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A Study to Test the Effect of Survodutide (BI 456906) on Cardiovascular Safety in People With Overweight or Obesity (SYNCHRONIZE™ - CVOT)
A Phase 3, Randomised, Double-blind, Parallel-group, Event-driven, Cardiovascular Safety Study With BI 456906 Administered Subcutaneously Compared With Placebo in Participants With Overweight or Obesity With Established Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) or Chronic Kidney Disease, and/or at Least Two Weight-related Complications or Risk Factors for CVD
Lead sponsor
Asset
Survodutide
Subcutaneous · GLP-1 / glucagon dual
Listed sites
540
Recruiting sites
—
Enrollment
5,531
actual
Study population
Obesity / overweight
Key I/E criteria
•BMI ≥27•Established CVD
Primary endpoint
•5-point MACE (Cardiovascular death, Non-fatal stroke, Non-fatal MI, Coronary revascularization)
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
Timeline
Milestones
Assets
Investigational agents
Study populations
Who this study enrolls
Eligibility
Who can enroll
Inclusion criteria
1. Male or female, age ≥18 years at the time of signing informed consent, and at least the legal age of consent in countries where it is >18 years.
2. Body mass index (BMI) ≥27 kg/m2 at screening with established cardiovascular disease (CVD) and/or at least 2 weight-related complications or risk factors for CVD OR BMI ≥30 kg/m2 at screening with established CVD or chronic kidney disease (CKD), and/or at least 2 weight-related complications or risk factors for CVD.
Further inclusion criteria apply.
Exclusion criteria
1. Previous treatment with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists within 3 months before screening.
2. Type 1 diabetes.
3. Less than 3 months between the last dose of GLP-1R agonists and GLP-1R agonist/insulin/glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) combinations and screening.
4. Known clinically significant gastric emptying abnormality (e.g., severe diabetic gastroparesis or gastric outlet obstruction).
Further exclusion criteria apply.
Endpoints (28)
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.
Coverage by outcome category
Cardiovascular outcomes
13 endpointsTime to first occurrence of any of the adjudicated components of the composite endpoint consisting of: CV death, non-fatal stroke, non-fatal MI, ischaemia related coronary revascularisation, or HFE (to demonstrate non-inferiority)
Time frame:up to Week 114
5-point MACE
time to event, event
componentsCardiovascular death, Non-fatal stroke, Non-fatal MI, Coronary revascularization, Heart-failure hospitalization
Time to first occurrence of any of the adjudicated components of the composite endpoint consisting of: CV death, non-fatal stroke, or non-fatal MI (3-point major adverse cardiac event (3P-MACE)) (to demonstrate non-inferiority)
Time frame:up to Week 114
3-point MACE
time to event, event
componentsCardiovascular death, Non-fatal stroke, Non-fatal MI
Time to first occurrence of any of the adjudicated components of the composite endpoint consisting of: CV death, non-fatal stroke, non-fatal MI, ischaemia related coronary revascularisation, or HFE (to demonstrate superiority)
Time frame:up to Week 114
5-point MACE
time to event, event
componentsCardiovascular death, Non-fatal stroke, Non-fatal MI, Coronary revascularization, Heart-failure hospitalization
Time to first occurrence of any of the adjudicated components of the composite endpoint consisting of: CV death, non-fatal stroke, non-fatal MI, or ischaemia related coronary revascularisation (4-point major adverse cardiac event (4P-MACE))
Time frame:up to Week 114
4-point MACE
time to event, event
componentsCardiovascular death, Non-fatal stroke, Non-fatal MI, Coronary revascularization
Time to first occurrence of any of the adjudicated components of the composite endpoint consisting of: CV death, non-fatal stroke, non-fatal MI, or HFE (3P-MACE+ HFE)
Time frame:up to Week 114
4-point MACE
time to event, event
componentsCardiovascular death, Non-fatal stroke, Non-fatal MI, Heart-failure hospitalization
Time to first occurrence of any of the adjudicated components of the composite endpoint consisting of: CV death, non-fatal stroke, or non-fatal MI (3P-MACE)
Time frame:up to Week 114
3-point MACE
time to event, event
componentsCardiovascular death, Non-fatal stroke, Non-fatal MI
