A Study to Investigate the Response of Participants With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on Once-Weekly Retatrutide to Hypoglycemia

NCT ID: NCT06982846

Last Updated: 2025-12-10

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

78 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-06-06

Study Completion Date

2026-05-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to measure the effect of retatrutide versus placebo, administered every week, on time to recovery from hypoglycemia during hypoglycemic clamp in participants with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) following 16 weeks of treatment.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators
Sponsor-blind

Study Groups

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Retatrutide

Participants will receive escalated doses of retatrutide administered subcutaneously (SC) every week (QW) until reaching target dose.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Retatrutide

Intervention Type DRUG

Administered SC

Placebo

Participants will receive matching placebo administered SC QW.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Administered SC

Interventions

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Retatrutide

Administered SC

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Administered SC

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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LY3437943

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Have been diagnosed with T2DM for at least 6 months prior to screening.
* Treated with diet and exercise and stable treatment with metformin with or without 1 additional allowed oral antihyperglycemic medications (OAM), 3 months prior to screening.

* Treatment with metformin will be considered stable if all prescribed total daily doses for this period were ±850 mg from the original prescription for the same participant.
* Allowed OAMs include dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-IV) inhibitors, sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, glinides, or sulfonylureas.
* Have a hemoglobin A1c value at screening of

* ≥6.0% (≥ 42 millimole per liter(mmol/L)) and ≤9.5% (≤80 mmol/L) if on metformin only or
* ≥6.0% (≥42 mmol/L) and ≤8.5% (≤69 mmol/L) if on metformin in combination with 1 additional allowed OAM.
* Have a BMI within the range 25.0 kg/m2 and 45.0 kg/m2 kg/m2 (both inclusive).
* Have had a stable body weight that is less than 5% change in body weight for more than 3 months prior to screening.

Exclusion Criteria

* Have Type 1 diabetes mellitus.
* Have had more than 1 episode of severe hypoglycemia, as defined by the American Diabetes Association criteria, within 6 months before screening or has a history of hypoglycemia unawareness or poor recognition of hypoglycemic symptoms.
* Have had 1 or more episodes of ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar state/coma requiring hospitalization within the 6 months prior to screening.
* Have impaired renal estimated glomerular filtration rate \<60 mL/min/1.73 m2 calculated by Chronic Kidney Disease-Epidemiology.
* Have acute or chronic pancreatitis or a history of acute idiopathic pancreatitis.
* Have elevations in

* serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \>2.5× upper limit normal (ULN)
* serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \>2.5×ULN
* total bilirubin level (TBL) \>1.5×ULN, or
* alkaline phosphatase (ALP) level ≥1.5× ULN.
* Have a known clinically significant gastric emptying abnormality.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Eli Lilly and Company

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Call 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559) or 1-317-615-4559 Mon - Fri 8 AM - 8 PM Eastern time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST)

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Eli Lilly and Company

Locations

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Medizinische Universität Graz

Graz, , Austria

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Austria

Central Contacts

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Trial questions or participation questions: 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559) or

Role: CONTACT

1-317-615-4559

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Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Role: primary

43 316 385-82383

Other Identifiers

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J1I-MC-GZQF

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2024-518471-63-00

Identifier Type: CTIS

Identifier Source: secondary_id

27316

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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