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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/10/074715 [Registered on: 04/10/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 16/04/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety of two forms/formulations of Semaglutide in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. 
Scientific Title of Study   A Randomized, Multicentric, Open Label, Active-Controlled, Parallel-Group, Phase III, Non-Inferiority Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Semaglutide Injection of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Pvt. Ltd Compared with Ozempic® (Semaglutide) Injection Novo Nordisk A/S, in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any
Modification(s)  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
DRL-IND-NDA23-SEM/2024, version 2.1 dated 24 Sep 2024   Protocol Number 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Jayashri Krishnan 
Designation  Vice President Operations 
Affiliation  JSS Medical Research Asia pacific Private Limit 
Address  JSS Medical Research Asia Pacific Private Limited Tower 2, 1st Floor, South Wing, L&T Business Park, Plot no 12/4, Sector 27 D, Delhi Mathura Road,
Near Sarai Khawja Metro Station, Faridabad -121003, Haryana, India
Faridabad
HARYANA
121003
India 
Phone  09771407484  
Fax  0129-6613520  
Email  jayashri.krishnan@jssresearch.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Sonika Newar 
Designation  General Manager- Medical Monitoring and Safety 
Affiliation  JSS Medical Research Asia pacific Private Limit 
Address  JSS Medical Research Asia Pacific Private Limited Tower 2, 1st Floor, South Wing, L&T Business Park, Plot no 12/4, Sector 27 D, Delhi Mathura Road,
Near Sarai Khawja Metro Station, Faridabad -121003, Haryana, India
Faridabad
HARYANA
121003
India 
Phone  8800799887  
Fax    
Email  Sonika.newar@jssresearch.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Jayashri Krishnan 
Designation  Vice President Operations 
Affiliation  JSS Medical Research Asia pacific Private Limit 
Address  JSS Medical Research Asia Pacific Private Limited Tower 2, 1st Floor, South Wing, L&T Business Park, Plot no 12/4, Sector 27 D, Delhi Mathura Road,
Near Sarai Khawja Metro Station, Faridabad -121003, Haryana, India
Faridabad
HARYANA
121003
India 
Phone  09771407484  
Fax    
Email  jayashri.krishnan@jssresearch.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Dr. Reddys Laboratories Limited, 8¬2-337, Road No.3 Banjara Hills, Telangana (India) -500034  
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. 
Address  Integrated Product Development Organization, Innovation plaza, Survey No: 42, 45 and 46, Bachupally village, Bachupally Mandal Medchal Malkajgiri District 500 090, Telangana, India  
Type of Sponsor  Pharmaceutical industry-Indian 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study
Modification(s)  
No of Sites = 20  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Arthur Joseph  Asirvatham Arthur Asirvatham Hospital  42A, Anna bus stand, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Madurai
TAMIL NADU 
9443751977

ajasirvathamresearch@yahoo.in 
Dr Kartikey Parmar  B J Medical College and Hospital  B.J. Medical College,New Civil Hospital Asarwa,Ahmedabad-380016,Gujarat,India
Ahmadabad
GUJARAT 
9924643799

drkartik@gmail.com 
Dr Sangavaradu Satyanarayana Murthy  DEC Health care hospital  Before NH-67, NTS Railway Gate, Srinagar, Chinna pandgipadu, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh - 524137
Nellore
ANDHRA PRADESH 
9849050063

smurthysatyanarayan@gmail.com 
Dr Dinesh Jain   DMC Hospital  Tagore Nagar, DMC Rd, Ludhiana, Punjab 141001
Ludhiana
PUNJAB 
9815532533

drjaindinesh@yahoo.co.in 
Dr B Sailaja  Government General Hospital  Thullur, Amaravati, Guntur - 522237
Guntur
ANDHRA PRADESH 
9393138247

boddikurisailaja@gmail.com 
Dr Richa Giri  GSVM Medical College  Dr. Ambedkar Road, Near Kailashpat Singhania Institute Of Medicine, Khalasi Line, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208002
Kanpur Nagar
UTTAR PRADESH 
8440331045

