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Choriogonadotropin beta

  • Plant preparation
  • Varies by country
  • Identity checked
  • Sources last checked 2026-09-04

This page shows what was measured, who it was measured in, and what that does not settle.

What Choriogonadotropin beta does in the body

HCG HAS NOT BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO BE EFFECTIVE ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF OBESITY.

From the FDA-approved label: The action of HCG is virtually identical to that of pituitary LH, although HCG appears to have a small degree of FSH activity as well. It stimulates production of gonadal steroid hormones by stimulating the interstitial cells (Leydig cells) of the testis to produce androgens and the corpus luteum of the ovary to produce progesterone. Androgen stimulation in the male leads to the development of secondary sex characteristics and may stimulate testicular descent when no anatomical impediment to descent is present. This descent is usually reversible when HCG is discontinued.

Why people take it. HCG HAS NOT BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO BE EFFECTIVE ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF OBESITY.

What happened in people

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

A fixed RNAWiki sentence

Where this came from

Wording RNAWiki always uses, not a finding about this substance.

No reviewed claim names a result for any goal on this record.

No source is stored against this line.

The limit that matters most

Not recorded.

Where it acts
Not recorded.
Kind of result
No result is published, so no kind of result applies yet
Supervision
Not usually supervised: sold as a supplement or food ingredient where recorded. That is a legal category, not a safety judgement.

What the registries record it as

  • 2 registered substances share the start of this name, which is why a search for it can return more than one thing.

    FDA substance registry · 20ED16GHEB · read 2026-08-29

Where each sentence above came from

The use the label states, quoted from it. No plain-language version of this sentence has been written.

The use the label states, quoted from it. It is written for a clinician, not for a reader without medical training.

No statement of the main limit is recorded.

The four opening statements run to 135 words.

Words this page uses

Four words worth knowing first

Chosen from what this page shows, with each one explained before the word it depends on.

Stand-in result

A stand-in result is a number measured because the real result takes too long.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

It is like judging a journey by the speedometer rather than by arriving.

Where that stops being true. Speed does predict arrival. Many stand-in results do not predict the real one.

What people get wrong. A stand-in result is often reported as the result itself.

A surrogate endpoint substituted for a clinical endpoint, valid only where the substitution has been shown to hold.

Enzyme

An enzyme is a protein that speeds up one chemical change.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

An enzyme is like a machine on a production line doing one cut.

Where that stops being true. A machine is switched on and off by a person. Enzymes are controlled by the cell.

What people get wrong. Enzymes are thought to be used up. They are not; they work again and again.

A catalytic protein that lowers the activation energy of a specific reaction.

Receptor

A receptor is a part of a cell that a signal fits into.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A receptor is like a lock waiting for one key.

Where that stops being true. A lock either opens or does not. A receptor can be half-triggered, or worn out.

What people get wrong. Fitting a receptor is read as causing a benefit. It causes a step, and nothing more.

A protein that binds a specific ligand and converts that binding into a cellular response.

Pathway

A pathway is a chain of steps inside a cell, each one setting off the next.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A pathway is like a row of dominoes.

Where that stops being true. Dominoes fall one way. Pathways loop back and can switch themselves off.

What people get wrong. Changing one step is read as changing the outcome. Other steps often absorb it.

An ordered series of molecular interactions producing a defined cellular change.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What was measured, goal by goal

One row for each goal a registered study measured something for. One column for each kind of thing that could be measured.

Registered studies list 40 outcome measures that RNAWiki could read. A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. 0 of the matched studies tested this substance, and 0 posted a result.

There is no single score. A strong test result and a weak life result are different facts.

Goals down the side, kinds of measurement across the top. Each cell says what kind of thing was registered, not what was found.
GoalLife outcomeWhat a body can doHow a person feelsA test resultA step in the bodyHarmsHow longWho was studied
Fertility and sexual healthNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Only a number moved2 registered test measure.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
Which registered measures put each goal on this table
Fertility and sexual health
serum testosterone; intratesticular testosterone; sperm concentration; testosterone; sperm density; fertilization rate

Sorted by fixed word lists, version v1. A name the rules do not recognise stays unsorted rather than moving to the nearest column.

What each mark on this table means
Nothing in the sources checked
No registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.
Only a number moved
2 registered test measure.
Not recorded
Harms were not a registered measure for this goal.
Waiting for a reviewer
Who was studied is listed further down the page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What happened in people

Each card is one study: the exact question it asked, who was in it, and whether it showed what it set out to show.

