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A Study to Test Whether Survodutide Improves How the Body Uses Energy and Breaks Down Fat in People With Obesity

NCT06745284 · Active, not recruiting

Last updated 2026-05-28

This clinical trial is testing whether the investigational drug survodutide can improve how the body uses energy and breaks down fat in adults with obesity.

Status Active, not recruiting Ongoing, but no longer enrolling new participants.
Phase Phase 1 Checks safety and dosing in a small group.
Type Interventional (clinical trial)
Design Randomized, open-label (no blinding) treatment study
Participants 64 people
Who can join Ages 18–65 · all sexes
Timeline Started 2025-03 · est. completion 2027-01
Where 2 sites · United States

What this study is testing ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06745284 ↗

Description as written by the study sponsor.

This study is open to adults between 18 and 65 years of age who have obesity. People can join the study if they have a body mass index (BMI) between 30 and 45 km/m². The purpose of this study is to find out whether a medicine called survodutide improves how the body uses energy and breaks down fat. This study compares survodutide with another medicine called semaglutide. Survodutide is being developed to treat people with obesity. Semaglutide is already used to treat people with obesity. Participants are put into 2 groups by chance. One group gets survodutide and the other group gets semaglutide. Participants get survodutide or semaglutide as an injection under the skin once a week. Participants are in the study for 8-10 months depending on how long the treatment is given. During this time, they visit the study site weekly. Some of the visits may also be done at the participant's home instead of the study site. At some of the visits, doctors test how much energy a participant's body uses. This is done in a special room where they measure the oxygen that is breathed in and the carbon dioxide that is breathed out by the participant. The results are compared between the 2 groups to see whether the treatment works. The doctors also regularly check participants' health and take note of any unwanted effects.

Treatments tested

Main thing measuredAbsolute change in sleeping metabolic rate (SMR) (measured in a whole room calorimeter) from baseline to first visit a participant reached at least 10% weight loss
SponsorBoehringer Ingelheim
Conditions studiedObesity
GLP-1 drugs survodutide

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