumor Cells in Breast Cancer Patients Digoxin 0.125 mg or 0.250 mg digoxin based on renal function and target serum digoxin concentration Recruiting June 2022 NCT03928210 9 Switzerland
Phase 2
Digoxin In Treatment of Alcohol Associated Hepatitis Digoxin titration to goal 0.5 and 1.1 ng/mL vs no digoxin Recruiting August 2024 NCT05014087 60 United States
Evaluating the Effect of Digoxin and Ursodeoxycholic Acid in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Digoxin 0.25 mg + DMARDS vs UCDA 500 mg + DMARDS vs placebo + DMARDS Recruiting July 2022 NCT04834557 90 Egypt
FOLFIRINOX With Digoxin in Patients With Resectable Pancreatic Cancer FOLFIRINOX + digoxin 0.125 or 0.250 mg for target digoxin level 0.8 to 1.2 ng/mL Recruiting February 2025 NCT04141995 20 United States
Topical Ionic Contra-Viral Therapy in Actinic Keratosis Digoxin topical gel 0.125% vs furosemide topical gel 0.125% vs digoxin and furosemide gel 0.125% vs vehicle gel Unknown September 2019 NCT03684772 32 Netherlands
Phase II Multicentric Study of Digoxin Per os in Classic or Endemic Kaposi’s Sarcoma (KADIG 01) Digoxin goal 0.6 to 1.2 ng/mL for age < 75 yr; Digoxin goal 0.5-0.8 ng/mL for age > 75 yr Unknown September 2019 NCT02212639 17 France

DMARDS: Disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; FOLFIRINOX: FOLinic acid, 5-Fluorouracil, IRINotecan and Oxaliplatin; UCDA: Ursodeoxycholic acid.