A Study to Test Whether Survodutide Helps People Living With Obesity or Overweight and With a Confirmed or Presumed Liver Disease Called Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) to Reduce Liver Fat and to Lose Weight

Last updated: March 12, 2026
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

3

Condition

Diabetes Prevention

Liver Disease

Obesity

Treatment

Placebo

Survodutide

Placebo

Clinical Study ID

NCT06309992
1404-0056
2023-505303-23-00
U1111-1299-9925
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This study is open to adults who are at least 18 years old and have

  • presumed or confirmed NASH together with overweight or obesity and

  • a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m² or more, or

  • a BMI of 27 kg/m² and at least one weight-related health problem.

People with a history of other chronic liver diseases cannot take part in this study.

The purpose of this study is to find out whether a medicine called survodutide helps people living with obesity or overweight and a confirmed or presumed liver disease called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) to have less liver fat and to lose weight. Participants are put into 2 groups randomly, which means by chance. 1 group gets different doses of survodutide and 1 group gets placebo. Placebo looks like survodutide but does not contain any medicine. Every participant has a 2 in 3 chance of getting survodutide. Participants and doctors do not know who is in which group. Participants inject survodutide or placebo under their skin once a week for about 1 year. In addition to the study medicine, all participants receive counselling to make changes to their diet and to exercise regularly.

Participants are in the study for about 1 year and 3 months. During this time, it is planned that participants visit the study site up to 14 times and receive 3 phone calls by the site staff. The doctors check participants' health and take note of any unwanted effects. The participants' body weight is regularly measured. At 3 of the visits, the participants' liver is measured using different imaging methods. The results are compared between the groups to see whether the treatment works.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Key inclusion criteria:

  • Age ≥18 years at the time of signing informed consent, and at least the legal age ofconsent in countries where it is >18 years

  • BMI ≥30 kg/m², OR BMI ≥27 kg/m² and at least one of the following weight-relatedcomorbidities at screening:

  • Hypertension (defined as repeated, i.e. at least 3 measurements in restingcondition, Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) values of ≥140 mmHg and/or DiastolicBlood Pressure (DBP) values of ≥90 mmHg in the absence of anti-hypertensivetreatment, or intake of at least 1 antihypertensive drug to maintain anormotensive blood pressure)

  • Dyslipidaemia (defined as at least 1 lipid-lowering treatment required tomaintain normal blood lipid levels, or lowdensity lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol ≥160 mg/dL (≥4.1 mmol/L) or triglycerides ≥150 mg/dL (≥1.7 mmol/L), orhigh-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol <40 mg/dL (<1.0 mmol/L) for men orHDL cholesterol <50 mg/dL (<1.3 mmol/L) for women

  • Obstructive sleep apnoea

  • Cardiovascular disease (e.g. heart failure with New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II-III, history of ischaemic or haemorrhagic stroke orcerebrovascular revascularisation procedure [e.g. carotid endarterectomy and/orstent], MI, coronary artery disease, or peripheral vascular disease)

  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) (diagnosed at least 180 days prior toscreening, with glycated haemoglobin [HbA1c] ≥6.5% (48 mmol/mol) and <10% (86mmol/mol) as measured by the central laboratory at screening)

  • History of at least one self-reported unsuccessful dietary effort to lose bodyweight Further inclusion criteria apply.

Exclusion

Key exclusion criteria:

  • Current or history of significant alcohol consumption (defined as intake of >210g/week in men and >140 g/week in women on average over a consecutive period of morethan 3 months) or inability to reliably quantify alcohol consumption based on theinvestigator's judgement within the last 5 years.

  • Intake of medications associated with liver injury, hepatic steatosis orsteatohepatitis.

  • History of other chronic liver diseases (e.g. viral hepatitis, autoimmune liverdisease, primary biliary cholangitis , primary sclerosing cholangitis, Wilson'sdisease, hemochromatosis, Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (A1At) deficiency, history of livertransplantation). Hepatitis B and C testing will be done at Visit 1. Participantswith positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) should be excluded. Participantstreated for hepatitis C must have a negative ribonucleic acid (RNA) test atscreening and also be Hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA negative for at least 3 yearsprior to screening in order to be eligible for the trial. Trial participants withpositive HCV antibody and no history of HCV treatment require a negative HCV RNAtest at screening to be eligible for the trial.

  • Cirrhosis based on clinical assessment, abdominal imaging, liver histology ornon-invasive tests assessed at screening (enhanced liver fibrosis (ELF) ≥11.3 orFibrosis (FIB)-4 ≥3.48 or FibroScan® VCTE™ ≥20 kPa or MRE ≥4.68 kPa) or a history ofcirrhosis.

  • Current decompensated liver disease or previous hepatic decompensation (ascites,spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, portal hypertension bleeding, hepaticencephalopathy, hepatorenal syndrome).

  • Evidence of portal hypertension (e.g. splenomegaly, oesophageal varices, or otherportosystemic collateral pathways).

Further exclusion criteria apply.

Study Design

Total Participants: 218
Treatment Group(s): 4
Primary Treatment: Placebo
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
April 02, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
December 02, 2025

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