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Leucine 1-C-11

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  • 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 Leucine 1-C-11 does in the body

Difficulty losing weight or reducing body fat, general weakness, muscle fatigue, dizziness, occasional headache, or irritability

From the FDA-approved label: PERIKABIVEN is used as a supplement or as the sole source of nutrition in patients, providing macronutrients (amino acids, dextrose and lipids) and micronutrients (electrolytes) parenterally. The amino acids provide the structural units that make up proteins and are used to synthesize proteins and other biomolecules or are oxidized to urea and carbon dioxide as a source of energy. The administered dextrose is oxidized to carbon dioxide and water, yielding energy. Intravenously administered lipids provide a biologically utilizable source of calories and essential fatty acids. Fatty acids serve as an important substrate for energy production.

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 supplement label database classes it as amino acid, under the name Leucine.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 2315 · read 2026-08-29

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

    FDA substance registry · 02AA4F4VLP · 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 128 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
StrengthNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Waiting for a reviewer4 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.
MuscleNothing 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 moved3 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.
Body weightNothing 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.
RecoveryNothing 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.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.
Which registered measures put each goal on this table
Strength
quadriceps muscle strength; muscle strength; muscle maximal strength; strength
Muscle
muscle mass and body composition; skeletal muscle volume; lean mass
Body weight
body composition; muscle mass and body composition
Recovery
muscle soreness
Mood
depressed mood from baseline

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
4 registered performance measure of this kind.
Not recorded
Harms were not a registered measure for this goal.
Only a number moved
3 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.

Fat Mass

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT04630977
How many people
3000
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Measured performance
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. Intravenous

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
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

End-Stage Liver Disease score was calculated using serum total bilirubin, creatinine, international normalized ratio

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT02837302
How many people
1470
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. Intravenous

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
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Safety Profile of H4:IC31 and BCG Revaccination in HIV-uninfected, Remotely BCG Vaccinated Adolescents.

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT02075203
How many people
989
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. Intravenous

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
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Percentage of Participants With Viral Load of Less Than 400 Copies/Milliliter [Copies/mL] and Less Than 50 Copies/mL of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-1 Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) at Week 48 for Full Analysis Set (FAS) Population

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00098293
How many people
916
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. Intravenous

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
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Rate of falling

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT03417531
How many people
801
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. Intravenous

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
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

All Cohorts Except Cohort 4: Objective Response Rate (ORR) Based on Investigator Assessment (INV)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05498428
How many people
520
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. Intravenous

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
  • NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 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 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 Evidence recorded. Walking, dressing, breathing, recovering.4 registered measures of this kind.
  3. Measured performance Evidence recorded. How much was lifted, how far was run, how fast.4 registered measures of this kind.
  4. Symptoms and quality of life Evidence recorded. Pain, tiredness, mood, sleep, as the person rated it.1 registered measure 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.8 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 Evidence recorded. Mice, rats, dogs. Useful for ideas, not proof about people.Stored records in Mouse, Rat. 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.

  • depressed mood from baseline

Measured

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

  • body composition
  • quadriceps muscle strength
  • muscle mass and body composition
  • muscle strength
  • muscle maximal strength
  • hemoglobin level
  • concentration of total plasma ketones
  • serum atherogenicity
  • skeletal muscle volume
  • lean mass

and 2 more.

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 (27)
  • weight
  • stair time up
  • hypothesis aim 1
  • hypotheses aim 2
  • lean leg mass
  • skeletal muscle structure
  • bold signal
  • muscle edema
  • muscle soreness
  • muscle strenght
  • muscle cross sectional area
  • myofibrillar fractional synthetic rate
  • fractional synthesis rate at 12 weeks
  • mri quadriceps involved leg
  • mri quadriceps contralateral leg
  • mri hamstrings involved leg
  • mri hamstrings contralateral leg
  • myofibrillar protein fractional synthetic rate
  • csa quadriceps
  • qids sr from baseline at 14 days

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.

  • For the temporary relief of difficulty losing weight or reducing body fat, general weakness, muscle fatigue, dizziness, occasional headache, or irritability.

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

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

Intravenous

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 injection, solution, liquid, injection, emulsion, injection, given by the intravenous, 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.

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

Intravenous

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

  • 80 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 6 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 43857-0650 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as injection, injection, emulsion, injection, solution, liquid, pellet and powder, taken intravenous and oral.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 43857-0650 · read 2026-08-29

  • 25 published labels name it as an active ingredient. 1 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.

