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A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of CBL-514 Injection for Reducing Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat

A Phase 2 interventional study of CBL-514 Injection and 0.9% Sodium Chloride in Subcutaneous Fat, sponsored by Caliway Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.. Recruiting at 1 site in Australia. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-20.

Sponsored by Caliway Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jun 2026; still recruiting 5 months later.
Updated Oct 20, 2026Study contact changedGo to Updates ↓
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
250
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

A phase 2b, randomized, placebo-controlled study with long-term re-treatment to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of CBL-514 injection for reducing abdominal subcutaneous fat

Read the detailed description

A total of approximately 250 adult participants with Grade 3 or Grade 4 abdominal fat, as assessed by Clinician Reported-Abdominal Fat Rating Scale (CR-AFRS) and Patient Reported-Abdominal Fat Rating Scale (PR-AFRS) at baseline will be enrolled. Each participant will receive up to 4 treatments of allocated study drug administered subcutaneously to the abdomen, once every 3 weeks.

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Conditions studied

  • Subcutaneous Fat
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In context

Lead sponsor

Caliway Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. is the lead sponsor of 16 studies on the registry; 5 are open to participants now.

Of its 9 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 4 (44%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female, aged ≥ 18 years old.
  • (BMI) > 18.5 and \< 30 kg/m2 and body weight ≥ 50 kg.
  • CR-AFRS and PR-AFRS score: participant has Grade 3 or Grade 4 abdominal fat as assessed both by the Investigator on the CR-AFRS and by the participant on the PR-AFRS.
  • Participant maintained a stable lifestyle.
  • Voluntarily signs the Form and, in the opinion of the Investigator or delegate, is physically and mentally capable of participating in the study, and willing to adhere to study procedures.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Female participant of who is not willing to commit to an acceptable method and refraining from ova donation from the time of Screening and throughout the study until 90 days after the last dose of IP, or who is currently pregnant or lactating. Fertile male participant who is not willing to commit to an acceptable contraceptive method and refraining from sperm donation from the time of the first dose of IP and throughout the study until 90 days after the last dose of IP.
  • Participant was diagnosed with coagulation disorders or is receiving anticoagulant/antiplatelet therapy or medications.
  • Participant has delayed wound healing or poorly controlled diabetes.
  • Participant has a history of active within 3 years before Screening, or is currently being evaluated for a possible malignancy.
  • Participant has a history of trypanophobia, the extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections or needles.
  • Participant has a visible Panniculus (folding fat) or visible folds of skin on the abdomen in a standing position.
  • Participant has severe or very severe abdominal visceral fat.
  • Participant has skin conditions which, in the opinion of the Investigator, would pose a risk to the participant if receiving the IP or interfere with the safety or efficacy evaluation.
  • Participant has undergone the following procedures: a. Surgery that caused scar tissue at the treatment area; b. Previous history of abdominoplasty or abdominal liposuction within the treatment area; c. Aesthetic procedure for body contouring or fat reduction at the treatment area within 12 months before Screening; d. SC injection or transdermal application of medication at the treatment area within 4 weeks before Screening.
  • Participant with to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Participant is on prescription or over-the-counter weight reduction medication, weight reduction programs, or taking oral or injectable GLP-1 agonists (eg, semaglutide, tirzepatide, liraglutide, etc.) within 6 months before Screening.
  • Participant is undergoing long-term systemic or therapy
  • Participant is taking or will take any medication that is a known strong inhibitor or inducer of CYP1A2 enzymes, sensitive CYP1A2 substrates, or medication with narrow therapeutic index during the study that, in the opinion of the Investigator, may affect the safety or efficacy evaluation of the IP or pose undue risk to the participant.
  • Participant with history of to local anesthesia (eg, lidocaine).
  • Participant with known allergies or significant adverse reaction to the IP or any of its ingredients.
  • Participant with liver cirrhosis or abnormal liver function test at Screening
  • Participant currently on dialysis or with any renal impairment at Screening
  • Participant has received any product (including a device) within 3 months before Screening.
  • Participant has an unstable condition (eg, psychiatric disorder, history of substance abuse within 3 years before Screening) or is otherwise thought to be unreliable or incapable of complying with the requirements of the protocol (eg, visit schedule, off-site MRI measurement).
  • Participant with a known history or current diagnosis of body dysmorphic disorder or eating disorders.
  • Participant has a history of vasovagal syncope.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(10)

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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.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

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.

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.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

Read whether the line is about a condition or about medicines, and which medicines and doses it means.

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.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
250 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    CBL-514 injection

    Participants will receive CBL-514 administered up to 120 mL per treatment at a 3-weeks interval for up to 4 treatments.

    Drug: CBL-514 Injection

  • Placebo comparator
    Injectable 0.9% Sodium Chloride solution

    Participants will receive 0.9% Sodium Chloride administered up to 120 mL per treatment at a 3-week interval for up to 4 treatments.

    Drug: 0.9% Sodium Chloride

Interventions

  • Provided as a ready for use injectable CBL-514 solution

  • Drug0.9% Sodium Chloride

    Injectable 0.9% Sodium Chloride solution as placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Percentage change from Baseline in abdominal fat in the CBL-514 group versus the placebo group

    Measured by MRI

    Time frame: From baseline to 4 weeks after final treatment

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percentage change from Baseline in abdominal fat in the CBL-514 group versus the placebo group

    Measured by MRI

    Time frame: From baseline to 12 weeks after final treatment

  2. Percentage of participants with at least a 1-grade improvement on Clinician Reported-Abdominal Fat Rating Scale in the CBL-514 group versus the placebo group

    Measured by a 5-point rating scale from Grade 1 to Grade 5 for assessing the severity of abdominal fat. Lower score indicates less abdominal fat. Higher score indicates more abdominal fat.

    Time frame: From baseline to 4 weeks and 12 weeks after final treatment

  3. Percentage of participants with at least a 1-grade improvement on Patient Reported-Abdominal Fat Rating Scale in the CBL-514 group versus the placebo group

    Measured by a 5-point rating scale from Grade 1 to Grade 5 for assessing the severity of abdominal fat. Lower score indicates less abdominal fat. Higher score indicates more abdominal fat.

    Time frame: From baseline to 4 weeks and 12 weeks after final treatment

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Investigational Site 1
    South Yarra, Victoria 3141, Australia
    Recruiting
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Updates

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
Contact
Study contact's phone or email changed: c•••@caliway.com.tw→c•••@caliwaybiopharma.com. See the current contact
Oct 20, 2026
Show all 1 update
  1. Oct 20, 2026
    Contact Study contact's phone or email changed: c•••@caliway.com.tw→c•••@caliwaybiopharma.com. See the current contact
    + 1 other change: date precision

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
NCT07608770
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 27, 2026
Start date
Jun 1, 2026
Primary completion
Apr 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Nov 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 20, 2026

Study contacts

Joanna Lu
Contact
cwcr@caliwaybiopharma.com
+886-2-26971355 ext. 1318
Anne Sheu
study director · Caliway Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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