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Macupatide

Also called LY3532226.

Macupatide is an experimental weekly shot that acts on the GIP receptor, not GLP-1.

What matters first

Why people look it up
Researchers are studying it in people with type 2 diabetes and in separate obesity trials.
What the evidence shows
A study in people with type 2 diabetes found improved insulin sensitivity. The obesity study registries do not post results. Macupatide is not FDA approved.
Dose status
Macupatide is not FDA-approved, so no dosing label exists for it. The sections below explain what researchers tested and what remains unknown.

Medically reviewed by Kenneth Montecillo, MD2026-09-07open the primary sources

What is known about Macupatide

Macupatide is an experimental weekly shot that acts on the GIP receptor, not GLP-1. A 12-week study in 90 people with type 2 diabetes found improved insulin sensitivity. The study also measured body weight, but it was not a weight-management trial. Separate obesity studies are underway, and their registries do not post results. Macupatide is not FDA-approved.

Macupatide research and regulatory details: evidence quality, approval status, doses, handling, and presentation.
TopicValue
Strongest sourceHuman trial
FDA approvalNot FDA-approved
Studied dosing7.5–20 mg once weekly for 12 weeks in Phase 1b; dulaglutide was added from week 9 in this safety part — from clinical trials
Studied dosing20 mg once weekly for 12 weeks in the Phase 1b insulin-sensitivity comparison — from clinical trials
PresentationMacupatide has no approved vial or mixing instructions; its studies use prepared research injections.

Every row links back to a source listed below. These facts are for reference, not a personal recommendation.

What the evidence for Macupatide is

These numbers come from a study in people that was published in a peer-reviewed journal. The drug or dose may still be experimental and may not have FDA approval.

Human trial
What it establishes
The study gave known doses to a defined group, monitored what happened and compared the results with another group.
What it does not establish
One trial cannot prove long-term safety or show that the result applies to everyone. The highest dose tested is a study dose, not a target for personal use.

Read each result with the study length, dose and number of participants. Results from separate trials are not a direct comparison because the people and study designs differ.

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Published human trial

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Regulation
Not FDA-approvedNo US prescribing label
Dose source
Human study2 reported dose rows
Safety evidence
No safety findings listedAn empty list does not establish safety
Sources
8 cited sourcesMedical review complete · 2026-09-07
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Macupatide at a glance: published human trial, dosing basis, regulatory status, safety coverage, and cited-source count. These details summarize the available sources; they are not treatment recommendations.

Where Macupatide is in clinical trials

8 registered studies; the program has reached phase 2, and 3 are still enrolling.

The soonest a running study expects to finish measuring people is March 2027. That is when the sponsor expects to finish collecting the main measurement. It is not a results date, and not a date anything goes on sale.

  • Phase 2Recruiting

    A Study to Investigate Weight Management With Macupatide and Eloralintide, Alone or in Combination, in Adult Participants With Obesity or Overweight

    Eli Lilly and Company · Overweight, Obesity · 400 participants planned · started May 2026

    Main measurement due September 2027 (sponsor estimate)

    NCT07589608 on ClinicalTrials.gov

  • Phase 2Recruiting

    A Study of Macupatide (LY3532226) and Eloralintide (LY3841136), Alone or in Combination, in Adults With Obesity or Overweight and With Type 2 Diabetes

    Eli Lilly and Company · Obesity, Overweight · 200 participants planned · started October 2025

    Main measurement due March 2027 (sponsor estimate)

    NCT07215559 on ClinicalTrials.gov

  • Phase 2Recruiting

    A Master Protocol Study (LY900038) of Multiple Intervention-Specific-Appendices (ISAs) in Adult Participants With Obesity or Overweight

    Eli Lilly and Company · Obesity, Overweight · 1,481 participants planned · started November 2023

    Main measurement due September 2027 (sponsor estimate)

    NCT06143956 on ClinicalTrials.gov

A registered study means a sponsor filed a plan and started enrolling. It is not evidence the drug works, and most drugs tested in people never reach a pharmacy. Sponsors write and update these sources themselves; the National Library of Medicine publishes them without checking them.

ClinicalTrials.gov · retrieved 2026-09-27

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Regulatory status

Macupatide is investigational.

It has no approved product, prescribing schedule, retail price or availability date. The amounts below belong to a monitored Phase 1 study and are not instructions for personal use.

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What is still being tested, including macupatide

2505 registered studies across 34 compounds, read on 2026-09-27, with macupatide as one example

What the FDA has published on macupatide

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Why these macupatide sources were chosen

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Safety notes

  • The peer-reviewed Phase 1b study named reactions at the injection site and diarrhea as the most frequent adverse events
  • Study discontinuations due to treatment-emergent adverse events were uncommon, and the study reported no deaths
  • The selected published findings are not a complete side-effect profile
  • No FDA-approved product, prescribing schedule, price or availability date exists

Questions about Macupatide

Is Macupatide FDA-approved?

No. There is no prescribing label for it, so no approved dose exists — the regulatory status section above has the detail.

How is Macupatide taken?

By injection under the skin, once a week.

How does Macupatide differ from the other compounds in this class?

Macupatide has been studied in people, but it works through a different system from GLP-1 and amylin drugs. Its doses and results are not directly comparable with theirs.

What is not known about Macupatide?

One trial cannot prove long-term safety or show that the result applies to everyone. The highest dose tested is a study dose, not a target for personal use.

8primary sources, each with the day we read it — open the documents used on this page