Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Weight Gain Prevention in Adolescents and Young Adults

Lead Sponsor:

University of Minnesota

Conditions:

Healthy Volunteers

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-25 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The investigators believe they key to effective prevention of obesity is early identification of individuals at high risk of excess weight gain and proactive implementation of a comprehensive approach...

Detailed Description

Once obesity develops and becomes entrenched, achieving sustained weight loss is extremely difficult. Thus, preventing the accumulation of excess adiposity in high-risk individuals is the ideal course...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 18 to M 25 at screening
  • BMI \>/= 25 to \< 30 kg/m\^2
  • Family history of obesity defined as one biological parent with severe obesity (BMI \>/= 35) and/or two biological parents with obesity (BMI \>/=30). Parental obesity status will be confirmed by obtaining a release of information to review and electronic health record.

Exclusion

  • Tanner stage 1-4
  • Diabetes (type 1 or 2)
  • Current or recent (\<6 months prior to screening) use of anti-obesity medication(s) or other weight-altering medication(s) (e.g. atypical anti-psychotics, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) stimulant)
  • Previous bariatric surgery
  • Current or recent (\<6 months prior to screening) use of medication(s) to treat insulin resistance
  • Recent initiation (\<3 months prior to screening) of anti-hypertensive or lipid medication(s)
  • History of glaucoma
  • Current or recent (\<14 days prior to screening) use of monoamine oxidase inhibitor
  • Known hypersensitivity to sympathomimetic amines
  • History of treatment with growth hormone
  • Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) score of \>/= 15 at screening
  • Eating disorder symptoms within 6 months and/or any past medical diagnosis of eating disorder
  • Major psychiatric disorder
  • Unstable clinically-diagnosed depression
  • History of suicide attempt
  • Suicidal ideation of type 4 or 5 on the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) at any time during the study
  • Current pregnancy or breastfeeding
  • Plans to become pregnant
  • If sexually active, refusal to use 2 forms of birth control
  • Tobacco use
  • Alanine transaminase (ALT) or aspartate transaminase (AST) \>/= 2.5 times the upper limit of normal
  • Bicarbonate 18 mmol/L
  • Creatinine \> 1.2 mg/dL
  • Creatinine clearance \<50 mL/min (Schwartz formula)
  • History of seizures
  • Uncontrolled hypertension
  • History of structural heart defect
  • History of clinically significant arrhythmia
  • Diagnosed monogenic obesity
  • History of cholelithiasis
  • History of nephrolithiasis
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Untreated thyroid disorder

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2026

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

May 31 2031

Estimated Enrollment :

140 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06905626

Start Date

January 1 2026

End Date

May 31 2031

Last Update

July 11 2025

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