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Retatrutide with Survodutide
Mechanism-tag overlap and published literature for Retatrutide and Survodutide, pulled verbatim from each Kalios compound profile. Kalios is a literature reference, not a recommendation.
Mechanism overlap
Mechanism tags are verbatim labels on each compound's profile. Generic tags ("peptide", "small-molecule", "research-chemical") are excluded from this overlap view. Tags are descriptive — not an inference about combined effect.
incretin-peptidetriple-receptor-agonist
glucagon-glp-1-receptor-dual-agonist
Co-administration notes from the literature
Verbatim summary text pulled from each compound's profile data. Researchers studying Retatrutide and Survodutide have published these mechanism-level observations. Not a co-administration recommendation.
Eli Lilly's triple agonist (GLP-1 / GIP / glucagon). Represents the most direct mechanistic competitor. Head-to-head data are not available; each molecule will establish its positioning through separate Phase 3 programs.
Quick facts
Retatrutide
Survodutide
Literature table
Classified references from each compound profile. Click a column header to sort. Click a PMID to open PubMed. Findings are quoted verbatim from each profile's literature_summary; nothing here is added or interpreted.
| Year | Compound | Source | Finding |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Retatrutide | Rosenstock J, et al. Effects of retatrutide on body composition in people with type 2 diabetes: a substudy of a phase 2, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, randomised trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2025. PMID: 40609566. PMID 40609566 | human trial, Phase 2 |
| 2024 | Retatrutide | Sanyal AJ, Kaplan LM, Frias JP, et al. Triple hormone receptor agonist retatrutide for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a randomized phase 2a trial. Nat Med. 2024;30(7):2037-2048. PMID: 38858523. PMID 38858523 | human trial, Phase 2 |
| 2023 | Retatrutide | Jastreboff AM, Kaplan LM, Frías JP, Wu Q, Du Y, Gurbuz S, Coskun T, Haupt A, Milicevic Z, Hartman ML. Triple-Hormone-Receptor Agonist Retatrutide for Obesity — A Phase 2 Trial. N Engl J Med. 2023;389(6):514-526. PMID: 37366315. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2301972. PMID 37366315 | human trial, Phase 2 |
| 2023 | Retatrutide | Rosenstock J, Frías JP, Jastreboff AM, et al. Retatrutide, a GIP, GLP-1 and glucagon receptor agonist, for people with type 2 diabetes: a randomised, double-blind, placebo and active-controlled, parallel-group, phase 2 trial conducted in the USA. Lancet. 2023;402(10401):529-544.… PMID 37385280 | human trial, Phase 2 |
| 2025 | Retatrutide | Eli Lilly and Company. Topline TRIUMPH-4 readout — retatrutide in adults with obesity and knee osteoarthritis. Press release, October 2025. | human trial |
| 2023 | Retatrutide | Lincoff AM, Brown-Frandsen K, Colhoun HM, et al. Semaglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Obesity without Diabetes (SELECT). N Engl J Med. 2023;389(24):2221-2232. PMID: 37952131. (Comparator reference.) PMID 37952131 | human trial |
| 2022 | Retatrutide | Jastreboff AM, Aronne LJ, Ahmad NN, et al. Tirzepatide Once Weekly for the Treatment of Obesity (SURMOUNT-1). N Engl J Med. 2022;387(3):205-216. PMID: 35658024. (Comparator reference.) PMID 35658024 | human trial |
| 2021 | Retatrutide | Wilding JPH, Batterham RL, Calanna S, et al. Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity (STEP-1). N Engl J Med. 2021;384(11):989-1002. PMID: 33567185. (Comparator reference.) PMID 33567185 | human trial |
| — | Retatrutide | Kjeldsen SAS, et al. Retatrutide for the treatment of obesity, obstructive sleep apnea and knee osteoarthritis: Rationale and design of the TRIUMPH registrational clinical trials. PMID: 41090431. PMID 41090431 | human trial |
| — | Retatrutide | ClinicalTrials.gov. A Study of Retatrutide (LY3437943) in Adult Participants Who Have Obesity or Are Overweight With Weight-Related Medical Problems (TRIUMPH-1). NCT05929066. | human trial |
| — | Retatrutide | ClinicalTrials.gov. A Study of Retatrutide (LY3437943) in Adult Participants With Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes (TRIUMPH-2). NCT05929079. | human trial |
| — | Retatrutide | ClinicalTrials.gov. A Study of Retatrutide (LY3437943) in Participants Who Have Obesity or Overweight With Osteoarthritis of the Knee (TRIUMPH-4). NCT05931367. | human trial |
