New gut implant aims to tackle diabetes and obesity without surgery
NCT ID NCT07417683
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a temporary device placed in the upper small intestine to help control type 2 diabetes and obesity. The implant stays for 6 months and is then removed. Researchers will check if it lowers blood sugar (HbA1c), helps with weight loss, and improves liver health in people with MASH. About 126 adults will take part, with regular clinic visits and follow-up after removal.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- endoscopic implant (gastroduodenal bypass liner)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a non-surgical, reversible option to help control diabetes and obesity, and possibly improve liver health in MASH patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early approval study with only 126 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The implant requires endoscopic placement and removal, and there may be side effects or complications.
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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 126 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2028
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 years and older
- 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: * Obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, * Age ≥ 18 years, * The patient is able to understand the nature, significance, and scope of the clinical trial (MPDG §28), * The patient has been informed and all written consents from the patient are available. Exclusion Criteria: * The patient is mentally incapable of understanding the nature, objectives, or possible consequences of the clinical trial. * The patient is unwilling or unable to follow postoperative instructions. * The patient has been placed in an institution by court order or official order (MPDG §27). * The patient lives more than 100 km from the treatment site. * Pregnancy. * The patient is participating in another clinical trial in the field of diabetes management or metabolic syndrome.
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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
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
8 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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Charite Universitätmedizin Berlin CVK
Berlin, 13353, Germany
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Klinikum St. Georg Leipzig
Leipzig, Saxony, 04129, Germany
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Knappschaft Kliniken Universitätsklinikum Bochum GmbH Medizinische Klinik
Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, 44892, Germany
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Sozialstiftung Bamberg
Bamberg, Bavaria, 96049, Germany
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Städtisches Klinikum Dresden
Dresden, Saxony, 01067, Germany
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University of Leipzig Medical Center, Department of Oncology, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Pneumology
Leipzig, Saxony, 04103, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
Würzburg, Bavaria, 97080, Germany
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Universitätsmedizin Mannheim
Mannheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, 68167, Germany
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