Experimental diabetes drug trial halted early – what happened?
NCT ID NCT06611930
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new drug called CK-0045 in 90 adults with type 2 diabetes and overweight or obesity. Participants received weekly injections of CK-0045 or a placebo for 16 weeks to see if it improved blood sugar after meals and reduced body weight. The trial was terminated early, so its effectiveness remains unknown.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- CK-0045 (a lab-made protein that mimics interleukin-22)
- What this could lead to
- If it had worked, CK-0045 could have offered a new weekly injection to help control blood sugar and reduce weight in people with type 2 diabetes and obesity.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated early, so results are not available. It was a small, early-phase study, and many such drugs fail to show benefit or cause side effects.
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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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90 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- 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 to 74 years
- 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.
Key Inclusion Criteria: * 18-74 years old male or female diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus ≥ 6 months prior to screening * Body Mass Index (BMI) between 27.0 and 40.0 kg/m\^2 at screening * Treated with diet and exercise * HbA1c 6.5-8.5%, both inclusive, at screening for participants taking 3 antidiabetic medications or HbA1c 6.5-9.0%, both inclusive, at screening for participants taking 2 or less antidiabetic medications at stable doses for at least 3 months prior to screening Key Exclusion Criteria: * Any of the following within the past 6 months prior to screening: myocardial infarction, unstable angina, coronary artery bypass graft, percutaneous coronary intervention (diagnostic angiograms are permitted), transient ischemic attack, cerebrovascular accident or decompensated congestive heart failure, or currently have New York Health Association Class III or IV heart failure or any other clinically significant history or evidence of poorly controlled cardiovascular disorder(s) as judged by the investigator. * Have a known clinically significant gastric emptying abnormality (for example, severe diabetic gastroparesis or gastric outlet obstruction), have undergone gastric bypass (bariatric) surgery or restrictive bariatric surgery (for example, gastric banding ), and/or device-based therapy for obesity, or have had device removal within the past 6 months. * History or signs of clinically relevant skin diseases including but not limited to: psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, eczema, etc., as judged by the investigator.
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CRS Clinical Reserach Services Mannheim GmbH
Mannheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, 68167, Germany
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Profil Institut für Stoffwechselforschung GmbH
Neuss, D-41460, Germany
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