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Estriol

  • Dietary supplement
  • Prescription only
  • 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 Estriol does in the body

Balance menopausal skin Visibly firms skin & refines texture

Why people take it. Balance menopausal skin Visibly firms skin & refines texture

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

  • The substance registry classes this as chemical.

    FDA substance registry · FB33469R8E · 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 29 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.

Biomarker

A biomarker is a number from a test that stands in for something about health.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A biomarker is like a fuel gauge.

Where that stops being true. A gauge is wired to the tank. Many biomarkers are only loosely tied to health.

What people get wrong. A better number is read as a better life. Several medicines improved a number and helped nobody.

A measurable indicator used as a substitute for a clinical outcome of interest.

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.

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 39 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
FocusNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Waiting for a reviewer2 registered performance measure of this kind.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a test result for this goal.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.
MoodNothing 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.Waiting for a reviewer1 registered symptom measure.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a test result for this goal.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.
Blood sugarNothing 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 moved1 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.
CholesterolNothing 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 moved1 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
Focus
cognitive function in girls turner syndrome; cognitive function assessed by paced serial addition test; neural responses to an emotional subsequent memory task
Mood
mood
Blood sugar
insulin sensitivity
Cholesterol
very low density lipoprotein triglyceride secretion 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.
Waiting for a reviewer
2 registered performance measure of this kind.
Not recorded
Harms were not a registered measure for this goal.
Only a number moved
1 registered test measure.

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. Transdermal

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

The Number of On-treatment Pregnancies (With + 7-day Window) Per 100 Woman-years of Exposure (Pearl Index) in Subjects Aged 16 to 35 Years, Inclusive, at the Time of Screening

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT02817841
How many people
2148
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. Transdermal

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

The Number of On-treatment Pregnancies (With + 2-day Window) Per 100 Woman-years of Exposure (Pearl Index) in Subjects Aged 18 to 35 Years, Inclusive, at the Time of Screening

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT02817828
How many people
1577
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. Transdermal

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

Mean change in weekly frequency of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms (VMS) from Baseline to Week 4 (Efficacy Study Part)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT04209543
How many people
1570
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. Transdermal

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

Mean Change in Weekly Frequency of Moderate to Severe Vasomotor Symptoms (VMS) From Baseline to Week 4 and Week 12 -- (Efficacy Study Part)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT04090957
How many people
1015
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. Transdermal

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

Recording of vaginal bleeding events (diary) as a measure of Cycle control

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT01221831
How many people
396
Study design
Phase 2
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. Transdermal

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 Evidence recorded. Death, a heart attack, a stroke, a hospital stay.1 registered measure of this kind. No reviewed result.
  2. What a body can do day to day Evidence recorded. Walking, dressing, breathing, recovering.2 registered measures of this kind.
  3. Measured performance Evidence recorded. How much was lifted, how far was run, how fast.2 registered measures of this kind.
  4. Symptoms and quality of life Evidence recorded. Pain, tiredness, mood, sleep, as the person rated it.4 registered measures of this kind.
  5. A number that stands in for health Evidence recorded. Cholesterol, blood sugar, bone density. A stand-in, not the thing itself.2 registered measures of this kind.
  6. A step measured inside a person Evidence recorded. Something measured in human tissue or human cells.A human record sits on the stored organism ladder.
  7. Animals No evidence recorded. Mice, rats, dogs. Useful for ideas, not proof about people.No animal record is stored.
  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.

  • mood
  • vulvovaginal symptom questionnaire
  • most bothersome symptom
  • oab q short form symptom bother scores

Measured

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

  • insulin sensitivity
  • very low density lipoprotein triglyceride secretion rate

Meaningful

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

  • cognitive function in girls turner syndrome
  • confirmed relapse annualized relapse rate
  • cognitive function assessed by paced serial addition test

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 (30)
  • progression of subclinical atherosclerosis
  • efficacy of estraderm treatment on osteoporotic women
  • that had an increase in myocardial fatty acid utilization
  • bone density
  • functional capillary density by videocapillaroscopy
  • frequency of epistaxis
  • badds
  • improving of sleeping quality
  • relative abundance of lactobacillus
  • clinical pregnancy rate
  • amh of ibd is lower than that of healthy women
  • e2 of ibd is lower than that of healthy women
  • fsh of ibd is lower than that of healthy women
  • afc of ibd is lower than that of healthy women
  • vaginal ph
  • endometrial thickness
  • ongoing pregnancy rate
  • electrodermal responses to fear conditioned stimuli
  • emotion recognition thresholds
  • resting state functional connectivity

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.

  • This is a topical cream that contains bio-identical estriol derived from wild yam. When applied to the skin it can help balance your hormones and provide temporary relief from menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes. DIRECTIONS: Apply once or twice a day. Massage into inner arms, thighs, chest or apply to inner forearm and rub arms together or use as directed by your Physician.

