A Study to Evaluate Effect of AZD6234 as an Adjunct to Incretin-based Therapies in Adult Participants With Obesity or Overweight With Weight-related Comorbidity With or Without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAstraZeneca

About this trial

The study will evaluate how well AZD6234 works and how safe it is in adults with excess weight or obesity. Efficacy of AZD6234 will be compared to placebo in percent body weight change from baseline at 68 weeks of treatment.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Males & females (inclusive of all gender identities) age ≥18 years

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 OR BMI ≥ 27 kg/m2 with at least one of the following weight-related comorbidities (treated or untreated): hypertension, dyslipidaemia, obstructive sleep apnoea, cardiovascular disease, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease, osteoarthritis of the knee, or stress urinary incontinence

Diagnosed with T2DM ≥ 90 days prior to Screening

HbA1c value at Screening of ≥6.0% (42 mmol/mol) and ≤9.0% (75 mmol/mol) managed with diet and exercise alone or with a stable dose of any oral glycaemic-lowering agent and/or incretin-based medication

Disqualifiers

Obesity primarily caused by other endocrine disorders

Type 1 diabetes mellitus

ALT ≥ 3.0 × ULN

AST ≥ 3.0 × ULN

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Lenbelintide

    Drug

    IMP injected subcutaneously, once a week.

  • Placebo

    Drug

    Placebo matching IMP dose injected subcutaneously, once a week.

Treatment groups

500 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: AZD6234Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: PlaceboPlacebo comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Percent change in body weight from baseline at 68 weeks of treatment

To evaluate the effect of AZD6234 as compared to placebo as an adjunct to incretin-based therapies in percent body weight change

Time frame
68 weeks

Secondary outcomes

1

Percent change in body weight from baseline at 68 weeks of treatment

To evaluate the effect of AZD6234 as compared to placebo as an adjunct to incretin-based therapies in percent body weight change in the T2DM and non-T2DM sub-populations separately

Time frame
68 weeks
2

Absolute change in weight (kg) from baseline at 68 weeks of treatment

To evaluate the effect of AZD6234 as compared to placebo as an adjunct to incretin-based therapies on the absolute change in weight in the full population and in the T2DM and non-T2DM sub-populations separately

Time frame
68 weeks
3

Achievement of at least 5% body weight loss from baseline at 68 weeks of treatment

To evaluate the effect of AZD6234 as compared to placebo as an adjunct to incretin-based therapies in body weight loss of at least 5% in the full population and in the T2DM and non T2DM sub-populations separately

Time frame
68 weeks
4

Achievement of at least 10% body weight loss from baseline at 68 weeks of treatment

To evaluate the effect of AZD6234 as compared to placebo as an adjunct to incretin-based therapies in body weight loss of at least 10% in the full population and in the T2DM and non T2DM sub-populations separately

Time frame
68 weeks

Other outcomes

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