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A Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Enclitide Chloride (MK-0616 Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor) in Adults With Hypercholesterolemia (MK-0616-008)

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05261126

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Official title

A Phase 2b, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of MK-0616 in Adults With Hypercholesterolemia

Brief summary

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of enclitide chloride, an oral PCSK9 inhibitor, in lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in participants with hypercholesterolemia. The primary hypothesis is that at least one of the four doses of enclitide chloride tested in this study is superior to placebo on percent change from baseline in LDL-C at Week 8.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT05261126
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Industry
Enrollment
381 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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

Study timeline

Start date
Mar 9, 2022
Primary completion
Nov 27, 2022
Completion
Nov 27, 2022
Last update posted
Dec 8, 2024

2022

United States locations

U.S. sites
20
U.S. states
14
U.S. cities
20
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Westside Medical Associates of Los Angeles ( Site 0026) Beverly Hills California 90211
Clinical Trials Research ( Site 0007) Sacramento California 95821
National Research Institute (NRI) - Santa Ana ( Site 0024) Santa Ana California 92704
Excel Medical Clinical Trials ( Site 0042) Boca Raton Florida 33434
Alliance for Multispecialty Research, LLC ( Site 0050) Coral Gables Florida 33134
ForCare Clinical Research ( Site 0017) Tampa Florida 33613
Healthcare Research Network - Chicago ( Site 0037) Flossmoor Illinois 60422
Midwest Institute For Clinical Research ( Site 0036) Indianapolis Indiana 46260
Cotton O'Neil Mulvane ( Site 0022) Topeka Kansas 66606
L-MARC Research Center ( Site 0003) Louisville Kentucky 40213
The University of Mississippi Medical Center-Clinical Research and Trials Unit ( Site 0028) Jackson Mississippi 39216
Jubilee Clinical Research ( Site 0047) Las Vegas Nevada 89106
New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center ( Site 0032) Albuquerque New Mexico 87106
Mid Hudson Medical Research ( Site 0004) New Windsor New York 12553
altoona center for clinical research ( Site 0045) Duncansville Pennsylvania 16635
Piedmont Research Partners ( Site 0005) Fort Mill South Carolina 29707
Dallas Diabetes Research Center ( Site 0012) Dallas Texas 75230
Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention/Baylor College of Medicine ( Site 0051) Houston Texas 77030
Northeast Clinical Research of San Antonio ( Site 0014) San Antonio Texas 78233
National Clinical Research, Inc-research office ( Site 0019) Richmond Virginia 23294

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Non-U.S. locations

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Last update posted Dec 8, 2024 · Synced Sep 2, 2026

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