NCT07253285RecruitingPhase 3
A Research Study on How Well Cagrilintide and CagriSema Work in Children and Adolescents With Excess Body Weight
Efficacy, Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Cagrilintide s.c. 2.4 mg as Monotherapy and in Combination With Semaglutide s.c. 2.4 mg (CagriSema) Once Weekly for Weight Management in Chidren and Adolescents With Overweight or Obesity
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 30 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study will look at how well CagriSema and cagrilintide help children and adolescents with excess body weight lose weight. The study has 2 parts: main and extension study. In the main study, participants will either get CagriSema (a new study drug), cagrilintide (a new study drug), semaglutide (a drug that doctors can already prescribe to adolescents and adults) or placebo (a placebo looks like the treatment being tested, but doesn't have any active ingredients in it). Which treatment participants will get is decided by chance. Participants who get semaglutide in the main study will not take part in the extension study. If participants take part in the extension study, they will get either CagriSema or cagrilintide in this part of the study. Like all drugs, the study drugs may have side effects. The total time participants will be in the main study is about 1 year and 6 months. If participants take part in the extension study, the total time is about 4 years and 10 months.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 460 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 19 Nov 2025
- Start date
- 8 Jan 2026
- Primary completion date
- 20 Mar 2030
- Lead sponsor
- Novo Nordisk A/S
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT07253285
- EU CT number
- 2023-509176-42-00
- EudraCT number
- 2023-509176-42
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Planned participants: 460
- From 8 Jan 2026 to the primary completion date, 20 Mar 2030
- 116 sites in 26 countries
- 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
- Treatment with any medication prescribed for obesity or weight management within 90 days before screening.
- Previous or planned (during the study period) obesity treatment with surgery or a weight loss device. However, the following are allowed:
- A self-reported (or by parent(s)/LAR, where applicable) change in body weight \> 5 % within 90 days before screening irrespective of medical records.
- Positive insulinoma associated protein-2 (IA-2) antibodies or anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase (anti-GAD) antibodies.
- Treatment with any medication for the indication of diabetes other than those stated in the inclusion criteria within 90 days before screening.
- Uncontrolled and potentially unstable diabetic retinopathy or maculopathy. Verified by a fundus examination performed within 90 days before screening or in the period between screening and randomisation. Pharmacological pupil-dilation is a requirement unless using a digital fundus photography camera specified for non-dilated examination.
Other illness
- Uncontrolled thyroid disease.
- Type 1 diabetes or monogenic diabetes. For participants without T2D at screening the following exclusion criteria also apply
Lab values
- HbA1c greater than or equal to 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) as measured by the central laboratory at screening.
- Treatment with glucose-lowering agent(s) prescribed for the indication of diabetes or pre-diabetes within 90 days before screening.
- For participants with T2D at screening the following exclusion criteria also apply
Other
- Liposuction and/or abdominoplasty, if performed \> 1 year before screening.
- Adjustable gastric banding, if the band has been removed \> 1 year before screening.
- Intragastric balloon, if the balloon has been removed \> 1 year before screening.
- Duodenal-jejunal bypass liner (e.g., Endobarrier), if the sleeve has been removed \>1 year before screening.
- Endocrine, hypothalamic, or syndromic obesity.
- Known hypoglycaemic unawareness as indicated by the investigator according to Clarke's questionnaire.
- Recurrent severe hypoglycaemic episodes within 1 year before screening, as judged by the investigator.
Who the study is looking for
- Informed consent of parent(s) or legally acceptable representative (LAR) of participant and child assent, as age-appropriate, obtained before any study related activities. Study related activities are any procedures that are carried out as part of the study, including activities to determine suitability for the study.
- The parent(s) or LAR of the child must sign and date the Informed Consent Form (according to local requirements)
- The child must sign and date the Child Assent Form or provide oral assent (according to local requirements).
- Male or female.
- Aged 8 to less than (\<) 18 years at the time of signing the informed consent.
- Body mass index (BMI), at screening, corresponding to:
- Greater than or equal to (\>=) 95th percentile for children aged 8 to \< 12 years (Tanner stage 1-5)
- \>= 95th percentile or \>= 85th percentile with the presence of at least one obesity-related complication including, but not limited to, type 2 diabetes (T2D), hypertension, dyslipidaemia or obstructive sleep apnoea for adolescents aged 12 to \< 18 years (Tanner stage 2-5).
- Laboratory parameters, as measured by the central lab at screening, within normal sex- and age-specific ranges of total calcium, phosphate, alkaline phosphatase, parathyroid hormone.
- History of at least one unsuccessful effort to lose sufficient body weight after participation in a structured lifestyle modification programme (diet and exercise counselling) for at least 3 months.
- Body weight greater than (\>) 45 kilograms (kg) at screening.
