PTGER1 prostaglandin E receptor 1
ENSG00000160951 · protein coding · Open Targets profile
Receptor for prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). The activity of this receptor is mediated by G(q) proteins which activate a phosphatidylinositol-calcium second messenger system. May play a role as an important modulator of renal function. Implicated the smooth muscle contractile response to PGE2 in various tissues.
Each band is a group of drugs. It runs from the kind of drug on the left to the furthest stage that drug has reached in any disease on the right. Thicker bands mean more drugs.
Approved bands are highlighted. Withdrawn means the drug was pulled from the market or from development. A combined phase counts as the later one (Phase 1/2 is shown as Phase 2). Hover a band for the drug names. Source: Open Targets Platform, fetched live.
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Tractability
- Small molecule
- Approved Drug, High-Quality Ligand, Druggable Family
- Antibody
- GO CC high conf, UniProt loc med conf, UniProt SigP or TMHMM
- PROTAC
- Small Molecule Binder
gnomAD loss of function constraint: o/e 0.8095800280570984 (upper bound 1.2466000318527222). Low values mean loss of function is poorly tolerated, a safety flag for inhibition.
Who runs trials of these drugs
Principal investigators and study chairs on 86 registry trials, updated in the last three years, of the most advanced drugs against PTGER1 (dinoprostone, alprostadil, ONO-8539), ranked by Phase 2+ trials. Live from ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Amr Fathy AhmedAin Shams Maternity Hospital · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- asmaa abdelnaby mohamed solimanassistant lecturer · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Atiqa NoreenHilal-e-Ahmar Hospital, Faisalabad · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Caroline DIGUISTO– · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Coordinating InvestigatorIRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Darin BrimhallPPD, Las Vegas, US · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Denis GallotUniversity Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Franck PerrotinTours Universiity Hospital · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Ghufran Mfarejcollege of dentistry /university of Baghdad · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Haitham Mohamed SabaaAin Shams Maternity Hospital · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Hamdy Bakry AlqenawyAin Shams Maternity Hospital · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- M. Mukhlis Rudi PrihatnoUniversitas Jenderal Soedirman · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Martin HuelsmannMedical university Vienna, Department of Cardiology · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Mohamed ElMandouh MohamedAin Shams Maternity Hospital · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Niloy J SamadderUniversity of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center - University Hospital · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
Registry trials of dinoprostone, alprostadil, ONO-8539 updated in the last three years, counted by the country group of their listed sites. A trial with sites in several groups counts in each; 84 of 84 have all sites in one country.
Site counts are not patients per country, and trials registered only outside ClinicalTrials.gov are not covered. Where sites are is a fact about the record, not a judgement of its quality. Europe is the EU and EEA, the UK and Switzerland. 2 trials list no sites and are left out. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, fetched live.
34 trials of drugs against PTGER1 were stopped early; 3 give no reason
Terminated, withdrawn and suspended interventional trials of dinoprostone, alprostadil, ONO-8539, newest update first, live from ClinicalTrials.gov. Each reason is quoted exactly as the registry gives it; we do not sort reasons into safety, efficacy or business. Dates are the last registry update. Showing the 25 most recent of 34.
- terminated · 2026-10-15 · University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand · matched by the registry's drug synonyms“futility”
- terminated · 2026-09-15 · Mayo Clinic · matched by the registry's drug synonyms“Funds expired”
- withdrawn · 2025-09-04 · Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France · matched by the registry's drug synonyms“No participants enrolled”
- terminated · 2025-01-17 · Hospital Kemaman · matched by the registry's drug synonyms“Poor recruitment”
- terminated · 2024-11-21 · CSPC ZhongQi Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. · Alprostadil liposome injection“Voluntarily suspended the trial due to strategic adjustments”
- terminated · 2024-08-28 · University Hospital, Limoges · Dinoprostone“Not enough patients”
- terminated · 2024-08-15 · Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee · Dinoprostone“Delayed inclusion”
- withdrawn · 2023-09-15 · Alonso Vera Torres · matched by the registry's drug synonyms“Delays in approval by the national regulatory authority”
- suspended · 2023-09-15 · Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center · matched by the registry's drug synonyms“understaffed”
- terminated · 2023-05-15 · University Hospital, Toulouse · matched by the registry's drug synonyms“interim analyses”
- terminated · 2023-02-08 · The Hospital for Sick Children · Alprostadil 5 MCG Injection“Covid 19 and difficulty with recruitment”
- terminated · 2022-11-14 · South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust · 10 mg Dinoprostone; CTS, UK, 3 mg Dinoprostone vaginal tablet; Pfizer, UK“Inability to recruit more women because of the COVID-19 and staffing/resources issues”
- terminated · 2022-03-02 · Baycrest · matched by the registry's drug synonyms“Study recruitment was suspended due to interruption of in-person testing after the start of the COVID19 pandemic in March 2020. The current study's protocol is being revised to be delivered fully remotely.”
- withdrawn · 2022-02-21 · London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's · matched by the registry's drug synonyms“Due to challenges with the COVID-19 pandemic, our team has had to prioritize certain studies, which means we can no longer pursue this study at our site.”
