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NCT04779697CompletedPhase 1

GLP-1 Analogue Effects on Food Cues, Stress, Motivation for Highly Palatable Foods, and Weight

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 10 Feb 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

To examine response to a glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue vs. placebo in patients with obesity and assess impact on craving, hunger, stress, and weight outcomes.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
96 (actual)
First submitted
10 Feb 2021
Start date
1 Feb 2021
Primary completion date
19 Nov 2024
Lead sponsor
Yale University
Diseases
Obesity
NCT number
NCT04779697

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 1
  • Participants enrolled: 96
  • From 1 Feb 2021 to the primary completion date, 19 Nov 2024
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Current active participation in a weight loss program or weight loss of \>10% of total body weight during the prior 6 months
  • Taking any other anti-obesity medication

Other illness

  • Any significant current medical conditions, including neurological, renal, thyroid, cardiovascular, liver, endocrine or immune conditions, including diagnosis of T2DM or T1DM by American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria
  • Meet current or past DSM-IVR criteria for alcohol dependence or any substance use disorders, including nicotine, or psychiatric disorders, including eating disorders, or use of any psychiatric medications, including anxiolytics, antidepressants, naltrexone or antabuse, anti-smoking medications
  • History of pancreatitis, medullary thyroid cancer, or MEN syndrome, or (6) women who are pregnant or lactating, or peri/postmenopausal

Who the study is looking for

  • BMI ranging from 30-49.9 kg/m2
  • No significant medical problems, including diabetes
  • No history of HgbA1c \<6.5%
  • English speaking and able to read English and complete study evaluations
  • Able to provide informed written and verbal consent

Age in the registry: 18 years to 55 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
The Yale Stress Center: Yale University
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New HavenUnited StatesUnknown status

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