A Phase Ib/IIa Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Oral Ecnoglutide Tablets in Chinese Participants With Overweight or Obesity
A Multicenter, Multiple-dose Escalation, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase Ib/IIa Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Oral Ecnoglutide Tablets in Chinese Participants With Overweight or Obesity
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The aim of the study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of oral ecnoglutide tablets in Chinese participants with overweight or obesity
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for phase_1
Started Nov 2025
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 17, 2025
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
November 18, 2025
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 21, 2025
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
August 3, 2026
ExpectedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
November 22, 2026
January 28, 2026
October 1, 2025
9 months
November 17, 2025
January 27, 2026
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
The incidence and severity of adverse events
up to day 204
Secondary Outcomes (10)
Pharmacokinetics of oral ecnoglutide tablet
up to day 204
Change of body weight from baseline
up to day 204
Change of BMI from baseline
up to day 204
Change of waist circumference from baseline
up to day 204
Change of hip circumference from baseline
up to day 204
- +5 more secondary outcomes
Other Outcomes (1)
Immunogenecity of oral ecnoglutide tablet
up to day 204
Study Arms (6)
oral ecnoglutide dose 1
EXPERIMENTALonce daily
oral ecnoglutide dose 2
EXPERIMENTALonce daily
oral ecnoglutide dose 3
EXPERIMENTALonce weekly
oral ecnoglutide dose 4
EXPERIMENTALonce weekly
placebo dose 1
PLACEBO COMPARATORonce daily
placebo dose 2
PLACEBO COMPARATORonce weekly
Interventions
oral tablets
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- At the time of informed consent, with BMI in the range of 24.0 to 35.0 kg/m2 (including the threshold), body weight \>60.0 kg for male, and weight \>50.0 kg for female;
- Self-declaration of body weight change \<5% within 3 months prior to informed consent ;
You may not qualify if:
- Diagnosis of overweight or obesity due to endocrine disorders , such as Cushing's syndrome;
- Diagnosis of other endocrine disorders with clinical significance, including but not limited to hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism, thyroid nodules (imaging shows TI-RADS≥ class 3), thyroid cancer, or personal or family history of type 2 multiple endocrine tumor syndrome (MEN2), etc.
- Diagnosis of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases with clinical significance within 6 months prior to screening, including but not limited to acute stroke, acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, arrhythmia, etc.
- Diagnosis of severe gastrointestinal diseases, including but not limited to inflammatory bowel disease, active ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease, dyspepsia, diabetic gastroparesis, diabetic diarrhea, clinical gastric emptying abnormalities (such as pyloric obstruction), etc.
- History of major gastrointestinal surgery (except cholecystectomy or appendectomy), or metabolic surgery, or plan to undergo major surgery during the study period;
- HbA1c ≥6.5% or fasting blood glucose ≥7.0 mmol/L, or OGTT 2-hour blood glucose ≥11.1 mmol/L, at screening;
- Clinical laboratory test results with clinical significance
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
China-Japan Friendship Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100029, China
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Jintong Li, Dr
China-Japan Friendship Hospital
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 1
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- QUADRUPLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 17, 2025
First Posted
November 21, 2025
Study Start
November 18, 2025
Primary Completion (Estimated)
August 3, 2026
Study Completion (Estimated)
November 22, 2026
Last Updated
January 28, 2026
Record last verified: 2025-10
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share