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Phase III Study of UBT251 Injection in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus With Inadequate Glycemic Control on Diet and Exercise Alone(UNIGUIDE-1)

A Phase 3 interventional study of UBT251 Injection 2.0 mg and UBT251 Injection 4.0 mg in Type 2 Diabetes, sponsored by The United Bio-Technology (Hengqin) Co., Ltd.. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. 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 3, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Sep 2026; still recruiting 2 months later.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
360
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This multicenter, randomized, double-Blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled phase III trial is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of UBT251 Injection in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with inadequate glycemic control on diet and exercise alone

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Conditions studied

  • Type 2 Diabetes
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In context

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

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 360 is above the median of 80 across 8,350 interventional studies indexed under Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2.

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Lead sponsor

The United Bio-Technology (Hengqin) Co., Ltd. is the lead sponsor of 13 studies on the registry; 10 are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Aged 18-75 years (inclusive) at the time of signing the form (ICF), regardless of gender;
  2. Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) for at least 3 months in accordance with the 2019 World Health Organization (WHO) criteria;
  3. Managed solely through diet and exercise intervention (without the use of any glucose-lowering medications) for at least 3 months prior to screening;
  4. (HbA1c) level ≥7.5% and ≤10.5% at screening;
  5. (BMI) ≥23.0 kg/m² at screening, and stable body weight (change \<5%, which may be based on the participant's self-report) within 3 months prior to screening;
  6. Trial participants (including their partners) have no plan for pregnancy from screening to 6 months after trial completion, and are willing to comply with the measures specified in the trial, and have no plan for sperm or egg donation within 6 months after trial completion;
  7. Have been fully informed about this study and voluntarily sign a written informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Known history of to this study drug, its drug product , or other similar active drugs;
  2. History of medication use within 3 months prior to screening that meets any of the following conditions:

1) Use of any glucose-lowering medications, including glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogues, oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs) (including but not limited to metformin, sulfonylureas, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, thiazolidinediones, glinides, sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors), insulin (except for short-term use ≤14 days for acute conditions, such as perioperative or inpatient use), traditional Chinese medicines, or health supplements with glucose-lowering effects; 2) Use of medications that may affect glucose metabolism, such as systemic , growth hormone, etc. (except for cumulative use \<7 days with the last dose administered more than 7 half-lives prior to the first day of screening); 3) Use of weight-loss medications (including but not limited to orlistat, liraglutide, or other similar prescription or over-the-counter medications for weight loss); 3.History or evidence of any of the following diseases:

  1. Diagnosis of other types of diabetes: such as type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), other specific types of diabetes (e.g., genetic defects in beta-cell function, genetic defects in insulin action, diseases of the exocrine pancreas, etc.);
  2. History of acute or chronic pancreatitis, or pancreatic surgery;
  3. History of symptomatic gallbladder disease within 1 year before screening (excluding trial participants who have undergone cholecystectomy [completed at least 3 months before screening] without long-term complications), or abdominal ultrasound at screening indicating large gallstones (diameter ≥2 cm), gallbladder polyps (diameter ≥1 cm), or other gallbladder lesions that the study physician determines may affect trial participant safety;
  4. Personal or family history (within first-degree relatives, i.e., parents, children, or siblings) of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) or multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2);
  5. History of hematological disorders that may affect test results or increase the risk to trial participants (e.g., aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndromes, etc.), or any diseases causing hemolysis or erythrocyte instability (e.g., sickle cell disease, thalassemia, etc.);
  6. History of moderate to severe depression or severe psychiatric disorders (including but not limited to suicidal ideation or attempt, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc.);
  7. History of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease within 6 months before screening
  8. Severe retinal or macular disease (including but not limited to proliferative retinopathy, macular edema, retinal detachment, etc.) at screening or in the past, requiring urgent treatment as determined by the study physician;
  9. Severe hypoglycemia (hypoglycemia accompanied by severe cognitive impairment requiring assistance from others to recover) or recurrent symptomatic hypoglycemia (≥2 episodes in 6 months) within 6 months prior to screening;
  10. History of acute metabolic complications of diabetes (including but not limited to diabetic ketoacidosis [DKA], hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state [HHS] requiring hospitalization, hyperosmolar coma, lactic acidosis, etc.) or diabetic foot within 6 months prior to screening;
  11. History of ; 4.Blood loss ≥400 mL (including trauma, blood draw, blood donation) within 3 months before screening, or receipt of blood or blood component transfusion; 5.Lactating women or pregnant women;
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(9)

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Informed consent

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
360 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    UBT251 Injection 2.0 mg

    Each subject will receive UBT251 Injection s.c. once weekly for 52 weeks. Each dose group will be titrated starting from the initial dose, administered once weekly, and escalated to the next dose after 4 weeks until the target maintenance dose is reached, with a total treatment duration of 52 weeks.