Down Syndrome - Comparison of Screening Methods in the 1st and 2nd Trimesters

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00006445
How many people
38000
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Adverse pregnancy outcome

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05934318
How many people
2960
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Live birth

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT04407871
How many people
2728
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Live Birth

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT01857310
How many people
2370
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

live birth rate per transferred cycle

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT03809221
How many people
1892
Study design
Phase 4
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Percentage of Participants With an Ongoing Pregnancy (Ongoing Pregnancy Rate)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00696800
How many people
1509
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
What we know
RNAWiki holds 6 written-up human studies for this substance, each with the question it asked.
How we know it
Each card names the study, the number of people and what the study set out to measure.
What this does not prove
These summaries were written by a person and have not been signed off as reviewed claims.
Why it matters
A study that failed is as informative as one that worked, and both are here.
What we still do not know
No reviewed claim exists, so no exact population, effect size or interval is published yet.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How close this is to real life

The top step is something a person would feel or care about. The bottom is a guess from software. Filled steps are where evidence exists for this substance.

  1. Living longer, or avoiding a major event No evidence recorded. Death, a heart attack, a stroke, a hospital stay.No registered study measures this.
  2. What a body can do day to day No evidence recorded. Walking, dressing, breathing, recovering.No registered study measures this.
  3. Measured performance No evidence recorded. How much was lifted, how far was run, how fast.No registered study measures this.
  4. Symptoms and quality of life No evidence recorded. Pain, tiredness, mood, sleep, as the person rated it.No registered study measures this.
  5. A number that stands in for health Evidence recorded. Cholesterol, blood sugar, bone density. A stand-in, not the thing itself.5 registered measures of this kind.
  6. A step measured inside a person Evidence recorded. Something measured in human tissue or human cells.2 registered measures inside human tissue.
  7. Animals Evidence recorded. Mice, rats, dogs. Useful for ideas, not proof about people.Stored records in Mouse, Rat, Non-human primate. A result in animals says what to test next. It does not say what happens in people.
  8. Cells in a dish Evidence recorded. Cells or chemistry on a bench, far from a whole body.Stored mechanism abstracts describe steps measured in cells or tissue.
  9. A guess from software No evidence recorded. Nobody measured it. RNAWiki never publishes one as a finding.RNAWiki stores no prediction for this record. Software can suggest a link. RNAWiki does not publish one as a finding.

Higher on these steps means closer to something a person would feel. It does not mean better done.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Felt, measured, or meaningful

Three different things that get called the same word. Registered studies measured all three, and mixing them is how a blood test becomes a health claim.

Felt

Things a person could notice without a test.

No registered study measured anything of this kind.

Measured

Things only a test, a scale or a device shows.

  • serum testosterone
  • serum luteinizing hormone
  • serum follicle stimulating hormone
  • endometrial gene expression profile
  • day 3 embryos for biopsy available
  • sperm concentration
  • serum calcium

Meaningful

Things that change how a life goes, not only a number.

No registered study measured anything of this kind.

A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. A number moving is not the same as a life going better. The two are shown apart here.

Felt, but not shown to help. A person notices a change. No study showed it leads anywhere good.

Measured, but not felt. A number moves. The person notices nothing. Both can be true.

Measured, but not shown to matter. A number moves in the good direction. Nobody showed that lives went better.

Matters, but takes years. The result that counts may take longer than anyone would keep watching.

Names that fit none of the three (33)
  • mature oocytes
  • implantation rate
  • intratesticular testosterone
  • pregnancy rate
  • oocyte retrieved
  • who met both index 1 and index 2
  • who had at least one follicle greater than 17mm in diameter
  • who refused to take hcg injection
  • cumulus oocyte complexes retrieved during oocyte pick up
  • mii oocytes
  • clinical pregnancy rate per embryo transfer
  • clinical pregnancy rates
  • live birth
  • clinical pregnancy rate
  • phase i mtd
  • complete response
  • partial response
  • ovulation rate
  • clinical pregnancy rate per cycle and per woman
  • testosterone

These are harms, study-process measures, or names the rules did not recognise. They are shown rather than dropped.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Were people like you studied?

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it, and where the result stops carrying.

Who was studied

People similar to this profile were included.