- For participants with T2D at screening the following inclusion criteria also apply
- Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) less than or equal to (\<=)10.0 percent (%) (86 millimoles per mole \[mmol/mol\]) as measured by central laboratory at screening.
- Treatment with lifestyle intervention or treatment with metformin according to local label.
- Treatment with metformin should be stable (same dose and dosing frequency) for at least 56 days before screening.
Age in the registry: 8 years to 18 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (116)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medizinische Universitaet Innsbruck Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Innsbruck | Austria | Recruiting |
| Gemeinnuetzige Salzburger Landeskliniken Betriebsgesellschaft mbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Salzburg | Austria | Recruiting |
| Perth Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nedlands | Australia | Recruiting |
| Queensland Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | South Brisbane | Australia | Recruiting |
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead - Clinical Research Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Westmead | Australia | Recruiting |
| Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edegem | Belgium | Recruiting |
| UZ Brussel Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jette | Belgium | Recruiting |
| University Multiprofile Hospital For Active Treatment Saint Georgi EAD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Plovdiv | Bulgaria | Recruiting |
| Specialized Hospital For Active Treatment Of Childrens Diseases Professor Ivan Mitev Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofia | Bulgaria | Recruiting |
| Children's Health Medical Center EOOD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofia | Bulgaria | Recruiting |
| MBAL Sveta Marina EAD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Varna | Bulgaria | Recruiting |
| Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Not yet recruiting |
| Capital Center for Children's Health, Capital Medical University-Endocrinology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Recruiting |
| The First Bethune Hospital of Jilin University-Pediatric Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Changchun | China | Not yet recruiting |
| Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital- Pediatric Endocrinology, Genetics and Metabolism Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chengdu | China | Recruiting |
| Shandong Provincial Hospital-Pediatric Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jinan | China | Recruiting |
| Children's Hospital of Fudan University-Endocrinology and Metabolism Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shanghai | China | Recruiting |
| Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology-Pediatric Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wuhan | China | Recruiting |
| Wuhan Children Hospital-Endocrine Genetics and Metabolism Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wuhan | China | Recruiting |
| Henan Children's Hospital Zhengzhou Children's Hospital-Endocrine Genetics and Metabolism Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zhengzhou | China | Recruiting |
| Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bogotá | Colombia | Not yet recruiting |
| Servicios de Salud Ips Suramericana S.A.S. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Medellín | Colombia | Not yet recruiting |
| Holbaek Sygehus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Holbæk | Denmark | Recruiting |
| Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Recruiting |
| Hospital Sant Joan De Deu Barcelona Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Esplugues de Llobregat | Spain | Recruiting |
| University Hospital Virgen Del Rocio S.L. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sevilla | Spain | Recruiting |
| Birmingham Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Alder Hey Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Liverpool | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| University College Hospital - Paediatric Services Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Klinika Za Djecje Bolesti Zagreb Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Grad Zagreb | Croatia | Recruiting |
| Klinicki bolnicki centar Sestre milosrdnice Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Grad Zagreb | Croatia | Recruiting |
| Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rijeka | Croatia | Recruiting |
| Eszak-Budai Szent Janos Centrumkorhaz Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Budapest II | Hungary | Recruiting |
| Semmelweis University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Budapest VIII | Hungary | Recruiting |
| University of Szeged Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Szeged | Hungary | Recruiting |
| Rambam MC - Department of Pediatrics A Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Haifa | Israel | Not yet recruiting |
| Shaare Zedek MC - Endocrinology Department Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jerusalem | Israel | Not yet recruiting |
| Schneider MC - Endrocrinology and Diabetes Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Petah Tikva | Israel | Not yet recruiting |
| Shamir MC - Pediatric and Adolescents Endocrinology unit Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tsrifin | Israel | Not yet recruiting |
| Indira Gandhi Institute of child health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bangalore | India | Not yet recruiting |
| Maulana Azad Medical College Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Delhi | India | Not yet recruiting |
| Endolife Specialty Hospitals Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guntur | India | Not yet recruiting |
| Regency Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kanpur | India | Not yet recruiting |
| Excel Endocrine Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kolhāpur | India | Not yet recruiting |
| Institute of Child Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kolkata | India | Not yet recruiting |
| Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Delhi | India | Not yet recruiting |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Delhi | India | Not yet recruiting |
| BAPS Pramukh Swami Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Surat | India | Not yet recruiting |
| Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Maggiore della Carità Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Novara | Italy | Recruiting |
| Istituto Di Ricovero E Cura A Carattere Scientifico Materno Infantile Burlo Garofolo Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Trieste | Italy | Recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Verona | Italy | Recruiting |
| CHRISTUS - Latam Hub Excellence and Innovation Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Monterrey | Mexico | Not yet recruiting |
| IECSI Centro de Investigación Clínica Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Monterrey | Mexico | Not yet recruiting |
| Consultorio de Endocrinología y Pediatría Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Puebla City | Mexico | Not yet recruiting |
| Hospital Tunku Azizah Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kampung Baru | Malaysia | Not yet recruiting |
| University Malaya Medical Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lembah Pantai | Malaysia | Recruiting |