drrichagiri.gsvm@gmail.com 
Dr Sanjiv Maheswari  JLN Medical College  Chataiganj, Ajmer, Rajasthan 305001
Ajmer
RAJASTHAN 
9460479888

doctorsanjiv@gmail.com 
Dr Praveen Kumar NS  K. R Hospital  K R Hospital Attached to MMC & RI, Irwin road, Mysore 570001, Karnataka, India
Mysore
KARNATAKA 
9886341896

nspraveen02@gmail.com 
Dr Dayanidhi Mehar  KIMS Hospital  Khandagiri Vihar Play Ground, Plot-113, Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Cuttack
ORISSA 
9937793342

dayanidhimehar@gmail.com 
Dr Dilip Shah  KKasturi Medicare Pvt. Ltd.  Shri Krishna Hotel Shrikant Dhadwe Road, Thane, Maharashtra 401107
Thane
MAHARASHTRA 
9820324286

drshahdilip@yahoo.co.in 
Dr Balamurgan Ramanathan  Kovai Diabetes Speciality Centre and Hospital   15, Vivekananda Road, Near Gandhipuram Post Office, Ram Nagar, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641009
Coimbatore
TAMIL NADU 
9842244881

rbmkdsc@gmail.com 
DrPrabhat Kumar Sharma   Maharaja Agrasen Hospital  Central Spine, Sec-7, Cinestar Cinema Hall, Vidhyadhar Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302023
Jaipur
RAJASTHAN 
9983995050

pksharma.clinical@gmail.com 
Dr Dinesh Agarwal  Marwari Hospitals  S J Road, Athgaon, Guwahati, Assam –overall
Kamrup
ASSAM 
9864061456

drdinesh944@gmail.com 
Dr Manish Gutch  Medanta Hospital  Sector - A, Pocket - 1, Amar Shaheed Path, Golf City, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
UTTAR PRADESH 
9453429252

manish07gutch@gmail.com 
Dr Vivek Samadhan Shejole  Medipoint Hospitals Pvt. Ltd.  241/1, New D.P. Road, Aundh, Pune, Maharashtra - 411007
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
9890847636

drvivek.medipoint@gmail.com 
Dr Vijay Vishwanathan  MV Hospital  N0-4, West Madha Church Road, Royapuram, Chennai-600013
Chennai
TAMIL NADU 
044-25954913

drvijay@mvdiabetes.com 
Dr Arjun Baidya  Nilratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital   Department of Endocrinology ,138 Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Kolkata-700014, West Bengal
Kolkata
WEST BENGAL 
9433154618

arjun.baidya@gmail.com 
Dr Rakesh Kumar Sahay  Osmania General Hospital  15-5-104, Afzalgunj, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500012
Hyderabad
TELANGANA 
9849597507

sahayrk@gmail.com 
Dr Jay Janakkumar Soni  Parth Hospital  E 405/4, 407-411 Galaxy Arcade Near Galaxy Cinema, Naroda, Ahmedabad, Gujarat - 382330
Ahmadabad
GUJARAT 
9898003433

drjaysonicr@gmail.com 
Dr Venkateshwar Rao  St. Theresa Hospital  7-1-645/A, Erragadda Main Rd, opposite Rhythubazar, Surender Nagar, BK Guda, Sanath Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500018
Hyderabad
TELANGANA 
9440040662

