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Triamcinolone Acetonide

  • 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 Triamcinolone Acetonide does in the body

XIPERE ® (triamcinolone acetonide injectable suspension) 40 mg/mL is indicated for the treatment of macular edema associated with uveitis.

From the FDA-approved label: Naturally occurring glucocorticoids (hydrocortisone and cortisone), which also have salt-retaining properties, are used as replacement therapy in adrenocortical deficiency states. Their synthetic analogs, such as prednisolone and triamcinolone are primarily used for their anti-inflammatory effects in disorders of many organ systems. Triamcinolone acetonide possesses glucocorticoid activity typical of this class of drug, but with little or no mineralocorticoid activity.

Why people take it. XIPERE ® (triamcinolone acetonide injectable suspension) 40 mg/mL is indicated for the treatment of macular edema associated with uveitis.

What happened in people

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

A fixed RNAWiki sentence

Where this came from

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

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

No source is stored against this line.

The limit that matters most

Not recorded.

Where it acts
Not recorded.
Kind of result
No result is published, so no kind of result applies yet
Supervision
Professional supervision is normally required. A regulator classifies this substance in a way that restricts how it is supplied.

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as chemical.

    FDA substance registry · F446C597KA · read 2026-08-29

  • Its recorded molecular formula is C24H31FO6Tr.

    US prescribing information · ea6ad429-967f-4f75-a33d-e06f849bee80 · read 2026-08-30

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 112 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.

Formulation

A formulation is the exact made-up form a substance comes in.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

It is like the difference between a whole bean and instant coffee.

Where that stops being true. Coffee tastes different. A formulation can change how much reaches the blood.

What people get wrong. Two products with the same name are assumed to behave the same. They often do not.

The specific composition and physical form of a product, including salt, excipients and release profile.

Receptor

A receptor is a part of a cell that a signal fits into.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A receptor is like a lock waiting for one key.

Where that stops being true. A lock either opens or does not. A receptor can be half-triggered, or worn out.

What people get wrong. Fitting a receptor is read as causing a benefit. It causes a step, and nothing more.

A protein that binds a specific ligand and converts that binding into a cellular response.

Pathway

A pathway is a chain of steps inside a cell, each one setting off the next.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A pathway is like a row of dominoes.

Where that stops being true. Dominoes fall one way. Pathways loop back and can switch themselves off.

What people get wrong. Changing one step is read as changing the outcome. Other steps often absorb it.

An ordered series of molecular interactions producing a defined cellular change.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What was measured, goal by goal

One row for each goal a registered study measured something for. One column for each kind of thing that could be measured.

Registered studies list 40 outcome measures that RNAWiki could read. A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. 0 of the matched studies tested this substance, and 0 posted a result.

There is no single score. A strong test result and a weak life result are different facts.

Goals down the side, kinds of measurement across the top. Each cell says what kind of thing was registered, not what was found.
GoalLife outcomeWhat a body can doHow a person feelsA test resultA step in the bodyHarmsHow longWho was studied
PainNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Waiting for a reviewer1 registered performance measure of this kind.Waiting for a reviewer7 registered symptom measure.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a test result for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
Which registered measures put each goal on this table
Pain
pain visual analogue scale; pain; pain intensity; shoulder pain and disability index; pain assessment; visual analog pain; pain assessed on the visual analogue scale; pain assessed on visual analog scale

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

What each mark on this table means
Nothing in the sources checked
No registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.
Waiting for a reviewer
1 registered performance measure of this kind.
Not recorded
Harms were not a registered measure for this goal.

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.