- terminated · 2022-02-09 · Thomas Staudinger · Alprostadil“After completion of pilot study (n=50) no effect on primary outcome and limited feasibility of recruitment and study procedures”
- terminated · 2021-11-10 · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · matched by the registry's drug synonyms“The study was interrupted because of failure to recruit the target study population in a reasonable timeframe.”
- terminated · 2021-09-05 · Intermountain Health Care, Inc. · Outpatient Dinoprostone 10mg, Inpatient Dinoprostone 10 mg“Sponsor declined to provide further funding/product support.”
- terminated · 2020-11-20 · University of South Alabama · matched by the registry's drug synonyms“Number of needed participants could not be obtained”
- terminated · 2019-12-27 · Sucampo Pharma Americas, LLC · matched by the registry's drug synonymsNo reason given
- terminated · 2019-06-20 · Mayo Clinic · matched by the registry's drug synonyms“Unable to recruit/accrue adequate numbers of participants within funding period.”
- terminated · 2019-04-24 · NICHD Neonatal Research Network · matched by the registry's drug synonyms“The study was halted due to futility concerns based on the unmet benchmarks as specified in the pilot study protocol.”
- withdrawn · 2019-03-22 · NICHD Neonatal Research Network · matched by the registry's drug synonyms“Withdrawn due to lack of recruitment”
- terminated · 2019-01-02 · City of Hope Medical Center · alprostadil“Accrual too slow”
- terminated · 2018-10-10 · Fate Therapeutics · matched by the registry's drug synonyms“Business decision”
- terminated · 2018-10-10 · Fate Therapeutics · matched by the registry's drug synonymsNo reason given
Paediatric incentives and obligations for PTGER1's drugs
For dinoprostone, alprostadil, ONO-8539: what EMA and FDA publish about paediatric plans, orphan status and pediatric approvals, and how many registered studies take children. Each line is a yes, no or not published fact from the record linked under it; none of it is a forecast.
- FDA pediatric target list: no · PTGER1 is not on the listRule: Target is on FDA's Pediatric Molecular Target List (relevant targets). Source: FDA Pediatric Molecular Target List (Listed as February 2026 on the FDA Pediatric Oncology page; the file served is 9.7.22_the_relevant_molecular_target_list.xlsx, whose Summary of Changes sheet is headed 'SEPTEMBER 2022 UPDATE' (footnote date 2022-09-01)), 2026-11-11
- EU paediatric investigation plan: no · No EMA paediatric investigation plan decision names dinoprostone, alprostadil, ono-8539Rule: An EMA PIP decision (agreement, modification or waiver) lists the drug as its active substance, exact name. Source: EMA data download (dated snapshot), 2026-11-11
- EU orphan designation: yes · EU/3/23/2817 positive 16 Aug 2023: Treatment of in solid organ transplantationRule: An EU orphan designation lists the drug as its active substance (exact name) or belongs to a medicine that does; withdrawn and expired designations are listed with their status. Source: EMA EU/3/23/2817, 2026-11-11
- Authorised in the EU: no · EMA lists no centrally authorised medicine of dinoprostone, alprostadil, ono-8539Rule: An EMA medicine record lists the drug as its active substance or INN, exact name; national-only authorisations are not in this file. Source: EMA data download (dated snapshot), 2026-11-11
- FDA orphan designation: not published · FDA's orphan designation database turns away automated requests, so this app does not read it; search it by hand at the linkRule: Would be: an FDA orphan designation names the drug. Source: FDA orphan designations search
- FDA pediatric oncology approval: no · FDA's table lists no pediatric approval of dinoprostone, alprostadil, ono-8539Rule: FDA's Pediatric Oncology Drug Approvals table names the drug. Source: FDA Pediatric Oncology Drug Approvals (content current as of 2026-03-03), 2026-11-12
- Registered studies open to children: yes · 64 interventional studies of dinoprostone, alprostadil, ono-8539 include patients under 18; 2 are recruiting, not yet recruiting or activeRule: The registry's age group includes Child (birth to 17 years), which also counts studies that set no minimum age. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov search, 2026-11-12
Rare pediatric disease voucher. FDA, content current as of 29 Apr 2026: “As of February 3, 2026, enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, the rare pediatric disease PRV program will sunset after September 30, 2029. FDA may not award any PRVs under this program after September 30, 2029.” Voucher sale prices are not shown here; they appear only as company-reported news. FDA: Rare Pediatric Disease Designation and Priority Review Voucher Programs
All 3 drugs and clinical candidates as a table
Each drug, stage and indication links to its Open Targets record, where the trials and approvals behind it are listed. Salt forms (for example a mesylate) are listed as Open Targets records them, as separate entries.
| Drug | Type | Highest stage | Indications | Source records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DINOPROSTONE | Small molecule | phase 4 | oligohydramnios, Neonatal sepsis, pregnancy, Premature rupture of membranes, post term pregnancy, Pain, uterine corpus leiomyoma, fetal growth restriction, +3 more | Open Targets · ChEMBL |
| ALPROSTADIL | Small molecule | phase 4 | erectile dysfunction, Patent ductus arteriosus, cardiovascular disorder, diabetic foot, heart failure, age-related macular degeneration, intermittent vascular claudication, persistent fetal circulation syndrome, +11 more | Open Targets · ChEMBL |
| ONO-8539 | Small molecule | phase 2 | overactive bladder | Open Targets · ChEMBL |