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NCT07035093Active, not recruitingPhase 3

A Study of Retatrutide (LY3437943) in Participants Who Have Obesity or Overweight and Chronic Low Back Pain

A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Retatrutide Once Weekly in Participants Who Have Obesity or Overweight and Chronic Low Back Pain

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 25 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of retatrutide in relieving chronic low back pain in participants who have obesity or overweight. Participation in the study will last about 80 weeks.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
586 (estimated)
First submitted
28 May 2025
Start date
29 May 2025
Primary completion date
Sept 2027
Lead sponsor
Eli Lilly and Company
Diseases
Obesity
NCT number
NCT07035093
EU CT number
2024-517431-43-00

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Planned participants: 586
  • From 29 May 2025 to the primary completion date, Sept 2027
  • 46 sites in 4 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

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

Prior treatment

  • Have had botulinum or steroid injections to the spine within 1 year of screening
  • Have a self-reported change in body weight \>5 kilograms (kg) (11 pounds) within 90 days prior to screening
  • Have been taking drugs to promote body weight reduction, including over-the-counter medications, within 90 days prior to screening
  • Have a prior or planned surgical treatment for obesity

Other illness

  • Have Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, or any other type of diabetes

Other

  • Have a non-axial origin low back pain
  • Have had trigger point injection to the spine within 6 months of screening

Who the study is looking for

  • Have a history of axial-predominant low back pain
  • Have pain that is restricted to the low back or with a referral pattern limited to the proximal legs
  • Have a body mass index (BMI) ≥27 kilograms per square meter (kg/m2) at screening
  • Have a history of at least 1 self-reported unsuccessful dietary effort to lose body weight

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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (46)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Fundacion Respirar
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Buenos AiresArgentinaUnknown status
Centro Médico Viamonte
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Buenos AiresArgentinaUnknown status
Investigaciones Medicas Imoba Srl
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Buenos AiresArgentinaUnknown status
Centro Medico Dra. Laura Maffei- Investigacion Clinica Aplicada
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Buenos AiresArgentinaUnknown status
CIPREC
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Buenos AiresArgentinaUnknown status
Centro de Investigaciones Clínicas Baigorria
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Granadero BaigorriaArgentinaUnknown status
Centro Rosarino de Investigaciones Clinicas (CRICs)
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RosarioArgentinaUnknown status
Instituto Médico Catamarca IMEC
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RosarioArgentinaUnknown status
Centro de Diagnóstico y Rehabilitación (CEDIR)
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Santa FeArgentinaUnknown status
Aggarwal and Associates Limited
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BramptonCanadaUnknown status
Winterberry Research Inc.
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HamiltonCanadaUnknown status
Bluewater Clinical Research Group Inc.
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SarniaCanadaUnknown status
Care Access - Cape Breton
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SydneyCanadaUnknown status
Dr. Anil K. Gupta Medicine Professional Corporation
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TorontoCanadaUnknown status
Revit Sp. z o.o.
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BialystokPolandCompleted
Diamond Clinic Sp. z o.o.
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CracowPolandCompleted
Centrum Badan Klinicznych PI-House sp. z o.o.
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GdanskPolandCompleted
Santa SP. z o.o
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LodzPolandCompleted
Terpa Sp. z o.o. Sp. k.
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LublinPolandCompleted
Centrum Zdrowia Metabolicznego Paweł Bogdański
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PoznanPolandCompleted
Medicover Integrated Clinical Services Sp. z o.o.
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WarsawPolandCompleted
FutureSearch Trials of Neurology
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AustinUnited StatesUnknown status
Great Lakes Research Group, Inc.
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Bay CityUnited StatesUnknown status
Alpine Clinical Research Center
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BoulderUnited StatesUnknown status
MD First Research - Chandler
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ChandlerUnited StatesUnknown status
Mercy Family Clinic
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DallasUnited StatesUnknown status
Sovah Clinical Research-River District
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DanvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
K2 Medical Research - Daytona Beach
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Daytona BeachUnited StatesUnknown status
Altoona Center For Clinical Research
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DuncansvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
Ark Clinical Research, Fountain Valley
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Fountain ValleyUnited StatesUnknown status
St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare
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FullertonUnited StatesUnknown status
Houston Research Institute
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HoustonUnited StatesUnknown status
New Phase Research And Development
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KnoxvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
Care Access - Lake Charles (Bayou Pines)
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Lake CharlesUnited StatesUnknown status
Clinical Research Institute
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Los AngelesUnited StatesUnknown status
Flourish Research - Miami, LLC
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MiamiUnited StatesUnknown status
Artemis Institute for Clinical Research
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San DiegoUnited StatesUnknown status
Clinvest Headlands LLC
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SpringfieldUnited StatesUnknown status
IMA Clinical Research St. Petersburg
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St. PetersburgUnited StatesUnknown status
Care Access - Tampa
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TampaUnited StatesUnknown status
Charter Research - Lady Lake
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The VillagesUnited StatesUnknown status
Cotton O'Neil Clinical Research Center
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TopekaUnited StatesUnknown status
Tucson Orthopaedic Institute - North Wyatt Drive
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TucsonUnited StatesUnknown status
MedVadis Research Corporation
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WalthamUnited StatesUnknown status
Center for Clinical Research
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Winston-SalemUnited StatesUnknown status
Conquest Research
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Winter ParkUnited StatesUnknown status

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