| Hospital Sibu Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sibu | Malaysia | Recruiting |
| Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis Stichting Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | 'S-Hertogenbosch | Netherlands | Recruiting |
| Samodzielny Zespol Publicznych Zakladow Opieki Zdrowotnej Im. Dzieci Warszawy W Dziekanowie Lesnym Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lomianki | Poland | Not yet recruiting |
| Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Opolu Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Opole | Poland | Not yet recruiting |
| Kliniczny Szpital Wojewódzki nr 2 im. Św. Jadwigi Królowej w Rzeszowie Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rzeszów | Poland | Not yet recruiting |
| Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny Nr 1 Im.Prof.Stanislawa Szyszko Slaskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego W Katowicach Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zabrze | Poland | Not yet recruiting |
| Unidade Local De Saude De Santo Antonio E.P.E. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Porto | Portugal | Recruiting |
| Hospital CUF Porto S.A. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Porto | Portugal | Recruiting |
| Unidade Local de Saúde de Gaia/Espinho, E. P. E Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vila Nova de Gaia | Portugal | Recruiting |
| Spitalul Clinic de Urgenta pentru Copii "M.S.Curie" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bucharest | Romania | Recruiting |
| Kilostop Junior S.R.L. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bucharest | Romania | Recruiting |
| Spitalul Clinic Judetean De Urgenta Pius Brinzeu Timisoara Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Timisoara | Romania | Recruiting |
| University Children's Hospital Tirsova Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Belgrade | Serbia | Recruiting |
| Institute for Mother and Child Health Care of Serbia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Belgrade | Serbia | Recruiting |
| Institute for Health Care of Children and Adolescents Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Novi Sad | Serbia | Recruiting |
| Region Vaesterbotten Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Umea | Sweden | Withdrawn |
| Uppsala University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Uppsala | Sweden | Withdrawn |
| Detská fakultná nemocnica Košice Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Košice | Slovakia | Recruiting |
| Narodny Endokrinologicky a diabetologicky ustav Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ľubochňa | Slovakia | Recruiting |
| King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital_Ped-Nutrition Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bangkok | Thailand | Recruiting |
| Thammasat Hospital_CRC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pathum Thani | Thailand | Recruiting |
| Chang Gung Memorial Hospital - Kaohsiung Branch Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kaohsiung City | Taiwan | Recruiting |
| Chung Shan Medical University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taichung | Taiwan | Recruiting |
| Taipei Mackay Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taipei | Taiwan | Recruiting |
| Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou-Dept of Pediatrics Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taoyuan | Taiwan | Recruiting |
| Children's Healthcare Atlanta Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Recruiting |
| Barry J. Reiner, MD, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Recruiting |
| Pennington Biomed Res Ctr Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baton Rouge | United States | Recruiting |
| UBMD Physicians Group - Pediatrics - Conventus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buffalo | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Centricity Research - Ohio Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Recruiting |
| Columbus Research Foundation Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Recruiting |
| Primed Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dayton | United States | Recruiting |
| Accel Research Sites-NeuroStudies Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Decatur | United States | Recruiting |
| Neighborhood Healthcare Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Escondido | United States | Recruiting |
| Valley Weight Loss Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fargo | United States | Recruiting |
| Prisma Health-Ped Endo Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Greenville | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Encore Medical Research LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hollywood | United States | Recruiting |
| DM Clinical Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Recruiting |
| IU Health - Riley Physicians Endo-Diab Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Indianapolis | United States | Recruiting |
| Jacksonville Ctr for Clin Res Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jacksonville | United States | Recruiting |
| AMR Clinical Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Layton | United States | Recruiting |
| LifeDoc Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Memphis | United States | Recruiting |
| Solaris Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Meridian | United States | Recruiting |
| University of Minnesota Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Minneapolis | United States | Recruiting |
| Coastal Carolina Research Ctr Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | North Charleston | United States | Recruiting |
| Children's Physicians OU Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oklahoma City | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| UPMC Child Hosp-Pittsburgh Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pittsburgh | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Monument Health Clinical Rsrch Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rapid City | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Synexus Clinical Research US-MN Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Richfield | United States | Recruiting |
| Pinnacle Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Recruiting |
| DM Clinical Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| The Texas Liver Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Recruiting |
| Consano Clin Res-Shavano Park Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shavano Park | United States | Recruiting |
| Eastside Bariatric and Gen Surg Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Snellville | United States | Recruiting |
| SUNY Upstate Medical Univ - Syracuse Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Syracuse | United States | Recruiting |
| Advantage Clinical Trials Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | The Bronx | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Cotton O'Neil Clinical Research Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Topeka | United States | Recruiting |
| Texas Valley Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Weslaco | United States | Recruiting |
| Encore Medical Research of Weston Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Weston | United States | Recruiting |
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