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A Study to Test Whether Survodutide (BI 456906) Helps People Living With Overweight or Obesity Who do Not Have Diabetes to Lose Weight

NCT06066515 · Completed

Last updated 2026-05-28

This clinical trial is testing whether the medication survodutide (BI 456906) helps adults who are overweight or have obesity but do not have diabetes to lose weight over 76 weeks.

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 726 people
Who can join Ages 18+ · all sexes
Timeline Started 2023-11 · est. completion 2026-02
Where 118 sites · Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Korea, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

What this study is testing ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06066515 ↗

Description as written by the study sponsor.

This study is open to adults who are at least 18 years old and have * a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m² or more, or * a BMI of 27 kg/m² or more and at least one health problem related to their weight. People with type 2 diabetes cannot take part in this study. Only people who have previously not managed to lose weight by changing their diet can participate. The purpose of this study is to find out whether a medicine called survodutide (BI 456906) helps people living with overweight or obesity to lose weight. Participants are divided into 3 groups by chance, like drawing names from a hat. 2 groups get different doses of survodutide and 1 group gets placebo. Placebo looks like survodutide but does not contain any medicine. Every participant has a 2 in 3 chance of getting survodutide. Participants inject survodutide or placebo under their skin once a week for about one and a half years. In addition to the study medicine, all participants receive counselling to make changes to their diet and to exercise regularly. Participants are in the study for about 1 year and 7 months. During this time, it is planned that participants visit the study site up to 14 times and receive 6 phone calls by the site staff. The doctors check participants' health and take note of any unwanted effects. The participants' body weight is regularly measured. The results are compared between the groups to see whether the treatment works.

Treatments tested

Main thing measuredPercentage change in body weight from baseline to Week 76
SponsorBoehringer Ingelheim
Conditions studiedObesity
GLP-1 drugs survodutide

Full protocol, eligibility, and contacts on ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06066515 ↗