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CompletedPhase 1

A Trial to Assess the Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Tolerability of Semaglutide in Healthy Chinese Subjects

A Single-centre, Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multiple-dose Trial to Assess the Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Tolerability of Semaglutide in Healthy Chinese Subjects

Lead sponsor

Novo Nordisk A/S

Asset

Semaglutide

Subcutaneous · GLP-1 agonist

Listed sites

1

Recruiting sites

Enrollment

36

actual

Study population

Healthy volunteers

Key I/E criteria

BMI 20-24.9Healthy volunteers

Primary endpoints

AUC of semaglutide at steady state (semaglutide 0.5 mg)AUC of semaglutide at steady state (semaglutide 1.0 mg)

Footprint

Where this trial recruits

Site locations as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov. Site count is not enrollment count; per-site enrollment is not available from source.

Identifiers

Registered as

NCT IDNCT03288740
Org study IDNN9535-3686
Secondary IDU1111-1149-6572World Health Organization (WHO)

Timeline

Milestones

Study first posted2017-09-20actual
Study start2017-09-21actual
Primary completion2018-07-10actual
Study completion2018-08-07actual
Last update posted2021-02-15actual

Assets

Investigational agents

Study populations

Who this study enrolls

Healthy volunteers

Eligibility

Who can enroll

Minimum age18 Years
Maximum age55 Years
SexAll
Healthy volunteersAccepted

Inclusion criteria

Healthy male and female Chinese subjects
Age between 18 to 55 years (both inclusive) at the time of signing informed consent
Body mass index (BMI) between 20 and 24.9 kg/sqm (both inclusive)
Body weight greater than or equal to 54.0 kg

Exclusion criteria

Female who is pregnant, breast-feeding or intends to become pregnant or is of child-bearing potential not using an adequate contraceptive method throughout the trial including follow-up period. Adequate contraceptive measures are sterilisation, intrauterine device (IUD), oral contraceptives or barrier methods
Any clinically significant disease history, in the opinion of the investigator, or systemic or organ disease including: pulmonary, gastrointestinal, hepatic, neurologic, renal, genitourinary and endocrine, dermatologic or hematologic diseases
Use of prescription or non-prescription systemic products (including routine or non-routine vitamins or herbal products) or topical medicinal products (except paracetamol and oral contraceptives) within 3 weeks (or within 5 half-lives of the medicinal product, whichever is longest) prior to Visit 2 (randomisation)
Personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma or multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2
History of pancreatitis (acute or chronic)
Calcitonin greater than or equal to 50 ng/L
Blood donation, surgery or trauma with significant blood loss (400 mL) within the last 12 weeks prior to screening

Endpoints (15)

What's being measured

Protocol endpoints and posted registry outcome measures, grouped into outcome categories. Composite endpoints show their component event types. Standard codes (LOINC, SNOMED CT) are shown where available.

Safety / tolerability / PK

15 endpoints
Primary/protocol endpoint

Area under the semaglutide plasma concentration time curve at steady state (semaglutide 0.5 mg)

Time frame:0-168 hours after last administration of semaglutide

AUC₀–∞

concentration, descriptive

Primary/protocol endpoint

Area under the semaglutide plasma concentration time curve at steady state (semaglutide 1.0 mg)

Time frame:0-168 hours after last administration of semaglutide

AUC₀–∞

concentration, descriptive

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Maximum observed semaglutide plasma concentration at steady state

Time frame:0-168 hours after last administration of semaglutide

Plasma concentration (steady state)

concentration, descriptive

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Time to maximum observed semaglutide plasma concentration at steady state

Time frame:0-168 hours after last administration of semaglutide

Tmax

descriptive

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Total apparent clearance of semaglutide at steady state

Time frame:0-168 hours after last administration of semaglutide

descriptive

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Terminal elimination half-life of semaglutide at steady state

Time frame:0-840 hours after last administration of semaglutide

Half-life

descriptive

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Apparent volume of distribution of semaglutide at steady state

Time frame:0-840 hours after last administration of semaglutide

descriptive

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Trough plasma semaglutide concentration

Time frame:Before dosing at day 29, 57, 78, 85 and 92

Plasma concentration (steady state)

concentration, descriptive

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Dose-corrected accumulation ratio

Time frame:Based on the area under the semaglutide plasma concentration curve from 0-168 hours after the first dose and the area under the semaglutide plasma concentration curve 0-168 hours after the last dose

ratio, descriptive

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Area under the semaglutide plasma concentration time curve

Time frame:0-168 hours after the first dose of semaglutide 0.25 mg (starting dose level)

AUC₀–∞

concentration, descriptive

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Maximum observed semaglutide plasma concentration

Time frame:0-168 hours after the first dose of semaglutide 0.25 mg (starting dose level)

Cmax

concentration, descriptive

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Time to maximum observed semaglutide plasma concentration

Time frame:0-168 hours after the first dose of semaglutide 0.25 mg (starting dose level)

Tmax

descriptive

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Number of treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs)

Time frame:Visit 2 (Day 1) - visit 23 (Day 120-127)

Treatment-emergent AEs (any)

event count, event

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Number of hypoglycaemic episodes

Time frame:Visit 2 (Day 1) - visit 23 (Day 120-127)

Documented hypoglycemia

event count, event

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Incidence of anti-semaglutide antibodies (positive/negative) at follow-up

Time frame:Visit 23 (Day 120-127)

Immunogenicity (ADA)

threshold achievement, event

Publications (1)

Bibliography

Records linked to this trial through ClinicalTrials.gov references, PubMed NCT search, and curated study seeds. 'Canonical' marks design/result papers; others are registry references or candidates.

Registry references + supporting bibliography

Provenance

Sources

Trial identity, design, statusClinicalTrials.gov API v2
Snapshot dateJuly 1, 2026
Endpoint classificationDelfa endpoint taxonomy v2 (May 13, 2026)
Results tableno registry results posted yet

Trial facts come from public ClinicalTrials.gov records. Endpoint categories are Delfa's classification of those records, not a ClinicalTrials.gov field. All figures reflect the July 1, 2026 snapshot.