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Lanreotide

  • Peptide
  • Given by a clinician
  • 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 Lanreotide does in the body

Unresectable, well or moderately differentiated, locally advanced or metastatic gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tu

From the FDA-approved label: Lanreotide, the active component of Lanreotide Injection, is an octapeptide analog of natural somatostatin. The mechanism of action of lanreotide is believed to be similar to that of natural somatostatin.

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
Professional supervision is normally required. A regulator classifies this substance in a way that restricts how it is supplied.

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as protein.

    FDA substance registry · 0G3DE8943Y · read 2026-08-29

Where each sentence above came from

No recorded sentence describes the change this makes in a way that stands on its own. The page opens with what it is taken for instead, and the recorded explanation follows below.

Shown as the opening line on this page.

No statement of the main limit is recorded.

The four opening statements run to 59 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 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.

Phase 1b: RP3D

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05477576
How many people
338
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. Subcutaneous

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

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

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • 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

Progression-free survival (PFS) as assessed by a Blinded Independent Review Committee (BIRC)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05050942
How many people
332
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
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. Subcutaneous

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

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

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • 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

Change in renal function

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT01616927
How many people
300
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
What a body can do day to day
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. Subcutaneous

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

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

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • 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

Incidence of postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT06807437
How many people
274
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. Subcutaneous

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

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

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • 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

the difference in progression-free survival (PFS) in patients continuing or stopping second-line therapy with SSAs, as assessed by the blinded local investigator on cross-sectional imaging, according to RECIST 1.1 criteria per substudy

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05701241
How many people
270
Study design
Phase 4
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
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. Subcutaneous

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

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

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • 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

Progression-Free Survival (PFS)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00353496
How many people
264
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
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. Subcutaneous

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

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

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • 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
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.4 registered measures of this kind. 3 written-up studies measured this and did not show a benefit.
  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.1 registered measure 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 Evidence recorded. Mice, rats, dogs. Useful for ideas, not proof about people.Stored records in Mouse. 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.

  • plasma concentration of debio 4126 in acromegaly and gep net

Meaningful

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

  • time to disease progression
  • progression free survival
  • prolongation of the survival curve
  • clinical outcome overall survival

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 (13)
  • adverse events
  • responder
  • liver volume
  • cost effectiveness
  • renal function
  • glomerular filtration rate
  • incidence of adverse events
  • bowel movements
  • objective response rate
  • primary safety endpoint
  • phase 1b rp3d
  • phase 3 pfs as determined by bicr
  • incidence of postoperative pancreatic fistula

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

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

How long anything takes

Nine different lengths of time that get confused with each other. None of them is worked out from another.

  1. Before anything is noticed. RNAWiki does not store this separately, and never works it out from another figure on this page.

  2. Before a test result moves. RNAWiki does not store this separately, and never works it out from another figure on this page.

  3. Before performance moves. RNAWiki does not store this separately, and never works it out from another figure on this page.

  4. How long the result was watched. No finished study window is recorded for a study that tested this substance.

  5. How long people took it. How long people actually took it is not stored. The study window is not the same thing.

  6. How long people were followed. Follow-up length is not stored separately. It is never read off the study window, which would be a different thing.

  7. How fast the body clears it. 23 to 30 days

    Read from the label, which states: “Lanreotide showed sustained release of lanreotide with a half-life of 23 to 30 days.”

  8. How long effects linger. RNAWiki does not store this separately, and never works it out from another figure on this page.

  9. Beyond the studies. Nothing is recorded about the long term.

    The longest finished study sets the edge of what anyone measured.

A study window is not how long people took it, and neither is how long they were followed. Where RNAWiki holds only one of the three, it shows one.

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.

  • Lanreotide Injection is a somatostatin analog indicated for: the long-term treatment of acromegalic patients who have had an inadequate response to or cannot be treated with surgery and/or radiotherapy.

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: “The safety and effectiveness of Lanreotide Injection in pediatric patients have not been established.”

