A Phase 2b Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Once-Monthly MET097 in Adults With Obesity or Overweight

Running, not enrolling · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Obesity, Overweight or Obesity

In brief

This study is designed to test the weight loss effects, safety, and tolerability of multiple monthly doses of MET097 after 12 weekly doses, compared to placebo. Participants are eligible if they have overweight or obesity and do not have type 2 diabetes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06973720

Run by

Pfizer

People needed

268

Starts

2025-04-07

Expected to finish

2026-10-16

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Body mass index (BMI) at Screening of:
• BMI ≥30 kg/m2 and ≤50.0 kg/m2 (can have the weight-related co-morbidities listed below)
• BMI ≥27.0 kg/m2 to <30.0 kg/m2 with at least one of the following weight-related co-morbidities:
• Hypertension: on blood pressure (BP)-lowering medication or having systolic BP ≥130 mmHg or diastolic BP ≥80 mmHg at Screening
• Dyslipidemia: on lipid-lowering medication or having low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) ≥160 mg/dL (4.1 mmol/L) or triglycerides ≥150 mg/dL (1.7 mmol/L), or high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) <40 mg/dL (1.0 mmol/L) for men or HDL-C <50 mg/dL (1.3 mmol/L) for women at Screening
• Stable body weight (increase or decrease ≤5 kg) within 3 months prior to Screening

You may not qualify if…

• Diagnosis of diabetes (T1DM or T2DM) or glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ≥ 6.5% or fasting plasma glucose >125 mg/dL.
• Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <75 mL/min/1.73 m2
• History of pancreatitis
• Family or personal history of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) or multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2 (MEN-2)
• History of significant active or unstable major depressive disorder (MDD) or other severe psychiatric disorder within the last 2 years
• Poorly controlled hypertension at, defined as any of the following:
• Mean seated systolic BP ≥160 mm Hg or mean seated diastolic BP ≥95 mm Hg at Screening visit
• A change in antihypertensive medications within 30 days of Screening visit
• Renal artery stenosis, or evidence of labile blood pressure including symptomatic postural hypotension at Screening; postural hypotension is defined as a sustained reduction of systolic blood pressure of at least 20 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure of 10 mmHg, with or without symptoms during the assessment, within three minutes of standing
• Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level lower than 0.4 mIU/L or higher than 6.0 mIU/L at the Screening visit. Note: participants receiving treatment for hypothyroidism may be included, provided their thyroid hormone replacement dose has been stable for at least 6 months

Where it is running

• Research Centers of America — Hollywood, Florida, United States
• ForCare Clinical Research — Tampa, Florida, United States
• CenExel iResearch, LLC — Decatur, Georgia, United States
• CenExel iResearch, LLC — Savannah, Georgia, United States
• Hassman Research Institute — Marlton, New Jersey, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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