  • HCG HAS NOT BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO BE EFFECTIVE ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF OBESITY. THERE IS NO SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT IT INCREASES WEIGHT LOSS BEYOND THAT RESULTING FROM CALORIC RESTRICTION, THAT IT CAUSES A MORE ATTRACTIVE OR ‘‘NORMAL’’ DISTRIBUTION OF FAT, OR THAT IT DECREASES THE HUNGER AND DISCOMFORT ASSOCIATED WITH CALORIE-RESTRICTED DIETS. 1.

Who is missing from the studies

  • Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What the label states about particular groups

  • On pediatric, the label states: “Safety and effectiveness of chorionic gonadotropin in children below the age of four have not been established.”

    US prescribing information · f93b2baa-03ac-4650-b35a-20b818d712d6 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are pregnant, the label states: “Teratogenic Effects: Chorionic gonadotropin may cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman.”

    US prescribing information · f93b2baa-03ac-4650-b35a-20b818d712d6 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are breastfeeding, the label states: “It is not known whether chorionic gonadotropin is excreted in human milk.”

    US prescribing information · f93b2baa-03ac-4650-b35a-20b818d712d6 · read 2026-08-30

Where the result stopped carrying

  • This is a scope explorer, not a diagnosis engine.
  • It shows who was studied so you can see whether people similar to you were included.

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Why it might seem to do nothing

A real effect and a noticed effect are different things. These are the recorded reasons the two come apart.

It was studied for a different goal

The studies measured something else entirely.

On this record: Some registered studies measured things that match no goal on this page.

It was studied in different people

The people in the studies were not much like the reader.

On this record: Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

The evidence may simply be wrong

Small early studies often do not hold up.

On this record: RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Other reasons RNAWiki checked and found nothing for (10)
A different form was studied
The studied form is not the form on the shelf. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
There was nothing to correct
Where a level is already normal, topping it up may change nothing. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else had to happen too
In the studies it was paired with training, a diet or another treatment. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The change is too small to feel
A real change can still sit below what a person notices. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Day-to-day swing hides it
Sleep, food, stress and time of day move most numbers more than this would. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Not enough time yet
The studies ran longer than the person has waited. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
It was not taken as studied
Missed days change the result, and studies count them. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else changed at the same time
Two changes at once cannot be told apart afterwards. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The product may not be what it says
Contents of a sold product are not always what the label states. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
No recorded reason
RNAWiki has nothing stored that would explain it. Nothing in this record points to this reason.

None of these is a reason to take more. Taking more is not a step this page ever suggests.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What taking it involves

The recorded facts about getting hold of it and using it. Nothing here is a suggestion about what you should do.

How it is supplied

Varies by country

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

Read from the recorded approval status.

No source is stored against this line.

Form and route

Oral

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form and route recorded on this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

Who oversees it

Not usually supervised: sold as a supplement or food ingredient where recorded. That is a legal category, not a safety judgement.

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

The identity record classes it as a supplement ingredient; no medicines register records an approval.

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Sold as liquid, given by the oral route.

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

Recorded notes on how this is sold and what that means for what is in the pack.

No source is stored against this line.

Where it is registered

Regulatory records are listed in the technical disclosure at the foot of this page.

Counted from records

Where this came from

A count of rows RNAWiki holds. It describes our records, not your body.

Register entries are stored per jurisdiction and shown with their dates.

No source is stored against this line.

Why people stop

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

No record of why people stopped taking it is stored for this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

What it would be like to takeNothing found in the sources checked

What can go wrong

Sorted by where each line came from. A regulator's label and a report somebody sent in are not the same kind of fact.

Nothing found in the sources checked

No harm is recorded against this substance in the sources RNAWiki checked. Finding nothing is not the same as showing there is nothing.

The sources listed were searched and held nothing. That is not the same as nothing existing.

Reports sent to a regulator

  • These are reports people sent to a regulator. They do not show the medicine caused the reaction.
  • Nobody counted how many people took the medicine and reported nothing.
  • The same event can be reported more than once, and many reports are incomplete.
  • News coverage, lawsuits and new warnings change how often people report.
  • A count is not a rate and not a risk.

Choriogonadotropin beta appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 10 most-reported reaction terms, 1659 reaction mentions were counted. One report can name several reactions.

