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SCALE KIDS: Research Study to Look at How Well a New Medicine is at Lowering Weight in Children With Obesity

Phase 3
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Obesity
Interventions
Drug: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT04775082
Lead Sponsor
Novo Nordisk A/S
Brief Summary

The study looks at how liraglutide works on participant's body weight. Researchers will look at how liraglutide can help children with obesity to lose weight. They will look at how much weight the children will lose, and if there are any side effects.

Participants will either get liraglutide or placebo. Which treatment the participants get is decided by chance. Liraglutide is a new medicine for children, but it can already be prescribed by doctors to adults with overweight or obesity. The participant will get 1 injection every day.

In addition to taking the medicine, the participants will have talks with the study staff about healthy food choices, how they can be more physically active and what can be done to help the participants to lose weight.

The study will last for about 96 weeks (almost 2 years). The participants will have 18 clinic visits and 10 phone or video calls with the study doctor/staff. Participant will have blood samples taken, have 1 test to check the heart, 1 hand X-ray taken and must fill in a diary between some of the visits.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
78
Inclusion Criteria
  • Informed consent of parent(s) or legally acceptable representative of subject and child assent, as age-appropriate, obtained before any trial-related activities. Trial-related activities are any procedures that are carried out as part of the trial, including activities to determine suitability for the trial
  • Male or female, aged 6 to below 12 years at the time of signing informed consent
  • Tanner stage 1-5 pubertal development at the time of signing informed consent
  • BMI above or equal to 95th percentile, on gender and age-specific growth charts (CDC.gov)
  • History of failing to lose sufficient weight with lifestyle modification as judged by the investigator

For subjects with type 2 diabetes at screening the following inclusion criterion apply in addition:

  • Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) below or equal to 10.0 percent (86 mmol/mol) as measured by central laboratory at screening
Exclusion Criteria
  • A self-reported (or by parent(s)/LAR (legally acceptable representative) where applicable) change in body weight above 5 kg (11 lbs) within 90 days before screening irrespective of medical records
  • Treatment with any medication for the indication of obesity within the past 90 days before screening
  • Type 1 diabetes
  • Subjects with secondary causes of obesity (for example hypothalamic, monogenic or endocrine causes)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Liraglutide 3.0 mgLiraglutideThe treatment duration is 56 weeks and the follow-up period is 26 weeks.
PlaceboPlaceboThe treatment duration is 56 weeks and the follow-up period is 26 weeks.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Relative change in BMI (Body mass index)From baseline (week 0) to week 56

Percent

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in BMI standard deviation score (WHO.int)From baseline (week 0) to week 56

Unitless

Subjects achieving above or equal to 10 percent reduction of BMIFrom baseline (week 0) to week 56

Yes/no

Change in HbA1c (glycated haemoglobin)From baseline (week 0) to week 56

Percent point

Treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs)From baseline (week 0) to week 82

Number

Relative change in body weightFrom baseline (week 0) to week 56

Percent

Subjects achieving above or equal to 5 percent reduction of BMIFrom baseline (week 0) to week 56

Yes/no

BMI percentage of the 95th percentile on gender and age-specific growth charts (CDC.gov)From baseline (week 0) to week 56

Percent point

Change in waist circumferenceFrom baseline (week 0) to week 56

cm

Change in systolic blood pressureFrom baseline (week 0) to week 56

mmHg

Change in diastolic blood pressureFrom baseline (week 0) to week 56

mmHg

Treatment emergent serious adverse events (SAEsFrom baseline (week 0) to week 82

Number

Trial Locations

Locations (28)

Hospital Da Luz S.A.

🇵🇹

Lisboa, Portugal

Unidade Local De Saude De Santa Maria E.P.E.

🇵🇹

Lisboa, Portugal

Hospital CUF Porto S.A.

🇵🇹

Porto, Portugal

Children's Hospital Colorado

🇺🇸

Denver, Colorado, United States

Solaris Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Meridian, Idaho, United States

Pennington Biom Res Ctr

🇺🇸

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Barry J. Reiner, MD LLC

🇺🇸

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

University of Minnesota_CPOM

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

UBMD Peds-Div of Endo/Diabetes

🇺🇸

Buffalo, New York, United States

UPMC Child Hosp-Pittsburgh

🇺🇸

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

UZ Brussel

🇧🇪

Brussel, Belgium

UZ Leuven - Kindergeneeskunde

🇧🇪

Leuven, Belgium

Endolife Specialty Hospitals

🇮🇳

Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India

Mamc & Lnjp

🇮🇳

New Delhi, India

Rambam Medical Center Children A Dept.

🇮🇱

Haifa, Israel

Endrocrinology & DM Schneider MC

🇮🇱

Petah Tikva, Israel

University Malaya Medical Centre

🇲🇾

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Consultorio de Endocrinología y Pediatría

🇲🇽

Puebla, Mexico

Hospital da Luz

🇵🇹

Lisboa, Portugal

Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte

🇵🇹

Lisboa, Portugal

Unidade Local de Saúde de Santo António, E.P.E

🇵🇹

Porto, Portugal

CUF-Porto

🇵🇹

Porto, Portugal

National Medical Research Center of Endocrinology

🇷🇺

Moscow, Russian Federation

NSMU paediatric clinic

🇷🇺

Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Samara Regional Children Clinical Hospital n.a. N.N. Ivanova

🇷🇺

Samara, Russian Federation

Siberian State Medical University

🇷🇺

Tomsk, Russian Federation

Kantonsspital Olten

🇨🇭

Olten, Switzerland

Kinderspital Endokrinologie, Zürich

🇨🇭

Zürich, Switzerland

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