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Research Study to Look at How Well Semaglutide Works in People Living With Heart Failure, Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

NCT04916470 · Completed

Last updated 2026-05-28

This study is testing how well the medication semaglutide works in adults who have heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.

Status Completed The study has finished.
Phase Phase 3 Confirms effectiveness in a large group before approval.
Type Interventional (clinical trial)
Design Randomized, quadruple-blind treatment study
Participants 617 people
Who can join Ages 18+ · all sexes
Timeline Started 2021-06 · est. completion 2023-10
Where 180 sites · Argentina, Austria, Canada, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

What this study is testing ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04916470 ↗

Description as written by the study sponsor.

This study will look at how participants' daily life is affected by their heart failure. The study will also look at the change in participants' body weight. This study will compare the effect of semaglutide (a new medicine) compared to "dummy" medicine on body weight and heart failure symptoms. Participants will either get semaglutide or "dummy" medicine, which treatment participants get is decided by chance. Participants will need to take 1 injection once a week. The study medicine is injected with a thin needle in a skin fold in the stomach area, thigh or upper arm. During the study participants will have talks with the study staff about healthy lifestyle and physical activity. The study will last for about 59 weeks, that is a little more than 1 year. Participants will have 12 clinic visits with the study doctor. * At 6 of the visits participants will have blood samples taken. * At 5 of the visits participants will be asked to fill in a questionnaire * At 4 of the visits participants will have to do a 6-minute walking test * At 3 of the visits participants will have a test to check the heart. * participants will have their eyes checked before or at the start of the study and at the end of the study Women cannot take part if pregnant, breast-feeding or plan to become pregnant during the study period.

Treatments tested

Main thing measuredChange in KCCQ (Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire) clinical summary score
SponsorNovo Nordisk A/S
Conditions studiedHeart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) and Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
GLP-1 drugs semaglutide

Full protocol, eligibility, and contacts on ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04916470 ↗