New obesity drug aims for major weight loss in phase 3 trial

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with following criteria : * BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 or * 27 kg/m2 ≤ BMI \< 30 kg/m2 with more than one risk factors or comorbidities(hypertension, dyslipidemia, sleep apnea, cardiocerebrovascular disease) 2. A person who have failed at least once to weight control using diet and exercise therapy before screening visit. Exclusion Criteria: 1. A person whose weight change exceeds 5kg within 3 months prior to screening visit. 2. Diabetes mellitus (Type 1, type 2, etc.) or HbA1c ≥ 6.5 %. 3. Administration of hypoglycemic agents. 4. Administration of medicines inducing weight gain. 5. Prader-Willi Syndrome or MC4R deficiency. 6. Cushing's Syndrome. 7. Administration of medicines for weight management. 8. A person who has a history of surgery(including device-based therapy) related to obesity or who has a plan during the clinical trial period. 9. Administration of Steroids for the systemic use. 10. Clinically significant gastric emptying abnormalities. 11. History(including family history) of medullary thyroid carcinoma or multiple endocrine adenomatosis. 12. History of acute or chronic pancreatitis. 13. A person who has the following clinical laboratory test results : * TSH \< 0.4 mIU/L or TSH \> 6 mIU/L * Calcitonin \> 100 ng/L * Amylase or Lipase \> 3 x UNL 14. Severe liver disease (AST or AST \> 3 x UNL or Total bilirubin \> 1.5 x UNL). 15. Severe renal disease ( eGFR \< 30mL/min/1.73m 2 ). 16. QTc \> 450 ms. 17. Answered 'yes' to question 4 or 5 of the suicidal ideation domain in C-SSRS or history of suicide attempt. 18. PHQ-9 ≥ 15 or history of depression, anxiety, and other severe Mental illness. 19. History of alcohol addiction or drug abuse. 20. History of malignant tumors. 21. History of severe heart disease or severe neurovascular disease. 22. Hypersensitivity to investigational products or multi-drug allergy. 23. Positive to pregnancy test, nursing mother, intention on pregnancy. 24. Considered by investigator as not appropriate to participate in the clinical study with other reason.