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Capromorelin

Capromorelin has no FDA-approved human indication; all current use is off-label or sourced through compounding pharmacies. The human clinical record is minimal — one thin trial in actinic keratosis, with remaining evidence confined to animal models. There are no established dosing protocols or documented community use patterns to report, and the evidence base is genuinely thinner than the volume of surrounding interest suggests.

Research Evidence

Evidence shape

Capromorelin's clinical record consists of one registered trial — Phase 1, in Actinic Keratosis — with a single linked publication and no results posted at scale. The remaining mapped research is preclinical: animal and mechanistic work that hasn't progressed to registered human trials. With nothing beyond Phase 1 and only one indication reaching any human-study threshold, the evidence base doesn't support conclusions about efficacy in any indication.

Depthhow much

0 registered trials

Breadthhow many areas

1 indication mapped

1 animal-only

Qualityhow rigorous

No completed trials

Breadth and depth8 rows captured

Human

direct clinical signal

0

Animal

translational support

6

In vitro

mechanistic support

2

HighMediumLow

Anecdotal efficacy

Appetite stimulation / increased food intake

3 linked reports sit in this bucket. The captured signal currently skews positive, with 100% positive, 0% mixed, and 0% negative.

1-3 of 3

+“It has worked wonders and my 10 pound boy has managed to keep his weight on.”r/dogs · 2 upvotes +“The hunger is real.”r/sarmssourcetalk · 10 upvotes +“Intenser hunger and lethargy, although much shorter duration than MK...”r/PEDs · 1 upvotes

Side effects

Clinical research side effects

Clinical safety table not projected yet.

Anecdotal side effects

Side effect source data

14 linked sources are available across clinical rows and community reports.

Clinical 0Anecdotal 14

1-4 of 14

Sleep

“I get VERY tired and lethargic after taking it which is why I only take it at night (6mg)”Drowsiness · r/sarmssourcetalk · 11 upvotes

Sleep

“I’m digging it just I think it’s giving me insomnia”Insomnia · r/sarmssourcetalk · 2 upvotes

Sleep

“Sleep was somehow way worse than MK, even worse than baseline (trials do mention insomnia as a side effect). Similar extreme bloating as MK which I find the most annoying side effect of ghrelin rec…”Insomnia · r/PEDs · 1 upvotes

Sleep

“Intenser hunger and lethargy”Drowsiness · r/PEDs · 1 upvotes

Price

No live vendor pricing captured for this peptide yet.

Dosing & Protocol

How Capromorelin is dosed across research, clinician, and community sources — each evidence tier kept separate so the dose range, frequency, timing, and cycling stay visible without flattening different levels of evidence.

Research trials

Published clinical-trial protocols

Typical dose

No quantified dose captured for this tier.

No structured protocol details captured for this tier yet.

Clinician practice

Doctor & published-protocol guidance

Typical dose

No quantified dose captured for this tier.

No structured protocol details captured for this tier yet.

Anecdotal

Community-reported real-world use · n = 3

Typical dose

No quantified dose captured for this tier.

Frequency: unspecified
Timing: unspecified
Route: oral
Cycle: unspecified

Anecdotal reports consistently highlight positive effects on appetite stimulation and increased food intake, with 3 out of 3 reports being positive. Specific dosing information is not consistently available in community discussions.

1 source

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