Pfizer's new obesity combo pill enters human testing
NCT ID NCT06924320
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether combining two experimental drugs, MET233 and MET097, can help adults with obesity or overweight lose weight, including those with type 2 diabetes. About 381 participants will receive either the drug combination or a placebo to check safety and how well the body processes the drugs. The goal is to find a new treatment option for weight management.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 381 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Adult males or females aged 18 to 75 years (inclusive) at the time of screening. * BMI ≥27.0 kg/m2 and ≤38.0 kg/m2 (inclusive) at Screening for Parts A, B, and C, and ≥30.0 kg/m2 and ≤45.0 kg/m2 (inclusive) at Screening for Parts D and E. Have a BMI ≥27.0 kg/m2 and ≤45.0 kg/m2 (inclusive) at Screening for Parts G. * Participants must be in generally stable health, as determined by the investigator based on medical history, physical examination (including vital signs), laboratory evaluations, and electrocardiogram (ECG). * Participants must have no clinically significant diseases or clinically significant findings on the physical examination (including vital signs), laboratory evaluations, and electrocardiogram (ECG). * Participants in Parts C must not have clinically significant diseases except type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), sleep apnea, well-controlled hypertension, and/or dyslipidemia. * Participants in Parts E and G must not have any clinically significant diseases except hypertension, dyslipidemia, and/or a clinical diagnosis of sleep apnea. * Willing and able to comply with all scheduled study visits, procedures, and required assessments. * Women of childbearing potential must be willing to comply with protocol-specified contraceptive requirements and must not plan to become pregnant during the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Female who is lactating or who is pregnant according to the pregnancy test at Screening or on Day 1. Unwillingness or inability to comply with protocol-specified contraceptive requirements. * Clinically significant abnormalities in laboratory results in the opinion of the investigator, increase risk or interfere with study participation. * Seated blood pressure higher than 160/100 mmHg at the Screening visit or prior to the first study drug administration. * Elevated resting pulse greater than 100 beats per minute at Screening visit or prior to the first study drug administration. * Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \<80 mL/min at the Screening visit. * Diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. * For Part A, Part B, Part D, Part E and Part G: Diagnosis of T2DM or glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) \> 6.4% or fasting plasma glucose \>126 mg/dL at the Screening visit or history of taking any medications to lower glucose. * For Part A, Part B and Part D: Participant reported weight-related comorbidity, including sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease. * Use of prohibited prescription or non-prescription medications, supplements, or investigational products within protocol-defined washout periods. * History or presence of clinically significant gastrointestinal, endocrine, respiratory, renal, hepatic, hematologic, neurologic, cardiovascular, psychiatric, immunologic, or other systemic diseases, except where explicitly permitted by the protocol. * Personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma, multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome, pancreatitis, or pancreatic cancer. * History of acute or chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer. * Participation in a weight loss program with or without pharmacotherapy during the 3 months prior to study administration or plans to do so. * History of bariatric or weight-loss surgery. * Clinically significant psychiatric illness that may interfere with study participation or safety. * Screening assessments indicative of moderate to severe depression. * History of drug or alcohol abuse or dependence within the past 2 years.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Altasciences Clinical Los Angeles, Inc.
RECRUITINGCypress, California, 90630, United States
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