A Study to Evaluate the Change in Weight After 24 Weeks Treatment With LIK066 in Obese or Overweight Adults
Obesity, Overweight

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Obesity focused on measuring Obesity, Overweight
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- informed consent
- (BMI>=30) or (BMI>=27 with history of CV disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes mellitus, sleep-apnea syndrome)
- willing to comply with life-style intervention and treatment during the full duration of the study (approximately 54 weeks)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Hypersensitivity to any of the study medications
- Pregnancy or lactating women
- History of malignancies
- Use of pharmacologically active weight loss products
- Bariatric surgery
- Ketoacidosis, lactic acidosis, hyperosmolar coma in the 6 months before the screening visit.
- HbA1c >10% at the screening visit.
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Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Arm 5
Arm 6
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Arm 8
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Experimental
Placebo Comparator
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Placebo Comparator
LIK066 2.5mg qd (Epoch 3)
Placebo (Epoch 3)
LIK066 10mg qd (Epoch 3)
LIK066 50mg qd (Epoch 3)
LIK066 150mg qd (Epoch 3)
LIK066 2.5mg bid (Epoch 3)
LIK066 5mg bid (Epoch 3)
LIK066 25mg bid (Epoch 3)
LIK066 50mg bid (Epoch 3)
LIK066 qd/LIK066 25mg qd (Epoch 4)
LIK066 bid/LIK066 35mg qd (Epoch 4)
Placebo/LIK066 25mg qd (Epoch 4)
Placebo/Placebo (Epoch 4)
LIK066 2.5mg qd (once daily) dosing frequency for 24 weeks.
Matching placebo tablets for 24 weeks
LIK066 10mg qd (once daily) dosing frequency for 24 weeks
LIK066 50mg qd (once daily) dosing frequency for 24 weeks
LIK066 150mg qd (once daily) dosing frequency for 24 weeks
LIK066 2.5mg bid (once daily) dosing frequency for 24 weeks
LIK066 5mg bid (once daily) dosing frequency for 24 weeks
LIK066 25mg bid (once daily) dosing frequency for 24 weeks
LIK066 50mg bid dosing frequency for 24 weeks
Between week 24 to week 48, the patients who received a once daily regimen in the first 24 weeks will receive Dose A of LIK066 once daily and patients who received a twice daily regimen in the first 24 weeks will receive Dose B LIK066 once daily
Between week 24 to week 48, the patients who received a once daily regimen in the first 24 weeks will receive Dose A of LIK066 once daily and patients who received a twice daily regimen in the first 24 weeks will receive Dose B LIK066 once daily
Between week 24 to week 48, the patients who received a once daily regimen in the first 24 weeks will receive Dose A of LIK066 once daily and patients who received a twice daily regimen in the first 24 weeks will receive Dose B LIK066 once daily
Between week 24 to week 48, the patients who received a once daily regimen in the first 24 weeks will receive Dose A of LIK066 once daily and patients who received a twice daily regimen in the first 24 weeks will receive Dose B LIK066 once daily