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.

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

Prescription only

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

Transdermal

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 cream, spray, given by the transdermal, topical, cutaneous 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.

Estriol appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 10 most-reported reaction terms, 52 reaction mentions were counted. One report can name several reactions.

The recorded terms (10)
  • breast cancer — 10 reaction mentions
  • hot flush — 5 reaction mentions
  • hypocalcaemia — 5 reaction mentions
  • hypochloraemia — 5 reaction mentions
  • hypokalaemia — 5 reaction mentions
  • hyponatraemia — 5 reaction mentions
  • rhabdomyolysis — 5 reaction mentions
  • persistent genital arousal disorder — 5 reaction mentions
  • blister — 4 reaction mentions
  • dermatitis — 3 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

Transdermal

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

  • 39 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 32 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 82018-0030 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as cream, powder and spray, taken cutaneous, extracorporeal, oral and topical.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 82018-0030 · read 2026-08-29

  • 24 published labels name it as an active ingredient. 17 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.

    US prescribing information · 54fa4308-44a4-e9dd-e063-6394a90a0cd7 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels are classed as human otc drug.

    US prescribing information · 54fa4308-44a4-e9dd-e063-6394a90a0cd7 · 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

This one is decided with a clinician, so this section holds questions to ask rather than a plan to run.

A single-person plan is offered only as a structure for observing yourself. It never calculates an amount to take, and it cannot prove cause.

Questions worth asking

  • Which of the trials of Estriol studied people like me?
  • What was measured, and for how long?
  • Was the result a laboratory value or a health outcome?
  • What would we watch for, and when would we stop?

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

RNAWiki records evidence. It does not say whether this substance is right for you.

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 Estriol 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 peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

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.

Where else this substance is registered

FDA substance identifier (UNII)
FB33469R8E

Checks this page had to pass

  • Passed

    Identity resolved

    no open identity hold

  • Passed

    No unresolved merge across substance families

    no quarantine open

  • Passed

    Every public sentence names a source

    The opening statement carries the origin: Quoted from a stored source.

  • Not passed

    Trial roles classified for highlighted evidence

    No registered study is classified as testing this substance.

  • Passed

    No internal keys in reader text

    enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page

  • Passed

    Safety mode resolved

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

  • Passed

    Canonical metadata present

    slug and display name present

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How this medicine reached us

Kept near the foot of the page. A historical event moves up only when it changes something about this substance today.

What the approval register records

  • The earliest marketing start date recorded for a listed product is 19800425.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 82018-0030 · read 2026-08-29

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What to learn next

Ordered by what would most change how you read this page, starting with what is easiest to misunderstand.

This order is fixed in code and does not count clicks or time on the page.

What is not here

6 questions this page could not answer

These sections were prepared and left out because there was nothing to put in them. They are listed rather than hidden, so the gaps in this record are visible.

  • The path through the body — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • How long anything takes — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What it may clash with — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Other ways to the same goal — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Claims that go past the evidence — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What changed on this page — found nothing in the sources checked.

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What did Estriol's largest trial (643 people) and its longest (25 years) measure?


643 people in Estriol's largest registered study, 25 years in its longest registered window, measuring Variation in Serum Levels of Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH). ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

19 na, 18 phase2, 11 phase3, 10 phase4, 5 phase1, 2 na or unstated, 1 early phase1; NCT01425541; 2025-08. Last human test completed 2026, NCT05562518.

Interpretation These counts include studies where Estriol 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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  • na
    19
  • phase2
    18
  • phase3
    11
  • phase4
    10
  • phase1
    5
  • na or unstated
    2
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  • early phase1
    1
  • Last recorded human test NCT05562518
    2026-03-02

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

Estriol was tested only in human — what did it show?


human: biomarker (64): the rungs where Estriol has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Interpretation Variation in Serum Levels of Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans Drosophila Mouse Rat Dog Non-human primate Human biomarker
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  • human NCT02413008
    biomarker; Variation in Serum Levels of Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH); 64

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

5 of Estriol's trials stopped: accrual/recruitment, funding/business, other?


accrual/recruitment (1), funding/business (1) and other (3): Estriol's stop wording, clustered. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

"Atypically high dropout rate."; 5 of 64 registered studies

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Trial

  • NCT00565916
    terminated; "Atypically high dropout rate."
  • NCT00816556
    terminated; "Funding"
  • NCT00827151
    withdrawn; "The study was not funded"
  • NCT01986764
    withdrawn; "Funding was not obtained for this study and no participants were enrolled."
  • NCT04159493
    withdrawn; "Project terminated IND withdrawn"

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

Human studies of Estriol used Estriol 1mg — over how long?


