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Oatmeal

  • Dietary supplement
  • Prescription only
  • Identity checked
  • Sources last checked 2026-09-04

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

What Oatmeal does in the body

temporarily protects and helps relieve minor skin irritation and itching due to: rashes eczema

Why people take it. temporarily protects and helps relieve minor skin irritation and itching due to: rashes eczema

What happened in people

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

A fixed RNAWiki sentence

Where this came from

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

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

No source is stored against this line.

The limit that matters most

Not recorded.

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

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as structurallydiverse.

    FDA substance registry · 8PI54V663Y · read 2026-08-29

  • It is recorded as coming from AVENA SATIVA WHOLE. The part recorded is fruit.

    FDA substance registry · 8PI54V663Y · read 2026-08-29

  • The supplement label database classes it as botanical, under the name Oats.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 159 · read 2026-08-29

Where each sentence above came from

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

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

No statement of the main limit is recorded.

The four opening statements run to 41 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 22 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
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 moved1 registered test measure.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
Blood sugarNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Only a number moved1 registered test measure.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
CholesterolNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Only a number moved1 registered test measure.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
Which registered measures put each goal on this table
Body weight
body weight
Blood sugar
blood glucose
Cholesterol
changes in levels of circulating triglycerides

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

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

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What happened in people

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

Quality of Bowel Preparation

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT02621658
How many people
1000
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. Topical

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
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Functional Constipation (FC) Participants: Change From Baseline in 12-week SBM (Spontaneous Bowel Movement) Frequency Rate (SBMs/Week) During the Study Intervention Period

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT04026113
How many people
438
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. Topical

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
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

HgbA1c

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05228860
How many people
360
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. Topical

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
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Total effective rate

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT03320538
How many people
360
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. Topical

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
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Single-meal intake

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT01141140
How many people
355
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. Topical

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
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Clinical safety through serological markers of coeliac disease and intestinal wall integrity, clinical and bioumoral parameters of nutrition status, frequency and clinical type of dyspeptic disorders or other adverse reactions.

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00808301
How many people
300
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. Topical

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

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How close this is to real life

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

  1. Living longer, or avoiding a major event No evidence recorded. Death, a heart attack, a stroke, a hospital stay.No registered study measures this.
  2. What a body can do day to day Evidence recorded. Walking, dressing, breathing, recovering.1 registered measure of this kind.
  3. Measured performance Evidence recorded. How much was lifted, how far was run, how fast.1 registered measure of this kind.
  4. Symptoms and quality of life Evidence recorded. Pain, tiredness, mood, sleep, as the person rated it.2 registered measures of this kind.
  5. A number that stands in for health Evidence recorded. Cholesterol, blood sugar, bone density. A stand-in, not the thing itself.4 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. 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.

  • client satisfaction questionnaire
  • daily symptom self report completed

Measured

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

  • body weight
  • blood glucose
  • changes in levels of circulating triglycerides
  • heart rate

Meaningful

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

  • disability

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 (15)
  • investigator global assessment
  • overall number of line related infections
  • repigmentation of pa lesions measured by colorimetry
  • melanin index
  • preterm infant skin microbiome
  • corrects scale
  • napsi
  • site adoption
  • improved palliative care access
  • fidelity
  • penetration
  • recruitment rate
  • retention rate
  • incidence of treatment related adverse events
  • incidence of re operation

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.

  • Directions *Wash affected area and dry thoroughly Apply twice daily (morning and night) over the affected area, or as directed by a physician. Use daily for 4 weeks, pay special attention to the spaces between the toes; wear well-fitting ventilated shoes, and change shoes and socks at least once daily.

Who is missing from the studies

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

Where the result stopped carrying

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

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

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

Why it might seem to do nothing

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

It was studied for a different goal

The studies measured something else entirely.

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

It was studied in different people

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

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

The evidence may simply be wrong

Small early studies often do not hold up.