Main Study: Percentage of Participants Achieving at Least a 75% Reduction in Eczema Area and Severity Index Score (EASI 75) From Baseline at Week 16

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT03568318
How many people
1533
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. Topical

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

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

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Steroid Injections vs. Standard Treatment for Macular Edema Due to Retinal Blood Vessel Blockage

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00106132
How many people
1260
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. Topical

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

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

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Change in central subfield mean macular thickness as a measurement of efficacy

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT01774474
How many people
1127
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. Topical

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

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

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Lung Health Study II

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00000569
How many people
1116
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. Topical

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

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

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

NRS pain scores

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT07347067
How many people
1036
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 Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

NRS pain scores

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT07347730
How many people
1036
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 Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
What we know
RNAWiki holds 6 written-up human studies for this substance, each with the question it asked.
How we know it
Each card names the study, the number of people and what the study set out to measure.
What this does not prove
These summaries were written by a person and have not been signed off as reviewed claims.
Why it matters
A study that failed is as informative as one that worked, and both are here.
What we still do not know
No reviewed claim exists, so no exact population, effect size or interval is published yet.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How close this is to real life

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

  1. Living longer, or avoiding a major event Evidence recorded. Death, a heart attack, a stroke, a hospital stay.1 registered measure of this kind. No reviewed result.
  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.8 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.1 registered measure of this kind.
  6. A step measured inside a person Evidence recorded. Something measured in human tissue or human cells.A human record sits on the stored organism ladder.
  7. Animals Evidence recorded. Mice, rats, dogs. Useful for ideas, not proof about people.Stored records in Mouse. A result in animals says what to test next. It does not say what happens in people.
  8. Cells in a dish Evidence recorded. Cells or chemistry on a bench, far from a whole body.Stored mechanism abstracts describe steps measured in cells or tissue.
  9. A guess from software No evidence recorded. Nobody measured it. RNAWiki never publishes one as a finding.RNAWiki stores no prediction for this record. Software can suggest a link. RNAWiki does not publish one as a finding.

Higher on these steps means closer to something a person would feel. It does not mean better done.

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

Felt, measured, or meaningful

Three different things that get called the same word. Registered studies measured all three, and mixing them is how a blood test becomes a health claim.

Felt

Things a person could notice without a test.

  • pain visual analogue scale
  • pain
  • pain intensity
  • pain assessment
  • scores on the boston carpal tunnel questionnaire
  • visual analog pain
  • pain assessed on the visual analogue scale
  • pain assessed on visual analog scale

Measured

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

  • ocular inflammation

Meaningful

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

  • adverse events death and serious adverse events
  • shoulder pain and disability index

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 (29)
  • central macular thickness
  • visual acuity baseline to 2 years
  • distribution of change in visual acuity baseline to 2 years
  • visual acuity
  • central subfield macular thickness
  • intraocular pressure
  • best corrected visual acuity
  • time to first new flare
  • treatment success
  • disabilities of the arm shoulder and hand
  • keloid recurrence
  • womac
  • responders
  • quinnell classification
  • shoulder function as measured by the quickdash
  • visual analogue scale
  • intraoperative bleeding
  • visual analog scale
  • mayo elbow
  • veteran rand 36 item health survey

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.

  • Intramuscular Where oral therapy is not feasible, injectable corticosteroid therapy, including triamcinolone acetonide injectable suspension is indicated for intramuscular use as follows: Allergic states: Control of severe or incapacitating allergic conditions intractable to adequate trials of conventional treatment in asthma, atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis, drug hypersensitivity reactions, perennial or…

Who is missing from the studies

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

What the label states about particular groups

  • On pediatric, the label states: “Safety and effectiveness of XIPERE ® in pediatric patients have not been established.”

    US prescribing information · ea6ad429-967f-4f75-a33d-e06f849bee80 · read 2026-08-30

  • On older people, the label states: “No overall differences in safety or effectiveness have been observed between elderly and younger patients following XIPERE ® administration.”

    US prescribing information · ea6ad429-967f-4f75-a33d-e06f849bee80 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are pregnant, the label states: “Risk Summary There are no adequate and well-controlled studies with XIPERE ® in pregnant women to inform drug-associated risks.”

    US prescribing information · ea6ad429-967f-4f75-a33d-e06f849bee80 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are breastfeeding, the label states: “Risk Summary It is not known whether ocular administration of corticosteroids could result in sufficient systemic absorption to produce detectable quantities in human milk.”

    US prescribing information · ea6ad429-967f-4f75-a33d-e06f849bee80 · read 2026-08-30

Where the result stopped carrying

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

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

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

Why it might seem to do nothing

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

It was studied for a different goal

The studies measured something else entirely.

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

It was studied in different people

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

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

A different form was studied

The studied form is not the form on the shelf.