    US prescribing information · bbed9973-238f-47c5-9a50-ac0869a7eb3a · read 2026-08-29

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

    US prescribing information · bbed9973-238f-47c5-9a50-ac0869a7eb3a · read 2026-08-29

  • 8106 marketed supplement labels list this ingredient, classed as amino acid/protein, other combinations and amino acid.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 248235 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels carry all other, nutrient 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 · 248235 · 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: body composition; quadriceps muscle strength; muscle mass and body composition.

  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, such as: depressed mood from baseline.

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 Leucine 1-C-11 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

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What did Leucine 1-C-11's largest trial (232 people) and its longest (8.7 years) measure?


232 people in Leucine 1-C-11's largest registered study, 8.7 years in its longest registered window, measuring Concentration of Total Plasma Ketones. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

36 na, 8 phase2, 3 phase1, 1 early phase1, 1 na or unstated, 1 phase3; NCT01208324; 2018-11. Last human test completed 2026, NCT05251207.

These counts include studies where Leucine 1-C-11 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
    36
  • phase2
    8
  • phase1
    3
  • early phase1
    1
  • na or unstated
    1
  • phase3
    1
1 more recorded row
  • Last recorded human test NCT05251207
    2026-08-13

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

From mouse to human: where has Leucine 1-C-11 shown biomarker?


mouse: mechanism-only, rat: mechanism-only and human: biomarker (47): the rungs where Leucine 1-C-11 has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Interpretation Concentration of Total Plasma Ketones — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans Drosophila Mouse mechanism-onlyRat mechanism-onlyDog Non-human primate Human biomarker
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  • mouse
    mechanism-only
  • rat
    mechanism-only
  • human NCT02693106
    biomarker; Concentration of Total Plasma Ketones; 47

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

The NIA ITP gave Leucine 1-C-11 at 40000 ppm from 5 months — did both sexes live longer?


40000 ppm, from 5 months: the NIA Interventions Testing Program workbook rows for Leucine 1-C-11. jax-mpd-itp · ITP_C2017_Lifespan.xlsx · 2026-09-04

292 mice; cohorts C2017; cohort rows are the workbook's own printed values; no median, percent change or survival statistic is derived from the per-animal data

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  • ITP cohort C2017
    L-Leucine; 40000; 5.0 months; f, m; ITP_C2017_Lifespan.xlsx

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

3 of Leucine 1-C-11's trials stopped: funding/business, other?


funding/business (1) and other (2): Leucine 1-C-11's stop wording, clustered. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

"Difficulty in obtaining the solution from the compounding pharmacies caused a two year delay in start-up; the funding ended prior to study completion."; 3 of 47 registered studies

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Trial

  • NCT00865514
    terminated; "Difficulty in obtaining the solution from the compounding pharmacies caused a two year delay in start-up; the funding ended prior to study completion."
  • NCT03079297
    terminated; "Covid-19"
  • NCT03557684
    terminated; "COVID-19"

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

Mouse studies of Leucine 1-C-11 used 40,000 ppm — over how long?


Mouse studies of Leucine 1-C-11 used "40,000 ppm". clinicaltrials.gov+jax-mpd-itp · 2026-09-04

4 recorded entries; mouse, human; also "L-Leucine 4g", "3g Leucine", "1.56 g L-Leucine"

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  • mouse L-Leucine C2017
    40,000 ppm

human

  • NCT00683826
    L-Leucine 4g
  • NCT01890369
    3g Leucine
  • NCT02563847
    1.56 g L-Leucine

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

Could one person measure Leucine 1-C-11's effect on body composition?


Body composition: measured in Leucine 1-C-11's trials.

Interpretation body composition is the recorded endpoint.

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biomarkers

  • body composition; 2026-09-01
  • weight; 2026-09-01
  • stair time up; 2026-09-01
  • quadriceps muscle strength; 2026-09-01
  • muscle mass and body composition; 2026-09-01
  • hypothesis aim 1; 2026-09-01
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  • biomarkers
    hypotheses aim 2; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    muscle strength; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    lean leg mass; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    skeletal muscle structure; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    bold signal; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    muscle maximal strength; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    muscle edema; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    muscle soreness; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    muscle strenght; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    muscle cross sectional area; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    myofibrillar fractional synthetic rate; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    fractional synthesis rate at 12 weeks; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    mri quadriceps involved leg; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    mri quadriceps contralateral leg; 2026-09-01
  • human trials at or under30
    23
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  • smallest human trial
    2; NCT00865514; NA; the smallest recorded human enrolment at or below 30; the registry states no direction of its result; TERMINATED

Which of body composition, bold signal and circulating carnitine metabolites did Leucine 1-C-11's trials measure?


body composition, bold signal and circulating carnitine metabolites lead 40 outcome terms across Leucine 1-C-11's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

quadriceps muscle strength, muscle mass and body composition, hypothesis aim 1, hypotheses aim 2, muscle strength and lean leg mass follow.

