Meradimate
- Prescription medicine
- Prescription only
- Identity checked
- Sources last checked 2026-09-04
This page shows what was measured, who it was measured in, and what that does not settle.
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What Meradimate does in the body
RNAWiki has not recorded what this substance changes in the body.
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.
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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
- RNAWiki has not recorded a supervision or regulatory status for this substance.
What the registries record it as
The substance registry classes this as chemical.
FDA substance registry · J9QGD60OUZ · read 2026-08-29
Its recorded molecular formula is C17H25NO2, weighing 275.4.
PubChem record · 8633 · read 2026-08-29
Where each sentence above came from
No plain explanation of what this changes is stored.
No recorded use is stored in reader language.
No statement of the main limit is recorded.
The four opening statements run to 26 words.
Words this page uses
Four words worth knowing first
Chosen from what this page shows, with each one explained before the word it depends on.
Biomarker
A biomarker is a number from a test that stands in for something about health.
A picture of it, and where the picture fails
A biomarker is like a fuel gauge.
Where that stops being true. A gauge is wired to the tank. Many biomarkers are only loosely tied to health.
What people get wrong. A better number is read as a better life. Several medicines improved a number and helped nobody.
A measurable indicator used as a substitute for a clinical outcome of interest.
Placebo
A placebo is a dummy treatment given so the real one can be compared with it.
A picture of it, and where the picture fails
A placebo is like a blank control in an experiment.
Where that stops being true. A blank does nothing. People given a placebo often do get better.
What people get wrong. A placebo effect is read as imaginary. The improvement is measured and real.
An inactive intervention matched in appearance to the test intervention, used to control for non-specific effects.
Comparator
A comparator is whatever the treatment was measured against.
A picture of it, and where the picture fails
It is like the other runner in a race.
Where that stops being true. A race has one winner. A study can show both arms improved.
What people get wrong. Results are read without asking what the other group got. Beating nothing is not beating a treatment.
The control condition against which the experimental intervention is assessed.
What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed
Were people like you studied?
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Who was studied
People similar to this profile were included.
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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
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- It shows who was studied so you can see whether people similar to you were included.
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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.
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.
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 (11)
- It was studied for a different goal
- The studies measured something else entirely. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
- A different form was studied
- The studied form is not the form on the shelf. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
- There was nothing to correct
- Where a level is already normal, topping it up may change nothing. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
- Something else had to happen too
- In the studies it was paired with training, a diet or another treatment. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
- The change is too small to feel
- A real change can still sit below what a person notices. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
- Day-to-day swing hides it
- Sleep, food, stress and time of day move most numbers more than this would. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
- Not enough time yet
- The studies ran longer than the person has waited. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
- It was not taken as studied
- Missed days change the result, and studies count them. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
- Something else changed at the same time
- Two changes at once cannot be told apart afterwards. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
- The product may not be what it says
- Contents of a sold product are not always what the label states. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
- No recorded reason
- RNAWiki has nothing stored that would explain it. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
None of these is a reason to take more. Taking more is not a step this page ever suggests.
What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed
What taking it involves
The recorded facts about getting hold of it and using it. Nothing here is a suggestion about what you should do.
How it is supplied
Prescription only
Quoted from a source
Where this came from
Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.
Read from the recorded approval status.
No source is stored against this line.
Form and route
Cutaneous
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
RNAWiki has not recorded a supervision or regulatory status for this substance.
Quoted from a source
Where this came from
Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.
No register row and no identity class settled the question.
No source is stored against this line.
What is in the pack
Sold as lotion, stick, cream, gel, given by the cutaneous, topical 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
Cutaneous
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
9 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. None of them contains it on its own, so nothing on this page can separate it from what it is combined with.
FDA National Drug Code directory · 37945-862 · read 2026-08-29
They are sold as cream, gel, lotion and stick, taken cutaneous and topical.
FDA National Drug Code directory · 37945-862 · read 2026-08-29
8 published labels name it as an active ingredient. None of them describes this substance alone, so no label text on this page can be attributed to it rather than to a combination.
US prescribing information · ef95f2b7-e438-4990-880d-81621edb2002 · read 2026-08-29
Those labels are classed as human otc drug.
US prescribing information · ef95f2b7-e438-4990-880d-81621edb2002 · read 2026-08-29
Evidence carries across two names for one substance. It does not carry across a salt, a mirror form or a mixture.
What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed
What you could measure
This one is decided with a clinician, so this section holds questions to ask rather than a plan to run.
RNAWiki could not confidently classify this substance, so no self-experiment plan is offered.
Questions worth asking
- Which of the trials of Meradimate 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 Meradimate are recorded. Results from one form may not transfer to another.
Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.
What would answer it
A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.
Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.
Mechanism not reviewed
No reviewed mechanism story exists for this substance.
Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.
What would answer it
A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.
Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.
What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed
Check any of this yourself
Every line above traced back to the study it came from. This is the technical layer, and the vocabulary changes here.