The recorded terms (10)
  • ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome — 879 reaction mentions
  • ascites — 262 reaction mentions
  • dyspnoea — 106 reaction mentions
  • abdominal pain — 98 reaction mentions
  • abdominal distension — 85 reaction mentions
  • pleural effusion — 72 reaction mentions
  • abortion spontaneous — 63 reaction mentions
  • abdominal pain lower — 33 reaction mentions
  • peritoneal haemorrhage — 31 reaction mentions
  • adnexal torsion — 30 reaction mentions
  • open-targets-adr · recorded 2026-06-24 · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Over a long time. No completed tested study window is recorded, so long-term effects are not established by the registry record.

Groups the studies covered thinly. Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Does the exact form matter?

Evidence belongs to the exact thing that was tested. A different salt, a different mixture or a different preparation is a different question.

The form that was studied

Oral

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form used in the studies cited on this page.

No source is stored against this line.

What is sold

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

Nothing further is recorded about which forms are sold.

No source is stored against this line.

What is recorded as being sold

  • 2 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 2 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 67657-0005 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as liquid and powder, taken oral.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 67657-0005 · read 2026-08-29

  • 3 published labels name it as an active ingredient. 3 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.

    US prescribing information · c52c048d-bd76-42ab-b328-b82cc3849fb0 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels are classed as human otc drug and human prescription drug.

    US prescribing information · c52c048d-bd76-42ab-b328-b82cc3849fb0 · read 2026-08-29

  • 2 marketed supplement labels list this ingredient, classed as other combinations.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 18847 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels carry all other and structure/function claims. A claim of that kind is written by the manufacturer and is not assessed by any regulator, so its presence says nothing about whether it is true.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 18847 · read 2026-08-29

Evidence carries across two names for one substance. It does not carry across a salt, a mirror form or a mixture.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What you could measure

Watching one thing carefully can tell you whether it moved. It cannot tell you what moved it.

This is sold without a prescription, so a person can sensibly watch one thing and see whether it moves.

  1. Pick one goal. One goal only. Two at once cannot be told apart afterwards.

  2. Pick one thing to watch. Registered studies measured things like: serum testosterone; serum luteinizing hormone; serum follicle stimulating hormone.

  3. Measure before you start. Take the same measurement several times first. One reading is not a starting point.

  4. Know the swing. Write down how much it moves on its own across a normal week.

  5. Change one thing. Change nothing else at the same time, including training and sleep.

  6. Give it the study length. No finished study window is recorded, so no length is suggested here.

  7. Track whether you took it. Missed days are the most common reason a home test shows nothing.

  8. Read the trend. Look at the line across weeks. A single reading tells you almost nothing.

What not to measure

  • Anything that swings more day to day than the change you are looking for.
  • A wearable estimate of sleep stages, which is an estimate and not a measurement.
  • Weight on one morning, which mostly records water.
  • A feeling you did not write down before starting.

When to stop

  • Stop if something new and unpleasant starts, and ask a pharmacist or doctor.
  • Stop if you cannot keep everything else steady, because the result will not mean anything.
  • Stop at the end of the window you set, and read the trend then.

Tracking can show whether something changed for you. It cannot show what caused it.

RNAWiki does not work out an amount for anyone.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What nobody knows yet

Open questions, each with why it is open and what would close it.

How fast does the body clear it?

The sources RNAWiki checked hold nothing for this field.

Why it matters. Without this, nothing on this page can say how long anything lasts.

What would answer it

A stored source that records it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing populations

Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing long-term data

No completed tested study window is recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

No reviewed conclusion

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing interaction studies

No interaction was found in the registers checked. Not finding one is not the same as showing there is none.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Formulation uncertainty

Several salts, forms or products of Choriogonadotropin beta are recorded. Results from one form may not transfer to another.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Mechanism not reviewed

No reviewed mechanism story exists for this substance.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

What happened in peopleNothing found in the sources checked

Check any of this yourself

Every line above traced back to the study it came from. This is the technical layer, and the vocabulary changes here.

Nothing found in the sources checked

No traced study record is stored for this substance.

The sources listed were searched and held nothing. That is not the same as nothing existing.

Checks this page had to pass

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What did Choriogonadotropin beta's largest trial (750 people) and its longest (7.5 years) measure?


750 people in Choriogonadotropin beta's largest registered study, 7.5 years in its longest registered window, measuring Sperm concentration. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

30 phase4, 17 na, 14 phase2, 10 phase3, 9 phase1, 5 na or unstated; NCT02147964; 2026-12; no ageing endpoint recorded. Last human test completed 2024, NCT06725004.