    US prescribing information · 11da176a-99bc-4ada-8b3f-6bd2b37a6313 · read 2026-08-30

  • On older people, the label states: “No overall differences in safety or effectiveness were observed between elderly patients with acromegaly compared with younger patients and other reported clinical experience has not identified differences in responses between the elderly and younger patients, but greater sensitivity of some older individuals cannot be ruled out.”

    US prescribing information · 11da176a-99bc-4ada-8b3f-6bd2b37a6313 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are pregnant, the label states: “Risk Summary Limited available data based on post-marketing case reports with lanreotide use in pregnant women are not sufficient to determine a drug-associated risk of adverse developmental outcomes.”

    US prescribing information · 11da176a-99bc-4ada-8b3f-6bd2b37a6313 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are breastfeeding, the label states: “Risk Summary There is no information available on the presence of lanreotide in human milk, the effects of the drug on the breastfed infant, or the effects of the drug on milk production.”

    US prescribing information · 11da176a-99bc-4ada-8b3f-6bd2b37a6313 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people with reduced liver function, the label states: “Acromegaly It is recommended that patients with moderate or severe hepatic impairment receive a starting dose of Lanreotide Injection 60 mg.”

    US prescribing information · 11da176a-99bc-4ada-8b3f-6bd2b37a6313 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people with reduced kidney function, the label states: “Acromegaly Lanreotide has been studied in patients with end-stage renal function on dialysis, but has not been studied in patients with mild, moderate, or severe renal impairment.”

    US prescribing information · 11da176a-99bc-4ada-8b3f-6bd2b37a6313 · 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

Given by a clinician

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

Subcutaneous

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

Professional supervision is normally required. A regulator classifies this substance in a way that restricts how it is supplied.

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

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

Suppression classes recorded: S1.

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Sold as solution, injection, given by the subcutaneous 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.

Lanreotide appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 10 most-reported reaction terms, 1833 reaction mentions were counted. One report can name several reactions.

The recorded terms (10)
  • diarrhoea — 401 reaction mentions
  • nausea — 236 reaction mentions
  • fatigue — 202 reaction mentions
  • injection site pain — 192 reaction mentions
  • abdominal pain — 168 reaction mentions
  • headache — 159 reaction mentions
  • vomiting — 128 reaction mentions
  • dizziness — 123 reaction mentions
  • malaise — 116 reaction mentions
  • asthenia — 108 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

Subcutaneous

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

  • 23 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 23 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 71161-116 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as injection and powder, taken subcutaneous.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 71161-116 · read 2026-08-29

  • The regulator's established pharmacologic class for it is somatostatin analog [epc] and somatostatin receptor agonists [moa].

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 71161-116 · read 2026-08-29

  • 4 published labels name it as an active ingredient. 4 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.

    US prescribing information · 11da176a-99bc-4ada-8b3f-6bd2b37a6313 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels are classed as human prescription drug.

    US prescribing information · 11da176a-99bc-4ada-8b3f-6bd2b37a6313 · read 2026-08-29

  • Lanreotide Acetate is subcutaneous at 3 DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS Injection: 60 mg/0.2 mL, 90 mg/0.3 mL, and 120 mg/0.5 mL of lanreotide in single-dose, prefilled syringes packaged with a safety needle., recorded as fda label in effect 2024-09-01 in the United States.

    US prescribing information · 11da176a-99bc-4ada-8b3f-6bd2b37a6313 · read 2026-08-30

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.

Self-experiment planning is not offered for a prescription or clinician-supervised medicine. The questions below are for a clinician or pharmacist.

Questions worth asking

  • Which of the trials of Lanreotide 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 much did people take in the studies?

The sources RNAWiki checked hold nothing for this field.

Why it matters. A result belongs to an amount. Without the amount the result floats free.

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 Lanreotide 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.

How many documents were read

  • 4 documents were read for this substance.

    RNAWiki source record

  • 4 of them state the same halfLife, and they agree.

