This study tests how well different doses of the medicine NNC0662-0419 help people living with overweight or obesity. The purpose of the study is to find out if NNC0662-0419 is safe and effective for treating people living with overweight or obesity. There are 2 study treatments in this study, participants will get either NNC0662-0419, the treatment being tested or placebo, a treatment that has no active medicine in it. NNC0662-0419 is a new medicine which cannot be pre-scribed by doctors but has previously been tested in humans.
Phase 2 trials begin testing efficacy in a larger patient group (100–300). This is often where biotech binary events occur — positive Phase 2 data can significantly advance a company's pipeline narrative, while failures can be terminal for a program.
Currently recruiting: the trial is enrolling patients. A data readout is not expected until after enrollment closes and the follow-up period is complete.
Novo Nordisk (NVO) is the sponsoring company for this trial. BiotechSign currently grades this company F (12/100) based on composite catalyst signals across its full pipeline. This trial is one data point in that overall catalyst picture.