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Active, not recruiting Phase 3 Interventional

ZEUS - A Research Study to Look at How Ziltivekimab Works Compared to Placebo in People With Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease and Inflammation

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05021835

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Official title

ZEUS - Effects of Ziltivekimab Versus Placebo on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Participants With Established Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease and Systemic Inflammation

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT05021835
Recruitment status
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Lead sponsor
Novo Nordisk A/S
Industry
Enrollment
6,200 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

  • Placebo (Ziltivekimab B) Drug
  • Placebo (Ziltivekimab C) Drug
  • Ziltivekimab B Drug
  • Ziltivekimab C Drug

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Not listed

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Aug 29, 2021
Primary completion
Jun 8, 2026
Completion
Jun 8, 2026
Last update posted
Apr 12, 2026

2021 – 2026

United States locations

U.S. sites
181
U.S. states
37
U.S. cities
143
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Uni of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Alabama 35233
Chambliss Clinical Trials LLC Montgomery Alabama 36106
Lenzmeier Fam Med CCT Research Glendale Arizona 85308
Aventiv Research Inc. Mesa Arizona 85206
Univ of Arkansas Med Sciences Little Rock Arkansas 72205
Unity Health-Searcy Medical Center Searcy Arkansas 72143
National Heart Institute Cal Beverly Hills California 90211
California Inst Of Renal Res Chula Vista California 91910
California Institute of Renal Research #10 Chula Vista California 91910
Valley Clinical Trials Covina California 91723
Valiance Clinical Research Huntington Park California 90255
Scripps Wht Diab Inst La Jolla La Jolla California 92037
Balboa Nephro Med Gr Inc LaMes La Mesa California 91942
First Valley Medical Group Lancaster California 93534
VA Loma Linda Hlthcr Sys Loma Linda California 92357
Pacific Clinical Studies Los Alamitos California 90720
Angel City Research, Inc. Los Angeles California 90010
North America Research Institute Lynwood California 90262
Hoag Medical Group Newport Beach California 92663
Valley Clinical Trials, Inc. Northridge California 91325
Desert Oasis Hlthcr Med Group Palm Springs California 92262
Riverside Nephrology Physicians Riverside California 92503
N America Res Inst - San Dimas San Dimas California 91773
Lundquist Inst-Biomed Innovtn Torrance California 90502
Denver Health Outpatient Medical Center Denver Colorado 80204
Bridgeport Hospital Bridgeport Connecticut 06610
VA-Connecticut (VACHS) West Haven Connecticut 06516
George Washington Uni Med Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20037
Excel Med Ctr Clinical Trials Boca Raton Florida 33434
Innovative Research of W FL Clearwater Florida 33756
Florida Premier Cardiology Delray Beach Florida 33445
Northeast Research Institute Fleming Island Florida 32003
Integrative Research Assoc Inc Fort Lauderdale Florida 33312
Elixia Pines Hollywood Florida 33024
Encore Medical Research LLC Hollywood Florida 33024
Northeast Research Institute Jacksonville Florida 32204
Est Cst Inst for Rsrch,Jksnvil Jacksonville Florida 32216
Baptist Heart Specialists Jacksonville Florida 32258
Clinical Research of Cent FL Lakeland Florida 33805
Pharmax Research Clinic Miami Florida 33126
Life Spring Research Foundation LLC Miami Florida 33130
Allied Biomedical Research Miami Florida 33155
San Marcus Res Clin Miami Lakes Miami Lakes Florida 33014
Office of Kenneth Blaze DO Miramar Florida 33027
Suncoast Clin Res Port Richey New Port Richey Florida 34652
