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A Phase 1/2a Study of WVE-007 in Adults Living With Overweight or Obesity

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of WVE-007 in Overweight and Obesity, sponsored by Wave Life Sciences USA, Inc.. Recruiting at 7 sites in 4 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-26.

Primary conditionObesityRegistry: OverweightReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Overweight — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
ClinicalTrials.gg
Obesity
Why
  1. The study's listed conditions name Obesity, a narrower term within Overweight.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own listed conditions. Of 351 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 68% were exactly right and 84% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 5% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
Wrong?
Tell us the study's main condition →

Sponsored by Wave Life Sciences USA, Inc. · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jan 2025; still recruiting 1 year 9 months later.
Updated Oct 26, 2026Enrollment updatedEligibility revised+3 moreGo to Updates ↓
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
400
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of ascending doses of WVE-007 when administered subcutaneously (SC) . Part A is a single ascending dose study in adults living with overweight and obesity. The Part B of the study is a repeat dose administration in adult with obesity, with or without Type 2 Diabetes (T2D and non-T2D, respectively). In addition, Part B includes two dose groups that will receive WVE-007 and tirzepatide in adults living with obesity and T2D.

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Conditions studied

  • Overweight and Obesity

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In context

Obesity Reclassified

11,522 studies on the registry are indexed under Obesity; 2,033 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 400 is above the median of 67 across 9,006 interventional studies indexed under Obesity.

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Lead sponsor

Wave Life Sciences USA, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 9 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

Compared within Obesity, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Overweight. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →

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Who can participate

The criteria were revised on the registry on Oct 26, 2026. See what changed

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Part A

  • Male and female participants aged 18 to 60 years
  • 28 to 35 kg/m2 which has been stable (±5%) for the previous 3 to 6 months (based on participant self-report or medical records). For participants considered for enrollment in a cohort expansion, BMI 28 to 40 kg/ m2 will be allowed.
  • Healthy, in the opinion of the Investigator, as determined by prestudy medical history, physical examination, and clinical laboratory assessments

Inclusion Criteria : Part B

  • Male and female participants aged 18 to 75 years
  • BMI 35 to 50 kg/m2 (inclusive)
  • Thyroid stimulating hormone is within normal range at Screening. May be on supplemental thyroid hormone as managed by their prescribing physician and stable within the last 60 days
  • Participants with or without Type 2 Diabetes (T2D and non-T2D, respectively)

Exclusion Criteria: Part A

  • History or presence of CV disease, including heart failure ( [NYHA] Class III or IV), myocardial infarction, angina, or abnormal laboratory assessments
  • History or presence of thyroid disorders
  • Medical history or diagnosis of causes of liver disease
  • Use of any siRNA agent in the prior 12 months
  • Received an agent within 90 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, before the first dose of study drug or are in follow-up of another clinical study

Exclusion Criteria: Part B

  • History of significant CV disease in the opinion of the Investigator.
  • Use of prescription medications (ie, anti-obesity or psychiatric medications) within 14 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) before the first dose of study drug, except for allowed antihypertensive medications and lipid lowering medications.
  • Taking >3 antihypertensive medications, or antihypertensive medication dose was changed in the 60 days prior to Screening.
  • Taking >2 cholesterol-lowering medication, or cholesterol-lowering medication dose was changed in the 60 days prior to Screening.
  • Cohorts 1 and 2 only: use of any GLP-1 receptor agonists or dual incretin agonists within the 4 months prior to Screening.
  • Cohorts 4 to 7 only: use of sulfonylurea and meglitinides within 60 days prior to Screening and insulin, GLP-1 receptor agonist, and dual incretin agonist within 90 days prior to Screening
  • Cohorts 6 and 7 only: Known serious to tirzepatide or any
  • Diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes mellitus, or dependence on daily or ongoing use of insulin or insulin analogs for glycemic control.
  • Use of any siRNA agent in the prior 12 months.
  • Received an investigational agent within 90 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, before the first dose of study drug or are in follow-up of another clinical study.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(6)

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.

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.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

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.

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.

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.

Excipients

The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
400 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Cohort 1

    Part A: Experimental WVE-007 (Dose 1) or Placebo Part B non-T2D: Experimental WVE-007 (Dose 1) or Placebo

    Drug: WVE-007

  • Experimental
    Cohort 2

    Part A: Experimental WVE-007 (Dose 2) or Placebo Part B non-T2D: Experimental WVE-007 (Dose 2) or Placebo

    Drug: WVE-007

  • Experimental
    Cohort 3

    Part A: Experimental WVE-007 (Dose 3) or Placebo

    Drug: WVE-007

  • Experimental
    Cohort 4

    Part A: Experimental WVE-007 (Dose 4) or Placebo Part B T2D: Experimental WVE-007 (Dose 4) or Placebo

    Drug: WVE-007

  • Experimental
    Cohort 5

    Part A: Experimental WVE-007 (Dose 5) or Placebo Part B T2D: Experimental WVE-007 (Dose 5) or Placebo

    Drug: WVE-007

  • Experimental
    Cohort 6

    Part B T2D: Experimental WVE-007 (Dose 6) or Placebo with weekly tirzepatide

    Drug: WVE-007

  • Experimental
    Cohort 7

    Part B T2D: Experimental WVE-007 (Dose 7) or Placebo with weekly tirzepatide

    Drug: WVE-007

Interventions

  • DrugWVE-007

    Stereopure siRNA oligonucleotide

This study also gives Tirzepatide. No intervention listed here names it: that was found by reading the record.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The proportion of participants with treatment emergent adverse events