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  • body composition
    1
  • weight
    1
  • stair time up
    1
  • quadriceps muscle strength
    1
  • muscle mass and body composition
    1
  • hypothesis aim 1
    1
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  • hypotheses aim 2
    1
  • muscle strength
    1
  • lean leg mass
    1
  • skeletal muscle structure
    1
  • bold signal
    1
  • muscle maximal strength
    1
  • muscle edema
    1
  • muscle soreness
    1
  • muscle strenght
    1
  • muscle cross sectional area
    1
  • myofibrillar fractional synthetic rate
    1
  • fractional synthesis rate at 12 weeks
    1
  • mri quadriceps involved leg
    1
  • mri quadriceps contralateral leg
    1

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

Which of Leucine 1-C-11's 3 ongoing trials reports first?


3 registered trials of Leucine 1-C-11 are open; earliest completion 2026-08-05. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Muscle protein synthesis in response to leucine feeding; Change in Glutamate; latest 2029-12-31

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Trial

  • NCT06567665
    "Leucine Supplementation Strategies to Enhance Muscle Anabolic Responses in Older Age"; n 10; "Muscle protein synthesis in response to leucine feeding"; 2026-08-05
  • NCT06580145
    "Leucine in Midlife Depression"; n 75; "Change in Glutamate"; 2029-06
  • NCT06885736
    "LEAN Mass Preservation With Resistance Exercise and Protein During Semaglutide/Tirzepatide Therapy"; n 232; "MRI measured quadriceps cross sectional area (CSA)"; 2029-12-31

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

Which 23 trials of Leucine 1-C-11 posted no result?


Posted no result
23 of 23 completed trials
Registrations
NCT00807508, NCT00643773, NCT00877812, NCT01192009, NCT00929929 and NCT02110602, and 17 more
Completion dates
oldest 2008-12; newest 2024-04-09
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Trial

  • NCT00807508
    2008-12
  • NCT00643773
    2010-06
  • NCT00877812
    2010-09
  • NCT01192009
    2013-02
  • NCT00929929
    2013-06
  • NCT02110602
    2014-08
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT02823249
    2015-04
  • NCT02371278
    2015-10
  • NCT02744443
    2016-04
  • NCT02376309
    2017-08
  • NCT05009654
    2018-01-31
  • NCT05120011
    2018-07-07
  • NCT01846130
    2018-12
  • NCT01922167
    2018-12-17
  • NCT03762278
    2019-05-01
  • NCT03506126
    2019-08-31
  • NCT03831399
    2019-10-14
  • NCT03952884
    2019-11-20
  • NCT07583875
    2021-02-11
  • NCT07781410
    2023-06-20

At the median, Leucine 1-C-11's trials enrolled 32 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
32
Largest enrolment
232
Registered trials counted
47

Was Leucine 1-C-11 studied with fasting, caloric restriction and exercise?


fasting, caloric restriction and exercise are named in Leucine 1-C-11's label sentences: "Oral melphalan (4.5 +/- 0.5 mg/m2) was given to ten fasting patients with and without a 2-g oral dose of L-leucine on separate randomized occasions at least 1 week apart." openfda-label+europepmc · 2026-02-13

3 recorded statements; fasting, caloric restriction, exercise

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  • fasting
    Oral melphalan (4.5 +/- 0.5 mg/m2) was given to ten fasting patients with and without a 2-g oral dose of L-leucine on separate randomized occasions at least 1 week apart.
  • caloric restriction
    We determined whether l-leucine (Leu) supplementation enhanced resting energy expenditure (REE), respiratory quotient (RQ), MF, insulin sensitivity and liver function during caloric restriction (CR). <bold>Methods.</bold> Thirty-seven participants at risk of MetS completed a parallel, double-blind RCT comparing Leu vs placebo during CR.
  • exercise
    Our objective was to evaluate the acute effect of L-leucine supplementation and high-intensity sprint exercise on appetite-controlling neuropeptides and their association with the subjective perception of appetite (SPA), satiety (SPS), food intake, and inflammatory response in overweight participants.

recorded 2026-02-13 · last checked 2026-09-04

What is recorded about Leucine 1-C-11 and mTOR?


