New pill could help kids fight obesity – clinical trial underway

NCT ID NCT06672549

First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jul 21, 2026 · Updated 3 times

Summary

This Phase 3 trial is testing an oral medication called orforglipron for chronic weight management in children and teens with obesity or overweight. The study will enroll 125 participants who have already tried lifestyle changes without success. The goal is to see if the drug is safe and effective for helping young people manage their weight.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
orforglipron (an oral medication)
What this could lead to
If successful, this could provide a new oral medication option for managing weight in children and teens with obesity or overweight.
What could go wrong
This is an early-stage platform trial with a small number of participants, so results may not apply broadly. The drug may cause side effects or fail to show meaningful weight loss.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Obesity obesity disorder Overweight

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Addenbrookes Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom

  • Alder Hey Children's Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Liverpool, L14 5AB, United Kingdom

  • All Childrens Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    St. Petersburg, Florida, 33701, United States

  • Ann and Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • Asan Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Seoul, 5505, South Korea

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona - Ospedale Borgo Trento

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Verona, 37126, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico de Modena

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Modena, 41124, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Maggiore della Carità

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Novara, 28100, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Meyer

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Florence, 50139, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Parma

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Parma, 43126, Italy

  • Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Barnsley, S75 2EP, United Kingdom

  • Boston Children's Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Bristol, BS2 8BJ, United Kingdom

  • CPQuali Pesquisa Clínica Sao Paulo

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    São Paulo, 01228-000, Brazil

  • Carey Chronis MD Pediatric, Infant and Adolescent Medicine

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Ventura, California, 93003-5369, United States

  • Centro Materno Infantil do Norte

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Porto, 4050-651, Portugal

  • Centro Para el Desarrollo de la Medicina y de Asistencia Especializada SC

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Culiacán, 80000, Mexico

  • Chaim Sheba Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Ramat Gan, 5262100, Israel

  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Center for Advanced Pediatrics

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30329, United States

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80920-7843, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Orange County - Orange

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Orange, California, 92868, United States

  • Children's Minnesota Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic & McNeeley Diabetes Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55102-3354, United States

  • Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Los Angeles, California, 90027, United States

  • Cleveland Clinic

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc - PPDS

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Brussels, 1200, Belgium

  • Coastal Pediatric Associates

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29414, United States

  • Corporacio Sanitaria Parc Tauli

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Sabadell, 8208, Spain

  • Dell Children's Medical Center - PIN

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Austin, Texas, 78723-3079, United States

  • Driscoll Children's Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Corpus Christi, Texas, 78411, United States

  • Duke Children's Primary Care

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Durham, North Carolina, 27704-2102, United States

  • Dynamed Clinical Research, LP d/b/a DM Clinical Research

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Gulfport, Mississippi, 39503-2637, United States

  • Dynamed Clinical Research, LP d/b/a DM Clinical Research

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Houston, Texas, 77065, United States

  • Florida Hospital- Center for Pediatric Research

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Orlando, Florida, 32803, United States

  • FutureMeds - Targowek

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Warsaw, 03-291, Poland

  • FutureMeds sp. z o. o.

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Wroclaw, 53-673, Poland

  • Hackensack University Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States

  • Hanyang University Seoul Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Seoul, 04763, South Korea

  • Helen Devos Childrens' Hospital - PIN

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503-2560, United States

  • Hospital Angeles Puebla

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Puebla City, 72190, Mexico

  • Hospital CUF Porto

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Porto, 4100-180, Portugal

  • Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Madrid, 28009, Spain

  • Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga - Hospital Materno-Infantil

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Málaga, 29011, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Barcelona, 08035, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario de Araba (HUA)- Hospital Txagorritxu

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Vitoria-Gasteiz, 01009, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario de Caxias do Sul

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Caxias do Sul, 95070-560, Brazil