Where else this substance is registered
- FDA substance identifier (UNII)
- J9QGD60OUZ
- CAS registry number
- 134-09-8
- PubChem compound
- 8633
- ChEMBL
- CHEMBL1597075
- WHO international nonproprietary name list entry
- 7981
- RxNorm concept
- 91324
- EMA substance identifier
- 300000027749
- European Chemicals Agency number
- 205-129-8
- DrugBank
- DB11096
Checks this page had to pass
Passed
Identity resolved
no open identity hold
Passed
No unresolved merge across substance families
no quarantine open
Not passed
Every public sentence names a source
The opening statement carries no source: the record holds neither an explanation nor a recorded use.
Not passed
Trial roles classified for highlighted evidence
No registered study is classified as testing this substance.
Passed
No internal keys in reader text
enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page
Not passed
Safety mode resolved
No register row and no identity class settled the question.
Passed
Canonical metadata present
slug and display name present
What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed
How this medicine reached us
Kept near the foot of the page. A historical event moves up only when it changes something about this substance today.
What the approval register records
The earliest marketing start date recorded for a listed product is 19801101.
FDA National Drug Code directory · 37945-862 · read 2026-08-29
What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed
What to learn next
Ordered by what would most change how you read this page, starting with what is easiest to misunderstand.
- Were people like me actually studied?
- How close is this evidence to something I would notice?
- What does nobody know about this yet?
- What is a biomarker?
This order is fixed in code and does not count clicks or time on the page.
What is not here
10 questions this page could not answer
These sections were prepared and left out because there was nothing to put in them. They are listed rather than hidden, so the gaps in this record are visible.
- What was measured, goal by goal — found nothing in the sources checked.
- What happened in people — found nothing in the sources checked.
- How close this is to real life — found nothing in the sources checked.
- The path through the body — found nothing in the sources checked.
- Felt, measured, or meaningful — found nothing in the sources checked.
- How long anything takes — found nothing in the sources checked.
- What it may clash with — found nothing in the sources checked.
- Other ways to the same goal — found nothing in the sources checked.
- Claims that go past the evidence — found nothing in the sources checked.
- What changed on this page — found nothing in the sources checked.
The record as stored
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Everything above is built from what is below. This layer keeps the technical vocabulary, record identifiers and every stored row, so a reader who wants to check the page can.
Recorded evidence blocks (3)
1 registered trial of Meradimate — at which phase?
- Registered studies posting no result
- 1 of 1
1 registered study of Meradimate: 1 na. CLINICALTRIALS_SNAPSHOT · 2026-09-01
0 with a PubMed record
Show the evidence
- na1
- completed1
recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04
Which one trial of Meradimate posted no result?
- Posted no result
- 1 of 1 completed trials
- Registrations
- NCT05796635
- Completion dates
- oldest 2023-02-20
Show the evidence
- Trial NCT057966352023-02-20
At the median, Meradimate's trials enrolled 80 people — anything larger?
- Median enrolment
- 80
- Largest enrolment
- 80
- Registered trials counted
- 1
Where it is registered
Identifiers, relations and other names
The exact record
- UNII
- J9QGD60OUZ
- ChEMBL id
- CHEMBL1597075
- PubChem CID
- 8633
- CAS number
- 134-09-8
- RxCUI
- 91324
- InChIKey
- SOXAGEOHPCXXIO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Also called
- Menthyl anthranilate, Meradimato, ANTHRANILIC ACID, P-MENTH-3-YL ESTER, MENTHYL ANTHRANILATE [MI], MERADIMATE [MART.], MERADIMATE [USAN], MERADIMATE [USP MONOGRAPH], MERADIMATE [USP-RS], Meradimate [WHO-DD], meradimate [INN]
- Trade name
- Pro-Tect Sports Sunscreen, Herpecin L, Pro-Tect Sports Sunscreen Spf 20, Pro-Tect Sunscreen For Professionals, Principal Secret Reclaim Sunscreen For Face and Body Spf 30, Biocorneum, Pro-Tect Sports Sunscreen / Herpecin L / Pro-Tect Sports Sunscreen Spf 20 / Pro-Tect Sunscreen For Professionals / Principal Secret Reclaim Sunscreen For Face and Body Spf 30 / Biocorneum
Sources (2)
Sources
- CLINICALTRIALS_SNAPSHOT K1:J9QGD60OUZ ·
- Drugs@FDA K1:J9QGD60OUZ ·
ClinicalTrials.gov — US Government work · mixed register set; per-register licences in docs/specs/corpus-20k-sources.md
How these records are assembled · Which registers were checked
Index-quality checks
- identity passed: no open identity hold
- required summary fields resolved: 4 required field(s) not terminal: Why people use it, Best-supported result, Biggest unanswered question, Human evidence
- public claims reviewed: 0 reviewed claim(s); drafts are never rendered
- source coverage passed: 2 source rows
- no critical contamination: no quarantine open
- canonical metadata passed: slug and display name present
- no raw internal fields: enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page
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