ACE-031
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It has been tested in people, but it is not an approved medicine. The studies are usually small.
Compiled and reviewed by the PeptideSearch Editorial Team · Status checked 2026-08-04
Also called ActRIIB-Fc / Ramatercept
Tested in people with muscular dystrophy. Trials were stopped early over safety concerns with blood vessels.
Official status: Not nominated for 503A compounding · Checked 2026-08-04
Can a doctor prescribe this?
- Small pharmacy (503A)
- Never put forward to FDA
- Large outsourcing facility (503B)
- Never put forward to FDA
Development was halted. Not approved and not on the compounding list.
503A is a pharmacy making a single prescription for one patient. 503B is a facility making batches. They are governed by separate lists. Where a category is shown, it is a position on the FDA's list of substances that have been put forward and are still being worked through — not the final list, which is set by rulemaking. Category 1 means the FDA does not plan to act against a pharmacy that makes it while the review runs.
Lab suppliers we list: 3
Doses used in research
Taken word for word from the studies and trials listed on this page. This is not a recommendation and not a dose for anyone to take.
- Study in peopleSplicing of erythroid transcription factor is associated with therapeutic response in myelodysplastic syndromes.
The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025
- Study in peopleMyostatin inhibitor ACE-031 treatment of ambulatory boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Results of a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial.
Muscle & nerve · 2017
- Study in peopleA single ascending-dose study of muscle regulator ACE-031 in healthy volunteers.
Muscle & nerve · 2013
- Animal study, larger animalsACE-031, a soluble activin type IIB receptor, increases muscle mass and strength in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus).
PloS one · 2026
- Animal study, rats or miceRKER-012, a modified ActRIIB-Fc ligand trap with BMP sparing properties, attenuates pathological features of experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026
- Animal study, rats or miceGel Electrophoretic Detection of Black Market ACE-031.
Drug testing and analysis · 2025
- Animal study, rats or miceActivin A levels are raised during human tuberculosis and blockade of the activin signaling axis influences murine responses to <i>M. tuberculosis</i> infection.
mBio · 2024
- Animal study, rats or miceThe relationship between myodural bridge, atrophy and hyperplasia of the suboccipital musculature, and cerebrospinal fluid dynamics.
Scientific reports · 2023
- Animal study, rats or miceBlocking ActRIIB and restoring appetite reverses cachexia and improves survival in mice with lung cancer.
Nature communications · 2022
- Animal study, rats or miceThe relationship between myodural bridges, hyperplasia of the suboccipital musculature, and intracranial pressure.
PloS one · 2022
- Animal study, rats or miceTreatment with Soluble Activin Type IIB Receptor Ameliorates Ovariectomy-Induced Bone Loss and Fat Gain in Mice.
Calcified tissue international · 2022
- Animal study, rats or miceActRIIB:ALK4-Fc alleviates muscle dysfunction and comorbidities in murine models of neuromuscular disorders.
The Journal of clinical investigation · 2021
- Animal study, rats or miceA myostatin and activin decoy receptor enhances bone formation in mice.
Bone · 2014
- Animal study, rats or miceA novel therapeutic approach to treating obesity through modulation of TGFβ signaling.
Endocrinology · 2012
- Animal study, rats or miceAdministration of a soluble activin type IIB receptor promotes skeletal muscle growth independent of fiber type.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2010
- Lab dish studyGDF8 Contributes to Liver Fibrogenesis and Concomitant Skeletal Muscle Wasting.
Biomedicines · 2023
- Hypothesis, not a tested studyDetection of activin receptor type IIA and IIB-Fc fusion proteins by automated capillary immunoassay.
Drug testing and analysis · 2022
- Review of earlier workClinical Applications of Ligand Traps Targeting Activin Type II Receptors.
Anti-inflammatory & anti-allergy agents in medicinal chemistry · 2026
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