Human studies of Estriol used "Estriol 1mg". ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

2 recorded entries; human; also "Estriol 01mg/ml"

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human

  • NCT02419729
    Estriol 1mg
  • NCT04045379
    Estriol 01mg/ml

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

Could one person measure Estriol's effect on cognitive function in girls turner syndrome?


Cognitive function in girls turner syndrome: measured in Estriol's trials.

Interpretation cognitive function in girls turner syndrome is the recorded endpoint.

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biomarkers

  • cognitive function in girls turner syndrome; 2026-09-01
  • progression of subclinical atherosclerosis; 2026-09-01
  • mood; 2026-09-01
  • efficacy of estraderm treatment on osteoporotic women; 2026-09-01
  • confirmed relapse annualized relapse rate; 2026-09-01
  • that had an increase in myocardial fatty acid utilization; 2026-09-01
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  • biomarkers
    insulin sensitivity; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    very low density lipoprotein triglyceride secretion rate; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    bone density; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    functional capillary density by videocapillaroscopy; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    frequency of epistaxis; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    cognitive function assessed by paced serial addition test; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    badds; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    improving of sleeping quality; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    vulvovaginal symptom questionnaire; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    relative abundance of lactobacillus; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    clinical pregnancy rate; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    amh of ibd is lower than that of healthy women; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    e2 of ibd is lower than that of healthy women; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    fsh of ibd is lower than that of healthy women; 2026-09-01
  • human trials at or under30
    12
  • Not recorded for this substance
    a recorded half-life
  • smallest human trial
    0; NCT00827151; PHASE3; the smallest recorded human enrolment at or below 30; the registry states no direction of its result; WITHDRAWN

Which of afc of ibd is lower than that of healthy women, amh of ibd is lower than that of healthy women and badds did Estriol's trials measure?


afc of ibd is lower than that of healthy women, amh of ibd is lower than that of healthy women and badds lead 39 outcome terms across Estriol's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Interpretation efficacy of estraderm treatment on osteoporotic women, confirmed relapse annualized relapse rate, that had an increase in myocardial fatty acid utilization, insulin sensitivity, very low density lipoprotein triglyceride secretion rate and bone density follow.

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  • cognitive function in girls turner syndrome
    1
  • progression of subclinical atherosclerosis
    1
  • mood
    1
  • efficacy of estraderm treatment on osteoporotic women
    1
  • confirmed relapse annualized relapse rate
    1
  • that had an increase in myocardial fatty acid utilization
    1
14 more recorded rows
  • insulin sensitivity
    1
  • very low density lipoprotein triglyceride secretion rate
    1
  • bone density
    1
  • functional capillary density by videocapillaroscopy
    1
  • frequency of epistaxis
    1
  • cognitive function assessed by paced serial addition test
    1
  • badds
    1
  • improving of sleeping quality
    1
  • vulvovaginal symptom questionnaire
    1
  • relative abundance of lactobacillus
    1
  • clinical pregnancy rate
    1
  • amh of ibd is lower than that of healthy women
    1
  • e2 of ibd is lower than that of healthy women
    1
  • fsh of ibd is lower than that of healthy women
    1

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

Which of Estriol's 8 ongoing trials reports first?


8 registered trials of Estriol are open; earliest completion 2025-03. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

To assess changes in breast cancer proliferation after a 7-14 day trial of estradiol in newly diagnosed estrogen receptor positive post-menopausal breast cancer patients prior to…; Clinical Improvement of signs and symptoms postmenopausal genitourinary syndrome with intravaginal LASER, Microablative Radiofrequency, and topic estriol; latest 2030-12-31

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Trial

  • NCT02238808
    "A Study to See Whether Estrogen Can Slow the Growth of Some ER Positive Breast Cancers"; n 19; "To assess changes in breast cancer proliferation after a 7-14 day trial of estradiol in newly diagnosed estrogen receptor positive post-menopausal breast cancer patients prior to surgery."; 2028-06
  • NCT04045379
    "LASER and Radiofrequency and Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause"; n 195; "Clinical Improvement of signs and symptoms postmenopausal genitourinary syndrome with intravaginal LASER, Microablative Radiofrequency, and topic estriol"; 2025-08
  • NCT05221021
    "Vaginal Estradiol vs Oral Beta-3 Agonist for Overactive Bladder Syndrome"; n 152; "OAB-q short form (SF) symptom bother scores"; 2027-01-30
  • NCT05283421
    "Improving Diagnostics in Cervical Dysplasia"; n 150; "Scoring of the visibility of the Squamous columnar junction (SCJ)"; 2026-08-16
  • NCT06391372
    "Effect of Local Estriol Treatment Before Vaginal Repair Surgery"; n 36; "Morphological examinations of vaginal tissues obtained after surgery from the study and control groups"; 2025-03
  • NCT06520982
    "Early Neurovascular Adaptations in Aging Women"; n 64; "Magnitude of forearm blood flow"; 2028-06-30
2 further recorded trials
  • NCT06873971
    "Er:YAG Laser Combined With Vaginal Estriol for Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause"; n 60; "Analysis of the Vaginal Health Index (VHI)"; 2026-12-31
  • NCT07420218
    "Menopausal Hormones and Sympathetic Activation"; n 80; "sympathetic nerve activity"; 2030-12-31

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

Which 22 trials of Estriol posted no result?