    Time frame: Day 1 through end of study

Secondary outcomes

  1. Maximum concentration of WVE-007 in plasma (Cmax)

    Time frame: Part A:Day 1 through 169 Part B: Day 1 through 253

  2. Area under the plasma concentration time curve for WVE-007 from time 0 to last measurable concentration (AUClast)

    Time frame: Part A:Day 1 through 169 Part B: Day 1 through 253

  3. Change over time from baseline levels of serum activin E

    Time frame: Part A:Day 1 through 169 Part B: Day 1 through 337

Other outcomes

  1. Percent change of weight (kg) from baseline

    Time frame: Day 1 through 169 Part B: Day 1 through 337

  2. Body composition changes as follows: Change in body fat percentage from baseline, percent change of visceral fat (kg) from baseline, and percent change in fat-free mass (kg) from baseline

    Time frame: Part A: Day 1 through 169 Part B: Day 1 through 337

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Study locations

6 of 7 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
Sites
1 site added
Show site
  • Arensia Exploratory Medicine, Inc. USA · Phoenix, United States
Oct 26, 2026
Enrollment
296→400
Oct 26, 2026
Eligibility
Maximum age 60 Years→75 Years; 5 criteria edited, 4 added, 2 removed
What changed in the criteria
  • EditedMale and female participants aged 18 to 6075 years
  • RemovedHave Pre T2D or T2D
  • AddedParticipants with or without Type 2 Diabetes (T2D and non-T2D, respectively)
  • EditedUse of prescription medications (ie, anti-obesity or psychiatric medications) within 14 days or 75 half-lives (whichever is longer) before the first dose of study drug, except for allowed antihypertensive medications and statinslipid lowering medications.
  • EditedTaking >23 antihypertensive medications, or antihypertensive medication dose was changed in the 60 days prior to Screening.
  • EditedTaking >12 cholesterol-lowering medication, or cholesterol-lowering medication dose was changed in the 60 days prior to Screening.
  • EditedCohorts 1 and 2 (preT2D) only: use of any GLP-1 receptor agonists or dual incretin agonists within the 4 months prior to Screening.
  • RemovedCohorts 4 and 5 (T2D) only: use of insulin or any medication that directly stimulates pancreatic insulin within the 60 days prior to Screening, including sulfonylureas, meglitinides, GLP-1 receptor agonists, dual incretin agonists, and DPP-4 inhibitors.
  • AddedCohorts 4 to 7 only: use of sulfonylurea and meglitinides within 60 days prior to Screening and insulin, GLP-1 receptor agonist, and dual incretin agonist within 90 days prior to Screening
  • AddedCohorts 6 and 7 only: Known serious hypersensitivity to tirzepatide or any excipients
  • AddedDiagnosis of Type 1 diabetes mellitus, or dependence on daily or ongoing use of insulin or insulin analogs for glycemic control.
Oct 26, 2026
Interventions
Arms added: Cohort 6·Cohort 7
Oct 26, 2026
Primary outcomes
1 edited
What changed in the outcomes
  • EditedThe proportion of participants with treatment emergent adverse eventsTime frame: Day 1 through end of study
Oct 26, 2026
Show all 1 update
  1. Oct 26, 2026
    1 site added
    Show site
    • Arensia Exploratory Medicine, Inc. USA · Phoenix, United States
    Enrollment 296→400
    Eligibility Maximum age 60 Years→75 Years; 5 criteria edited, 4 added, 2 removed
    What changed in the criteria
    • EditedMale and female participants aged 18 to 6075 years
    • RemovedHave Pre T2D or T2D
    • AddedParticipants with or without Type 2 Diabetes (T2D and non-T2D, respectively)
    • EditedUse of prescription medications (ie, anti-obesity or psychiatric medications) within 14 days or 75 half-lives (whichever is longer) before the first dose of study drug, except for allowed antihypertensive medications and statinslipid lowering medications.
    • EditedTaking >23 antihypertensive medications, or antihypertensive medication dose was changed in the 60 days prior to Screening.
    • EditedTaking >12 cholesterol-lowering medication, or cholesterol-lowering medication dose was changed in the 60 days prior to Screening.
    • EditedCohorts 1 and 2 (preT2D) only: use of any GLP-1 receptor agonists or dual incretin agonists within the 4 months prior to Screening.
    • RemovedCohorts 4 and 5 (T2D) only: use of insulin or any medication that directly stimulates pancreatic insulin within the 60 days prior to Screening, including sulfonylureas, meglitinides, GLP-1 receptor agonists, dual incretin agonists, and DPP-4 inhibitors.
    • AddedCohorts 4 to 7 only: use of sulfonylurea and meglitinides within 60 days prior to Screening and insulin, GLP-1 receptor agonist, and dual incretin agonist within 90 days prior to Screening
    • AddedCohorts 6 and 7 only: Known serious hypersensitivity to tirzepatide or any excipients
    • AddedDiagnosis of Type 1 diabetes mellitus, or dependence on daily or ongoing use of insulin or insulin analogs for glycemic control.
    Primary outcomes 1 edited
    What changed in the outcomes
    • EditedThe proportion of participants with treatment emergent adverse eventsTime frame: Day 1 through end of study
    Interventions Arms added: Cohort 6·Cohort 7
    + 2 other changes: verification date and description

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06842186
Lead sponsor
Wave Life Sciences USA, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 24, 2025
Start date
Jan 31, 2025
Primary completion
Dec 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 26, 2026

Study contacts

Clinical Operations
Contact
Clinicaltrials@wavelifesci.com
855-215-4687
Medical Director, MD
study director · Wave Life Sciences

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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