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

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

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

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

What taking it involves

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

How it is supplied

Prescription only

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

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

Read from the recorded approval status.

No source is stored against this line.

Form and route

Topical

Source-linked record

Where this came from

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

The form and route recorded on this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

Who oversees it

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

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

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

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

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Sold as cream, gel, chewable gel, lotion, given by the topical, cutaneous, oral route.

Source-linked record

Where this came from

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

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

No source is stored against this line.

Where it is registered

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

Counted from records

Where this came from

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

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

No source is stored against this line.

Why people stop

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

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

No source is stored against this line.

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

What can go wrong

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

Nothing found in the sources checked

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

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

Reports sent to a regulator

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

Oatmeal appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 2 most-reported reaction terms, 5 reaction mentions were counted. One report can name several reactions.

The recorded terms (2)
  • drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms — 4 reaction mentions
  • silicon granuloma — 1 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

Topical

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

  • 243 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 234 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 71570-001 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as aerosol, foam, chewable gel, cloth, cream, emulsion and gel, taken cutaneous, oral and topical.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 71570-001 · read 2026-08-29

  • The regulator's established pharmacologic class for it is allergens [cs], cell-mediated immunity [pe] and dietary proteins [cs].

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 71570-001 · read 2026-08-29

  • 240 published labels name it as an active ingredient. 231 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.

    US prescribing information · 2d813455-c268-4c6d-9952-eaf0e0007d90 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels are classed as human otc drug.

    US prescribing information · 2d813455-c268-4c6d-9952-eaf0e0007d90 · read 2026-08-29

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

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 25583 · 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 · 25583 · read 2026-08-29

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

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

What you could measure

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

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

Questions worth asking

  • Which of the trials of Oatmeal 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.

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 Oatmeal 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)
8PI54V663Y
RxNorm concept
240651

Checks this page had to pass

  • Passed

    Identity resolved

    no open identity hold

  • Passed

    No unresolved merge across substance families

    no quarantine open

  • Passed

    Every public sentence names a source

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

  • Not passed

    Trial roles classified for highlighted evidence

    No registered study is classified as testing this substance.

  • Passed

    No internal keys in reader text

    enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page

  • Passed

    Safety mode resolved

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

  • Passed

    Canonical metadata present

    slug and display name present

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How this medicine reached us

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

What the approval register records

  • The earliest marketing start date recorded for a listed product is 20100601.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 71570-001 · read 2026-08-29

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What to learn next

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

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

What is not here

6 questions this page could not answer

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

  • The path through the body — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • How long anything takes — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What it may clash with — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Other ways to the same goal — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Claims that go past the evidence — found nothing in the sources checked.
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What did Oatmeal's largest trial (600 people) and its longest (5.5 years) measure?


600 people in Oatmeal's largest registered study, 5.5 years in its longest registered window, measuring Change in Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI)Scores According to Location. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

21 na, 9 phase2, 7 phase4, 4 phase3, 3 phase1, 2 early phase1; NCT00179959; 2011-03. Last human test completed 2026, NCT06750653.

Interpretation These counts include studies where Oatmeal 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
    21
  • phase2
    9
  • phase4
    7
  • phase3
    4
  • phase1
    3
  • early phase1
    2
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  • Last recorded human test NCT06750653
    2026-04-02

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

From mouse to human: where has Oatmeal shown mechanism-only?


mouse: mechanism-only and human: mechanism-only (43): the rungs where Oatmeal has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Interpretation Change in Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI)Scores According to Location — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans Drosophila Mouse mechanism-onlyRat Dog Non-human primate Human mechanism-only
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  • mouse
    mechanism-only
  • human NCT00179959
    mechanism-only; Change in Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI)Scores According to Location; 43

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

3 of Oatmeal's trials stopped: futility/efficacy, funding/business?


