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Starch, Corn

  • 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.

What Starch, Corn does in the body

gently absorbs excess moisture for soft, dry skin. helps protect against irritating friction, leaving your skin feeling cool and comfortable.

Why people take it. gently absorbs excess moisture for soft, dry skin. helps protect against irritating friction, leaving your skin feeling cool and comfortable.

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
RNAWiki has not recorded a supervision or regulatory status for this substance.

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as mixture.

    FDA substance registry · O8232NY3SJ · read 2026-08-29

  • The organism is Zea mays subsp. mays, a subspecies. It is also called indian corn, corn and maize.

    NCBI Taxonomy · 381124 · 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 53 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 25 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
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 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.
Healthy ageingWaiting for a reviewer1 registered study measure of this kind. No reviewed result yet.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.
FocusNothing 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.
SleepNothing 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.
PainNothing 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.
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.
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
Blood sugar
insulin resistance; glycated hemoglobin
Healthy ageing
mortality rate
Focus
cue reactivity as assessed by the attention bias task
Sleep
total sleep as assessed by the misfit shine device
Pain
visual analog scale pain
Recovery
muscle soreness
Cholesterol
fasting 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
2 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.

Change in body weight (%)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05176626
How many people
870
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.

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

Reduction of UTI cases

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05553652
How many people
720
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.

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

Lipid profile

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT02837367
How many people
600
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.

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

Average Total Sleep Time (TST) as Recorded Daily in the Sleep Diary During the 14-day In-treatment Period

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00482612
How many people
526
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.

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

Change from baseline in 15-items Geriatric Depression Scale

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT01853579
How many people
426
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.

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

Average Wake Time After Sleep Onset (WASO) During the In-Treatment Period

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00506389
How many people
419
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.

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

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How close this is to real life

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

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

  • questionnaire as a measure of life quality
  • craving as assessed by the brief substance craving scale
  • visual analog scale pain
  • dizziness handicap inventory

Measured

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

  • plasma level of p cresol sulfate
  • insulin resistance
  • c reactive protein
  • glycated hemoglobin
  • fasting triglycerides

Meaningful

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

  • mortality rate

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)
  • attentional bias as assessed by on the stroop task
  • beta cell function
  • roll tilt perception after exposure to hypogravity
  • yaw perceptual motion threshold
  • roll perceptual motion threshold
  • interaural perceptual motion threshold
  • manual control performance after exposure to hypogravity
  • time to first bowel movement
  • weight
  • effect on faecal microbiota composition using pyrosequencing
  • cue reactivity as assessed by the attention bias task
  • total sleep as assessed by the misfit shine device
  • ibs sss
  • muscle soreness
  • diffusivity

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

No description of who was studied is recorded.

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

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

No form or route is recorded.

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

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

Nothing is recorded about product quality.

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

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

The exact form studied is not recorded.

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. 2 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 51552-1123 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as powder and suspension, taken topical.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 51552-1123 · read 2026-08-29

  • 5 published labels name it as an active ingredient. 2 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.

    US prescribing information · d0e9bd13-b568-4f7e-b036-8d23e71ad8bf · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels are classed as human otc drug.

    US prescribing information · d0e9bd13-b568-4f7e-b036-8d23e71ad8bf · 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 Starch, Corn studied people like me?
  • What was measured, and for how long?
  • Was the result a laboratory value or a health outcome?
  • What would we watch for, and when would we stop?

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

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

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What nobody knows yet

Open questions, each with why it is open and what would close it.

How fast does the body clear it?

The sources RNAWiki checked hold nothing for this field.

Why it matters. Without this, nothing on this page can say how long anything lasts.

What would answer it

A stored source that records it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing populations

Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing long-term data

No completed tested study window is recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

No reviewed conclusion

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

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing interaction studies

No interaction was found in the registers checked. Not finding one is not the same as showing there is none.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Formulation uncertainty

Several salts, forms or products of Starch, Corn 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)
O8232NY3SJ
CAS registry number
9005-25-8
ChEMBL
CHEMBL2108052
RxNorm concept
1039062
EMA substance identifier
100000080121
DrugBank
DB11599

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

  • 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 20090707.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 51552-1123 · read 2026-08-29

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What to learn next

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

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

What is not here

6 questions this page could not answer

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

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

The record as stored

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Recorded evidence blocks (11)

What did Starch, Corn's largest trial (400 people) and its longest (5.8 years) measure?

