Promising drug targets obesity caused by brain damage

NCT ID NCT05774756

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests a daily injection called setmelanotide to help people aged 4 and older who gained weight after a brain injury (hypothalamic obesity). The goal is to see if it reduces body weight, hunger, and improves quality of life over 52 weeks. Half of the 143 participants will get the drug, half a placebo, and neither they nor their doctors will know which they receive.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

acquired hypothalamic obesity Sexual Infantilism

As listed by the trial registrant

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

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • Birmingham Women and Children's Hospital NHS Trust

    Birmingham, B46NH, United Kingdom

  • Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Children's Minnesota

    Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55102, United States

  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Hospital for Sick Children

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada

  • Hull University Teaching Hospital

    Hull, HU32RW, United Kingdom

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    New York, New York, 100029, United States

  • Lynn Health Science Institute

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73122, United States

  • Medicover Neuroendokrinologie

    München, 81667, Germany

  • Nagano Children's Hospital

    Azumino, Nagano, 399-8288, Japan

  • Nagoya City University Hospital

    Nagoya, Aichi-ken, 467-8602, Japan

  • Ohio State Wexner Medical Center

    Columbus, Ohio, 43203, United States

  • Prinses Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology

    Utrecht, 3584CS, Netherlands

  • Rady Children's Hospital

    San Diego, California, 92123, United States

  • Seattle Children's Hospital, Research and Foundation - Center for Integrative Brain Research

    Seattle, Washington, 98101, United States

  • Toranomon Hospital

    Minato, Tokyo, 105-8470, Japan

  • UAN Pediatric Endocrinology

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

  • UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health

    London, WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom

  • Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) - Ambulanzzentrum des UKE GmbH

    Hamburg, 20246, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Ulm - Klinik fuer Kinder- und Jugendmedizin

    Ulm, 89075, Germany

  • University Children's Hospital, Klinikum Oldenburg

    Oldenburg, 26133, Germany

  • University of Florida

    Gainesville, Florida, 32610-0296, United States

  • University of Iowa Stead Family Department of Pediatrics

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States