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RecruitingPhase 1

A Study to Evaluate the Effect of Retatrutide on Insulin Secretion and Insulin Sensitivity in Adult Participants With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

A Phase 1, Investigator- and Participant-Blinded Study to Evaluate the Effect of Retatrutide on α- and β- Cell Function and Insulin Sensitivity in Adult Participants With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Assets

Retatrutide / Semaglutide

Listed sites

1

Recruiting sites

1

Enrollment

95

estimated

Study population

Obesity / overweight, Type 2 diabetes

Key I/E criterion

Primary endpoint

Total Clamp Disposition Index (cDI) for Comparison of Retatrutide With Placebo

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 IDNCT06982859
Org study ID27317
Secondary ID2024-518470-13-00
Secondary IDJ1I-MC-GZQGEli Lilly and Company

Timeline

Milestones

Study first posted2025-05-21actual
Study start2025-06-02actual
Last update posted2026-03-03actual
Primary completion2026-11estimated (month precision)
Study completion2026-11estimated (month precision)

Assets

Investigational agents

Study populations

Who this study enrolls

Obesity / overweightType 2 diabetes

Eligibility

Who can enroll

Minimum age18 Years
Maximum age70 Years
SexAll
Healthy volunteersNot accepted

Inclusion criteria

Have been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) for at least 6 months prior to screening.
Treated with diet and exercise and metformin daily, with or without other allowed oral antihyperglycaemia medications (OAMs), 3 months prior to screening. Allowed OAMs are dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-IV) inhibitors, sodium/glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, glinides, and sulfonylureas.
Have a HbA1c value at screening of:
6.5% and ≤ 9.5 % if on metformin with or without SGLT2 inhibitors, or
6% and ≤8.5% if on metformin in combination with allowed OAMs that require washout.
Have venous access sufficient to allow for blood sampling as per the protocol.
Have clinical laboratory test results within normal reference range for the population or investigative site or results with acceptable deviations that are judged to be not clinically significant by the investigator.
Have a body mass index (BMI) between 25 kilograms per meter squared (kg/m²) and 45 kg/m², both inclusive, at screening.
Have had a stable body weight that is less than 5% change during the 3-month period prior to screening.

Exclusion criteria

Have Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM)
Have had more than 1 episode of severe hypoglycaemia, as defined by the American Diabetes Association criteria, within 6 months before screening or a history of hypoglycaemia unawareness or poor recognition of hypoglycaemic symptoms; any participant that cannot communicate an understanding of hypoglycaemic symptoms and the appropriate treatment of hypoglycaemia prior to the first dose of study drug should also be excluded.
Have had 1 or more episodes of ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar state/coma requiring hospitalisation within the 6 months prior to screening.
Are currently receiving, planning to receive, or in need of treatment, that is, intravitreal injections of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor inhibitor or corticosteroids, focal/grid macular laser surgery, panretinal photocoagulation, or vitrectomy for diabetic retinopathy at screening.
Have impaired renal estimated glomerular filtration rate <60.0 mL/min/1.73 m² calculated by Chronic Kidney Disease-Epidemiology (2021).
Have acute or chronic pancreatitis or a history of acute idiopathic pancreatitis.
Have elevations in:
serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) >2.5X the upper limit of normal (ULN)
serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) >2.5X ULN
total bilirubin level (TBL) >1.5X ULN (except, participants with Gilbert's syndrome), or
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) level ≥1.5X ULN
Show evidence of possible chronic or active hepatitis B, including hepatitis B core antibody and/or hepatitis B surface antigen positivity.
Have a positive Hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody (Ab) test. Participants with a positive HCV Ab test at screening can be included only if a confirmatory HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA) test is negative.
Have a known clinically significant gastric emptying abnormality, have undergone gastric bypass (bariatric) surgery or restrictive bariatric surgery or chronically take drugs that directly affect GI motility.
Have had within 3 months prior to screening:
acute myocardial infarction
congestive heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV, and/or
cerebrovascular accident [stroke]
coronary artery revascularisation
hospitalization hospitalisation for unstable angina
hospitalization hospitalisation due to congestive heart failure.
Have a history of additional risk factors for Torsades de Pointes (for example, heart failure, hypokalaemia, family history of Long QT Syndrome), as judged by the investigator.
Have a 12-lead ECG abnormality at screening that, in the opinion of the investigator, increases the risks associated with participating in the study or may confound electrocardiogram (ECG) data analysis.
Have a personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) or multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome Type 2 (MEN 2).
Have an active or untreated malignancy or have been in remission from a clinically significant malignancy for <5 years prior to screening. Exceptions:
basal cell or squamous epithelial carcinomas of the skin that have been resected with no evidence of metastatic disease for 3 years
cervical carcinoma in situ, with no evidence of recurrence within the 5 years prior to baseline, or
in situ prostate cancer.
Have, in the opinion of the investigator, evidence of significant, uncontrolled endocrine abnormality, for example, thyrotoxicosis or adrenal crisis.
Have a prior or planned surgical treatment for obesity.
Have a prior or planned endoscopic and/or device-based therapy for obesity.
Have taken any glucose-lowering medications other than metformin, DPP IV inhibitors, sulfonylureas and/or SGLT-2 inhibitors, regardless of the indication for use, any time within the 3 months prior to screening.
Have taken prescribed or over-the-counter (OTC) medications, either approved or unapproved, or alternative remedies, including herbal or nutritional supplements, intended to promote body weight reduction, within 3 months prior to screening.
Have evidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and/or positive human HIV antibodies.
Have a calcitonin level at screening of ≥35.0 nanograms per liter (ng/L), [≥35.0 picograms per milliliter (pg/mL)].

