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Research Study to Investigate How Well Semaglutide Tablets Taken Once Daily Work in East Asian People Who Are Overweight or Living With Obesity

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Overweight and Obesity
Interventions
Drug: placebo (semaglutide)
Drug: semaglutide 50 mg
Registration Number
NCT05132088
Lead Sponsor
Novo Nordisk A/S
Brief Summary

Novo Nordisk are doing this study to see if semaglutide tablets can be used as a treatment to help people living with overweight or obesity lose weight.

This study will look at the change in participants' body weight. Participants will either get semaglutide tablets (new medicine) or placebo tablets ('dummy' medicine that looks like semaglutide but has no effect on the body). For a fair comparison, people are divided into two groups at random by a computer. This process is called randomisation.

Semaglutide tablets are new medicine being tested to treat overweight and obesity. Doctors in many countries can already prescribe semaglutide tablets at lower doses to treat type 2 diabetes.

Participants will get semaglutide or placebo tablets for 68 weeks and will need to take 1 tablet every morning.

In addition to taking the medicine, participants will have talks with study staff about:

* healthy food choices

* how to be more physically active

* what participants can do to lose weight The study will last for about 1½ year. Participants will have 14 clinic visits and 7 phone calls with the study healthcare professional.

Blood samples will be taken at 12 visits. Women cannot take part if pregnant, breast-feeding or planning to get pregnant during the study period. If participants are a woman and are able to become pregnant, participants will be checked for pregnancy via urine tests.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
201
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
oral semaglutide placebo once dailyplacebo (semaglutide)All participants will get semaglutide or placebo tablets, 1 tablet every morning.
oral semaglutide 50 mg once dailysemaglutide 50 mgAll participants will get semaglutide or placebo tablets, 1 tablet every morning.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Relative change in body weightFrom baseline (week 0) to end of treatment (week 68)

Percentage-point

Achievement of body weight reduction greater than or equal to 5% (Yes/No)At end of treatment (week 68)

Count of participants

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Achievement of body weight reduction greater than or equal to 10% (Yes/No)At end of treatment (week 68)

Count of participants

Change in Physical function domain (5-items) score (IWQOL-Lite-CT)From baseline (week 0) to end of treatment (week 68)

Score points

Achievement of body weight reduction greater than or equal to 15% (Yes/No)At end of treatment (week 68)

Count of participants

Achievement of body weight reduction greater than or equal to 20% (Yes/No)At end of treatment (week 68)

Count of participants

Change in body mass index (BMI)From baseline (week 0) to end of treatment (week 68)

Count of participants

Change in waist circumference measured according to the JASSO guidelineFrom baseline (week 0) to end of treatment (week 68)

Messured in CM

Change in Visceral Fat Area (VFA) measured by CT scan in a subset of the Japanese study populationFrom baseline to end of treatment (week 68)

Messured in cm\^2

Change in systolic blood pressureFrom baseline (week 0) to end of treatment (week 68)

Messured in mmHg

Change in diastolic blood pressureFrom randomisation (week 0) to end of treatment (week 68)

Messured in mmHg

Change in glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c)From baseline (week 0) to end of treatment (week 68)

%-point

Change in lipids: low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterolFrom baseline (week 0) to end of treatment (week 68)

Ratio to baseline

Change in lipids: Total cholesterolFrom baseline (week 0) to end of treatment (week 68)

Ratio to baseline

Change in lipids: high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterolFrom baseline (week 0) to end of treatment (week 68)

Ratio to baseline

Change in lipids: very-low density lipoprotein (VLDL) cholesterolFrom baseline (week 0) to end of treatment (week 68)

Ratio to baseline

Change in lipids: TriglyceridesFrom baseline (week 0) to end of treatment (week 68)

Ratio to baseline

Change in lipids: Free fatty acidsFrom baseline (week 0) to end of treatment (week 68)

Ratio to baseline

Change in high sensitivity C Reactive ProteinFrom baseline (week 0) to end of treatment (week 68)

Ratio to baseline

Number of treatment emergent adverse eventsFrom baseline (week 0) to end of study (week 75)

Count of events

Number of serious adverse eventsFrom baseline (week 0) to end of study (week 75)

Count of events

Trial Locations

Locations (13)

Naka Kinen Clinic

🇯🇵

Ibaraki, Japan

ToCROM Clinic

🇯🇵

Tokyo, Japan

Osaka University Hospital

🇯🇵

Osaka, Japan

OCROM Clinic

🇯🇵

Suita-shi, Osaka, Japan

Iryouhoujinsyadan Shoureikan Shinsapporo Seiryou Hospital

🇯🇵

Sapporo city, Hokkaido, Japan

Tsuruma Kaneshiro Diabetes Clinic

🇯🇵

Yamato-shi, Kanagawa, Japan

Tokyo Center Clinic

🇯🇵

Tokyo, Japan

Toranomon Hospital, Endocrinology and Metabolism

🇯🇵

Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

🇰🇷

Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of

Gachon University Gil Medical Center

🇰🇷

Incheon, Korea, Republic of

Kyungpook National University Hospital

🇰🇷

Daegu, Korea, Republic of

Kangbuk Samsung Hospital

🇰🇷

Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Takatsuki Red Cross Hospital

🇯🇵

Osaka, Japan

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