DRUG

pioglitazone

7 hypotheses across 5 therapeutic domains

CROSS-DOMAIN PATTERN

Same drug, multiple disease domains

pioglitazone appears in hypotheses across 5 disease domains: ALS, Alzheimer, Inflammatory bowel disease, Pancreatic cancer, Rheumatoid arthritis. Shared mediators that recur across at least two of those domains: SIRT1.

Aggregated from the catalog. Biological interpretation of any multi-indication mechanism would require independent validation — this is a structural observation only.

ALL HYPOTHESES

Repurposing candidates for pioglitazone

ALS 1

Mediator Outcome Score Tier Lit. status Trial
RAGE ALS 0.208 Mid reproduces known completed

Alzheimer 3

Mediator Outcome Score Tier Lit. status Trial
SIRT1 Alzheimer's disease 0.248 Mid reproduces known completed
Rac1 Alzheimer's disease 0.208 Mid reproduces known completed
GFAP Alzheimer's disease 0.208 Mid reproduces known completed

Inflammatory bowel disease 1

Mediator Outcome Score Tier Lit. status Trial
PPAR-γ disease activity of ulcerative colitis 0.264 Mid novel signal none

Pancreatic cancer 1

Mediator Outcome Score Tier Lit. status Trial
SIRT1 proliferation 0.220 Mid reproduces known completed

Rheumatoid arthritis 1

Mediator Outcome Score Tier Lit. status Trial
STAT3 prurigo nodularis 0.208 Mid novel signal none

Clinical trials

200 registered trials for pioglitazone

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov