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NCT05073835CompletedPhase 3

Semaglutide 2.4 mg in Patients With Poor Weight-loss

BARI-STEP:A Double-blinded, Randomised, Placebo-controlled Trial of Semaglutide 2.4 mg in Patients With Poor Weight-loss Following Bariatric Surgery.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

A double-blinded, randomised, placebo-controlled trial of semaglutide 3.0 mg/ml in patients with poor weight-loss following bariatric surgery. The primary aim of this trial is to determine whether, and the extent to which, 68 weeks of subcutaneous semaglutide 3.0 mg/ml causes greater percentage weight loss (%WL), reduction in adiposity, improvement in metabolic and inflammatory indices and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) than placebo, in patients with poor weight loss following gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
70 (actual)
First submitted
15 Sept 2021
Start date
1 Nov 2022
Primary completion date
9 Apr 2025
Lead sponsor
University College, London
Diseases
Obesity
NCT number
NCT05073835

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Participants enrolled: 70
  • From 1 Nov 2022 to the primary completion date, 9 Apr 2025
  • 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

  • Bariatric surgical procedure other than GB and SG, or revision bariatric surgery of any operation type.
  • Personal history of type I diabetes or type II diabetes mellitus currently treated with insulin.
  • Concomitant use of GLP-1R agonist or DPPIV-inhibitors.
  • History of suicidal attempt in the previous 5 years or untreated severe depression or mental health condition assessed by direct questioning.
  • Personal history of acute pancreatitis 180 days before screening or chronic pancreatitis.
  • Concomitant usage of medications that cause weight gain or weight loss.
  • Known or suspected abuse of alcohol or recreational drugs.

Other illness

  • Symptomatic gallstone disease
  • Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥ 160 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 100 mmHg).
  • Known or suspected hypersensitivity to semaglutide or any of the excipients involved in their formulation.
  • Personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma or multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2.
  • History of malignant neoplasms within the past 5 years prior to screening. Basal and squamous cell skin cancer and any carcinoma in-situ are allowed.
  • Uncontrolled thyroid disease.
  • History of stroke, unstable angina, acute coronary syndrome, congestive heart failure New York Heart Association class III-IV within the preceding 12 months.
  • Untreated clinically significant arrhythmias.
  • Severe hepatic impairment diagnosed via liver function blood tests and clinical evaluation

Lab values

  • Renal impairment measured as glomerular infiltration rate (eGFR \<15 ml/min 1.73 m2

Other

  • Female who is pregnant, breast-feeding, or intends to become pregnant.
  • Current participation in other clinical intervention trial.
  • Diabetic gastroparesis.
  • Any additional factor, which in the investigator's opinion, might jeopardise the subject's safety or compliance with the trial protocol.

Who the study is looking for

  • Patients, ≥1 year primary GB or primary SG, with poor weight-loss (\<20% WL) that is not caused by either a surgical or psychological problem.
  • Adults, 18-65 years inclusive.
  • Females of childbearing potential and female partners of male participants must be willing to use highly effective method of contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) (Appendix 2) from the time consent is signed until 2 months after treatment discontinuation.
  • Females of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 7 days prior to randomisation. NOTE: Subjects are considered not of child bearing potential if they are surgically sterile (i.e. they have undergone a hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, or bilateral oophorectomy) or they are postmenopausal.
  • A self-reported ≤5 % variation in body weight over preceding 3 months.
  • Fluent in English and able to understand and complete questionnaires.
  • Participants capable to provide written informed consent and comply with the trial protocol.

Age in the registry: 18 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Janine Makaronids
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LondonUnited KingdomUnknown status

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