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ReviewAging2025

What is the clinical evidence to support off-label rapamycin therapy in healthy adults?

Jacob M Hands, Michael S Lustgarten, Leigh A Frame, Bradley Rosen

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Review in Aging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jacob M HandsThe George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC, DC 20037, USA.
Michael S LustgartenMetabolism and Basic Biology of Aging, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Leigh A FrameThe George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC, DC 20037, USA.
Bradley RosenmTOR Medicine Practitioner, Los Angeles, CA 90212, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Low dose rapamycin therapy has been proposed as a longevity candidate in healthy aging adults. We present a review of the evidence for low dose rapamycin and rapalog therapies in healthy human adults and model the findings of one cohort study using the PhenoAge model. Despite the preclinical evidence supporting the use of sirolimus to enhance mean and maximal lifespan, the data in humans have yet to establish that rapamycin, or its analogues, is a proven seno-therapeutic that can delay aging in healthy older adults. Rapamycin and rapalogs warrant further study with larger cohorts to better establish their contribution to human aging.

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AgingLongevityOff-Label UseSirolimusAdultAnimalsHumansSirolimusagingmTORrapamycin

Identifiers

PMID40778880
PMCPMC12422820

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