    RNAWiki source record

Where else this substance is registered

FDA substance identifier (UNII)
0G3DE8943Y
CAS registry number
108736-35-2
PubChem compound
6918011
ChEMBL
CHEMBL1201185
WHO international nonproprietary name list entry
6649
RxNorm concept
68092
EMA substance identifier
100000082556
DrugBank
DB06791

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: Written into the record, not signed off.

  • Not passed

    Trial roles classified for highlighted evidence

    No registered study is classified as testing this substance.

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  • 3 approved applications cover products containing this substance. The earliest was NDA022074, approved 20070830 to IPSEN PHARMA.

    Drugs@FDA application register · NDA022074 · read 2026-08-29

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    Drugs@FDA application register · NDA022074 · read 2026-08-29

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    FDA National Drug Code directory · 71161-116 · read 2026-08-29

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Recorded evidence blocks (12)

What did Lanreotide's largest trial (1965 people) and its longest (33 years) measure?


1965 people in Lanreotide's largest registered study, 33 years in its longest registered window, measuring Prolongation of the survival curve (>6 months). ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

23 phase2, 20 phase3, 8 phase4, 4 phase1, 3 na or unstated, 1 na; NCT03158090; 2051-01-30; no ageing endpoint recorded. Last human test completed 2023, NCT02795858.

Interpretation These counts include studies where Lanreotide 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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  • phase2
    23
  • phase3
    20
  • phase4
    8
  • phase1
    4
  • na or unstated
    3
  • na
    1
1 more recorded row
  • Last recorded human test NCT02795858
    2023-12-31

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

From mouse to human: where has Lanreotide shown lifespan?


mouse: mechanism-only and human: lifespan (50): the rungs where Lanreotide has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Prolongation of the survival curve (>6 months) — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans Drosophila Mouse mechanism-onlyRat Dog Non-human primate Human lifespan
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  • mouse
    mechanism-only
  • human NCT00495846
    lifespan; Prolongation of the survival curve (>6 months); 50

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

9 of Lanreotide's trials stopped: accrual/recruitment, funding/business, sponsor decision unspecified?


accrual/recruitment (7), funding/business (1) and sponsor decision unspecified (1): Lanreotide's stop wording, clustered. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

"Administrative reasons"; 9 of 50 registered studies

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Trial

  • NCT00517491
    withdrawn; "Administrative reasons"
  • NCT01538966
    terminated; "Review of the 12-month data showed patients who deviated from protocol with full IRB monitoring and reporting could not be optimally analyzed. Reopening the study for new enrollment is not feasible and the study was terminated with IRB…"
  • NCT01861717
    terminated; "Didn't enroll enough subjects"
  • NCT02288377
    terminated; "Because of slow recruitment"
  • NCT02365584
    terminated; "The study was terminated early due to insufficient recruitment."
  • NCT02683941
    terminated; "National Comprehensive Cancer Network \& European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society guidelines (2015/2016) led to prescription of somatostatin analogues (SSAs) in this setting, thereby limiting recruitment."
3 further recorded trials
  • NCT02859064
    terminated; "Closed due to slow accrual"
  • NCT04065165
    withdrawn; "Company decision"
  • NCT05364944
    terminated; "The recruitment was halted for strategic reasons"

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

Lanreotide's half-life is 23 to 30 days — which schedules were studied?


23 to 30 days, the half-life Lanreotide's label states. openfda-label · 2892b4c3-0329-4d29-97ff-3b45283bbab1 · 2026-08-30

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  • half life
    23 to 30 days; Lanreotide showed sustained release of lanreotide with a half-life of 23 to 30 days.
  • bioavailability
    After a single, deep subcutaneous administration, the mean absolute bioavailability of Lanreotide acetate in healthy subjects was 73.4, 69.0, and 78.4% for the 60 mg, 90 mg, and 120 mg doses, respectively.

recorded 2026-08-30 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which of adverse events, bowel movements and clinical outcome overall survival did Lanreotide's trials measure?


adverse events, bowel movements and clinical outcome overall survival lead 18 outcome terms across Lanreotide's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Interpretation adverse events, responder, liver volume, cost effectiveness, renal function and glomerular filtration rate follow.

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  • time to disease progression
    1
  • progression free survival
    1
  • prolongation of the survival curve
    1
  • adverse events
    1
  • responder
    1
  • liver volume
    1
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  • cost effectiveness
    1
  • renal function
    1
  • glomerular filtration rate
    1
  • clinical outcome overall survival
    1
  • incidence of adverse events
    1
  • bowel movements
    1
  • objective response rate
    1
  • primary safety endpoint
    1
  • plasma concentration of debio 4126 in acromegaly and gep net
    1
  • phase 1b rp3d
    1
  • phase 3 pfs as determined by bicr
    1
  • incidence of postoperative pancreatic fistula
    1

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

Which of Lanreotide's 6 ongoing trials reports first?


6 registered trials of Lanreotide are open; earliest completion 2027-03. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

clinical outcome: overall survival; Rate of tumor growth; latest 2051-01-30

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Trial

  • NCT03158090
    "The Longitudinal Approach to Acromegaly: A Pattern of Treatment and Comparative Effectiveness Research"; n 1965; "clinical outcome: overall survival"; 2051-01-30
  • NCT03946527
    "LAnreotide in Metastatic Pheochromocytoma / PARAganglioma (LAMPARA)"; n 10; "Rate of tumor growth"; 2027-03
  • NCT05048901
    "Cabozantinib and Lanreotide as Treatment for Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors"; n 49; "to determine the maximal tolerated dose of cabozantinib"; 2027-12-31
  • NCT05477576
    "Study of RYZ101 Compared With SOC in Pts w Inoperable SSTR+ Well-differentiated GEP-NET That Has Progressed Following 177Lu-SSA Therapy"; n 338; "Phase 1b: RP3D"; 2030-12
  • NCT05701241
    "Continuing Somatostatin Analogues Upon Progression in Neuroendocrine Tumour pAtients"; n 270; "the difference in progression-free survival (PFS) in patients continuing or stopping second-line therapy with SSAs, as assessed by the blinded local investigator on cross-sectional imaging, according to RECIST 1.1 criteria per substudy"; 2034-04
  • NCT06807437
    "Lanreotide Versus Placebo Before Surgery to Prevent a Surgical Complication Called a Pancreatic Fistula"; n 274; "Incidence of postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF)"; 2027-11-01

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

Which running trial of Lanreotide could settle lifespan?


NCT05701241 measures the difference in progression-free survival (PFS) in patients continuing or stopping second-line therapy with SSAs, as assessed by the blinded local investigator on cross-sectional imaging, according to RECIST 1.1 criteria per substudy, reading out 2034-04.

2 open trials; n 270; "Continuing Somatostatin Analogues Upon Progression in Neuroendocrine Tumour pAtients"

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Trial

  • NCT05701241
    "Continuing Somatostatin Analogues Upon Progression in Neuroendocrine Tumour pAtients"; n 270; "the difference in progression-free survival (PFS) in patients continuing or stopping second-line therapy with SSAs, as assessed by the blinded local investigator on cross-sectional imaging, according to RECIST 1.1 criteria per substudy"; 2034-04
  • NCT03158090
    "The Longitudinal Approach to Acromegaly: A Pattern of Treatment and Comparative Effectiveness Research"; n 1965; "clinical outcome: overall survival"; 2051-01-30

Which 14 trials of Lanreotide posted no result?


Posted no result
14 of 14 completed trials
Registrations
NCT00210457, NCT00234572, NCT00149188, NCT00216398, NCT00216372 and NCT00495846, and 8 more
Completion dates
oldest 2002-07-15; newest 2022-07-07
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Trial

  • NCT00210457
    2002-07-15
  • NCT00234572
    2003-01-03
  • NCT00149188
    2005-08-24
  • NCT00216398
    2006-06-22
  • NCT00216372
    2008-10
  • NCT00495846
    2008-12
8 further recorded trials
  • NCT00326469
    2009-11
  • NCT01076803
    2013-07
  • NCT01354405
    2014-06
  • NCT01070758
    2015-02
  • NCT02351128
    2017-05-15
  • NCT02127437
    2019-07-31
  • NCT02973204
    2020-01-08
  • NCT03967249
    2022-07-07

At the median, Lanreotide's trials enrolled 43.5 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
43.5
Largest enrolment
1965
Registered trials counted
50

What do 1833 spontaneous reports say about Lanreotide — 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.

