Table 2 Examples of peptides in different clinical trials and their indications

From: Therapeutic peptides: current applications and future directions

Clinical trial phase

Peptide name

Indication(s) for investigation

IV

Avexitide500

Hypoglycemia

Calcitonin gene-related peptide501

Migraine

Corticorelin502

Brain swelling; brain neoplasms

Leptin503

Lipodystrophy; obesity

Thymalfasin504

Liver Cirrhosis; Sepsis

III

Aclerastide505,506

Diabetic foot ulcers

Albusomatropin507

Growth hormone deficiency

Anamorelin508

Cachexia; lung cancer non-small cell cancer

G17DT509

Various forms of cancer

Insulin peglispro510

Diabetes mellitus

Lenomorelin511

Malignancies

Selepressin512

Shock; septic

Somapacitan513

Adult growth hormone deficiency

Taspoglutide514

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Thymosin beta-4515

Dry eye syndrome

Tirzepatide516

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Ularitide517

Decompensated heart failure

Vapreotide518

Gastric varices; oesophageal haemorrhage; portal hypertension; esophageal varices

Vosoritide519

Achondroplasia

Zoptarelin doxorubicin520

Endometrial cancer; prostate cancer

II

Angiotensin 1-7521

Miscellaneous Peripheral Blood Cell Abnormalities

Bombesin522

Prostate cancer

Cenderitide310

Heart failure

Deslorelin523

Puberty; precocious

Gastric inhibitory polypeptide524

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

MK-3207525

Migraine

Olcegepant526

Migraine Disorders

Pancreatic Polypeptide527

Type 1 diabetes

Peptide YY (3-36)528

Metabolic disease; obesity

Pirnabine529

Chronic idiopathic constipation

Somatoprim530

Acromegaly

Somatropin pegol531

Growth hormone deficiency

Thyrotropin532

Benign nontoxic and toxic goiter; goiter; nodular

TT-232533

Renal cell adenocarcinoma

I

BPI-3016534

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

NBI-6024535

Type 1 diabetes mellitus

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