Personalized weight loss? study links genes, gut bugs to tirzepatide success
NCT ID NCT07650149
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how a person's genetics, gut microbiome, and behaviors influence how well they tolerate and respond to the weight-loss drug tirzepatide. Researchers will follow 200 overweight or obese adults for up to 12 months, tracking weight changes, side effects, and whether they stay on the medication. The goal is to find clues that could help tailor obesity treatment to each individual.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- tirzepatide
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors personalize obesity treatment by predicting who will benefit most from tirzepatide based on their genes and gut bacteria.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It won't prove that tirzepatide works, only that certain factors may influence its effects. Results may not apply to everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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May 2028
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.
Who is studied
Patients who are overweight or obese and were prescribed tirzepatide for their treatment
- Ages
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18 to 60 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 * Age 18-60 years * Consent to participate in the study and providing informed written consent * Overweight or obese with a BMI \>27 Exclusion criteria * Contraindications to tirzepatide use: * Type 1 or type 2 diabetes * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Cancer * Heart failure * Expected lack of patient compliance * Taking immunosuppressive medications, steroids, NSAIDs, antibiotics (within 2 weeks prior to sample collection), * Autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, acute infectious diseases, AIDS, tuberculosis * Mental illness * Alcohol dependence syndrome * Liver cirrhosis * Post-myocardial infarction or stroke
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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.
How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Luxmed sp zoo
RECRUITINGWarsaw, Poland
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Waga Zmiany
RECRUITINGKrakow, Poland
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