Lanreotide appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 10 most-reported reaction terms, 1833 reaction mentions were counted: diarrhoea 401; nausea 236; fatigue 202; injection site pain 192. open-targets-adr · CHEMBL1201184 · 2026-06-24

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  • diarrhoea
    401
  • nausea
    236
  • fatigue
    202
  • injection site pain
    192
  • abdominal pain
    168
  • headache
    159
4 more recorded rows
  • vomiting
    128
  • dizziness
    123
  • malaise
    116
  • asthenia
    108

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

Lanreotide and CYP3A4 and cytochrome P450: shared by which compounds?


CYP3A4 and cytochrome P450 appear in Lanreotide's recorded interaction sentences, 2 in all. openfda-label+europepmc · 2025-02-01

Interpretation drug_interactions

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  • cytochrome P450 drug_interactions
    7.5 Drug Metabolism Interactions The limited published data available indicate that somatostatin analogs may decrease the metabolic clearance of compounds known to be metabolized by cytochrome P450 enzymes, which may be due to the suppression of growth hormone.
  • CYP3A4 drug_interactions
    Since it cannot be excluded that Lanreotide Injection may have this effect, avoid other drugs mainly metabolized by CYP3A4 and which have a low therapeutic index (e.g., quinidine, terfenadine).

recorded 2025-02-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

What is recorded about Lanreotide and IGF-1?


"Through IVF and near-normalization of IGF-1 using lanreotide, pregnancy was achieved in a patient with MAS who had achieved good ovarian stimulation despite a history of bilateral ovarian involvement and associated hyperfunctioning endocrinopathies." — where Lanreotide and IGF-1 appear together. Europe PMC · pathway abstract search · 2024-08-15

IGF-1, mTOR; PMID 39781076, 38375032, 38649498

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  • IGF-1 PMID 39781076
    "Through IVF and near-normalization of IGF-1 using lanreotide, pregnancy was achieved in a patient with MAS who had achieved good ovarian stimulation despite a history of bilateral ovarian involvement and associated hyperfunctioning endocrinopathies."

mTOR

  • PMID 38375032
    "We focused on assessing whether pretreating cells with inhibitors for phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and mammalian target for rapamycin (mTOR) could enhance the antiproliferative effects of lanreotide. <b>Methods:</b> BP-NET cell lines NCI-H720 and NCI-H727 were treated with PI3K inhibitor BYL719 (alpelisib), mTOR inhibitor everolimus and SSA lanreotide to determine the effect on NET…"
  • PMID 38649498
    "Major advances have been made in drug therapy, with somatostatin analogs (octreotide and lanreotide), an mTOR inhibitor (everolimus), and a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (sunitinib) being widely used."

recorded 2024-08-15 · last checked 2026-09-04

Where it is registered
Identifiers, relations and other names

The exact record

ChEMBL id
CHEMBL1201184
PubChem CID
91668159
CAS number
127984-74-1
RxCUI
236167
InChIKey
PUDHBTGHUJUUFI-SCTWWAJVSA-N
Also called
LANREOTIDE ACETATE, Somatuline, Somatuline lp, lanreotide autogel, Angiopeptin, Lanreotida, lan, lan-atg, lanreotide atg, lanreotide autogel 120 mg, lanreotide depot, somatostatin analogues
Development code
BIM-23014C
Trade name
Somatuline depot, Somatuline autogel, Somatuline la
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  • openfda-label+europepmc K2:PUDHBTGHUJUUFI-SCTWWAJVSA-N ·
  • national registers US, CA ·

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