On this record: This record is linked to 1 related forms. Evidence does not carry across all of them.

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 (9)
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

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

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

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

Suppression classes recorded: S3.

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Sold as cream, lotion, ointment, injectable, given by the topical, injection, nasal 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.

Triamcinolone Acetonide appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 10 most-reported reaction terms, 1784 reaction mentions were counted. One report can name several reactions.

The recorded terms (10)
  • adrenal insufficiency — 257 reaction mentions
  • drug interaction — 252 reaction mentions
  • condition aggravated — 239 reaction mentions
  • cushing's syndrome — 222 reaction mentions
  • endophthalmitis — 154 reaction mentions
  • visual acuity reduced — 154 reaction mentions
  • synovitis — 130 reaction mentions
  • macular degeneration — 126 reaction mentions
  • obesity — 126 reaction mentions
  • intraocular pressure increased — 124 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

  • 333 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 297 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 72162-1832 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as aerosol, spray, cream, injection, powder, for suspension, extended release, injection, suspension, lotion and ointment, taken dental, intra-arterial, intra-articular and intralesional.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 72162-1832 · read 2026-08-29

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

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 72162-1832 · read 2026-08-29

  • 249 published labels name it as an active ingredient. 214 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.

    US prescribing information · b909659e-8dd5-4652-89f4-c4d6b741a855 · read 2026-08-29

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

    US prescribing information · b909659e-8dd5-4652-89f4-c4d6b741a855 · read 2026-08-29

  • Xipere is ophthalmic at 3 DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS Injectable suspension: triamcinolone acetonide 40 mg/mL suspension in a single-dose glass vial for use with the supplied SCS Microinjector ® ., recorded as fda label in effect 2025-10-08 in the United States.

    US prescribing information · ea6ad429-967f-4f75-a33d-e06f849bee80 · read 2026-08-30

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

Names and forms linked to this record

  • Ester of

    Triamcinolone

    Evidence on this page does not automatically apply to this one.

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

What you could measure

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

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

Questions worth asking

  • Which of the trials of Triamcinolone Acetonide 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 Triamcinolone Acetonide are recorded. Results from one form may not transfer to another.

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

What would answer it

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

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

Mechanism not reviewed

No reviewed mechanism story exists for this substance.

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

What would answer it

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

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

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Check any of this yourself

Every line above traced back to the study it came from. This is the technical layer, and the vocabulary changes here.

How many documents were read

  • 213 documents were read for this substance.

    RNAWiki source record

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

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Where else this substance is registered

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What did Triamcinolone Acetonide's largest trial (1260 people) and its longest (13 years) measure?


1260 people in Triamcinolone Acetonide's largest registered study, 13 years in its longest registered window, measuring Concentration of Triamcinolone Acetonide in Synovial Fluid. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

75 phase2, 70 na, 63 phase3, 60 phase4, 23 phase1, 6 na or unstated, 4 early phase1; NCT02025023; 2026-07. Last human test completed 2026, NCT06176248.

Interpretation These counts include studies where Triamcinolone Acetonide 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
    75
  • na
    70
  • phase3
    63
  • phase4
    60
  • phase1
    23
  • na or unstated
    6
2 more recorded rows
  • early phase1
    4
  • Last recorded human test NCT06176248
    2026-06-06

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

From mouse to human: where has Triamcinolone Acetonide shown biomarker?


mouse: mechanism-only and human: biomarker (276): the rungs where Triamcinolone Acetonide has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Interpretation Concentration of Triamcinolone Acetonide in Synovial Fluid — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans Drosophila Mouse mechanism-onlyRat Dog Non-human primate Human biomarker
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  • mouse
    mechanism-only
  • human NCT02003365
    biomarker; Concentration of Triamcinolone Acetonide in Synovial Fluid; 276

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

37 of Triamcinolone Acetonide's trials stopped: safety, futility/efficacy, accrual/recruitment, funding/business, other?


safety (2), futility/efficacy (5), accrual/recruitment (17), funding/business (2) and other (11): Triamcinolone Acetonide's stop wording, clustered. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

