Phase 2 dose-ranging trial
The NEJM-published phase 2 (n=338) established the weight-reduction signal (~17.5% at 24 weeks, higher at 48 weeks with continued dosing) and the tolerability pattern that shaped phase 3 designs.
TRIUMPH phase 3 program
The registrational obesity series testing retatrutide against placebo at scale, including a dedicated obesity + T2D trial. Enrollment is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, where primary results will post first.
Mechanistic literature
Preclinical triple-agonist work established the receptor profile and the glucagon-component hypotheses; the human mechanistic contribution is still being dissected from outcome data.
How to track it
ClinicalTrials.gov is the primary source (search "retatrutide"). Press releases and conference abstracts precede peer review; this catalog treats them as provisional.
References
- ClinicalTrials.gov — registered retatrutide studies. [source]
- Newman JC, et al. Retatrutide phase 2 results. N Engl J Med 2023 (see trial record for details). [source]
Evidence tier: Clinical-stage · Last reviewed: 2026-09-05 · Sources cited below.