New Weight-Loss pill ZT006 enters Mid-Stage trial
NCT ID NCT07230132
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This Phase 2 study tests whether ZT006, a daily or weekly tablet, helps overweight and obese adults lose weight when combined with diet and exercise. About 184 participants will receive either ZT006 or a placebo for 28 weeks, with some continuing for an extra 12 weeks. The main goal is to measure weight change and check for side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ZT006
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a new weight-loss medication for overweight and obese individuals.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 2 trial with only 184 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drug may cause side effects or fail to show significant weight loss compared to placebo.
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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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184 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
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 65 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.
MAIN STUDY: Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female, age between 18 - 65 years (both inclusive) at the time of signing of the informed consent. * Body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 28 kg/m², or greater than or equal to 24 kg/m²with at least one of the comorbidities: hypertension, hyperlipidemia, pre-diabetes, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) or obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). * Having dietary caloric restriction and increased physical activity for ≥3 months, with change in body weight (increase or decrease) no more than 5%, irrespective of medical records. Exclusion Criteria: * Type 1 or type 2 diabetes or other specific types derived from other causes * Medical history of acute or chronic pancreatitis * Medical history of cholecystitis, gallstone ≤1 cm, or history of symptomatic gallbladder diseases * Use of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist, dual GLP-1/glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) or GLP-1/glucagon agonist, or triple GLP-1/GIP/glucagon agonist within 90 days before screening * HbA1c ≥ 6.5% or fasting plasma glucose ≥ 7.0 mmol/L at screening * Triglyceride ≥ 5.7 mmol/L at screening * Calcitonin ≥ 50 ng/L at screening EXTENSION PERIOD: Inclusion Criteria: * Assigned to low/medium target dose groups in the main study and having completed week 28 visit in the main study * Administration of low/medium target dose ≥ 10 times in the last two weeks in the main study Exclusion Criteria: * Participation in the dense PK sampling in the main study * BMI ≤18.5 kg/m² at week 28 visit in the main study
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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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Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University
Jinan, Shandong, 250000, China
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First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University
Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030001, China
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Handan First Hospital
Handan, Hebei, 056002, China
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Harbin Medical University Affiliated Fourth Hospital
Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150001, China
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Hebei Petro China Central Hospital
Langfang, Hebei, 065000, China
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Huzhou Central Hospital
Huzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Luoyang Third People's Hospital
Luoyang, Henan, 471002, China
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Peking University People's Hospital
Beijing, 100044, China
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The First People's Hospital of Chenzhou
Chenzhou, Hunan, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210003, China
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Xi'an Daxing Hospital
Xi’an, Shanxi, 710000, China
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YueYang People's Hospital
Yueyang, Hunan, 414022, China
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