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A Study to Evaluate the Effect of Obicetrapib/Ezetimibe 10 mg Fixed-Dose Combination or Obicetrapib 10 mg Daily on Top of Guideline-Recommended Lipid-Lowering Therapy in Participants With Type 2 Diabetes and/or Metabolic Syndrome

A Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Randomized, Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Effect of Obicetrapib 10 mg and Ezetimibe 10 mg Fixed-Dose Combination or Obicetrapib 10 mg Daily on Top of Guideline-Recommended Lipid-Lowering Therapy in Participants With Type 2 Diabetes and/or Metabolic Syndrome (RUBENS Trial)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07219602
Acronym
RUBENS
Enrollment
300
Registered
2025-10-22
Start date
2025-12-11
Completion date
2028-06-01
Last updated
2026-09-09

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Conditions

Lipidemia, Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM)

Brief summary

This study will be a placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized, Phase 3 study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of obicetrapib 10 mg, both as a fixed-dose combination (FDC) with ezetimibe 10 mg and as monotherapy, on top of guideline-recommended lipid-lowering therapy in patients with metabolic syndrome and/or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Interventions

monotherapy

OTHERPlacebo

placebo on top of guideline-recommended lipid modifying therapy

Sponsors

NewAmsterdam Pharma
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Intervention model description

This protocol includes a 12-week, 3-arm, placebo-controlled, double-blind treatment section, followed by a 40-week open-label extension period. All patients receive the FDC of obicetrapib 10mg and ezetimibe 10 mg, regardless of the intervention received in the double-blind treatment section of this trial.

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* fasting serum LDL-C ≥ 70 mg/dL (≥1.81 mmol/L) * Have fasting TG ≥150 mg/dL (≥1.7 mmol/L) and \<400 mg/dL (\<4.5 mmol/L) * Know diagnosis of T2DM OR have metabolic syndrome defined as fasting TG ≥150 mg/dL (≥1.7mmol/L) and \<400 mg/dL (\<4.5 mmol/L) and at least 2 risk factors * Are on stable guideline-recommended lipid-lowering therapy * Estimated glomerular filtration rate ≥15 mL/min/1.73 m2

Exclusion criteria

* Have current or any previous history of New York Heart Association class III or IV heart failure or left ventricular ejection fraction \<30% * Have been hospitalized for heart failure within 5 years prior to Screening * Have uncontrolled severe hypertension * Have a formal diagnosis of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia * HbA1c ≥10.0% (≥0.100 hemoglobin fraction) or a fasting glucose ≥270 mg/dL (≥15.0 mmol/L) at Screening * active liver disease

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The percent change from Baseline to Day 84 in LDL-C compared with placebo for the following treatment groups: - obicetrapib 10 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg FDC treatment group; and - obicetrapib 10 mg monotherapy treatment group84 days

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Percent change from Baseline to Day 84 in non-HDL-C for the obicetrapib 10 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg FDC treatment group compared with the placebo groupDay 84
Percent change from Baseline to Day 84 in HDL-C for the obicetrapib 10 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg FDC treatment group compared with the placebo group84 days
Percent change from Baseline to Day 84 in ApoB for the obicetrapib 10 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg FDC treatment group compared with the placebo group84 days
Percent change from Baseline to Day 84 in ApoA1 for the obicetrapib 10 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg FDC treatment group compared with the placebo group84 days
Percent change from Baseline to Day 84 in non-HDL-C for the obicetrapib 10 mg monotherapy treatment group compared with the placebo group;84 days
Percent change from Baseline to Day 84 in HDL-C for the obicetrapib 10 mg monotherapy treatment group compared with the placebo groupDay 84
Percent change from Baseline to Day 84 in ApoB for the obicetrapib 10 mg monotherapy treatment group compared with the placebo groupDay 84
Percent change from Baseline to Day 84 in ApoA1 for the obicetrapib 10 mg monotherapy treatment group compared with the placebo groupDay 84
Percent change from Baseline to Day 84 in lipoprotein (a) (Lp[a]) for the obicetrapib 10 mg + ezetimibe 10 mg FDC treatment group compared with the placebo groupDay 84
Percent change from Baseline to Day 84 in Lp(a) for the obicetrapib 10 mg monotherapy treatment group compared with the placebo groupDay 84

Countries

Czechia, Netherlands, Slovakia, United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Sep 10, 2026