Tirzepatide: indexed trial records
Records checked
Compiled and citation-checked by GLP-1 Receptor Agonists editorial desk
Qualified clinical review None on record
This page carries 12 of the 2,591 records the literature query returned for Tirzepatide, selected by citation count and preferring records that name the compound in their title. It is a selection, not a complete index.
Every row below resolves to a real identifier and names the study model the indexer assigned. The record class is read from the publication type on the record itself. Nothing here states what a record found.
At a glance
- Class
- Incretin receptor agonists
- Receptor targets as recorded
- GIP receptor, GLP-1 receptor
- Records indexed here
- 12
- Records returned by the query
- 2,591
- Publication years covered
- 2024–2025
- Query retrieved
- 2026-10-10
Shape of the indexed record set
| Record class | Records |
|---|---|
| Phase 3 | 7 |
| Phase 2 | 1 |
| Trial, no phase assigned | 3 |
| Not a registered trial record | 1 |
| Study model as assigned | Records |
|---|---|
| human trial | 10 |
| other | 2 |
Study model is the indexer’s own assignment, taken from the MeSH population headings and the publication type. It is not a judgement about how well a record was conducted.
Endpoint coverage
| Endpoint | Records for this compound | Records across all compounds in scope |
|---|---|---|
| Body weight and adiposity | 9 | 108 |
| Glycaemic control | 3 | 117 |
| Cardiovascular | 6 | 30 |
| Renal | 0 | 10 |
| Hepatic | 1 | 9 |
| Neurological | 0 | 18 |
Derived record-set tier
Human trial evidence
(INFERRED, derived from record counts)
Basis: 10 of 12 indexed records are interventional human trials by their own assigned publication type.
This label counts record types. It is not an assessment of clinical efficacy, of safety, of
study quality or of consensus, and it does not rank one compound above another.
What the corpus does not carry for this compound
- Identity fields with no source retrieved: uniprot_id, sequence.
- Reported half-life: no source retrieved, so the value reads Unknown.
- Amounts reported in the cited literature: no row recorded.
- Adverse effects reported in the cited literature: no row recorded.
- Long-form mechanism: not written, because no source was read in full.
- Records the query returned that this corpus does not carry: 2,579.
An absent row records the absence of a retrieved report, never the absence of the thing itself.
Application register
A query of the FDA Drugs@FDA application register on 2026-10-09 returned 2 application record(s) for this compound name (including NDA215866, NDA217806, marketed as MOUNJARO, MOUNJARO KWIKPEN, MOUNJARO (AUTOINJECTOR), ZEPBOUND, ZEPBOUND KWIKPEN, ZEPBOUND (AUTOINJECTOR)). Material supplied as a research chemical is not the subject of those applications and is not an FDA-approved product.[2]
Scope statement: this records the result of a single automated query against the openFDA drugsfda endpoint on the stated date. It is not legal advice and is not a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction legality assessment.
The records
Phase 3 — 7 records
| No. | Identifier | Year | Record | Model | Subject headings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pmid:39536238 | 2025 | Tirzepatide for Obesity Treatment and Diabetes Prevention The New England journal of medicine · Clinical Trial, Phase III, Multicenter Study | human trial | Humans; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Prediabetic State; Obesity; Disease Progression; Body Weight; Weight Loss |
| 3 | pmid:39555826 | 2025 | Tirzepatide for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Obesity The New England journal of medicine · Clinical Trial, Phase III, Multicenter Study | human trial | Humans; Cardiovascular Diseases; Obesity; Stroke Volume; Body Mass Index; Treatment Outcome; Follow-Up Studies; Double-Blind Method |
| 5 | pmid:39996356 | 2025 | Body composition changes during weight reduction with tirzepatide in the SURMOUNT-1 study of adults with obesity or overweight Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · Clinical Trial, Phase III, research-article | human trial | Humans; Obesity; Weight Loss; Anti-Obesity Agents; Absorptiometry, Photon; Body Mass Index; Treatment Outcome; Body Composition |
| 6 | pmid:40353578 | 2025 | Tirzepatide as Compared with Semaglutide for the Treatment of Obesity The New England journal of medicine · Clinical Trial, Phase III, Comparative Study | human trial | Humans; Obesity; Body Weight; Weight Loss; Anti-Obesity Agents; Treatment Outcome; Injections, Subcutaneous; Maximum Tolerated Dose |
| 7 | pmid:41406444 | 2025 | Cardiovascular Outcomes with Tirzepatide versus Dulaglutide in Type 2 Diabetes The New England journal of medicine · Clinical Trial, Phase III, Equivalence Trial | human trial | Humans; Cardiovascular Diseases; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Blood Glucose; Recombinant Fusion Proteins; Treatment Outcome; Injections, Subcutaneous; Double-Blind Method |
| 9 | pmid:38078870 | 2024 | Continued Treatment With Tirzepatide for Maintenance of Weight Reduction in Adults With Obesity: The SURMOUNT-4 Randomized Clinical Trial JAMA · Clinical Trial, Phase III, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | human trial | Humans; Obesity; Weight Loss; Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide; Anti-Obesity Agents; Treatment Outcome; Withholding Treatment; Injections, Subcutaneous |