Endpoints (13)

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

Glycemic / diabetes
11
Other (unclassified)
2

Glycemic / diabetes

11 endpoints
Primary/protocol endpoint

Change from Baseline in Total Clamp Disposition Index (cDI) for Comparison of Retatrutide With Placebo

Time frame:Baseline, Week 28

change from baseline, improvement

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Change from Baseline in Hyperinsulinemic Euglycemic Clamp M-value

Time frame:Baseline, Week 28

change from baseline, improvement

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Change from Baseline in First Phase Incremental Insulin Secretion Rate (ISR)

Time frame:Baseline, Week 28

change from baseline, improvement

Secondary/protocol endpoint/low confidence

Change from Baseline in Second Phase Total ISR

Time frame:Baseline, Week 28

change from baseline, improvement

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Change from Baseline in Insulin Response to Arginine [Incremental Insulin Area Under the Curve (AUC) arginine, 0-10minutes]

Time frame:Baseline, Week 28

change from baseline, improvement

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Change from Baseline in Insulin Response to Arginine (Incremental Insulin AUC arginine, 0-30minutes)

Time frame:Baseline, Week 28

change from baseline, improvement

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Change from Baseline in Beta-cell (β-cell) Glucose Sensitivity (GS)

Time frame:Baseline, Week 28

change from baseline, improvement

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Change from Baseline in β-cell Glucose Sensitivity (GS) from Standardized Mixed-Meal Tolerance Test (sMMTT)

Time frame:Baseline, Week 28

change from baseline, improvement

Secondary/protocol endpoint/low confidence

Change from Baseline in ISR at Fixed Glucose Concentration (ISRg) from sMMTT

Time frame:Baseline, Week 28

change from baseline, improvement

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Change from Baseline Fasting Glucose During sMMTT (Total and Incremental AUC0-240min)

Time frame:Baseline, Week 28

Fasting glucose, change

change from baseline, improvement

LOINC 1558-6

Secondary/protocol endpoint

Change from Baseline Postmeal Glucose During sMMTT (Total and Incremental AUC0-240min)

Time frame:Baseline, Week 28

Postprandial glucose

change from baseline, improvement

Other (unclassified)

2 endpoints
Secondary/protocol endpoint/low confidence

Change from Baseline in cDI for Comparison Between Retatrutide and Semaglutide

Time frame:Baseline, Week 28

change from baseline, descriptive

Secondary/protocol endpoint/low confidence

Change from Baseline in Total ISR

Time frame:Baseline, Week 28

change from baseline, descriptive

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.