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Conditions
Obesity, Methamphetamine Use Disorder, Cocaine Use Disorder, Stimulant Use Disorders
Interventions
Tirzepatide
Drug
Lead sponsor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 65 Years
Enrollment
45 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2026 – 2030
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Dallas, Texas
Active, not recruiting No phase listed Observational Accepts healthy volunteers

Early Check: Expanded Screening in Newborns

NCT03655223
Conditions
Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Fragile X Syndrome, Fragile X - Premutation, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia, Familial 1, Diabetes Mellitus, Adrenoleukodystrophy, Neonatal, Medium-chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency, Very Long Chain Acyl Coa Dehydrogenase Deficiency, Beta-ketothiolase Deficiency, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Due to Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency, Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1, Congenital Bile Acid Synthesis Defect Type 2, Pyridoxine-Dependent Epilepsy, Hereditary Fructose Intolerance, Hypophosphatasia, Hyperargininemia, Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 6, Argininosuccinic Aciduria, Citrullinemia, Type I, Wilson Disease, Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Type 1A, Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Type 1B, Biotinidase Deficiency, Neonatal Severe Primary Hyperparathyroidism, Intrinsic Factor Deficiency, Usher Syndrome Type 1D/F Digenic (Diagnosis), Cystic Fibrosis, Stickler Syndrome Type 2, Stickler Syndrome Type 1, Alport Syndrome, Autosomal Recessive, Alport Syndrome, X-Linked, Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase I Deficiency Disease, Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferase 1A Deficiency, Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase II Deficiency, Cystinosis, Chronic Granulomatous Disease, Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatoses, Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Type 2, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Due to DCLRE1C Deficiency, Thyroid Dyshormonogenesis 6, Thyroid Dyshormonogenesis 5, Supravalvar Aortic Stenosis, Factor X Deficiency, Hemophilia A, Hemophilia B, Tyrosinemia, Type I, Fructose 1,6 Bisphosphatase Deficiency, Glycogen Storage Disease Type I, G6PD Deficiency, Glycogen Storage Disease II, Galactokinase Deficiency, Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IV A, Galactosemias, Guanidinoacetate Methyltransferase Deficiency, Agat Deficiency, Glutaryl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency, Gtp Cyclohydrolase I Deficiency, Hyperinsulinism-Hyperammonemia Syndrome, Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 2, 3-Hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency, Long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency, Mitochondrial Trifunctional Protein Deficiency, Sickle Cell Disease, Beta-Thalassemia, Holocarboxylase Synthetase Deficiency, 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaric Aciduria, Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 3, Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome 1, Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome 4, Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess, HSDB, CBAS1, Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 2, Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 1, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, X Linked, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Due to IL-7Ralpha Deficiency, Diabetes Mellitus, Permanent Neonatal, Isovaleric Acidemia, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency T-Cell Negative B-Cell Positive Due to Janus Kinase-3 Deficiency (Disorder), Jervell and Lange-Nielsen Syndrome 2, Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia, Familial, 2, Diabetes Mellitus, Permanent Neonatal, With Neurologic Features, Jervell and Lange-Nielsen Syndrome 1, Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency, CblF, 3-Methylcrotonyl CoA Carboxylase 1 Deficiency, 3-Methylcrotonyl CoA Carboxylase 2 Deficiency, Waardenburg Syndrome Type 2A, Methylmalonic Aciduria cblA Type, Methylmalonic Aciduria cblB Type, Methylmalonic Aciduria and Homocystinuria Type cblC, MAHCD, Methylmalonic Aciduria Due to Methylmalonyl-CoA Mutase Deficiency, Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation Type 1B, Mthfr Deficiency, Methylcobalamin Deficiency Type Cbl G (Disorder), Methylcobalamin Deficiency Type cblE, Usher Syndrome, Type 1B, N-acetylglutamate Synthase Deficiency, Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency, Phenylketonurias, Waardenburg Syndrome Type 1, Congenital Hypothyroidism, Propionic Acidemia, Usher Syndrome, Type 1F, Pancreatic Agenesis 1, Hereditary Hypophosphatemic Rickets, Glycogen Storage Disease IXB, Glycogen Storage Disease IXC, MOWS, Epilepsy, Early-Onset, Vitamin B6-Dependent, Pyridoxal Phosphate-Responsive Seizures, Pituitary Hormone Deficiency, Combined, 1, Ptsd, Dihydropteridine Reductase Deficiency, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Due to RAG1 Deficiency, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Due to RAG2 Deficiency, Retinoblastoma, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2B, Pseudohypoaldosteronism, Type I, Liddle Syndrome, Biotin-Responsive Basal Ganglia Disease, SCD, DIAR1, GSD1C, Acrodermatitis Enteropathica, Thyroid Dyshormonogenesis 1, Riboflavin Transporter Deficiency, Waardenburg Syndrome, Type 2E, SRD, Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia Due to STAR Deficiency, Barth Syndrome, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Deficiency, Transcobalamin II Deficiency, Thyroid Dyshormonogenesis 3, Segawa Syndrome, Autosomal Recessive, Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss, Thyroid Dyshormonogenesis 2A, Congenital Isolated Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Deficiency, Hypothyroidism Due to TSH Receptor Mutations, Usher Syndrome Type 1C, Usher Syndrome Type 1G (Diagnosis), Von Willebrand Disease, Type 3, Combined Immunodeficiency Due to ZAP70 Deficiency, Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase Deficiency, Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, Canavan Disease, Menkes Disease, Carbonic Anhydrase VA Deficiency, Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy 2, 17 Alpha-Hydroxylase Deficiency, Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome, Krabbe Disease, Glutathione Synthetase Deficiency, Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 7, Rett Syndrome, Molybdenum Cofactor Deficiency, Type A, Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C1, Niemann-Pick Disease Type C2, Ornithine Aminotransferase Deficiency, 3-Phosphoglycerate Dehydrogenase Deficiency, Leber Congenital Amaurosis 2, Dravet Syndrome, Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 3 A, Ornithine Translocase Deficiency, Carnitine-acylcarnitine Translocase Deficiency, Glucose Transporter Type 1 Deficiency Syndrome, Creatine Transporter Deficiency, Niemann-Pick Disease Type A, Pitt Hopkins Syndrome, Tuberous Sclerosis 1, Tuberous Sclerosis 2, Ataxia With Isolated Vitamin E Deficiency, Angelman Syndrome, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Homocystinuria, Permanent Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus, Transient Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus, Factor VII Deficiency, Glycogen Storage Disease Type IXA1, Glycogen Storage Disease, Type IXA2, Glycogen Storage Disease IC, Glycogen Storage Disease Type IB, Central Hypoventilation Syndrome With or Without Hirschsprung Disease
Interventions
Confirmatory Testing
Diagnostic Test
Lead sponsor
RTI International
Other
Eligibility
1 Day to 31 Days
Enrollment
30,000 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2018 – 2026
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Conditions
Hyperphagia, Prader-Willi Syndrome
Interventions
Placebo, ARD-101
Drug
Lead sponsor
Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc.
Industry
Eligibility
7 Years and older
Enrollment
68 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2024 – 2026
U.S. locations
17
States / cities
Birmingham, Alabama • Encinitas, California • Orange, California + 14 more
Conditions
Hyperphagia, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Hyperphagia in Prader-Willi Syndrome
Interventions
ARD-101
Drug
Lead sponsor
Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc.
Industry
Eligibility
13 Years and older
Enrollment
19 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2024 – 2026
U.S. locations
16
States / cities
Birmingham, Alabama • Orange, California • Palo Alto, California + 13 more
Recruiting No phase listed Observational