"patient's recruitment too difficult"; 37 of 276 registered studies

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Trial

  • NCT00344942
    terminated; "patient's recruitment too difficult"
  • NCT00588354
    terminated; "Targeted enrollment was not reached."
  • NCT00742846
    withdrawn; "No enrollment"
  • NCT00924508
    terminated; "Loss of Funding"
  • NCT01045694
    terminated; "Unable to acquire additional funding needed to continue this study."
  • NCT01095809
    terminated; "New intraocular steroid in the market. Recruitment no longer ethical."
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT01222871
    terminated; "not enough particpants"
  • NCT01688362
    terminated; "Did not meet target enrollment deadlines."
  • NCT01720056
    terminated; "Objective of study achieved after interim analysis."
  • NCT01898806
    terminated; "The PI left the Columbia University Medical Center. Study was not Completed."
  • NCT01978301
    terminated; "Temporary hold on recruitment during staff changes at the site"
  • NCT02120261
    terminated; "lack of activity, Primary researcher moved to another institution"
  • NCT02191748
    terminated; "Principal investigator made the decision to close study and not submit a renewal. Lack of fixed research personnel to carry out the study effectively."
  • NCT02399800
    terminated; "Low enrollment"
  • NCT02519738
    terminated; "enrollment difficulties"
  • NCT02592629
    terminated; "Lack of time to enroll due to additional responsibilities of the PI and research coordinator."
  • NCT02655523
    withdrawn; "lack of recruitment"
  • NCT02980874
    terminated; "Primary, 8-week efficacy endpoint not achieved. No additional benefit for subjects receiving a corticosteroid together with an intravitreal anti-VEGF agent."
  • NCT03166761
    terminated; "recruitment and staffing"
  • NCT03203447
    terminated; "The early termination is due to the results obtained from the sister study, SAPPHIRE (CLS1003-301), which did not meet the 8-week primary efficacy endpoint."

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

Human studies of Triamcinolone Acetonide used 1mg triamcinolone acetonide — over how long?


studies of Triamcinolone Acetonide used the recorded amount. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

20 recorded entries; human; also "1mg triamcinolone acetonide", "4mg triamcinolone acetonide", "40mg triamcinolone"

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human

  • NCT00367133
    1mg triamcinolone acetonide
  • NCT00367133
    4mg triamcinolone acetonide
  • NCT00369486
    40mg triamcinolone
  • NCT00369486
    20mg triamcinolone
  • NCT00369486
    40mg triamcinolone + laser
  • NCT00369486
    20mg triamcinolone + laser
14 more recorded rows
  • human NCT00484679
    Triamcinolone Acetonide 10 mg/mL (Kenalog-10)
  • human NCT00583271
    Kenalog 80mg
  • human NCT00924508
    Triamcinolone (TAC) 0.1% cream
  • human NCT01029652
    Triamcinolone acetonide 40 mg
  • human NCT01487200
    FX006 10 mg
  • human NCT01487200
    FX006 40 mg
  • human NCT01487200
    FX006 60 mg
  • human NCT01797432
    Intralesional Triamcinolone Acetonide 10 mg/mL (Kenalog-10)
  • human NCT01898806
    Intralesional Triamcinolone 2.5 mg/ml
  • human NCT01898806
    Intralesional Triamcinolone 5 mg/ml
  • human NCT01898806
    Intralesional Triamcinolone 10 mg/ml
  • human NCT01950793
    triamcinolone acetonide 10mg/mL (Shincort®, YSP, Taiwan)
  • human NCT02095197
    Triamcinolone 80mg
  • human NCT02116972
    FX006 32 mg

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

Which of adverse events, adverse events death and serious adverse events and bcva did Triamcinolone Acetonide's trials measure?


adverse events, adverse events death and serious adverse events and bcva lead 40 outcome terms across Triamcinolone Acetonide's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Interpretation visual acuity, pain visual analogue scale, ocular inflammation, central subfield macular thickness, intraocular pressure and best corrected visual acuity follow.

