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Oxytocin for Weight Loss in Adolescents

NCT04551482 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 55

Last updated 2026-06-26

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Summary

This is a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study of the effects of intranasal oxytocin in youths with obesity, ages 10-18 years old. Subjects will be randomized to receive intranasal oxytocin or placebo (1 spray per nostril, 4 times per day) for 12 weeks. Study visits include screening to determine eligibility, 2-part main study visits at baseline, week 8, and week 12, and safety check-in visits at weeks 1, and 4; phone calls at weeks 2, 6, and 10, with a safety follow-up visit 6 weeks after the last dose of study drug. Study procedures include appetite, behavioral, metabolic, and endocrine assessments.

Conditions

  • Obesity, Adolescent
  • Oxytocin

Interventions

DRUG

Oxytocin nasal spray

24 IU nasal spray, 4 times per day for 12 weeks

DRUG

Placebo

24 IU nasal spray, 4 times per day for 12 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Elizabeth Lawson, MD, MMSc · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-07-28
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2027-02-28
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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