Research
Study index
Every study PepIndex has recorded, stored once and referenced from wherever it is relevant. Each carries its evidence type, the model it used, its sample size where reported, and what it found — including null results, which are recorded rather than quietly dropped. Each has a permalink, so a study can be cited without being retyped.
- Studies indexed
- 102
- Human evidence
- 97
- Preclinical only
- 5
| Study | Evidence type | Compounds | Model | n | What it reported | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Published reports concerning melanotan II obtained outside licensed supplyPubMed listing | Case report | Melanotan II | Not recorded | — | Placeholder seed record. The listed literature includes case reports concerning material obtained outside a licensed medical context. Case reports describe individual occurrences and cannot establish incidence, causation or population-level risk. | Listing |
| Effects of DSIP on narcolepsyEuropean neurology · 1984 | Case report | DSIP | Not recorded | — | Repeated injections of delta sleep-inducing peptide (DSIP) were given to a 35-year-old male narcoleptic. Effects on wakefulness and sleep were evaluated by self-reports, performance tests, multiple sleep latency test and all-night polysomnography. DSIP reduced the frequency of sleep attacks and increased activity, alertness and performance during day-time. The sleep period was compressed by DSIP with enhancement of REM sleep. The results suggest that the effects are due to an… | PMID 6548968 |
| Melanotan-induced priapism: a hard-earned tanBMJ case reports · 2019 | Case report | Melanotan II | Not recorded | — | Melanocortin analogues, such as melanotan, are illegally used for artificial tanning. They have also been suggested as possible therapeutic agents in the treatment of erectile dysfunction. This case study presents a patient attending the accident and emergency department, in a tertiary urology centre, with acute priapism after abdominal subcutaneous injection of melanotan. The priapism was diagnosed as 'low-flow' and managed with cavernosal aspiration, irrigation and subseque… | PMID 30796078 |
| Melanotan-associated melanomaThe British journal of dermatology · 2011 | Case report | Melanotan II | Not recorded | — | A case report published in The British journal of dermatology (2011). Reported outcomes are described in the linked publication; PepIndex does not summarise clinical significance. | PMID 21564053 |
| Melanotan II: a possible cause of renal infarction: review of the literature and case reportCEN case reports · 2020 | Case report | Melanotan II | Not recorded | — | Renal infarction is an uncommon condition resulting from an acute disruption of renal blood flow and it is potentially life-threatening disease. The cause and outcome of renal infarction is not well established and is frequently misdiagnosed or diagnosed late. Melanotan II is a non-selective melanocortin-receptor agonist and its effect on humans is an increasing of skin pigmentation, producing of spontaneous penile erection and sexual stimulation. Melanotan II inducing rhabdo… | PMID 31953620 |
| Anterior cervical osteophyte-related dysphagia in a long-term growth hormone user: a case reportFrontiers in surgery · 2026 | Case report | Sermorelin | Not recorded | — | Anterior cervical osteophytes can compress the esophagus, producing dysphagia. Although common on imaging in older adults, symptomatic osteophytic dysphagia is underdiagnosed, and the role of systemic anabolic factors in osteophyte growth is poorly characterized. A 62-year-old male ex-military recreational bodybuilder presented with cervicalgia and left shoulder pain. Cervical radiographs and MRI demonstrated multilevel degenerative changes including a prominent anterior oste… | PMID 42465868 |
| Malignant thymoma associated with T-cell lymphocytosis. A case report with immunophenotypic and gene rearrangement analysisArchives of pathology & laboratory medicine · 1993 | Case report | TB-500 | Not recorded | — | Patients with malignant thymoma rarely may also have a peripheral T-cell lymphocytosis. "Lymphocyte spillover" from the thymus into the peripheral blood as well as a second, associated neoplasm (ie, T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia) are two hypotheses that have been proposed to explain this clinical phenomenon. We describe another patient with a lymphocyte-rich malignant thymoma associated with peripheral T-cell lymphocytosis. At the time of initial diagnosis, the patient'… | PMID 8382915 |
| Approach to the Patient With LipodystrophyThe Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2022 | Case report | Tesamorelin | Not recorded | — | Lipodystrophy constitutes a spectrum of diseases characterized by a generalized or partial absence of adipose tissue. Underscoring the role of healthy fat in maintenance of metabolic homeostasis, fat deficiency in lipodystrophy typically leads to profound metabolic disturbances including insulin resistance, hypertriglyceridemia, and ectopic fat accumulation. While rare, recent genetic studies indicate that lipodystrophy is more prevalent than has been previously thought, sugg… | PMID 35137140 |
| Brief Report: Rapid Clinical Recovery From Critical Coronavirus Disease 2019 With Respiratory Failure in a Pregnant Patient Treated With IV Vasoactive Intestinal PeptideCritical care explorations · 2022 | Case report | VIP | Not recorded | — | Aviptadil, a synthetic form of human vasoactive intestinal peptide, has entered clinical trials to treat critical coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia with respiratory failure. Vasoactive intestinal peptide protects the lung against a broad array of injuries by binding to the vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor 1 receptor of alveolar type II cells, the cells that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 binds to. As the role of Aviptadil in treating pregnant patients … | PMID 35018346 |