Corcept Therapeutics

Corcept Therapeutics works on 3 rare diseases tracked on Trial Friend, including Adrenocortical Carcinoma, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Cushing Disease, with 9 active clinical trials (6 recruiting) and 3 FDA-approved rare disease drugs.

Corcept Therapeutics is a Redwood City, California company focused on cortisol modulation, founded in 1998 by Stanford psychiatrists Alan Schatzberg and Joseph Belanoff. Korlym (mifepristone), approved in 2012, was the first FDA-approved treatment for hypercortisolism (Cushing syndrome). Its next-generation cortisol modulator relacorilant received a complete response letter for hypercortisolism in December 2025. Corcept resubmitted the application in June 2026, and the FDA decision date is December 17, 2026. The same molecule was approved as Lifyorli in March 2026 for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer in combination with nab-paclitaxel.

Type
Rare Disease Specialist
Ticker
CORT
Headquarters
Redwood City, United States
Founded
1998
9
Active Rare Disease Trials
3
Approved Rare Disease Drugs
3
Rare Diseases in Portfolio
28
Years Active

Corcept Therapeutics Drug Pipeline

Corcept Therapeutics has 9 active clinical trials across 3 development stages, with 6 currently recruiting participants. Clinical trials advance through phases: Phase 1 tests safety in a small group, Phase 2 evaluates effectiveness and side effects, Phase 3 confirms benefit in a larger population, and Phase 4 monitors long-term safety after FDA approval.

Note: This pipeline counts the active and recruiting trials listed on this page, from ClinicalTrials.gov. For companies that work outside rare disease, we list only trials for rare diseases we track, so the company's full pipeline may be larger.

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1
Early Phase / Phase 11 trial
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)+3 more
Recruiting
7
Phase 27 trials
Adenocarcinoma+1 more
Recruiting
Neoplasms
Recruiting
Ovarian Cancer+3 more
Recruiting
Metastatic Breast Cancer
Recruiting
Treatment-resistant PTSD
Recruiting
1
Phase 31 trial
Ovarian Neoplasm+2 more
Active Not Recruiting

Corcept Therapeutics Clinical Trials (9)

Active and recruiting clinical trials sponsored by Corcept Therapeutics, sourced live from ClinicalTrials.gov. Each trial card shows the study phase, current recruitment status, conditions under investigation, study locations, eligibility criteria, and a direct link to the full ClinicalTrials.gov record. You can also download a one-page PDF summary to share with your doctor.

Note: Recruitment statuses on ClinicalTrials.gov may not immediately reflect recent FDA decisions, sponsor announcements, or enrollment changes. Always confirm a trial's current status directly with the study coordinator.

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RECRUITINGPHASE2Recently updatedNCT07259317

Relacorilant With Nab-Paclitaxel and Gemcitabine in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Intervention: Relacorilant, Nab-paclitaxel, Gemcitabine

AdenocarcinomaCarcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal

This is a 2-part, Phase 2 study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, dosing, pharmacokinetics (PK), and efficacy of relacorilant in combination with nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine in chemotherapy-naïve patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

Ages 18 Years+20 locations
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RECRUITINGPHASE1, PHASE2Recently updatedNCT07276373

Two Part Study of Nenocorilant Combined With Nivolumab in Patients With Advanced Solid Malignancies

Intervention: Nenocorilant 200 mg, Nenocorilant 300 mg, Nenocorilant 400 mg, Nivolumab

Neoplasms

This open-label, dose-finding, and proof of concept study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, maximum-tolerated dose (MTD) and/or optimal dose of nenocorilant when administered in combination with nivolumab in patients with advanced solid malignancies.

Ages 18 Years+5 locations
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RECRUITINGPHASE2Recently updatedNCT06906341

Relacorilant in Combination With Different Treatment Regimens in Patients With Gynecological Cancers

Intervention: Relacorilant 150 mg once daily (QD), Nab-paclitaxel 80 mg/m^2, Bevacizumab 10 mg/kg

Ovarian CancerFallopian Tube CancerPeritoneal NeoplasmsEndometrial Cancer

This is a Phase 2, open-label, global, multi-arm study to evaluate efficacy and safety of relacorilant in combination with other treatments in patients with gynecological cancers.

Ages 18 Years+49 locations
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RECRUITINGPHASE1Updated a few months agoNCT07553663

Evaluating the Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Miricorilant

Intervention: Miricorilant

Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH) / Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) With Compensated CirrhosisMetabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

A Phase 1b, Open-Label Study Evaluating the Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Miricorilant in Adult Patients With Presumed Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH)

Ages 18 Years - 75 Years1 location
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RECRUITINGPHASE2No updates in a whileNCT06099769

A Study of Enzalutamide, Enzalutamide in Combination With Mifepristone, or Chemotherapy in People With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Intervention: Enzalutamide, Mifepristone, TPC

Metastatic Breast Cancer

The researchers are doing this study to find out if the study drug, enzalutamide, alone or combined with the study drug, mifepristone, is effective in treating advanced or metastatic androgen receptor-positive (AR+) triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) or estrogen receptor-low breast cancer (ER-low BC), and whether these study treatments work as well as standard chemotherapy with carboplatin, paclitaxel, capecitabine, or eribulin.