Interpretation These counts include studies where Choriogonadotropin beta was a comparison treatment, a background treatment or an exposure in an observational study, and the longest window may be a planned end date. Trial roles have not yet been classified for this record.

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  • phase4
    30
  • na
    17
  • phase2
    14
  • phase3
    10
  • phase1
    9
  • na or unstated
    5
1 more recorded row
  • Last recorded human test NCT06725004
    2024-06-30

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

From mouse to human: where has Choriogonadotropin beta shown lifespan?


NHP: lifespan, mouse: mechanism-only, rat: mechanism-only and human: biomarker (78): the rungs where Choriogonadotropin beta has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Interpretation Sperm concentration — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans Drosophila Mouse mechanism-onlyRat mechanism-onlyDog Non-human primate lifespanHuman biomarker
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  • NHP
    lifespan
  • mouse
    mechanism-only
  • rat
    mechanism-only
  • human NCT02147964
    biomarker; Sperm concentration; 78

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

5 of Choriogonadotropin beta's trials stopped: futility/efficacy, accrual/recruitment, funding/business, other?


futility/efficacy (1), accrual/recruitment (1), funding/business (2) and other (1): Choriogonadotropin beta's stop wording, clustered. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

"Difficult to recruit patients"; 5 of 78 registered studies

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Trial

  • NCT01606709
    terminated; "Difficult to recruit patients"
  • NCT02147964
    withdrawn; "No funding was obtained for this study."
  • NCT03115320
    terminated; "High cancellation rate in LH test group in interim analysis"
  • NCT03423537
    terminated; "Inability for further recruitment, change of position of the principal investigator, COVID-19 pandemic"
  • NCT05123040
    terminated; "Sponsor terminated financial support"

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Human studies of Choriogonadotropin beta used Pregnyl 5000 IU — over how long?


Human studies of Choriogonadotropin beta used "Pregnyl 5000 IU". ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

3 recorded entries; human; also "Pregnyl 7500 IU", "Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) (Pregnyl 5000 IU)"

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human

  • NCT00415766
    Pregnyl 5000 IU
  • NCT00415766
    Pregnyl 7500 IU
  • NCT01601327
    Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) (Pregnyl 5000 IU)

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Could one person measure Choriogonadotropin beta's effect on mature oocytes?


Mature oocytes: measured in Choriogonadotropin beta's trials.

Interpretation mature oocytes is the recorded endpoint.

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biomarkers

  • mature oocytes; 2026-09-01
  • implantation rate; 2026-09-01
  • serum testosterone; 2026-09-01
  • serum luteinizing hormone; 2026-09-01
  • serum follicle stimulating hormone; 2026-09-01
  • intratesticular testosterone; 2026-09-01
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  • biomarkers
    pregnancy rate; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    oocyte retrieved; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    who met both index 1 and index 2; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    who had at least one follicle greater than 17mm in diameter; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    who refused to take hcg injection; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    cumulus oocyte complexes retrieved during oocyte pick up; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    endometrial gene expression profile; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    mii oocytes; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    clinical pregnancy rate per embryo transfer; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    day 3 embryos for biopsy available; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    sperm concentration; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    clinical pregnancy rates; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    live birth; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    clinical pregnancy rate; 2026-09-01
  • human trials at or under30
    12
  • Not recorded for this substance
    a recorded half-life
  • smallest human trial
    0; NCT01599494; PHASE3; the smallest recorded human enrolment at or below 30; the registry states no direction of its result; WITHDRAWN

Which of clinical pregnancy rate, clinical pregnancy rate per cycle and per woman and clinical pregnancy rate per embryo transfer did Choriogonadotropin beta's trials measure?


clinical pregnancy rate, clinical pregnancy rate per cycle and per woman and clinical pregnancy rate per embryo transfer lead 40 outcome terms across Choriogonadotropin beta's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

serum luteinizing hormone, serum follicle stimulating hormone, intratesticular testosterone, pregnancy rate, oocyte retrieved and who met both index 1 and index 2 follow.

