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Individualized Obesity Pharmacotherapy

Individualized Pharmacological Approach to Obesity Management: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03374956
Enrollment
193
Registered
2017-12-15
Start date
2017-12-11
Completion date
2022-05-26
Last updated
2023-07-18

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Conditions

Obesity

Keywords

Pharmacological, Obesity Management, Individualized

Brief summary

The researchers are trying to identify the specific characteristics (phenotypes) that may be useful to help select the right medication for weight loss.

Detailed description

All participants will be phenotype and participants will randomized to randomly assigned medications vs phenotype guided medications for obesity. All participants will receive a standard intense lifestyle intervention.All participants will be seen at 4 and 12 weeks. At the 12-week visit, participants will be unblinded to their obesity-related phenotype and they could contact their physician to continue a FDA-approved medication as part of clinical care. Study team will prospectively follow the patients' weight, waist circumference and use of obesity medications every 3 months for 1 year.

Interventions

Extended Release at dose of 7.5/46 mg oral daily

DRUGLiraglutide

dose of 3 mg subcutaneous daily

Oral naltrexone extended-release/bupropion extended-release at dose of 32/360 mg oral daily (divided in 2 tables in morning and 2 tablets in evening)

DRUGPhentermine

15-37.5 mg oral daily

Sponsors

Mayo Clinic
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Adults with obesity (BMI \>30 Kg/m2); these will be otherwise healthy individuals with no unstable psychiatric disease and controlled comorbidities or other diseases. * Gender: Men or women. Women of childbearing potential will have negative pregnancy tests within 48 hours of enrollment and before each radiation exposure.

Exclusion criteria

* Abdominal bariatric surgery * Positive history of chronic gastrointestinal diseases, or systemic disease that could affect gastrointestinal motility, or use of medications that may alter gastrointestinal motility, appetite or absorption, e.g., orlistat, within the last 6 months. * Significant untreated psychiatric dysfunction based upon screening with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Inventory (HAD), and the Questionnaire on Eating and Weight Patterns (binge eating disorders and bulimia). If such a dysfunction is identified by an anxiety or depression score \>11 or difficulties with substance or eating disorders, the participant will be excluded and given a referral letter to his/her primary care doctor for further appraisal and follow-up. * Hypersensitivity to any of the study medications. * No contraindications to all FDA-approved medications

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in Total Body Weightbaseline to 12 weeksPercent change in body weight

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Respondersbaseline to 12 weeksPercentage of participants who loss 5% or more of total body weight

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Intervention Group
Phenotype-guided pharmacotherapy, which includes Phentermine-Topiramate, Liraglutide, Naltrexone/bupropion or Phentermine plus Exercise Phentermine-Topiramate: Extended Release at dose of 7.5/46 mg oral daily Liraglutide: dose of 3 mg subcutaneous daily Naltrexone/bupropion: Oral naltrexone extended-release/bupropion extended-release at dose of 32/360 mg oral daily (divided in 2 tables in morning and 2 tablets in evening)
93
Control Group
Randomly assigned pharmacotherapy, which includes Phentermine-Topiramate, Liraglutide, Naltrexone/bupropion or Phentermine Phentermine-Topiramate: Extended Release at dose of 7.5/46 mg oral daily Liraglutide: dose of 3 mg subcutaneous daily Naltrexone/bupropion: Oral naltrexone extended-release/bupropion extended-release at dose of 32/360 mg oral daily (divided in 2 tables in morning and 2 tablets in evening) Phentermine: 15-37.5 mg oral daily
100
Total193

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicControl GroupTotalIntervention Group
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
100 Participants193 Participants93 Participants
Age, Continuous39 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 14
39 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 15
38.5 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
1 Participants3 Participants2 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
2 Participants2 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
10 Participants13 Participants3 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
87 Participants175 Participants88 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
100 Participants193 Participants93 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
78 Participants143 Participants65 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
22 Participants50 Participants28 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 930 / 100
other
Total, other adverse events
23 / 9325 / 100
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 930 / 100

Outcome results

Primary

Change in Total Body Weight

Percent change in body weight

Time frame: baseline to 12 weeks

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Intervention GroupChange in Total Body Weight-7.7 percent change
Control GroupChange in Total Body Weight-6.5 percent change
Secondary

Percentage of Responders

Percentage of participants who loss 5% or more of total body weight

Time frame: baseline to 12 weeks

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Intervention GroupPercentage of Responders81 percentage of participants
Control GroupPercentage of Responders80 percentage of participants
Secondary

Percentage of Responders

Percentage of participants with at least 10% total body weight loss

Time frame: baseline to 12 weeks

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Intervention GroupPercentage of Responders44 percentage of participants
Control GroupPercentage of Responders40 percentage of participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026