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Survodutide

A synthetic acylated peptide and an agonist at two receptors: the glucagon receptor and the GLP-1 receptor. The pairing is different from the dual GIP/GLP-1 agonists in the same category here — glucagon rather than GIP is the second target.

Survodutide has 23 registered human studies on ClinicalTrials.gov, reaching phase 3, covering 12,628 planned or enrolled participants across the 23 studies that published a figure. No FDA-approved product contains Survodutide. 69 papers naming it were published in the last ten years.

Collected 2026-08-02 from ClinicalTrials.gov and Drugs@FDA. Counts include only trials whose registered intervention names Survodutide; the registry search is fuzzy, so every match is re-checked. None of this says whether Survodutide works or is safe.

FDA status

Research only

Human studies

23

Furthest phase

Phase 3

Papers, 10 yr

69

Readership

1,155

monthly average, Feb–Jul 2026

Tracking since 2026-07-29 · About this data

What has actually been tested in humans

B

Reached phase 3 or 4, not approved

23

Registered human studies

Phase 3

Furthest phase reached

12,628

Planned or enrolled participants, across 23 studies that published a figure

None

No FDA-approved product contains it

24 loose registry matches were checked and 23 confirmed — 1 named something else and were discarded. We count a study only when Survodutide is named as an intervention in it.

Registered means registered — not that the study finished, and not that it found anything. The grade is mechanical: it is computed from the registry and the FDA record alone, and it grades how much is known, never whether a compound is good or safe. Collected 2026-08-02 from ClinicalTrials.gov and Drugs@FDA. Check the query.

What Survodutide is, and what it has been studied for

Survodutide is classified by ChEMBL as a protein, and appears in trial registrations under BI 456906 and BI-456906. Its FDA substance identifier is 2ALA66NS64.

Across 23 registered trials, it has been studied in Obesity, Healthy, Overweight and Non-Alcoholic SteatoHepatitis (NASH). A condition here is what a sponsor registered the trial under — it records what was investigated, not what was shown.

The trials were run by Boehringer Ingelheim and University Medical Center Groningen. A named commercial sponsor means a compound is in formal development; its absence does not mean the opposite, only that no company has registered a trial under its own name.

How far it got

Survodutide reached Phase 3 across 23 registered trials.Phase 1First given to peoplePhase 2Looking for an effectPhase 3Tested at scalePhase 4Studied after approval

Survodutide reached Phase 3 across 23 registered trials.

No FDA-approved product contains Survodutide. A compound can stop at any rung for commercial reasons as easily as scientific ones, and the registry does not record which.

Is anyone studying Survodutide?

Papers published each year that name Survodutide in the title or abstract, with the clinical trials that started in the same year marked beneath. Ten calendar years.

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Vertical axis: papers published that year. Bar for 2026 is hatched because that year is still running.
Publications and trials naming Survodutide, by year
YearPublicationsTrials startedComplete year
201700Yes
201800Yes
201900Yes
202000Yes
202102Yes
202201Yes
202324Yes
20242110Yes
2025354Yes
2026252No

69 papers and 23 registered trials between 2017 and 2026. A paper counts when “Survodutide” appears in its title or abstract — phrase-matched, so a paper mentioning the words separately is not counted. The total is a single query over the whole window, which is why it does not equal the bars added together: PubMed files a paper under both its electronic and its print publication date, so one paper can appear in two years. Publication volume measures scientific attention, not whether a compound works: a well-studied compound can be well-studied and ineffective. Sources: PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov · collected 2026-08-02.

Published research on Survodutide

69 indexed papers name Survodutide in their title or abstract. These are the 8 PubMed ranks most relevant. Listing a paper is not a judgement about it, and none of these is summarised here — follow the link and read what it says.

  1. A Phase 2 Randomized Trial of Survodutide in MASH and Fibrosis

    Sanyal AJ, Bedossa P, Fraessdorf M, et al.The New England journal of medicine2024

    PMID 3884746010.1056/NEJMoa2401755

  2. Efficacy and Safety of GLP-1 Medicines for Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity

    Drucker DJDiabetes care2024

    PMID 3884346010.2337/dci24-0003

  3. Glucagon and GLP-1 receptor dual agonist survodutide for obesity: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-finding phase 2 trial

    le Roux CW, Steen O, Lucas KJ, et al.The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology2024

    PMID 3833098710.1016/S2213-8587(23)00356-X

  4. Emerging pharmacotherapies for obesity: A systematic review

    Kokkorakis M, Chakhtoura M, Rhayem C, et al.Pharmacological reviews2025

    PMID 3995269510.1124/pharmrev.123.001045

  5. Dose-response effects on HbA(1c) and bodyweight reduction of survodutide, a dual glucagon/GLP-1 receptor agonist, compared with placebo and open-label semaglutide in people with type 2 diabetes: a randomised clinical trial

    Blüher M, Rosenstock J, Hoefler J, et al.Diabetologia2024

    PMID 3809565710.1007/s00125-023-06053-9

  6. Efficacy, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of survodutide, a glucagon/glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor dual agonist, in cirrhosis

    Lawitz EJ, Fraessdorf M, Neff GW, et al.Journal of hepatology2024

    PMID 3885778810.1016/j.jhep.2024.06.003

  7. Weight management treatment in obesity

    Rubio-Herrera MA, Mera-Carreiro SMedicina clinica2025

    PMID 4086517210.1016/j.medcli.2025.107152

  8. The impact of weight loss on fat-free mass, muscle, bone and hematopoiesis health: Implications for emerging pharmacotherapies aiming at fat reduction and lean mass preservation

    Stefanakis K, Kokkorakis M, Mantzoros CSMetabolism: clinical and experimental2024

    PMID 3948153410.1016/j.metabol.2024.156057

Collected 2026-08-02from PubMed, phrase-matched on “Survodutide” in title and abstract. Run the same search.

About Survodutide

A synthetic acylated peptide and an agonist at two receptors: the glucagon receptor and the GLP-1 receptor. The pairing is different from the dual GIP/GLP-1 agonists in the same category here — glucagon rather than GIP is the second target.

Also known as
BI 456906

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