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MetreleptinClinical Trials.

A source-linked view of every Metreleptin study in the current snapshot—status, phase, enrollment, results, publications, locations and changes over time.

Total trials
40
Recruiting
5
Completed
24
Terminated
4
Results posted
25
Average enrollment
56
Countries
14
Highest phase
Phase 4

Developer / research origin

Amryt Pharma

Evidence summary

Activity is not efficacy.

Metreleptin appears in 40 indexed studies: 5 recruiting, 24 completed and 25 with registry results posted. The highest registered development stage in this snapshot is Phase 4. These counts measure registry activity; they do not establish that Metreleptin is safe or effective.

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Development history

Trial timeline.

Evidence timeline

20012025

Velocity

Metreleptin studies by start year

Study start year · indexed snapshot

5431020012001: 5 trials2002: 2 trials2003: 3 trials2004: 0 trials2005: 1 trials20062006: 4 trials2007: 0 trials2008: 4 trials2009: 1 trials2010: 2 trials20112011: 1 trials2012: 1 trials2013: 1 trials2014: 2 trials2015: 2 trials20162016: 1 trials2017: 0 trials2018: 1 trials2019: 1 trials2020: 0 trials20212021: 1 trials2022: 1 trials2023: 1 trials2024: 4 trials20252025: 1 trials

Development

Trials by phase

Early Phase 10
Phase 14
Phase 223
Phase 36
Phase 42

Current studies

Recruiting or active

Completed studies

Finished records

Stopped studies

Withdrawn or terminated

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Latest publications

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PMID 31314093Akinci B, Oral EA, Neidert A, Rus D, Cheng WY, Thompson-Leduc P, Cheung HC, Bradt P, Foss de Freitas MC, Montenegro RM, Fernandes VO, Cochran E, Brown RJ. Comorbidities and Survival in Patients With Lipodystrophy: An International Chart Review Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Nov 1;104(11):5120-5135. doi: 10.1210/jc.2018-02730.Linked from NCT02262806PMID 31194872Sekizkardes H, Cochran E, Malandrino N, Garg A, Brown RJ. Efficacy of Metreleptin Treatment in Familial Partial Lipodystrophy Due to PPARG vs LMNA Pathogenic Variants. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Aug 1;104(8):3068-3076. doi: 10.1210/jc.2018-02787.Linked from NCT02262806PMID 28324110Brown RJ, Meehan CA, Cochran E, Rother KI, Kleiner DE, Walter M, Gorden P. Effects of Metreleptin in Pediatric Patients With Lipodystrophy. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017 May 1;102(5):1511-1519. doi: 10.1210/jc.2016-3628.Linked from NCT02262806PMID 30847226Malandrino N, Reynolds JC, Brychta RJ, Chen KY, Auh S, Gharib AM, Startzell M, Cochran EK, Brown RJ. Visceral fat does not contribute to metabolic disease in lipodystrophy. Obes Sci Pract. 2019 Jan 24;5(1):75-82. doi: 10.1002/osp4.319. eCollection 2019 Feb.Linked from NCT02262832PMID 30237235Meral R, Ryan BJ, Malandrino N, Jalal A, Neidert AH, Muniyappa R, Akinci B, Horowitz JF, Brown RJ, Oral EA. "Fat Shadows" From DXA for the Qualitative Assessment of Lipodystrophy: When a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Numbers. Diabetes Care. 2018 Oct;41(10):2255-2258. doi: 10.2337/dc18-0978.Linked from NCT02262832PMID 37237416Haymond MW, Araujo-Vilar D, Balser J, Lewis JH, Louzado R, Musso C, von Schnurbein J, Wabitsch M; MEASuRE group. The Metreleptin Effectiveness and Safety Registry (MEASuRE): concept, design and challenges. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2023 May 26;18(1):127. doi: 10.1186/s13023-023-02714-5.Linked from NCT02325674PMID 32191645Sekizkardes H, Chung ST, Chacko S, Haymond MW, Startzell M, Walter M, Walter PJ, Lightbourne M, Brown RJ. Free fatty acid processing diverges in human pathologic insulin resistance conditions. J Clin Invest. 2020 Jul 1;130(7):3592-3602. doi: 10.1172/JCI135431.Linked from NCT00085982PMID 37595266Okawa MC, Tuska RM, Lightbourne M, Abel BS, Walter M, Dai Y, Cochran E, Brown RJ. Insulin Signaling Through the Insulin Receptor Increases Linear Growth Through Effects on Bone and the GH-IGF-1 Axis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Dec 21;109(1):e96-e106. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgad491.Linked from NCT00085982

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