Suncoast Clinical Research, Inc. Palm Harbor Florida 34684
A&R Research Group, LLC Pembroke Pines Florida 33024
Hanson Clinical Research Center Port Charlotte Florida 33952
Peace River Cardiovascular Center Port Charlotte Florida 33952
Northeast Research Institute Saint Augustine Florida 32080
East Coast Institute for Research LLC_St. Augustine Saint Augustine Florida 32086
St Johns Center for Clin. Res Saint Augustine Florida 32086
Javara/Privia Med Grp GA,LLC Albany Georgia 31707
Southeastern Clinical R.I. Augusta Georgia 30904
Southeastern Clinical Research Institute, LLC Augusta Georgia 30904
Hope Clin Res & Wellness Conyers Georgia 30094
Javara Inc._Albany Fayetteville Georgia 30214
NSC Research, Inc Johns Creek Georgia 30024
Endo Res Solutions Inc Roswell Georgia 30076
Javara Inc._Winston Salem Savannah Georgia 31406
Saltzer Medical Group Research Nampa Idaho 83686-6011
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations-NCH Arlington Heights Illinois 60005
Research by Design LLC Chicago Illinois 60643
Clinical Invest Special_Gurnee Gurnee Illinois 60031
Chicago Medical Research LLC Hazel Crest Illinois 60429
Endeavor Health Skokie Illinois 60077
Central Illinois Diabetes and Clinical Research Springfield Illinois 62711
Clin Invest Spec, Inc Wauconda Illinois 60084
MediSphere Medical RC Evansville Indiana 47714
Velocity Clin. Res Valparaiso Valparaiso Indiana 46383
Midwest Heart & Vasc Spec Overland Park Kansas 66211
Cotton O'Neil Diab & Endo Ctr Topeka Kansas 66606
Lexington VA Health Care System Lexington Kentucky 40502
The Research Group of Lexington LLC Lexington Kentucky 40503
Norton Heart Specialists-Springs Louisville Kentucky 40205
Grace Research, LLC Bossier City Louisiana 71111
Clinical Trials of Ame, LLC Monroe Louisiana 71201
IMA Clinical Research Monroe Louisiana 71201
Grace Research, LLC_Shreveport Shreveport Louisiana 71105
Louisiana Heart Center_Slidell Slidell Louisiana 70458
Anne Arundel Medical Center Annapolis Maryland 21401
Suburban Hospital Bethesda Maryland 20814
John P Hakim MD and Associates Clinton Maryland 20735
Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02115-5804
Pentucket Medical Associates Haverhill Massachusetts 01830
Henry Ford Hospital_Detroit Detroit Michigan 48202
Elite Research Center Flint Michigan 48532
Healthy Heart Cardiology Grand Rapids Michigan 49546
McLaren Northern MI Hosp Petoskey Michigan 49770
AHS dba Abbot NW Hosp Diab Cen Minneapolis Minnesota 55407
University of Minnesota_Minneapolis_1 Minneapolis Minnesota 55455
Clinical Research Consultants, LLC Kansas City Missouri 64111
Gateway CV Research Cntr Inc. St Louis Missouri 63128
St Louis Heart & Vascular, P.C. St Louis Missouri 63136
Nebraska Heart Institute_Lincoln Lincoln Nebraska 68526
VA NEB - Western IA Health Stm Omaha Nebraska 68105
Methodist Phys Clin Heart Cons Omaha Nebraska 68114
Univ of Nebraska Medical CTR Omaha Nebraska 68198-3020
University of Nevada School of Medicine Las Vegas Nevada 89102
Palm Research Center Inc-Vegas Las Vegas Nevada 89128
Advanced Heart Care LLC Bridgewater New Jersey 08807-3064
Uni of New Mexico-Clinical Albuquerque New Mexico 87106
NYU Nephrology Associates Mineola New York 11501
NYU Grossman School of Med New York New York 10016
Mount Sinai Hosp at NYC New York New York 10019
Northport VA Med Ctr Northport Northport New York 11768
Mattoo & Bhat M.A. Ridgewood New York 11385
Saratoga Clinical Research Saratoga Springs New York 12866
DaVita Clinical Research - New York The Bronx New York 10461
Southgate Medical Group, LLP West Seneca New York 14224
Great Lakes Medical Research Westfield New York 14787
Mountain Kidney & Hypertension Associates Asheville North Carolina 28801
Kernodle Clin Dpt-Pvt Diagnost Burlington North Carolina 27215