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  • central macular thickness
    1
  • visual acuity baseline to 2 years
    1
  • distribution of change in visual acuity baseline to 2 years
    1
  • visual acuity
    1
  • pain visual analogue scale
    1
  • ocular inflammation
    1
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  • central subfield macular thickness
    1
  • intraocular pressure
    1
  • best corrected visual acuity
    1
  • time to first new flare
    1
  • adverse events death and serious adverse events
    1
  • pain
    1
  • pain intensity
    1
  • treatment success
    1
  • shoulder pain and disability index
    1
  • disabilities of the arm shoulder and hand
    1
  • pain assessment
    1
  • keloid recurrence
    1
  • womac
    1
  • responders
    1

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

Which of Triamcinolone Acetonide's 30 ongoing trials reports first?


30 registered trials of Triamcinolone Acetonide are open; earliest completion 2025-01-31. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Incidence of adverse events; Change in Pain Intensity Measure (mm); latest 2030-03

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Trial

  • NCT04094298
    "Use of Extended Release Triamcinolone in the Treatment of Rotator Cuff Disease"; n 65; "Incidence of adverse events"; 2025-01-31
  • NCT04126824
    "Effect of Addition of Steroids on Duration of Analgesia"; n 28; "Change in Pain Intensity Measure (mm)"; 2027-08-02
  • NCT04207931
    "Treatment Results for Patients With Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA): a Multicenter Prospective Study"; n 250; "Central Scalp Alopecia Photographic Scale in African American Women"; 2027-03
  • NCT04469075
    "Clindamycin and Triamcinolone in People With Glioblastoma to Prevent Skin-Related Side Effects of Tumor Treating Fields"; n 48; "Number of patients without grade 2 or higher skin toxicity"; 2027-07
  • NCT04641351
    "Corticosteroid Meniscectomy Randomized Trial"; n 150; "Change in Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) from baseline and 3 months."; 2027-08-01
  • NCT04642352
    "Office-Based Superior Laryngeal Nerve Block for Treatment of Neurogenic Cough"; n 50; "Change in score on the Leicester Cough Questionnaire"; 2026-10
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT04744675
    "Peripheral Nerve Injections for CRPS"; n 50; "Recruitment"; 2025-06
  • NCT05331664
    "Dropless Pars Plana Vitrectomy Study"; n 168; "Mean anterior chamber cell"; 2027-01-30
  • NCT05535738
    "Using a Contact Dermatitis Model With Biologic Medications to Study Skin Inflammation"; n 45; "To collect and evaluate single-cell multiomics data (RNAseq, CITEseq, TCRseq)"; 2027-12-31
  • NCT05806021
    "The Efficacy of Intra-articular Triamcinolone Acetonide 5mg vs. 10 mg vs. 40 mg in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis"; n 327; "WOMAC Function"; 2026-02
  • NCT05906433
    "Optimal Anesthetic for Corticosteroid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis"; n 75; "Injection for Knee Pain"; 2025-12-01
  • NCT06327581
    "Combined Microneedling With Either 1% Lactic Acid Solution or Vitamin D3 or Triamcinolone Acetonide in The Treatment of Alopecia Areata"; n 88; "hair regrowth improvement assessed by SALT score and percaentage of hair growth"; 2026-12-30
  • NCT06401317
    "Corticosteroid Against Saline Injections for Thumb Osteoarthritis (CASITOA)"; n 40; "Rate of participant recruitment"; 2028-12-31
  • NCT06407180
    "Efficacy of Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Injections on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Operative Distal Radius Fractures"; n 58; "Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation Score"; 2026-12-31
  • NCT06641206
    "Intra-Articular Dexmedetomidine: A Treatment for Chronic Knee Pain"; n 70; "Proportion of patients reporting at least a 50% reduction in pain (measured by Numerical Rating Scale) post-intra-articular Injection."; 2025-03
  • NCT06748404
    "TriCalm Hydrogel® in the Treatment of Immunotherapy-Related Pruritus"; n 28; "To evaluate the efficacy of TriCalm Hydrogel® in reducing the severity of immunotherapy-related pruritus."; 2028-12
  • NCT06810752
    "Thyme Honey for Management of Oral Lichen Planus"; n 30; "VAS score assessement"; 2025-03
  • NCT06814288
    "The Effectiveness of Intralesional Botulinum Toxin A and Triamcinolone Acetonide Injections in Keloid Treatment"; n 20; "Japan Scar Workshop Scar Scale (JSS)"; 2025-03-01
  • NCT06935877
    "Additional Effect of Steroid on Hyaluronic Acid in Subdeltoid Bursitis"; n 60; "Shoulder Pain and Disability Index"; 2026-06-30
  • NCT07006168
    "Effects Of Intra-Operative Intra-Articular Cocktail Injection In Patella Open Reduction And Internal Fixation"; n 56; "Pain as measured by Numerical Patient Reported Scale (NRPS)"; 2027-07-31

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

Which 67 trials of Triamcinolone Acetonide posted no result?


