A Phase 1 interventional study of UBT38006 and Placebo in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), sponsored by The United Bio-Technology (Hengqin) Co., Ltd.. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to male participants aged 18 Years to 45 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-15.
Sponsored by The United Bio-Technology (Hengqin) Co., Ltd. (part of The United Laboratories International Holdings Limited) · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment
This study is a single-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo- and active-controlled, parallel-group, single-ascending dose (SAD) design. Insulin degludec and insulin icodec injection serves as the active control and is administered in an open-label manner.
The study will be conducted across 6 cohorts, comprising 4 dose-escalation cohorts of UBT38006 (1, 3, 6, and 12 nmol/kg) ， 1 active control cohort of insulin degludec (0.4 U/kg [2.4 nmol/kg]) and 1 active control cohort of insulin icodec (1.25 U/kg [7.5 nmol/kg]). The safety and tolerability (including local tolerability) as well as the pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) profiles of single subcutaneous doses of UBT38006 injection will be evaluated in healthy adult male participants.
In Cohort 1 (1 nmol/kg), participants will be randomized in a 4:1 ratio to receive UBT38006 injection or placebo. In Cohorts 2-4 (3, 6, and 12 nmol/kg), participants will be randomized in an 8:2 ratio to receive the corresponding dose of UBT38006 injection or placebo. Participants in Cohort 5 (insulin degludec active control) will receive 0.4 U/kg (2.4 nmol/kg) insulin degludec injection. Participants in the insulin icodec cohort received a subcutaneous injection of insulin icodec at a dose of 1.25 U/kg(7.5 nmol/kg). Cohorts 1-4 will follow a double-blind design, while Cohort 5 and insulin icodec cohort will be open-label.
10,371 studies on the registry are indexed under Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; 1,406 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 53 is below the median of 80 across 8,350 interventional studies indexed under Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2.
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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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
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.
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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.
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Clinically significant
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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.
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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.
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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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Hemoglobin (Hb)
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
s.c, single dose
Drug: UBT38006
s.c, single dose
Drug: Placebo
0.4U/kg Insulin Degludec Injection，single subcutaneous injection
Drug: Insulin Degludec Injection
1.25U/kg Insulin icodec Injection，single subcutaneous injection
Drug: Insulin Icodec Injection
Ascending single doses - 4 dose levels
Ascending single doses - 4 dose levels
single subcutaneous injection
single subcutaneous injection
incidence of adverse events (AEs), adverse drug reactions (ADRs), serious adverse events (SAEs), etc,..
Time frame: Baseline to Day43
GIRmax
Time frame: Baseline to Day43
Tmax,GIR
Time frame: Baseline to Day43
AUCGIR
Time frame: Baseline to Day43
Cmax
Time frame: Baseline to Day43
Tmax
Time frame: Baseline to Day43
t1/2z
Time frame: Baseline to Day43
AUC0-t
Time frame: Baseline to Day43
AUCGIR,0-t
Time frame: Baseline to Day43
Plan to share: No
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Started Jun 2026 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Oct 2026, 4 months after the start.
Of 452 industry-sponsored phase 1 interventional studies under Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, half reached primary completion within 5 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 2 and three quarters within 11. This study's planned 4 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 514 studies reached it within 6 months; a quarter within 2 and three quarters within 14.
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