A Phase IIb/III Randomized, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial to Study the Safety and Efficacy of MK-0364 in Obese Patients and in Overweight Patients with Obesity-related Co-morbidities. - A 1 YR STUDY OF MK-0364 IN OBESE/OVERWEIGHT PATIENTS

• Conditions: Obesity; MedDRA version: 8.1Level: LLTClassification code 10027966Term: Morbid obesity

• Registration Number: EUCTR2006-004534-32-AT
• Lead Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme GesmbH

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-10-11
• Last Update Posted: 19 March 2012

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1000

Inclusion Criteria

1. Men (minimum 25%; targeting 40%) and women with a body mass index (BMI) between 27 kg/m2 and 43 kg/m2, inclusive.
2. Patients must be = 18 years of age.

Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range

Exclusion Criteria

1.Patient has diabetes mellitus as defined by medical history, or a fasting blood glucose =126 mg/dL (7.0 mmol/L) or random blood glucose =200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L), or uses oral or injectable antihyperglycemic medications.
2. Patient has a history or presence of a major psychiatric disorder including, but not limited to schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders, major depression, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, personality disorder or eating disorder (e.g. bulimia, anorexia disorder).
3. Patient has a history of seizures or is at high risk of developing seizures (e.g., those with history of brain tumors or severe head trauma or intracranial hemorrhage).
4. Patient currently uses or is likely to require long term use of any prescription or nonprescription medication that is a potent or moderate inhibitor of CYP3A4, or currently uses or plans to use any medication in the medication exclusion list.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
• Study Design: Not specified