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

"Change of practice to antibiotic impregnated catheters and large study published showing their efficacy. Made topical antibiotics obselete."; 3 of 43 registered studies

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Trial

  • NCT00990392
    withdrawn; "Change of practice to antibiotic impregnated catheters and large study published showing their efficacy. Made topical antibiotics obselete."
  • NCT04329221
    withdrawn; "The study was withdrawn due to lack of financial support."
  • NCT04642287
    withdrawn; "The study was withdrawn due to lack of financial support."

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

Could one person measure Oatmeal's effect on investigator global assessment?


Investigator global assessment: measured in Oatmeal's trials.

Interpretation investigator global assessment is the recorded endpoint.

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biomarkers

  • investigator global assessment; 2026-09-01
  • overall number of line related infections; 2026-09-01
  • repigmentation of pa lesions measured by colorimetry; 2026-09-01
  • melanin index; 2026-09-01
  • preterm infant skin microbiome; 2026-09-01
  • corrects scale; 2026-09-01
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  • biomarkers
    body weight; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    blood glucose; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    changes in levels of circulating triglycerides; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    client satisfaction questionnaire; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    disability; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    napsi; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    daily symptom self report completed; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    site adoption; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    improved palliative care access; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    fidelity; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    penetration; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    heart rate; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    recruitment rate; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    retention rate; 2026-09-01
  • human trials at or under30
    16
  • Not recorded for this substance
    a recorded half-life
  • smallest human trial
    0; NCT00990392; NA; the smallest recorded human enrolment at or below 30; the registry states no direction of its result; WITHDRAWN

Which of blood glucose, body weight and changes in levels of circulating triglycerides did Oatmeal's trials measure?


blood glucose, body weight and changes in levels of circulating triglycerides lead 22 outcome terms across Oatmeal's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Interpretation melanin index, preterm infant skin microbiome, corrects scale, body weight, blood glucose and changes in levels of circulating triglycerides follow.

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  • investigator global assessment
    1
  • overall number of line related infections
    1
  • repigmentation of pa lesions measured by colorimetry
    1
  • melanin index
    1
  • preterm infant skin microbiome
    1
  • corrects scale
    1
14 more recorded rows
  • body weight
    1
  • blood glucose
    1
  • changes in levels of circulating triglycerides
    1
  • client satisfaction questionnaire
    1
  • disability
    1
  • napsi
    1
  • daily symptom self report completed
    1
  • site adoption
    1
  • improved palliative care access
    1
  • fidelity
    1
  • penetration
    1
  • heart rate
    1
  • recruitment rate
    1
  • retention rate
    1

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

What will the one ongoing trial of Oatmeal report, and when?


1 registered trial of Oatmeal is open; earliest completion 2027-12-31. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Interpretation Recruitment Rate

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  • Trial NCT07408960
    "CO2Lift and T-Junction Breakdown Rates Evaluation After Breast Reduction Surgery Pilot Trial"; n 10; "Recruitment Rate"; 2027-12-31

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

Which 22 trials of Oatmeal posted no result?


Posted no result
22 of 22 completed trials
Registrations
NCT02035150, NCT01512017, NCT01078428, NCT01388517, NCT02101632 and NCT01847053, and 16 more
Completion dates
oldest 2002-12; newest 2023-09-22
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Trial

  • NCT02035150
    2002-12
  • NCT01512017
    2010-05
  • NCT01078428
    2010-06
  • NCT01388517
    2011-01
  • NCT02101632
    2014-03
  • NCT01847053
    2014-04
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT02019355
    2015-03
  • NCT03134079
    2015-11-20
  • NCT02616159
    2016-01
  • NCT02575131
    2016-07
  • NCT02818452
    2016-08
  • NCT03165773
    2016-08
  • NCT02651597
    2016-12-10
  • NCT02801305
    2017-03
  • NCT02836106
    2017-04
  • NCT03946826
    2017-08-01
  • NCT03095872
    2018-02-05
  • NCT03279328
    2018-07-31
  • NCT03781349
    2019-12
  • NCT03447925
    2020-01-01

At the median, Oatmeal's trials enrolled 38 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
38
Largest enrolment
600
Registered trials counted
43

What do 5 spontaneous reports say about Oatmeal — 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.