Time to first occurrence of adjudicated CV death or adjudicated HFE
Time frame:up to Week 114
Expanded / custom MACE composite
time to event, event
componentsCardiovascular death, Heart-failure hospitalization
Time to first occurrence of adjudicated CV death or adjudicated HHF
Time frame:up to Week 114
Expanded / custom MACE composite
time to event, event
componentsCardiovascular death, Heart-failure hospitalization
Time to adjudicated CV death
Time frame:up to Week 114
Cardiovascular death
time to event, event
Time to all-cause mortality
Time frame:up to Week 114
All-cause death
time to event, event
SNOMED 419620001
Time to first occurrence of adjudicated non-fatal MI
Time frame:up to Week 114
Non-fatal MI
time to event, event
SNOMED 22298006
Time to first occurrence of adjudicated non-fatal stroke
Time frame:up to Week 114
Non-fatal stroke
time to event, event
SNOMED 230690007
Time to first occurrence of adjudicated ischaemia related coronary revascularisation
Time frame:up to Week 114
Coronary revascularization
time to event, event
SNOMED 415070008
Weight & body composition
5 endpointsAbsolute change in waist circumference (cm) from baseline to Week 72
Time frame:Baseline and at Week 72
Waist circumference, change
change from baseline, improvement
Percentage change in body weight from baseline to Week 72
Time frame:Baseline and at Week 72
Body weight, % change
percent change from baseline, improvement
Achievement of body weight reduction ≥5% from baseline to Week 72
Time frame:Baseline and at Week 72
≥5% weight-loss responders
threshold achievement, improvement
Achievement of body weight reduction ≥10% from baseline to Week 72
Time frame:Baseline and at Week 72
≥10% weight-loss responders
threshold achievement, improvement
Achievement of body weight reduction ≥15% from baseline to Week 72
Time frame:Baseline and at Week 72
≥15% weight-loss responders
threshold achievement, improvement
Glycemic / diabetes
3 endpointsAbsolute change in glycosylated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) (mmol/mol) from baseline to Week 72 in trial participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)
Time frame:Baseline and at Week 72
HbA1c, change
change from baseline, improvement
LOINC 4548-4
Absolute change in HbA1c (%) from baseline to Week 72 in trial participants with T2DM
Time frame:Baseline and at Week 72
HbA1c, change
change from baseline, improvement
LOINC 4548-4
Time to onset of T2DM in trial participants without T2DM at baseline
Time frame:up to Week 114
Time to T2DM onset
time to event, event
MASH / liver
2 endpointsAbsolute change in aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (U/L) from baseline to Week 72
Time frame:Baseline and at Week 72
AST, change
change from baseline, improvement
LOINC 1920-8
Absolute change in alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (U/L) from baseline to Week 72
Time frame:Baseline and at Week 72
ALT, change
change from baseline, improvement
LOINC 1742-6
Heart failure
3 endpointsAbsolute change in Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire Total Symptom Score (KCCQ-TSS) from baseline to Week 72 in trial participants with HF at baseline
Time frame:At Baseline and at Week 72
change from baseline, improvement
Time to first occurrence of adjudicated HFE
Time frame:up to Week 114
Heart-failure hospitalization
time to event, event
SNOMED 84114007
A composite of death, number of adjudicated HFEs, time to first adjudicated HFE and change from baseline in KCCQ-TSS at 72 weeks assessed by the win ratio in trial participants with HF at baseline
Time frame:At baseline and at 72 Weeks
Heart-failure composite
composite event, event
componentsAll-cause death, Heart-failure hospitalization, KCCQ total score
Cardiometabolic biomarkers
2 endpointsAbsolute change in systolic blood pressure (SBP) (mmHg) from baseline to Week 72
Time frame:Baseline and at Week 72
Systolic BP, change
change from baseline, improvement
LOINC 8480-6
Absolute change in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (mmHg) from baseline to Week 72
Time frame:Baseline and at Week 72
Diastolic BP, change
change from baseline, improvement
LOINC 8462-4
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
- JACC. Heart failure2024 Dec (month)PMID39453356doi:10.1016/j.jchf.2024.09.004via clinicaltrials gov reference derived + pubmed nct search
Provenance
Sources
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.