GHK-Cu

Accelerating

GHK-Cu appears in 115 indexed publications going back to 1983, including 32 in the past twelve months. 3 registered trials appear on ClinicalTrials.gov.

115

Indexed publications

Past 12 months, against 10 the year before

Registered clinical trials

734

Monthly readers on Wikipedia, up 34%

Research Activity

Publication history

How much work has been indexed each year, from Europe PMC. Momentum is measured over a trailing twelve months rather than calendar years, so a partial current year never reads as a decline.

20152026

Publications per year. The final bar is the current year, still in progress.

Indexed publications per year
2015	2
2016	3
2017	1
2018	3
2019	3
2020	9
2021	4
2022	3
2023	12
2024	6
2025	11
2026	31

Public Attention

Who is looking it up

Monthly readers of the GHK-Cu article on English Wikipedia. An independent measure of curiosity, which often moves quite differently from the evidence.

2025-102026-09

Clinical Trials

The registered pipeline

Early Phase 1

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Phase 4

Phase distribution across the most recently updated registered trials.

Enrolling by invitation·Early Phase 1
Systemic and Topical Geroprotective Rejuvenation Assessed by START/REST Aging Clocks
Frontiers in Bioscience Research Institute and Aging · estimated completion 2028-10-14
Not yet recruiting·Not applicable
Two-Part Study of the Effects of the X39 Patch on Circulating GHK and GHK-Cu Levels in Healthy Adults
LifeWave, Inc. · estimated completion 2027-04
Recruiting·Phase 2
Topical GHK-Cu Gel for Acute Skin Wound Healing
Hudson Biotech · estimated completion 2027-02-14

References

Most recent work

The newest indexed records mentioning GHK-Cu, listed by publication date. Titles are shown as published and link to their source. Inclusion here is a record of what exists, not a judgement of what it shows.

2026-06-15·Biomaterials advances
Hierarchical regulation and mechanism of "open-hollow-fibrous network" structures: Osteogenic-angiogenic coupling responses of poly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate) microspheres
Su J, Zhang Y, Cao Y et al.
2026-10-10·Journal of chromatography. A
Characterization of copper tripeptide-loaded lipid carriers and their stability in complex cosmetic matrices
Ogórek K, Mierzwa M, Drozd M et al.
2026-07-08·Carbohydrate polymers
A tea exosome-integrated self‑oxygenating cascade chitosan/oxidized alginate hydrogel for remodeling the hyperglycemic and hypoxic microenvironment in diabetic wound healing
Xie LH, Zhou XH, Wen WQ et al.
2026-09-09·Advanced healthcare materials
Water-Soluble, Enzyme-Degradable, and Hydrolyzable STAR Particles for Enhanced Drug Delivery to Skin
Sadeqi A, Arslan Azizoğlu G, Prausnitz MR. et al.
2026-04-21·Bioactive materials
Microenvironment-responsive injectable dynamic hydrogel for sequential antioxidant and tissue regeneration therapy of radiation-induced skin injury
Yu X, Yang T, Bei Z et al.
2026-08-27·Pharmaceutics
GHK-Cu as a Bioactive Metallopeptide and Drug-Delivery Cargo: Coordination Chemistry, Formulation Science, Therapeutic Evidence, and a Translational Roadmap
Mateescu DM, Gavrilescu DM, Mincioaga RI et al.
2026-08-24·Current pain and headache reports
Peptides in Regenerative Medicine: A Comprehensive Review of Clinical Applications in Tissue Repair and Chronic Pain Management
Luansritisakul C, Chiang MC, Burns SL et al.
2026-08-20·Aesthetic surgery journal
The Regenerative Potential of GHK-Cu in Aesthetic Medicine
Mokhtar J, Mohamad B, Haddad J et al.

In the Catalogue

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Sources

Publication data from Europe PMC. Clinical trial data from ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine. Public attention from Wikimedia pageview data. Evidence grades from reptides.co. We report counts and dates from these sources and link every record to its origin, we do not summarise findings. Last synced 2026-10-25.