400 people in Starch, Corn's largest registered study, 5.8 years in its longest registered window, measuring Mortality rate. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

15 phase2, 12 na, 5 phase3, 3 phase1, 3 phase4; NCT02051426; 2013-01; no ageing endpoint recorded. Last human test completed 2025, NCT06315699.

Interpretation These counts include studies where Starch, Corn was a comparison treatment, a background treatment or an exposure in an observational study, and the longest window may be a planned end date. Trial roles have not yet been classified for this record.

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  • phase2
    15
  • na
    12
  • phase3
    5
  • phase1
    3
  • phase4
    3
  • Last recorded human test NCT06315699
    2025-12-30

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

From mouse to human: where has Starch, Corn shown lifespan?

mouse: lifespan, rat: lifespan and human: lifespan (35): the rungs where Starch, Corn has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Interpretation Mortality rate — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans Drosophila Mouse lifespanRat lifespanDog Non-human primate Human lifespan
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  • mouse
    lifespan
  • rat
    lifespan
  • human NCT02108366
    lifespan; Mortality rate; 35

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

3 of Starch, Corn's trials stopped: futility/efficacy, other?

futility/efficacy (1) and other (2): Starch, Corn's stop wording, clustered. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

"lack of effect at interims analysis"; 3 of 35 registered studies

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Trial

  • NCT02510911
    terminated; "lack of effect at interims analysis"
  • NCT05482828
    terminated; "The Sponser doesn't fund any more"
  • NCT07343219
    suspended; "Finalising ethics approval before completing."

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

Human studies of Starch, Corn used corn starch (250 mg approx.) — over how long?

Human studies of Starch, Corn used "corn starch (250 mg approx.)". ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

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  • human NCT02510911
    corn starch (250 mg approx.)

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

Could one person measure Starch, Corn's effect on plasma level of p cresol sulfate?

Plasma level of p cresol sulfate: measured in Starch, Corn's trials.

Interpretation plasma level of p cresol sulfate is the recorded endpoint.

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biomarkers

  • plasma level of p cresol sulfate; 2026-09-01
  • attentional bias as assessed by on the stroop task; 2026-09-01
  • beta cell function; 2026-09-01
  • insulin resistance; 2026-09-01
  • mortality rate; 2026-09-01
  • roll tilt perception after exposure to hypogravity; 2026-09-01
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  • biomarkers
    yaw perceptual motion threshold; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    roll perceptual motion threshold; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    interaural perceptual motion threshold; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    manual control performance after exposure to hypogravity; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    time to first bowel movement; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    weight; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    questionnaire as a measure of life quality; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    c reactive protein; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    effect on faecal microbiota composition using pyrosequencing; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    craving as assessed by the brief substance craving scale; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    cue reactivity as assessed by the attention bias task; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    total sleep as assessed by the misfit shine device; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    visual analog scale pain; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    dizziness handicap inventory; 2026-09-01
  • human trials at or under30
    8
  • Not recorded for this substance
    a recorded half-life
  • smallest human trial
    18; NCT00730951; PHASE2; the smallest recorded human enrolment at or below 30; the registry states no direction of its result; COMPLETED

Which of attentional bias as assessed by on the stroop task, beta cell function and c reactive protein did Starch, Corn's trials measure?

attentional bias as assessed by on the stroop task, beta cell function and c reactive protein lead 25 outcome terms across Starch, Corn's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Interpretation insulin resistance, mortality rate, roll tilt perception after exposure to hypogravity, yaw perceptual motion threshold, roll perceptual motion threshold and interaural perceptual motion threshold follow.

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  • plasma level of p cresol sulfate
    1
  • attentional bias as assessed by on the stroop task
    1
  • beta cell function
    1
  • insulin resistance
    1
  • mortality rate
    1
  • roll tilt perception after exposure to hypogravity
    1
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  • yaw perceptual motion threshold
    1
  • roll perceptual motion threshold
    1
  • interaural perceptual motion threshold
    1
  • manual control performance after exposure to hypogravity
    1
  • time to first bowel movement
    1
  • weight
    1
  • questionnaire as a measure of life quality
    1
  • c reactive protein
    1
  • effect on faecal microbiota composition using pyrosequencing
    1
  • craving as assessed by the brief substance craving scale
    1
  • cue reactivity as assessed by the attention bias task
    1
  • total sleep as assessed by the misfit shine device
    1
  • visual analog scale pain
    1
  • dizziness handicap inventory
    1

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

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

1 registered trial of Starch, Corn is open; earliest completion 2026-12. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

The differences in efficacy(HAMD-17 score reduction rate ≥50%) between the two groups

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  • Trial NCT06692361
    "Assessment of the Efficacy and Safety of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder"; n 214; "The differences in efficacy(HAMD-17 score reduction rate ≥50%) between the two groups"; 2026-12

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

Which 13 trials of Starch, Corn posted no result?

Posted no result
13 of 13 completed trials
Registrations
NCT00730951, NCT01045395, NCT01413815, NCT02006394, NCT02516475 and NCT01186276, and 7 more
Completion dates
oldest 2008-03; newest 2019-11-30
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Trial

  • NCT00730951
    2008-03
  • NCT01045395
    2010-11
  • NCT01413815
    2012-09
  • NCT02006394
    2013-11
  • NCT02516475
    2015-06
  • NCT01186276
    2015-09
7 further recorded trials
  • NCT02720900
    2017-05
  • NCT02794922
    2017-07
  • NCT02108366
    2018-06
  • NCT02716350
    2018-07
  • NCT03824925
    2018-11-26
  • NCT03255603
    2018-12-22
  • NCT03083522
    2019-11-30

At the median, Starch, Corn's trials enrolled 50 people — anything larger?

Median enrolment
50
Largest enrolment
400
Registered trials counted
35

Was Starch, Corn studied with fasting and exercise?

fasting and exercise are named in Starch, Corn's label sentences: "A randomised double-blind cross-over fasting study assessing the tolerance and efficacy of Glycosade compared with cornstarch was performed across disease types and ages." openfda-label+europepmc · 2024-07-09

2 recorded statements; fasting, exercise

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  • fasting
    A randomised double-blind cross-over fasting study assessing the tolerance and efficacy of Glycosade compared with cornstarch was performed across disease types and ages.
  • exercise
    A placebo (1 g cornstarch) and <i>Cordyceps</i> (1 g <i>Cordyceps sinensis</i>) were administered before exercise (at 120% maximal aerobic power).

recorded 2024-07-09 · last checked 2026-09-04

What is recorded about Starch, Corn and IGF-1?

"They were separately administered corn starch dissolved in PBS; 40% alcohol (5 g/kg body weight) through stomach feeding every 12 h/time, three times in total; tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) (10 µg/kg) injected intraperitoneally 30 min before alcohol administration; wortmannin (1.4 mg/kg) 30 min before alcohol administration; IGF-1 (0.2…" — where Starch, Corn and IGF-1 appear together. Europe PMC · pathway abstract search · 2013-01-04

IGF-1; PMID 23292333

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  • IGF-1 PMID 23292333
    "They were separately administered corn starch dissolved in PBS; 40% alcohol (5 g/kg body weight) through stomach feeding every 12 h/time, three times in total; tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) (10 µg/kg) injected intraperitoneally 30 min before alcohol administration; wortmannin (1.4 mg/kg) 30 min before alcohol administration; IGF-1 (0.2 mg/kg) 30 min before alcohol administration; anti-TNFα (5…"

recorded 2013-01-04 · last checked 2026-09-04

Where it is registered
Identifiers, relations and other names

The exact record

ChEMBL id
CHEMBL2108052
CAS number
9005-25-8
RxCUI
1039062
Japanese name
Corn starch, Koi
Also called
Cornstarch, Corn starch, pregelatinized, Maize starch, National 78-1551, Pregelatinized corn starch 1551, Starch 1500, Starch 1500 pregelatinized, Starch 1551, Starch, maize, Starch maize pregelatinized, Starch, pregelatinized corn, Superstarch 200
Trade name
Starch, corn component of ntx-1 corn starch, Lotrimin Daily Sweat and Odor Control, Pure Cornstarch Baby, Lotrimin Daily Sweat and Odor Control / Pure Cornstarch Baby, Lycatab C
Sources (9)

Sources

  • ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrials.gov ·
  • ClinicalTrials.gov ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 snapshot 2026-09-01T09:00:05 ·
  • this record's own fields 2,3,5 ·
  • Europe PMC dose-response search ·
  • Europe PMC pathway abstract search ·
  • Europe PMC search ·
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ClinicalTrials.gov — US Government work · Europe PMC — metadata only, under the recorded legal gate · derived from this page's own recorded fields; no external licence · mixed register set; per-register licences in docs/specs/corpus-20k-sources.md · openFDA / DailyMed — US Government work

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  • source coverage passed: 9 source rows
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