UNC- Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina 27599
Metrolina Nephrology Associates, PA Charlotte North Carolina 28208
Javara Inc._Charlotte Charlotte North Carolina 28210
PharmQuest Life Sciences LLC Greensboro North Carolina 27408
Physicians East Endocrinology Greenville North Carolina 27834
Carteret Medical Group Morehead City North Carolina 28557
Lillestol Research LLC Fargo North Dakota 58104
Univ of Cincinnati Med Cent Cincinnati Ohio 45267
VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System (VANEOHS) Cleveland Ohio 44106
Advanced Med Res Maumee Maumee Ohio 43537
Northeast Clinical Research Center Bethlehem Pennsylvania 18017
Aria Endocrine Metabolic Assoc Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19114
Parkside Family Medicine Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19144
Ocean St Clin Res Partnrs, LLC Lincoln Rhode Island 02865
Piedmont Research Partners, LLC Fort Mill South Carolina 29707
Palmetto Clinical Research Greenville South Carolina 29615
Family Medicine of SayeBrook LLC Myrtle Beach South Carolina 29588
Spartanburg Medical Research Spartanburg South Carolina 29303
Univ Diab & Endo Consultants Chattanooga Tennessee 37411
Balad Hlth Sys-Welmont CardCVA Greeneville Tennessee 37745
Tennova HC Turkey Creek MC Knoxville Tennessee 37934
Clinical Neuroscience Solutions Memphis Tennessee 38119
CV Research of Knoxville Powell Tennessee 37849
Liberty Research Center Arlington Texas 76002
Arlington Family Res. Ctr Inc Arlington Texas 76012-4637
Novel Research LLC Bellaire Texas 77401
Osvaldo A. Brusco MD Corpus Christi Texas 78414
Research Trials Worldwide LLC Cypress Texas 77429
Renal Disease Research Institute Dallas Texas 75204
Thyroid Endocrinology & Diabetes PA Dallas Texas 75208
Liberty Research Center_Dallas Dallas Texas 75230
DHR Health Inst for Res & Dev Edinburg Texas 78539
Academy of Diabetes, T&E El Paso Texas 79935
Care United Research, LLC Forney Texas 75126
Diabetes and Thyroid Ctr of FW Fort Worth Texas 76132
Javara /TX.Hlth LLC dba Prvia Fort Worth Texas 76133
PrimeCare Medical Group Houston Texas 77024
Baylor College Of Medicine_Houston Travis Street Houston Texas 77030
Baylor College Of Medicine_Houston Houston Texas 77030
Biopharma Informatic_Houston Houston Texas 77043
Prolato Clinical Research Center Houston Texas 77054
Prolato Clinical Research Cntr Houston Texas 77054
Card Specialists of Willowbrook Houston Texas 77070
PlanIt Research, PLLC Houston Texas 77079
Biopharma Informatic, LLC Houston Texas 77084
Biopharma Informatic_Houston_0 Houston Texas 77090
DCOL Ctr for Clin Res Longview Texas 75605
Texas Inst, Kdny & Endo Disor Lufkin Texas 75904
RGV Endocrine Center McAllen Texas 78503
Carlos Arauz-Pacheco Md, Pa Rockwall Texas 75032
Clinical Advancement Center San Antonio Texas 78212
Sun Research Institute San Antonio Texas 78215
Briggs Clinical Research, LLC San Antonio Texas 78224
University Hospital San Antonio Texas 78229
VIP Trials San Antonio Texas 78230
NE Clin Res of San Antonio San Antonio Texas 78233
Javara Privia Grp Gulf Cst LLC San Marcos Texas 78666
Simcare Medical Research, LLC Sugar Land Texas 77478
Hillcrest Family Health Center Waco Texas 76708
University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City Utah 84108
Javara Inc/Privia Md GpLLC Fst Forest Virginia 24551
York Clinical Research LLC Norfolk Virginia 23504
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Richmond Virginia 23298
VA Medical Center_Salem Salem Virginia 24153-6404
Selma Medical Associates Winchester Virginia 22601-3834
Providence Medical Research Center Spokane Washington 99204
Aspirus Research Institute Wausau Wisconsin 54401
Marshfield Clinic Weston Wisconsin 54476

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Non-U.S. locations

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