  • Hospital da Luz Lisboa

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Lisbon, 1500-650, Portugal

  • Hull Royal Infirmary - MAIN

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Hull, HU3 2JZ, United Kingdom

  • Innovacion y Desarrollo de Estrategias en Salud SA de CV

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Mexico City, 14090, Mexico

  • Instituto Hispalense de Pediatria

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Seville, 41014, Spain

  • Instytut Diabetologii

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Warsaw, 02-117, Poland

  • Isesaki Municipal Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Isesaki-shi, 372-0817, Japan

  • Johns Hopkins Children's Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

  • Korea University Guro Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Seoul, 08308, South Korea

  • Krakowskie Centrum Medyczne

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Krakow, 31-501, Poland

  • L2IP - Instituto de Pesquisas Clínicas

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Brasília, 70200730, Brazil

  • La Providence Pediatrics Clinic - Chemidox Clinical Trials

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Houston, Texas, 77071-1008, United States

  • Loma Linda University School of Medicine

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Loma Linda, California, 92354, United States

  • Lucas Research, Inc

    RECRUITING

    Morehead City, North Carolina, 28557, United States

  • Martin Diagnostic Clinic

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Tomball, Texas, 77375-3332, United States

  • Mayo Clinic - PIN

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905-0001, United States

  • McGovern Medical School

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Houston, Texas, 77030-1521, United States

  • Medical University of South Carolina Children Hospital - PIN

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • MultiCare Health System - Mary Bridge Children's Health Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Tacoma, Washington, 98405, United States

  • Nara Prefecture General Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Nara, 630-8054, Japan

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States

  • Nemours Children's Health

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Orlando, Florida, 32827, United States

  • Ninewells Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Dundee, DD1 9SY, United Kingdom

  • Northwick Park Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Harrow, HA1 3UJ, United Kingdom

  • Norton Children's Endocrinology

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

  • Omaha Childrens Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68114, United States

  • Osaka City General Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Osaka, 534-0021, Japan

  • Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Roma, 165, Italy

  • Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Roma, 165, Italy

  • PanAmerican Clinical Research - Guadalajara

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Guadalajara, 44670, Mexico

  • Riley Hospital for Children

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • Sagaekiminami Clinic

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Saga, 840-0801, Japan

  • Saitama Medical University Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Iruma-Gun, 350-0495, Japan

  • Seattle Children's Research Institute - Hughes Building - PIN

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Seattle, Washington, 98101, United States

  • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Seongnam-si, 13620, South Korea

  • Shaare Zedek Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Jerusalem, 9013102, Israel

  • Shiga General Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Moriyama, 524-8524, Japan

  • Shikoku Medical Center for Children and Adults

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Zentsujichó, 765-8507, Japan

  • Stamford Therapeutics Consortium

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Stamford, Connecticut, 06905, United States

  • Sundance Clinical Research

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    St Louis, Missouri, 63141-7068, United States

  • Tokyo Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Meguro-Ku, 152-0021, Japan

  • UBMD Pediatrics

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Buffalo, New York, 14203, United States

  • UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

  • UNC Children's Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States

  • UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224, United States

  • UZ Brussel

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Brussels, 1090, Belgium

  • UZ Leuven

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Leuven, 3000, Belgium

  • University Hospital,Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan

  • University of Arizona

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Tucson, Arizona, 85721, United States

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

  • University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55454, United States

  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States

  • VCU Health - Center for Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Richmond, Virginia, 23229-3156, United States

  • Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37204, United States

  • Velocity Clinical Research

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Lafayette, Louisiana, 70508, United States

  • Velocity Clinical Research

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68134, United States

  • Velocity Clinical Research, Salt Lake City

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    West Jordan, Utah, 84088, United States

  • William A. Shands Hospital at the University of Florida

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Gainesville, Florida, 32610-3003, United States

  • Yale School of Medicine - Yale Diabetes Center (YDC)) Trials

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06519, United States

  • Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Beer Yaacov, 70300, Israel

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