A Phase 1 interventional study of TLC-6740 Oral Solution and Placebo Oral Solution in Healthy Subjects, Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes, sponsored by OrsoBio, Inc. Active, not recruiting at 4 sites in New Zealand. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-21.
Sponsored by OrsoBio, Inc · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment
The phase 1 portion of the study is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and pharmacodynamics (PD) of TLC-6740 after single- and multiple-ascending doses in healthy subjects. The phase 1b portion of the study is designed to assess the safety, tolerability, and PK of TLC-6740 in subjects with obesity, with or without type 2 diabetes mellitus.
The primary objectives are to assess the safety, tolerability, and plasma PK of TLC-6740 in healthy subjects and subjects with obesity. The exploratory objective is to evaluate the PD of TLC-6740 in healthy subjects and subjects with obesity, with or without type 2 diabetes. This study is comprised of seven parts: Part A (single-ascending dose), Part B (multiple-ascending dose), Part C (adaptive single- and/or multiple-ascending dose), Part D (relative bioavailability of a tablet formulation of TLC-6740), Part E (drug-drug interaction study to determine the effect of TLC-6740 on drug metabolizing enzymes), Part F (multiple dose of TLC-6740 in subjects with obesity with or without type 2 diabetes mellitus), and Part G (multiple dose of TLC-6740 in subjects with obesity receiving tirzepatide). Up to 48, 50, 100, 8, and 28 healthy subjects will be recruited in Parts A, B, C, D, and E, respectively. Up to 180 and 150 obese subjects will be recruited in Parts F and G, respectively. The effect of food on TLC-6740 PK will also be evaluated in this study.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Note: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
A blood test of average blood sugar over the past two to three months, given as a percentage or in mmol/mol. 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) or more is the usual threshold for diabetes, normally confirmed by a second test.
A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.
Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.
Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.
Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.
Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.
Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.
After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.
The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.
On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.
The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
BMI (body mass index)
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ALT and AST (liver enzymes)
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ULN (upper limit of normal)
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ECG (electrocardiogram)
A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Childbearing potential
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraception
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
HbA1c
A blood test of average blood sugar over the past two to three months, given as a percentage or in mmol/mol. 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) or more is the usual threshold for diabetes, normally confirmed by a second test.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Autoimmune disease
A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.
Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hypersensitivity
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Excipients
The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Investigational drug or device
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
HIV
The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.
Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hepatitis B tests
Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.
Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hepatitis C tests
Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.
After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)
The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
QT and QTc
On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.
The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Clinically significant
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Oral solution of TLC-6740
Drug: TLC-6740 Oral Solution · Other: Placebo Oral Solution
Tablet formulation of TLC-6740
Drug: TLC-6740 Tablet · Other: Placebo Tablet
Oral dose of omeprazole, voriconazole, itraconazole, or rifampicin
Drug: TLC-6740 Tablet · Drug: Drug Metabolizing Enzyme
TLC-6740 tablet + subcutaneous injection of tirzepatide
Drug: TLC-6740 Tablet · Drug: Tirzepatide
TLC-6740 placebo + subcutaneous injection of tirzepatide
Oral solution of TLC-6740
Placebo-to-match oral solution TLC-6740
Tablet formulation of TLC-6740
Oral dose of omeprazole, voriconazole, itraconazole, or rifampicin
Subcutaneous injection of tirzepatide
Placebo-to-match tablet formulation of TLC-6740
Incidence of TLC-6740 treatment-emergent adverse events
Adverse events (AEs) - severity of the AEs will be graded using the Common Terminology Criteria for AE (CTCAE) (v5.0). The relationship between AEs and the study drug will be indicated as related or not related.
Time frame: Through study completion: up to Day 15 (Parts A, C); Day 24 (Parts B, C); Day 22 (Part D); Day 49 (Part E); Day 168 (Parts F, G) of the study
PK of TLC-6740 AUC
Area under the concentration-time curve
Time frame: Through study completion: up to Day 15 (Parts A, C); Day 24 (Parts B, C); Day 22 (Part D); Day 49 (Part E); Day 168 (Parts F, G) of the study
PK of TLC-6740 Cmax
Maximum plasma concentration
Time frame: Through study completion: up to Day 15 (Parts A, C); Day 24 (Parts B, C); Day 22 (Part D); Day 49 (Part E); Day 168 (Parts F, G) of the study
PK of TLC-6740 tmax
Time to reach Cmax
Time frame: Through study completion: up to Day 15 (Parts A, C); Day 24 (Parts B, C); Day 22 (Part D); Day 49 (Part E); Day 168 (Parts F, G) of the study
PK of TLC-6740 t1/2
Half-life
Time frame: Through study completion: up to Day 15 (Parts A, C); Day 24 (Parts B, C); Day 22 (Part D); Day 49 (Part E); Day 168 (Parts F, G) of the study
PK of TLC-6740 CL/F
Apparent clearance, calculated as dose/AUC0-inf
Time frame: Through study completion: up to Day 15 (Parts A, C); Day 24 (Parts B, C); Day 22 (Part D); Day 49 (Part E); Day 168 (Parts F, G) of the study
Started Apr 2023 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Sep 2026, 41 months after the start.
Of 334 industry-sponsored phase 1 interventional studies under Obesity, half reached primary completion within 9 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 15. This study's planned 41 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 439 studies reached it within 11 months; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 24.
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