Weekly shot could help people with short bowel syndrome absorb more fluids
NCT ID NCT07704047
First seen Jul 15, 2026 · Last updated Jul 16, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase IIa trial tests whether FT1, a lab-made version of a natural gut hormone, is safe and helps reduce fluid loss in adults with short bowel syndrome. Participants receive weekly injections of FT1 or a placebo for five weeks. The study measures changes in stool weight and urine output to see if the drug improves fluid absorption.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a recombinant GLP-2 analog called FT1
- What this could lead to
- If successful, FT1 could become a new weekly injection to help people with short bowel syndrome absorb more fluids and nutrients, reducing their dependence on intravenous support.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 8 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drug may cause side effects or fail to show meaningful benefit over placebo.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 8 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years, male or female. * SBS secondary to surgical resection of the small intestine, screened for at least 12 months after pre intestinal resection surgery; * Stable weight before screening; For patients requiring parenteral support (PS), PS volume remained stable (with changes in volume or energy content\<25%) within 14 days prior to randomization; * Willing to undergo colonoscopy and remove polyps assessed by researchers to be at risk of cancer; * During the trial period, there were no plans to perform any major abdominal surgeries (such as intestinal resection exceeding 10% or surgeries that alter intestinal anatomy, such as stoma surgery); * During the baseline metabolic balance study, the average daily fecal wet rearrangement amount was ≥ 800g; Exclusion Criteria: * Having undergone major abdominal surgery (such as intestinal resection exceeding 10%) within the past 6 months prior to screening; * History of clinically significant intestinal adhesions and/or chronic abdominal pain; * History of persistent radiation enteritis, celiac disease, refractory diarrhea, etc; * Patients with malignant tumors within the past 5 years (excluding fully treated cervical carcinoma in situ, basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, local prostate cancer after radical surgery, and ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast after radical surgery); * History of gallstones in the past 3 years, except for those who have undergone cholecystectomy for gallstones; Acute cholecystitis or biliary obstruction related diseases that have not been treated within the previous month or during the screening period; * IBD patients with active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), or requiring increased or altered immunosuppressive therapy in the past 3 months, or receiving biologic therapy in the past 6 months; * Occurrence of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections within 2 months prior to and during the screening period; * Patients diagnosed with decompensated heart failure (NYHA grade III or above) and/or unstable angina and/or myocardial infarction from 6 months prior to screening until the first administration of the study drug; * Screening for individuals with rectal bleeding within the first 3 months; * Individuals with absorption instability caused by cystic fibrosis, untreated megacolon disease, or known DNA abnormalities (such as familial adenomatous polyposis, Fanconi syndrome); * Serious active, uncontrolled, untreated, acute onset systemic diseases (such as cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, infectious, endocrine, liver or central nervous system, etc.); * Pregnant or breastfeeding women. * The investigator believes the subject is unsuitable for participating in this clinical study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command
RECRUITINGNanjing, Jiangsu, 210002, China
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