| 2024 | Survodutide | Wharton S, le Roux CW, Kosiborod MN, et al. Survodutide for treatment of obesity: rationale and design of two randomized phase 3 clinical trials (SYNCHRONIZE-1 and -2). Obesity (Silver Spring). 2024. | human trial, Phase 3 |
| 2023 | Survodutide | Boehringer Ingelheim. Phase III studies — survodutide in obesity and overweight. Boehringer Ingelheim corporate press release and investor materials, 2023–2025. | human trial, Phase 3 |
| 2025 | Survodutide | Le Roux CW, et al. Survodutide, a glucagon receptor/glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor dual agonist, improves blood pressure in adults with obesity: A post hoc analysis from a randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-finding, phase 2 trial. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2025. doi:10.1111/dom.1… | human trial, Phase 2 |
| 2024 | Survodutide | Le Roux CW, Steen O, Lucas KJ, Startseva E, Unseld A, Hennige AM. Glucagon and GLP-1 receptor dual agonist survodutide for obesity: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-finding phase 2 trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2024;12(3):162-173. doi:10.1016/S2213-8587(… | human trial, Phase 2 |
| 2024 | Survodutide | Sanyal AJ, Bedossa P, Fraessdorf M, Neff GW, Lawitz E, Bugianesi E, Anstee QM, Hussain SA, Martins EB, Walker M, Oldham P, Starova B, Ogawa W, Wong VW, Ratziu V, Younes R, Hosseini-Tabatabaei A, Loomba R. A Phase 2 Randomized Trial of Survodutide in MASH and Fibrosis. N Engl J M… PMID 38847460 | human trial, Phase 2 |
| — | Survodutide | ClinicalTrials.gov. NCT04667377 (Phase 2 obesity); NCT04771273 (Phase 2 MASH, study 1404-0043); NCT06066879 (SYNCHRONIZE-1); NCT06066892 (SYNCHRONIZE-2). | human trial, Phase 2 |
| 2023 | Survodutide | Jungnik A, Arrubla Martinez J, Plum-Mörschel L, Kapitza C, Lamers D, Thamer C, Unseld A, Hennige AM. Phase I studies of the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the dual glucagon receptor/glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist BI 456906. Diabetes Obes… | human trial, Phase 1 |
| 2016 | Survodutide | Tschöp MH, Finan B, Clemmensen C, Gelfanov V, Perez-Tilve D, Müller TD, DiMarchi RD. Unimolecular polypharmacy for treatment of diabetes and obesity. Cell Metab. 2016;24(1):51-62. PMID: 27411008. (Foundational review on multi-receptor agonism rationale including GLP-1/glucagon.) PMID 27411008 | human study |
| 2022 | Survodutide | Zimmermann T, Thomas L, Baader-Pagler T, Haebel P, Simon E, Reindl W, Bajrami B, Rist W, Uphues I, Drucker DJ, Klein H, Santhanam R, Hennige AM, Hamilton B, Hennig R, Dux M, Hamprecht B, Bierwisch D, Neubauer H, Tschank G, Stengelin S, Redemann N, Wiedenmann A, Pagler T, et al.… | preclinical, in vivo |
| 2024 | Survodutide | Loomba R, Hartman ML, Sanyal AJ. Two Trials of Therapeutics for MASH with Liver Fibrosis. Reply. N Engl J Med. 2024;391(15):1462-1463. PMID: 39413388. PMID 39413388 | research article |
| 2024 | Survodutide | Polyzos SA. Two Trials of Therapeutics for MASH with Liver Fibrosis. N Engl J Med. 2024;391(15):1461. PMID: 39413385. PMID 39413385 | research article |
| 2024 | Survodutide | Mei Z, Pu J, Shao Z. Two Trials of Therapeutics for MASH with Liver Fibrosis. N Engl J Med. 2024;391(15):1461-1462. PMID: 39413387. PMID 39413387 | research article |
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Frequently asked
Have Retatrutide and Survodutide been studied together?
Researchers have published mechanistic-level co-administration discussion of Retatrutide and Survodutide. No human co-administration trials are catalogued in the Kalios profiles. The pair page lists each compound's classified literature; full citations sit on each individual profile.
What mechanisms do Retatrutide and Survodutide share?
Retatrutide and Survodutide do not share a specific mechanism tag on their Kalios profiles. They appear on the same pair page because at least one profile lists the other in its co-administration data.
What is the FDA status of Retatrutide and Survodutide?
Retatrutide: Investigational (Phase 3). Survodutide: Not approved; Phase 3. FDA-status text is pulled verbatim from each compound profile. See /fda-pcac-2026.html for the broader FDA Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee context.
Where can I find the full research on Retatrutide and Survodutide?
Full citation lists, dosing tables from the literature, reconstitution data, and the FDA / WADA status are on the individual compound profiles: the Retatrutide profile and the Survodutide profile. The Kalios Stack Research Tool hub lists every compound covered.
Last updated: April 2026