    Drug: UBT251 Injection 2.0 mg

  • Experimental
    UBT251 Injection 4.0 mg

    Each subject will receive UBT251 Injection, s.c. once weekly for 52 weeks. Each dose group will be titrated starting from the initial dose, administered once weekly, and escalated to the next dose after 4 weeks until the target maintenance dose is reached, with a total treatment duration of 52 weeks.

    Drug: UBT251 Injection 4.0 mg

  • Experimental
    UBT251 Injection 6.0 mg

    Each subject will receive UBT251 Injection s.c. once weekly for 52 weeks. Each dose group will be titrated starting from the initial dose, administered once weekly, and escalated to the next dose after 4 weeks until the target maintenance dose is reached, with a total treatment duration of 52 weeks.

    Drug: UBT251 Injection 6.0 mg

  • Placebo comparator
    UBT251 Injection Placebo 2.0 mg

    Each subject will receive UBT251 Injection Placebo, s.c. once weekly for 40 weeks. Each dose group will be titrated starting from the initial dose, administered once weekly, and escalated to the next dose after 4 weeks until the target maintenance dose is reached, with a total treatment duration of 40 weeks.In the 12-week extension phase, subjects were administered UBT251 injection as an additional treatment.

    Drug: UBT251 Injection Placebo 2.0 mg

  • Placebo comparator
    UBT251 Injection Placebo 4.0 mg

    Each subject will receive UBT251 Injection Placebo, s.c. once weekly for 40 weeks. Each dose group will be titrated starting from the initial dose, administered once weekly, and escalated to the next dose after 4 weeks until the target maintenance dose is reached, with a total treatment duration of 40 weeks.In the 12-week extension phase, subjects were administered UBT251 injection as an additional treatment.

    Drug: UBT251 Injection Placebo 4.0 mg

  • Placebo comparator
    UBT251 Injection Placebo 6.0 mg

    Each subject will receive UBT251 Injection Placebo, s.c. once weekly for 40 weeks. Each dose group will be titrated starting from the initial dose, administered once weekly, and escalated to the next dose after 4 weeks until the target maintenance dose is reached, with a total treatment duration of 40 weeks.In the 12-week extension phase, subjects were administered UBT251 injection as an additional treatment.

    Drug: UBT251 Injection Placebo 6.0 mg

Interventions

  • UBT251 Injection subcutaneously once weekly

  • UBT251 Injection subcutaneously once weekly

  • UBT251 Injection subcutaneously once weekly

  • DrugUBT251 Injection Placebo 2.0 mg

    UBT251 Injection placebo subcutaneously once weekly

  • DrugUBT251 Injection Placebo 4.0 mg

    UBT251 Injection placebo subcutaneously once weekly

  • DrugUBT251 Injection Placebo 6.0 mg

    UBT251 Injection placebo subcutaneously once weekly

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. HbA1c

    Change in HbA1c from Baseline

    Time frame: Week 40

Secondary outcomes

  1. Proportion of participants with HbA1c <7.0%

    Proportion of participants with HbA1c \<7.0% from baseline

    Time frame: Week 40

  2. Body weight

    Percent change in body weight from baseline

    Time frame: Week 40

  3. Proportion of participants with body weight reduction ≥5%

    Proportion of participants with body weight reduction ≥5% from baseline

    Time frame: Week 40

  4. Proportion of trial participants with HbA1c <7.0% and body weight reduction ≥5%

    Proportion of trial participants with HbA1c \<7.0% and body weight reduction ≥5% from baseline

    Time frame: Week 40

  5. HbA1c

    Change in HbA1c from baseline

    Time frame: Week 12,Week 24,Week 32,Week 52

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
    Changsha, Hunan, China
    Recruiting
    • Zhiguang Zhou · Contact0731 8529 5999
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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

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 15, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07659574
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 22, 2026
Start date
Sep 7, 2026
Primary completion
Sep 24, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 22, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 15, 2026

Study contacts

Haiyan Zhang
Contact
zhanghy@tul.com.cn
+86 18998165570

Oversight

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