Sources

CJC-1295 Ipamorelin References

Every load-bearing claim on this site, traced to its study.

How these sources are used

Every quantitative claim on this site — each GH or IGF-1 fold-change, each duration, each selectivity result, each safety statement — maps to one of the numbered studies below. The pharmacodynamic and synergy literature is human or in-vivo where noted; the combination-specific claims do not exist, because no controlled human trial of the fixed CJC-1295/ipamorelin blend has been published, and this site does not invent one. Identifiers are given as DOI and PubMed links for verification.

  1. Teichman SL, et al. Prolonged stimulation of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor I secretion by CJC-1295, a long-acting analog of GH-releasing hormone, in healthy adults. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006;91(3):799-805.
  2. Raun K, et al. Ipamorelin, the first selective growth hormone secretagogue. Eur J Endocrinol. 1998;139(5):552-61.
  3. Bowers CY, et al. Growth hormone (GH)-releasing peptide stimulates GH release in normal men and acts synergistically with GH-releasing hormone. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1990;70(4):975-82.
  4. Cunha SR, et al. Ghrelin and growth hormone (GH) secretagogues potentiate GH-releasing hormone (GHRH)-induced cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate production in cells expressing transfected GHRH and GH secretagogue receptors. Endocrinology. 2002;143(12):4570-82.
  5. Jetté L, et al. Human growth hormone-releasing factor (hGRF)1-29-albumin bioconjugates activate the GRF receptor on the anterior pituitary in rats: identification of CJC-1295 as a long-lasting GRF analog. Endocrinology. 2005;146(7):3052-8.
  6. Sigalos JT, et al. The Safety and Efficacy of Growth Hormone Secretagogues. Sex Med Rev. 2018;6(1):45-53.
  7. Badran AS, et al. Body composition, hepatic fat, metabolic, and safety outcomes of Tesamorelin, a GHRH analogue, in HIV-associated lipodystrophy: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Obes Res Clin Pract. 2026;20(1):2-12.
  8. Weikel JC, et al. Ghrelin promotes slow-wave sleep in humans. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2003;284(2):E407-15.
  9. Neuroendocrine circuit for sleep-dependent growth hormone release. Cell. 2025.
  10. Hoffman DM, et al. Short-term growth hormone (GH) treatment of GH-deficient adults increases body sodium and extracellular water, but not blood pressure. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1996;81(3):1123-8.
  11. Rahman OF, et al. Therapeutic Peptides in Orthopaedics: Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2026;10.