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  • mature oocytes
    1
  • implantation rate
    1
  • serum testosterone
    1
  • serum luteinizing hormone
    1
  • serum follicle stimulating hormone
    1
  • intratesticular testosterone
    1
14 more recorded rows
  • pregnancy rate
    1
  • oocyte retrieved
    1
  • who met both index 1 and index 2
    1
  • who had at least one follicle greater than 17mm in diameter
    1
  • who refused to take hcg injection
    1
  • cumulus oocyte complexes retrieved during oocyte pick up
    1
  • endometrial gene expression profile
    1
  • mii oocytes
    1
  • clinical pregnancy rate per embryo transfer
    1
  • day 3 embryos for biopsy available
    1
  • sperm concentration
    1
  • clinical pregnancy rates
    1
  • live birth
    1
  • clinical pregnancy rate
    1

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which of Choriogonadotropin beta's 6 ongoing trials reports first?


6 registered trials of Choriogonadotropin beta are open; earliest completion 2026-01-31. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Design 1 : sperm retrieval rate at mTESE biopsy; focilles; latest 2029-08-31

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Trial

  • NCT05586802
    "Sex Steroids Balance for Metabolic and Reproductive Health in Klinefelter Syndrome"; n 150; "Design 1 : sperm retrieval rate at mTESE biopsy"; 2027-04-30
  • NCT06754332
    "The Study of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) Activating the Dormant Follicles ."; n 60; "focilles"; 2029-08-31
  • NCT06904599
    "Efficacy of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in Acute GVHD Treatment"; n 20; "Measurement of GVHD response"; 2026-01-31
  • NCT07523022
    "Comparison of the Effect of Gonadotropin and Clomiphene Citrate Treatment on Sperm Parameters and the Outcome of Assisted Reproductive Procedures in Subfertile Men Based on the APHRODITE Groups"; n 500; "sperm DNA fragmentation"; 2026-12-01
  • NCT07633002
    "The Application of HCG in Luteal Support for Frozen Embryo Transfer in Ovulation Cycle of Obese Women"; n 750; "Live birth"; 2027-12-31
  • NCT07771283
    "Purpose to Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Superovulation Stimulation Protocol Using Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) by Demonstrating Its Equivalence to Standard Controlled Ovarian Stimulation Protocols in Terms of Oocytes Retrieved, Blastulation While Maintaining an Economic Advantage"; n 360; "Number of oocytes retrieved (oocyte yield)"; 2028-05-01

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which 38 trials of Choriogonadotropin beta posted no result?


Posted no result
38 of 38 completed trials
Registrations
NCT00702806, NCT01081756, NCT00223860, NCT00750100, NCT00953628 and NCT00809107, and 32 more
Completion dates
oldest 2002-10-15; newest 2024-06-30
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Trial

  • NCT00702806
    2002-10-15
  • NCT01081756
    2004-09
  • NCT00223860
    2007-12
  • NCT00750100
    2008-11
  • NCT00953628
    2008-12
  • NCT00809107
    2009-01
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT00844311
    2010-06
  • NCT00870025
    2010-09
  • NCT00947713
    2010-12
  • NCT01601327
    2012-03
  • NCT02427529
    2012-12
  • NCT01888744
    2013-06
  • NCT02788136
    2014-07
  • NCT04605107
    2015-03-08
  • NCT02739516
    2015-08
  • NCT03208972
    2015-11
  • NCT02148393
    2017-02-28
  • NCT03334877
    2017-10-01
  • NCT02397551
    2018-01
  • NCT02397642
    2018-01

At the median, Choriogonadotropin beta's trials enrolled 100 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
100
Largest enrolment
750
Registered trials counted
78

What do 1659 spontaneous reports say about Choriogonadotropin beta — and not say?


These are reports people sent to a regulator. They do not show the medicine caused the reaction. Nobody counted how many people took the medicine and reported nothing. The same event can be reported more than once, and many reports are incomplete. News coverage, lawsuits and new warnings change how often people report. A count is not a rate and not a risk.

Choriogonadotropin beta appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 10 most-reported reaction terms, 1659 reaction mentions were counted: ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome 879; ascites 262; dyspnoea 106; abdominal pain 98. open-targets-adr · CHEMBL1201509 · 2026-06-24

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  • ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
    879
  • ascites
    262
  • dyspnoea
    106
  • abdominal pain
    98
  • abdominal distension
    85
  • pleural effusion
    72
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  • abortion spontaneous
    63
  • abdominal pain lower
    33
  • peritoneal haemorrhage
    31
  • adnexal torsion
    30

recorded 2026-06-24 · last checked 2026-09-04

What is recorded about Choriogonadotropin beta and mTOR?