Posted no result
22 of 22 completed trials
Registrations
NCT00000482, NCT00000483, NCT00443716, NCT00000177, NCT00001752 and NCT00018343, and 16 more
Completion dates
oldest 1985-03; newest 2024-04-04
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Trial

  • NCT00000482
    1985-03
  • NCT00000483
    1985-03
  • NCT00443716
    1989-04
  • NCT00000177
    1999-01
  • NCT00001752
    2000-07
  • NCT00018343
    2001-03
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT00006399
    2004-03
  • NCT00332553
    2004-05
  • NCT00229450
    2004-08
  • NCT00000176
    2007-09
  • NCT01557179
    2010-05
  • NCT00908570
    2011-03
  • NCT00029159
    2012-06
  • NCT01295892
    2013-04
  • NCT01833663
    2013-10
  • NCT02086032
    2015-07
  • NCT02419729
    2015-11
  • NCT03032848
    2016-12-26
  • NCT04330677
    2020-01-25
  • NCT02892214
    2021-12

At the median, Estriol's trials enrolled 69 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
69
Largest enrolment
643
Registered trials counted
57

What do 52 spontaneous reports say about Estriol — 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.

Estriol appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 10 most-reported reaction terms, 52 reaction mentions were counted: breast cancer 10; hot flush 5; hypocalcaemia 5; hypochloraemia 5. open-targets-adr · CHEMBL193482 · 2026-06-24

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  • breast cancer
    10
  • hot flush
    5
  • hypocalcaemia
    5
  • hypochloraemia
    5
  • hypokalaemia
    5
  • hyponatraemia
    5
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  • rhabdomyolysis
    5
  • persistent genital arousal disorder
    5
  • blister
    4
  • dermatitis
    3

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

What is recorded about Estriol and sirtuin?


"A high glucose medium is potent to inhibit the basal gene expression; however, it could not reduce powerful androgen- and estrogen-induced SIRT1 expression in HAECs." — where Estriol and sirtuin appear together. Europe PMC · pathway abstract search · 2020-04-01

sirtuin; PMID 32291422

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  • sirtuin PMID 32291422
    "A high glucose medium is potent to inhibit the basal gene expression; however, it could not reduce powerful androgen- and estrogen-induced SIRT1 expression in HAECs."

recorded 2020-04-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Where it is registered
Identifiers, relations and other names

The exact record

ChEMBL id
CHEMBL193482
PubChem CID
5756
CAS number
50-27-1
RxCUI
4094
InChIKey
PROQIPRRNZUXQM-ZXXIGWHRSA-N
Also called
Estriol succinate
Also called
16.alpha.,17.beta.-estriol, Aacifemine, Colpogyn, Incurin, Oestriol, Succinato de estriol, Trihydroxyestrin, (16A,17B)-ESTRA-1,3,5(10)-TRIENE-3,16,17-TRIOL, 1,3,5-ESTRATRIENE-3B,16A,17B-TRIOL, ESTRIOL [EMA EPAR VETERINARY], ESTRIOL [EP MONOGRAPH], ESTRIOL [GREEN BOOK]
Development code
16.ALPHA.-HYDROXYESTRADIOL, NSC-12169
Salt form
Estriol acetate benzoate, Succinate d'estriol, estriol cream, Lmnoop Feminine Cream, Dvo Estriol Cream, Vigority Estriol Cream, LEMOTO BIOIDENTICAL ESTROGEN VAGINAL Cream, ESTROGEN, Estriol 5.0 Cream, ESTRIOL0.2%, MICRONIZED ESTRIOL 0.1 WOMEN ESTRIOL, MICRONIZED ESTRIOL 0.1% INTIMATE COMFORT
Japanese name
Estriol propionate
Trade name
Gynest, Ortho-gynest, Ovestin, Bunuss Estriol Face, Beilloso Women Estriol, Arthcal Estrogen, Jovynex Women Estriol, MOROVAN, MYEVER, Flocean INTIMATE COMFORT
Component
Estriol succinate
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  • this record's own fields 2,3,5 ·
  • Europe PMC dose-response search ·
  • Europe PMC pathway abstract search ·
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