| 11 | pmid:38912654 | 2024 | Tirzepatide for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity The New England journal of medicine · Clinical Trial, Phase III, research-article | human trial | Humans; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive; Obesity; Body Weight; Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide; C-Reactive Protein; Treatment Outcome; Severity of Illness Index |
Phase 2 — 1 record
| No. | Identifier | Year | Record | Model | Subject headings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | pmid:38856224 | 2024 | Tirzepatide for Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis with Liver Fibrosis The New England journal of medicine · Clinical Trial, Phase II, Multicenter Study | human trial | Liver; Humans; Fatty Liver; Liver Cirrhosis; Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide; Injections, Subcutaneous; Double-Blind Method; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug |
Trial, no phase assigned — 3 records
| No. | Identifier | Year | Record | Model | Subject headings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | pmid:39551891 | 2025 | Effects of tirzepatide on circulatory overload and end-organ damage in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and obesity: a secondary analysis of the SUMMIT trial Nature medicine · research-article, Randomized Controlled Trial | human trial | Humans; Obesity; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; Peptide Fragments; C-Reactive Protein; Stroke Volume; Blood Pressure; Aged |
| 4 | pmid:39566869 | 2025 | Tirzepatide Reduces LV Mass and Paracardiac Adipose Tissue in Obesity-Related Heart Failure: SUMMIT CMR Substudy Journal of the American College of Cardiology · Multicenter Study, Randomized Controlled Trial | human trial | Heart Ventricles; Adipose Tissue; Humans; Obesity; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; Stroke Volume; Double-Blind Method; Aged |
| 8 | pmid:37758044 | 2024 | Comparison of tirzepatide and dulaglutide on major adverse cardiovascular events in participants with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: SURPASS-CVOT design and baseline characteristics American heart journal · Clinical Trial Protocol, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | other | Humans; Cardiovascular Diseases; Myocardial Infarction; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Recombinant Fusion Proteins; Hypoglycemic Agents; Treatment Outcome; Double-Blind Method |
Not a registered trial record — 1 record
| No. | Identifier | Year | Record | Model | Subject headings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | pmid:38976257 | 2024 | Semaglutide vs Tirzepatide for Weight Loss in Adults With Overweight or Obesity JAMA internal medicine · Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | other | Humans; Obesity; Weight Loss; Anti-Obesity Agents; Retrospective Studies; Cohort Studies; Adult; Aged |
Where this page sits
Receptor targets
- GIP receptor: every compound in scope acting at it
- GLP-1 receptor: every compound in scope acting at it
Curated pairs
- Mazdutide and Tirzepatide, side by side
- Retatrutide and Tirzepatide, side by side
- Semaglutide and Tirzepatide, side by side
All compounds in scope: the trial index. Coverage by endpoint: the endpoint index.
Review status
- Review tier
- High impact
- State
- Pending qualified review
- Compiled by
- automated pipeline
- Qualified clinical review
- None on record
Why this tier was assigned
- the name carries 2 Drugs@FDA application record(s), so readers may conflate it with an approved medicine
- 10 indexed record(s) are interventional human trials
- the class covers weight-management and metabolic prescribing, the highest-risk consumer subject in this corpus
Checks the pipeline performed
- every cited source id resolves to a sources[] row on the entity
- every identifier is a well-formed PMID or DOI
- study model derived only from assigned MeSH headings and publication types
- banned-phrase lint over rendered HTML including title, meta, alt and JSON-LD
- unknown values render as the literal word Unknown
Checks the pipeline did not perform
- no full text was read
- no clinical appraisal of any study
- no assessment of whether the indexed set is representative of the literature
A high_impact profile with qualified_review null must not be published as indexable. Compilation and linting are not clinical validation.
Sources
- PubChem Compound Summary for CID 166567236, tirzepatide. PubChem, National Library of Medicine (2026). pubchem:166567236
- Drugs@FDA application register query for this compound, 2 application(s) returned: NDA215866, NDA217806. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA drugsfda endpoint (2026). fda:tirzepatide
- Efficacy and safety of a novel dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist tirzepatide in patients with type 2 diabetes (SURPASS-1): a double-blind, randomised, phase 3 trial. Lancet (2021). pmid:34186022
- Tirzepatide versus Semaglutide Once Weekly in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med (2021). pmid:34170647
- Tirzepatide Once Weekly for the Treatment of Obesity. N Engl J Med (2022). pmid:35658024
- Tirzepatide for Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis with Liver Fibrosis. N Engl J Med (2024). pmid:38856224
- Tirzepatide for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Obesity. N Engl J Med (2025). pmid:39555826