Posted no result
67 of 67 completed trials
Registrations
NCT00000569, NCT00369863, NCT00373282, NCT00106132, NCT00005922 and NCT00105404, and 61 more
Completion dates
oldest 1999-05; newest 2024-06-30
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Trial

  • NCT00000569
    1999-05
  • NCT00369863
    2003-06
  • NCT00373282
    2003-06
  • NCT00106132
    2005-11
  • NCT00005922
    2006-07
  • NCT00105404
    2006-10-30
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT00100009
    2006-12-20
  • NCT00140803
    2007-01
  • NCT00071227
    2007-08-15
  • NCT00789971
    2008-04
  • NCT00101764
    2008-05-20
  • NCT00874744
    2008-10
  • NCT00908817
    2009-05
  • NCT00915837
    2009-05
  • NCT00309192
    2009-07
  • NCT00411333
    2009-07
  • NCT07702474
    2009-12-01
  • NCT01109446
    2011-10
  • NCT00583271
    2012-12
  • NCT02310295
    2012-12

At the median, Triamcinolone Acetonide's trials enrolled 51.5 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
51.5
Largest enrolment
1260
Registered trials counted
274

What do 1784 spontaneous reports say about Triamcinolone Acetonide — 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.

Triamcinolone Acetonide appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 10 most-reported reaction terms, 1784 reaction mentions were counted: adrenal insufficiency 257; drug interaction 252; condition aggravated 239; cushing's syndrome 222. open-targets-adr · CHEMBL1504 · 2026-06-24

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  • adrenal insufficiency
    257
  • drug interaction
    252
  • condition aggravated
    239
  • cushing's syndrome
    222
  • endophthalmitis
    154
  • visual acuity reduced
    154
4 more recorded rows
  • synovitis
    130
  • macular degeneration
    126
  • obesity
    126
  • intraocular pressure increased
    124

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

What is recorded about Triamcinolone Acetonide and autophagy?


"The system concurrently encapsulated curcumin (Cur), an autophagy activator, and triamcinolone acetonide (TA), synergistically inducing fibroblast apoptosis by upregulating autophagic activity. <i>In vitro</i> studies demonstrated that active MNs achieved efficient drug penetration within isolated scar tissue." — where Triamcinolone Acetonide and autophagy appear together. Europe PMC · pathway abstract search · 2025-05-21

autophagy; PMID 40698123, 34306337

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autophagy

  • PMID 40698123
    "The system concurrently encapsulated curcumin (Cur), an autophagy activator, and triamcinolone acetonide (TA), synergistically inducing fibroblast apoptosis by upregulating autophagic activity. <i>In vitro</i> studies demonstrated that active MNs achieved efficient drug penetration within isolated scar tissue."
  • PMID 34306337
    "The improvement of urethral fibrosis by TA combined with 5-FU treatment was blocked by miR-192-5p inhibitor. miR-192-5p mediated the improvement of urethral scar by triamcinolone acetonide combined with 5-FU by directly targeting ATG7, which is marker gene of autophagy."

recorded 2025-05-21 · last checked 2026-09-04

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The exact record

ChEMBL id
CHEMBL1504
PubChem CID
6436
CAS number
76-25-5
RxCUI
10761
InChIKey
YNDXUCZADRHECN-JNQJZLCISA-N

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Trade name
Adcortyl, Adcortyl in orabase, Allernaze, Aristocort, Aristocort a, Aristogel, Audicort, Aureocort, Azmacort, Extracort, Flutex, Ftorocort
Development code
FX-006, FX006, NSC-21916
Also called
Kenacourt
Salt form
Ledercort cream
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