Ages 18 Years+12 locations
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RECRUITINGPHASE2Hasn't posted an update in over a yearNCT06689254

REVERSE: Improving Treatment-resistant Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR) Antagonism

Intervention: Mifepristone 1200 mg daily, Placebo

Treatment-resistant PTSD

Rationale: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that can develop in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event. Symptoms of PTSD include flashbacks, nightmares, difficulty sleeping, difficulty concentrating, irritability, and avoidance of people, places, or activities that remind the person of the traumatic event. Even though there are effective treatments (e.g. exposure-based psychotherapies and antidepressants), not all patients respond. Glucocorticoid receptor (GR) antagonism is a potential therapy for the treatment of treatment-resistant post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on the idea that PTSD may be caused or exacerbated by dysregulation of the body's stress response system, and on the results of several small clinical trials. By blocking the actions of cortisol at the GR, it is thought that GR antagonists may be able to reduce the severity of PTSD symptoms and improve treatment outcomes. Randomized controlled trials (RCT) can provide high-quality evidence on treatment efficacy, and optimize evidence-based selection of off-label treatments for patients. Therefore the aim is to investigate whether the psychological and biological sequelae of traumatic stress and PTSD can be targeted by blocking the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) using the generic drug mifepristone in a double blind, placebo controlled RCT. Objective: To test the hypothesis that treatment with the GR-antagonist mifepristone is more effective than placebo to reduce PTSD symptom severity in treatment-resistant PTSD. Main trial endpoints: Improvement of PTSD symptoms, as measured with the monthly version of the CAPS-5 (Clinician Administered PTSD scale) in patients with treatment-resistant PTSD, 4 weeks after the start of the intervention. Secondary trial endpoints * PTSD symptom severity as measured with the weekly version of the PCL-5, from baseline till 12 weeks after the start of the intervention (T3). * Long-term PTSD symptom severity as measured with the CAPS-5, at 12 weeks after the start of the intervention (T3). * Loss of diagnosis (score of \<26 and absence of PTSD criteria with CAPS-5), 4 weeks after the start of the intervention. * Treatment response (minimum decrease of 10 point on the PCL-5 and CAPS-5 scores) at 1, 4 and 12 weeks after the start of the intervention. * Other clinical outcomes 1, 4, and 12 weeks after the start the intervention: * disability (WHO Disability Schedule 2.0; WHO-DAS II), * sleep (Insomnia Severity Index; ISI), * subjective stress (Perceived Stress Scale; PSS), * anxiety symptoms (Beck Anxiety Inventory; BAI), * depressive symptoms (IDS-SR), * suicidal ideation and behaviour (Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale). Trial design: The experimental protocol consists of a placebo-controlled double-blind RCT with 4 face-to-face meetings: * baseline (T0, 2,5 hrs); * post-intervention T1, 8 days after start (1hr); * post-intervention T2, 4 weeks after start (2hr). * post-intervention T3, 12 weeks (2hr). Trial population: 60 adult patients (male/female, 18+ years), with treatment-resistant PTSD (non-response to two evidence-based PTSD treatments, at least one of which is trauma-focused psychotherapy). Intervention Patients are randomized for treatment with the GR antagonist mifepristone (1200 mg/day for 7 days) or matching placebo (daily for 7 days). Study medication will be dispensed during the baseline measurement (T0), and taken once daily for 7 consecutive days. Clinical measurements consist of clinical interviews and questionnaires. During baseline visits a pregnancy test is conducted in woman of child bearing potential (WOCBP), and blood is drawn at T1 to assess mifepristone plasma levels. Ethical considerations relating to the clinical trial including the expected benefit to the individual subject or group of patients represented by the trial subjects as well as the nature and extent of burden and risks: Mifepristone has been clinically used for Cushing's syndrome (anti-glucocorticoid effects) and termination of pregnancy (anti-progesterone effects) for several decades. Mifepristone is generally well-tolerated, and several double-blind studies using the identical duration and dose have shown (7 days, 1200 mg) that the safety profile of mifepristone is comparable to that of placebo treatment, and study dropouts due to side effects were higher for placebo (1.6%) than for mifepristone (1.4%). The most common adverse events (AEs) were nausea, headache, dizziness, and a dry mouth and were comparable between the mifepristone and placebo groups. With regard to mifepristone's progesterone receptor activity and its indication for pregnancy termination, WOCBP who do not agree to use a non-hormonal contraceptive method (condom) during the intervention and up to 1 month after the intervention, are strictly excluded from participating in this study.

Ages 18 Years+1 location
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ACTIVE NOT RECRUITINGPHASE2Recently updatedNCT03604198

Extension Study to Evaluate the Safety of Long-Term Use of Relacorilant in Patients With Cushing Syndrome

Intervention: relacorilant

Cushing Syndrome

This is an open-label extension study to evaluate the long-term safety of relacorilant in patients with endogenous Cushing syndrome who successfully completed participation in a Corcept-sponsored study of relacorilant and may benefit from continuing treatment.

Ages not specified48 locations
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Corcept Therapeutics FDA-Approved Drugs (3)

Medications developed or marketed by Corcept Therapeutics that have received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval. Drug data is sourced from the openFDA database and includes brand names, generic names, approval dates, and matched rare disease indications. Where a drug treats a condition covered by Trial Friend, the disease name links directly to that disease page.

Drug NameBrand NameRare DiseasesApproval Date
MIFEPRISTONE
Progestin Antagonist [EPC]
Korlym
oral
—Feb 17, 2012
RELACORILANTLifyorli
oral
—Mar 25, 2026
MIFEPRISTONE
Progestin Antagonist [EPC]
Mifepristone
oral
—Apr 11, 2019

Corcept Therapeutics Trial Locations

Corcept Therapeutics clinical trials are running at 287 sites in 19 countries. Click any country to drill down by state, city, and individual research facility. Proximity to a trial site is one of the most important factors in deciding whether to participate.

United States
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Italy
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France
20▼
Spain
18▼
South Korea
14▼
Germany
13▼
Brazil
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Belgium
11▼
Poland
11▼
Argentina
8▼
United Kingdom
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Canada
5▼

Rare Disease Focus Areas (3)

Diseases targeted by Corcept Therapeutics's clinical trial and drug development programs

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