MEHMO Natural History and Biomarkers

NCT06019182
Conditions
Intellectual Disability, Epilepsy, Hypogonadisms, Microcephaly, Nervous System Malformations, Obesity
Interventions
Not listed
Lead sponsor
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
NIH
Eligibility
1 Week to 100 Years
Enrollment
150 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2023 – 2053
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Bethesda, Maryland
Conditions
Gestational Diabetes, Pregnancy, High Risk, Overweight and Obesity
Interventions
Intensive glycemic targets, Standard glycemic targets
Other
Lead sponsor
Indiana University
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 45 Years · Female only
Enrollment
828 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2022 – 2026
U.S. locations
5
States / cities
Birmingham, Alabama • Indianapolis, Indiana • Norman, Oklahoma + 2 more
Conditions
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Interventions
Maridebart cafraglutide, Placebo
Drug
Lead sponsor
Amgen
Industry
Eligibility
18 Years to 99 Years
Enrollment
250 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2025 – 2028
U.S. locations
13
States / cities
Northridge, California • Rolling Hills Estates, California • Brandon, Florida + 10 more
Conditions
Obesity, Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
Interventions
lifestyle intervention
Behavioral
Lead sponsor
VA Office of Research and Development
Federal
Eligibility
18 Years and older
Enrollment
696 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2022 – 2025
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Seattle, Washington
Conditions
Obesity, Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Interventions
Maridebart cafraglutide, Placebo
Drug
Lead sponsor
Amgen
Industry
Eligibility
18 Years to 99 Years
Enrollment
250 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2025 – 2028
U.S. locations
13
States / cities
Northridge, California • Rolling Hills Estates, California • Brandon, Florida + 10 more
Conditions
Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Endocrine System Diseases, Glucose Metabolism Disorders, Metabolic Diseases
Interventions
Not listed
Lead sponsor
University of Pittsburgh
Other
Eligibility
18 Years and older
Enrollment
46 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2016 – 2028
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Conditions
Down Syndrome, Child Obesity
Interventions
The HomeGrown, Waitlist
Behavioral · Other
Lead sponsor
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Other
Eligibility
Not listed
Enrollment
38 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2026 – 2027
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Conditions
Obesity
Interventions
Incretin-based therapies (GLP-1 and GLP-1/GIP)
Drug
Lead sponsor
Indiana University
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 64 Years
Enrollment
125,000 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2026 – 2029
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Indianapolis, Indiana

About this Obesity clinical trials directory page

What this page lists
U.S. ClinicalTrials.gov public records that list Obesity as a study condition, including recruiting, not yet recruiting, and active not recruiting trials across phase 1, phase 2, and phase 3.
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What this page does not do
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