"This review focuses on the biological mechanisms that may provide an avenue for improved clinical outcomes by enhancing oocyte quality through more targeted therapy: differing follicle-stimulating hormone isoforms; follicle-stimulating hormone dose effects; distinct signaling pathways of luteinizing hormone and human chorionic…" — where Choriogonadotropin beta and mTOR appear together. Europe PMC · pathway abstract search · 2026-05-18

mTOR, IGF-1, autophagy, AMPK, sirtuin; PMID 42155917, 34399087, 40395319, 31983283

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  • mTOR PMID 42155917
    "This review focuses on the biological mechanisms that may provide an avenue for improved clinical outcomes by enhancing oocyte quality through more targeted therapy: differing follicle-stimulating hormone isoforms; follicle-stimulating hormone dose effects; distinct signaling pathways of luteinizing hormone and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG); androgen priming; growth hormone; letrozole…"
  • IGF-1 PMID 34399087
    "JEG-3 cells were treated with DEX, an expression plasmid encoding human glucocorticoid receptor α (GRα), pcDNA3.1-GRα, GRα short interference (si) RNA, LY294002, xanthine oxidase (XO)/hypoxanthine (HX), rapamycin, insulin-like growth factor (IGF) 1, N-acetylcysteine (NAC) or phosphatidic acid (PA), and cell proliferation, apoptosis, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), human chorionic…"
  • autophagy PMID 40395319
    "Our findings might have important clinical implications by opening a new avenue for the understanding and treatment of a wide range of diseases varying from reproductive disorders to sex hormone-producing neoplasms and hormone dependent malignancies, such as carcinomas of breast, endometrium, and prostate. <b>Abbreviations:</b> ACAT, Acyl-coenzyme A-cholesterol-acyl-transferase; AMBRA1, autophagy…"
  • mTOR PMID 31983283
    "Collectively, this study highlights a vital role of m<sup>6</sup>A RNA methylation in the modulation of testosterone synthesis in LCs, providing insight into novel therapeutic strategies by exploiting m<sup>6</sup>A RNA methylation as targets for treating azoospermatism and oligospermatism patients with reduction in serum testosterone.<b>Abbreviations:</b> 3-MA: 3-methyladenine; ACTB: Actin,…"
  • AMPK PMID 31983283
    "Collectively, this study highlights a vital role of m<sup>6</sup>A RNA methylation in the modulation of testosterone synthesis in LCs, providing insight into novel therapeutic strategies by exploiting m<sup>6</sup>A RNA methylation as targets for treating azoospermatism and oligospermatism patients with reduction in serum testosterone.<b>Abbreviations:</b> 3-MA: 3-methyladenine; ACTB: Actin,…"
  • autophagy PMID 38074457
    "Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)-stimulated T production in Leydig cells was not remarkably altered in the presence of an autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine (3-MA)."
2 more recorded rows
  • mTOR PMID 31329230
    "Using cultured human or mouse granulosa cells, our study revealed the time-dependent activation of the mTOR signaling pathway after human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) treatment."
  • sirtuin PMID 28108987
    "We investigated the immune-suppressive mechanisms of the human pregnancy hormone, chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), in the liver. hCG signaling activates silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog 1 (SIRT1), which deacetylates forkhead box o3 (FOXO3a), leading to repression of proapoptotic gene expression, because the immunosuppressive consequence attributed to the absence of caspase-3…"

recorded 2026-05-18 · last checked 2026-09-04

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ChEMBL id
CHEMBL1201509
CAS number
177073-44-8
RxCUI
340705
Also called
GONADOTROPIN, CHORIONIC, Choriogonadotropine beta, Chorionic gonadotrophin, Chorionic gonadotropin, Coriogonadotropina beta, Gonadotrofina corionica, Gonadotrophine chorionique, da-3803, fe999302, hcg, human chorionic gonadotrophin, human chorionic gonadotropin
Trade name
Choragon, Equine chorionic gonadotropin, Gonadotraphon lh, Pregnyl, Profasi, Profast, Progestyl, Smart Hcg, A.p.l., Chorionic Gonadotropin / A.p.l. / Pregnyl, Hcg Formula
British name
Gonadotrophin, serum
Salt form
HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADORTOPIN,
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  • Europe PMC dose-response search ·
  • Europe PMC pathway abstract search ·
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