"Mechanistic involvement of the MAPK/mTOR-autophagy pathway was further validated using L-leucine as a pharmacological activator of mTOR." — where Leucine 1-C-11 and mTOR appear together. Europe PMC · pathway abstract search · 2026-07-15

mTOR, autophagy, AMPK, sirtuin; PMID 42459050, 41227387, 42178909, 36860449

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  • mTOR PMID 42459050
    "Mechanistic involvement of the MAPK/mTOR-autophagy pathway was further validated using L-leucine as a pharmacological activator of mTOR."
  • autophagy PMID 42459050
    "Mechanistic involvement of the MAPK/mTOR-autophagy pathway was further validated using L-leucine as a pharmacological activator of mTOR."
  • mTOR PMID 42459050
    "Pharmacological activation of mTOR by L-leucine partly abolished the protective effects of NGR1, reversing autophagy activation and restoring inflammatory and oxidative injury."
  • autophagy PMID 42459050
    "Pharmacological activation of mTOR by L-leucine partly abolished the protective effects of NGR1, reversing autophagy activation and restoring inflammatory and oxidative injury."
  • mTOR PMID 41227387
    "Furthermore, the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin synergized with butyrate priming, whereas the mTOR activator L-leucine counteracted enhanced antimicrobial activity."
  • autophagy PMID 42178909
    "Finally, we detail the emerging roles of these pathways in physiology and disease.<b>Abbreviations</b>: Aβ, amyloid-β; Acb1, acyl-coA-binding 1; ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; APP, amyloid beta precursor protein; APEX2, ascorbate peroxidase; ATG, autophagy related; AWOL, autophagosome-mediated exit without lysis; BafA1, bafilomycin A<sub>1</sub>; BirA*, mutant BirA biotin ligase; BMI,…"
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  • AMPK PMID 36860449
    "Additionally, the proteins expression related with the activation of the AMPK pathway (p-Ampk, Ampk, p-Ampk/Ampk, and Sirt1) and the expression of genes (myogenin (<i>myog</i>), myogenic regulatory factor 4 (<i>mrf4</i>) and myoblast determination protein (<i>myod</i>), and protein (Pax7) related to muscle fiber formation were significantly upregulated with increasing level of dietary leucine.…"
  • sirtuin PMID 36860449
    "Additionally, the proteins expression related with the activation of the AMPK pathway (p-Ampk, Ampk, p-Ampk/Ampk, and Sirt1) and the expression of genes (myogenin (<i>myog</i>), myogenic regulatory factor 4 (<i>mrf4</i>) and myoblast determination protein (<i>myod</i>), and protein (Pax7) related to muscle fiber formation were significantly upregulated with increasing level of dietary leucine.…"

AMPK

  • PMID 39675352
    "Our work provided key insights on the importance of lysosomes in PTECs homeostasis and lipotoxicity and demonstrated the potential of AMPK in protecting the organelle from lipid stress.<b>Abbreviation</b>: ACAC: acetyl-CoA carboxylase; ACTB: actin beta; AICAR: 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-β-D-ribofuranoside; AMPK: AMP-activated protein kinase; APQ1: aquaporin 1 (Colton blood group); BSA:…"
  • PMID 32597364
    "AMPK: AMP-activated protein kinase; APEX2: engineered ascorbate peroxidase 2; ATG13: autophagy related 13; ATG16L1: autophagy related 16 like 1; BMMs: bone marrow-derived macrophages; CAMKK2: calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase kinase 2; DUB: deubiquitinase; GPN: glycyl-L-phenylalanine 2-naphthylamide; LLOMe: L-leucyl-L-leucine methyl ester; MAP1LC3/LC3: microtubule associated protein 1…"

recorded 2026-07-15 · last checked 2026-09-04

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PubChem CID
145996801
CAS number
81123-48-0
InChIKey
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Also called
L-Leucine
Also called
Leucine, (S)-2-AMINO-4-METHYL-(1-11C)PENTANOIC ACID, L-LEUCINE-1-11C
Trade name
L-Leucine High 7414
Salt form
L-LEUCINE HIGH
Component
L-Leucine
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