Oatmeal appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 2 most-reported reaction terms, 5 reaction mentions were counted: drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms 4; silicon granuloma 1. open-targets-adr · CHEMBL2109173 · 2026-06-24

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  • drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms
    4
  • silicon granuloma
    1

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

What is recorded about Oatmeal and sirtuin?


"To address this, a tetrahedral DNA functionalized with saRNA targeting SIRT1 activation is engineered, termed TSA." — where Oatmeal and sirtuin appear together. Europe PMC · pathway abstract search · 2026-08-04

sirtuin, autophagy, mTOR, AMPK, NAD+; PMID 41276935, 34922208, 42547502, 35895511

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  • sirtuin PMID 41276935
    "To address this, a tetrahedral DNA functionalized with saRNA targeting SIRT1 activation is engineered, termed TSA."
  • autophagy PMID 34922208
    "saRNA mediated NIS mRNA and protein upregulated in SW579 cells. saRNA-mediated NIS expression inhibited cell proliferation, induced apoptosis and autophagy, and promoted iodide uptake in SW579 cells."
  • mTOR PMID 34922208
    "saRNA-mediated NIS expression acted as a critical role in increasing iodide uptake via AMPK/mTOR pathway in thyroid cancer."
  • AMPK PMID 34922208
    "saRNA-mediated NIS expression acted as a critical role in increasing iodide uptake via AMPK/mTOR pathway in thyroid cancer."
  • autophagy PMID 42547502
    "We show that β-cell-targeted aptamer-VEGF-A small activating RNA (saRNA) chimeras selectively induce robust VEGF-A expression in mouse and human islets independently of hypoxia- or nutrient-stress pathways, without activating autophagy or stress-responsive genes."
  • NAD+
    "The Cepeda Framework integrates five regulatory principles — (I) stoichiometric 3:2:1 OCT4:SOX2:KLF4 polycistronic m1Ψ-saRNA; (II) 72-hour intrinsic saRNA pulse; (III) LEAD-7294 dual-miRNA logic gate (kill-switch + Let-7/L7Ae/Kt activation gate); (IV) NRF2/NAD + /paracrine microenvironmental co-treatment; (V) Genesis-TERT-01 transient hTERT telomere restoration — with five companion protocols…"
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  • sirtuin PMID 35895511
    "In this study, we investigate the therapeutic potential of activating SIRT1 using small activating RNAs (saRNA), thereby reducing inflammatory-like responses and re-establishing normal lipid metabolism."

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

Where it is registered
Identifiers, relations and other names

The exact record

ChEMBL id
CHEMBL2109173
CAS number
134134-86-4
RxCUI
221082
Also called
OATMEAL, COLLOIDAL, Avena sativa grain hulled, Avena sativa groats, Avena sativa (oat) kernel flour, Avena sativa (oat) kernel meal, Colloidal oatmeal, Oat flour, Oat grain hulled, Oat kernel flour, Oat kernel meal, Oatmeal powder, Tech-o 12-000
Trade name
Eczema, Baby Eczema Therapy, Aveeno Baby Eczema Therapy Moisturizing, Dove, EczemaHoneyBodyLotion, Neurexa, Porphose, Relief, Sarna, Superbalm, Vaseline, All Over
Salt form
Gold Bond Eczema Relief Medicated Hand Cream, Gold Bond Eczema Relief Medicated Skin Protectant Cream, Eczema Cream, Whipped Gel, Eczema Relief Cream, Honest Eczema Cream, iShancare Anti-itch Cream, iShancare Folliculitis Cream, iShanCare Mens Cream, LMNOOP Antifungal Cream, LMNOOP Feminine Cream, LMNOOP Psoriasis Cream
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