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NCT06712836CompletedPhase 2

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

A Phase 2b, Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of 28 Weeks to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of Once-Weekly MET097 in Adults With Obesity or Overweight Followed by a 32-Week Extension (VESPER-1)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study is designed to test how well MET097, an active drug, works to treat individuals with obesity or overweight when compared to placebo. MET097 or placebo will be given to individuals weekly for 28 weeks. If an individual is assigned to MET097 they will receive one of four different dose levels. Participants who have completed the first 28 weeks may participate in an exploratory extension study.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
239 (actual)
First submitted
27 Nov 2024
Start date
9 Oct 2024
Primary completion date
3 Jul 2025
Lead sponsor
Pfizer
Diseases
Obesity
NCT number
NCT06712836

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Participants enrolled: 239
  • From 9 Oct 2024 to the primary completion date, 3 Jul 2025
  • 2 sites 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.

Other illness

  • 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
  • Any lifetime history of a suicide attempt.

Lab values

  • 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

Who the study is looking for

  • 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

Age in the registry: 18 years to 70 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Anaheim Clinical Trials, LLC
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AnaheimUnited StatesUnknown status
Research Centers of America
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HollywoodUnited StatesUnknown status

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