Can a smartphone app boost weight-loss drugs for obese teens?
NCT ID NCT06836284
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether adding a digital behavioral tool called Evira to standard obesity medication (liraglutide or semaglutide) helps teens with obesity lose more weight than medication alone. Forty adolescents aged 12-17 will be randomly assigned to either the combination or medication-only group and followed for six months. The main goal is to see if the digital tool improves weight loss and treatment adherence.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- liraglutide or semaglutide (obesity medication) plus a digital behavioral tool called Evira
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that adding a digital behavioral tool to obesity medication helps teens lose more weight and stick with treatment better.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 40 participants and a short 6-month follow-up. The digital tool may not provide extra benefit over medication alone, and results may not apply to all teens.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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12 to 17 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients offered liraglutide or semaglutide in accordance with the clinic's routines. * Aged 12-17 years at the time of inclusion. * The family agrees to participate in a clinical study. Exclusion Criteria: * Endocrine disorders other than well-controlled hypothyroidism. * Severe neuropsychiatric disorders that may affect adherence to the study. * Eating disorder requiring treatment within the last six months before inclusion or observed during screening prior to inclusion. * Somatic conditions that may complicate the evaluation of treatment outcomes, such as patients on irregular oral corticosteroid treatment. * Hypothalamic or monogenic obesity, and genetic syndromes such as Down syndrome. * Patients deemed unsuitable for participation by the responsible physician.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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HKH Crown Princess Victoria's Childrens and youth Hospital Linköping
RECRUITINGLinköping, Sweden
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Länsverksamhet Barn- och ungdomsmedicin Sollefteå
RECRUITINGSollefteå, Sweden
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Ystad lasarett, Barn och ungdomsmedicinmottagningen
RECRUITINGYstad, Sweden
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