A Phase 1 Study of VK2735 in Obese Adults Without Comorbidities
A Phase 1, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of VK2735 Administration in Adults Who Are Obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) Without Comorbidities
- Obese Adults
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
- Enrolment target
- 270
- Started
- 18 November 2025
- Main results due
- May 2027
- Study sites
- 2
- Registry updated
- 24 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Ages 18 years to 60 years.
- Open to any sex.
- You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.
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Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Must be capable of giving a signed informed consent form (ICF). * Must be medically healthy, with no significant medical history, have no clinically significant abnormalities on physical examination at Screening and/or before administration of the initial dose of IP in the opinion of the study Investigator. * BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2. * Willing to comply with contraceptive requirements. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants with any level of disease or organ system dysfunction as identified during physical examination, medical history, or laboratory testing, as assessed by the Investigator. * Any surgical or medical condition (active or chronic) that may interfere with IP distribution, metabolism, excretion or drug absorption. * Any condition that might compromise safety or other endpoints in the study as judged by the Sponsor (or designee) or Investigator. * History or presence of clinically significant acute or unstable cerebrovascular (stroke), hepatic, renal, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, immunological, endocrine, hematological, oncological, or central nervous disorder that in the opinion of the Investigator would pose a significant risk for the participant. * Current or past diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (including type 1 and type 2, except gestational diabetes). * Have a personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2 (MEN-2). * Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level or aspartate transaminase (AST) level \> 3.0 times the ULN for the reference range. * Impaired renal function with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \< 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 as measured at Screening.
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
The goal of this Phase 1, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of VK2735 in adults who are obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) without comorbidities.
Study sites(2)
Viking Clinical Site #001
Lake Forest, California, United States
Recruiting
Viking Clinical Site #002
Miami, Florida, United States
Recruiting
Showing 2 of 2 sites. 2 of the 2 sites on this study are recruiting right now — a site can stop enrolling while the study as a whole is still open.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07838740. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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