drvenkateshwarraoavula@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee
Modification(s)  
No of Ethics Committees= 19  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Drug Trial Ethics Committee Dayanand Medical College & Hospital Tagore Nagar, Civil Lines, Ludhiana, 141001, Punjab, India  Approved 
ECRC-HEC, Marwari Hopitals, Sati Joymati Road, Athgaon, Guwahati Assam - 781008   Approved 
Ethics Committee G.S.V.M. Medical College, Swaroop Nagar Kanpur-208002 UP India  Approved 
Ethics Committee, N.R.S. Medical College,  NRS Medical College and Hospital, 138, A.J.C Bose Road, Kolkata-700014, West Bengal  Approved 
Guntur Medical College & Government General Hospital Kannavari Thota, Guntur -522004, Andhra Pradesh India  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee Prof. M. Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre   Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Arthur Asirvatham Hospital, 42-A, Kuruvikaran Salai, Anna Bus Stand Madurai, Tamil Nadu - 625020  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, B J Medical College & Civil Hospital  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College Kala Bagh, Ajmer, Rajasthan – 305001  Approved 
Kalinga Hospital Ethics Committee Kalinga Hospital Limited Gd-2c, Nandankanan Road, Chandrasekharpur, Nalco Square Bhubaneswar Khordha Orissa – 751023 India  Approved 
Kovai Diabetes Speciality Centre and Hospital Vivekananda Road Ramnagar Coimbatore Coimbatore Tamil Nadu - 641009 India  Approved 
Maharaja Agrasen Superspeciality Hospital Central Spine , Agrasen Aspatal Marg Sector 7, Vidhyadhar Nagar, Jaipur Jaipur Rajasthan - 302039  Approved 
Mysore Medical College and Research Institute Mysore Medical College and Research Institute Irwin Road Mysuru Mysuru (Mysore) Karnataka - 570001 India  Approved 
Osmania Medical College Osmania Medical College,Koti, Hyderabad,500095 Osmania Medical College, koti, Hyderabad, 500095 Hyderabad Hyderabad Telangana - 500095 India  Approved 
Parth Hospital Ethics Committee, E/408, Galaxy Arcade, Naroda, Ahmedabad. 382330  Approved 
PCRI ETHICS COMMITTEE PCRI Hospitals Private Limited C/O Shaikh Gayazuddin 02 PADUGUPADU KOVUR RURALS KOVUR NELLORE Nellore Andhra Pradesh - 524137 India  Approved 
Penta-Med Ethics Committee, Medipoint Hospitals pvt ltd, New DP Road, Aundh, Pune, 411007  Approved 
Shah Lifeline Hospital and Heart Institute Ethics Committee  Approved 
St Theresas Hospital Sanathnagar, Opp. Erragadda Raitu Bazar Hyderabad, Telangana - 500018 India  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Approved/Obtained 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: E119||Type 2 diabetes mellitus without complications,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Ozempic  (Semaglutide) Injection Novo Nordisk A/S, in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. The purpose of the present trial is to compare Semaglutide injection of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Pvt. Ltd with Ozempic® (Semaglutide) Injection (subcutaneous) of Novo Nordisk A/S, in terms of glycaemic control, weight loss, and other efficacy and safety parameters in subjects with T2DM.  
Intervention  Semaglutide  This is a A Randomized, Multicentric, Open Label, Active-Controlled, Parallel Group, Phase III, Non-Inferiority Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Semaglutide Injection of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Pvt. Ltd Compared with Ozempic® (Semaglutide) Injection Novo Nordisk A/S, in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. The purpose of the present trial is to compare Semaglutide injection of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Pvt. Ltd with Ozempic® (Semaglutide) Injection (subcutaneous) of Novo Nordisk A/S, in terms of glycaemic control, weight loss, and other efficacy and safety parameters in subjects with T2DM. The study will be conducted at multiple study centres across India. Dose 0.25 mg,0.5mg, 1.0mg and 2.0 mg / Once a week Route of administration -Subcutaneous total duration: Six Months  
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  65.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Subjects will be enrolled in the study if they meet all the following criteria.

1.Adult human subjects aged between 18 to 65 years (both inclusive) with diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
2.Subjects with glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels of 7.0% to 10.5% (both inclusive)
Subjects on stable dose of Metformin ≥1500 mg within 12 weeks of Screening Visit
Female subjects of child-bearing potential and male subjects who are engaging in sexual activity with female partner of child-bearing potential that could lead to pregnancy,must use at least 1 of the following adequate birth control methods while on study treatment and for 4 weeks after the last exposure to investigational product. Acceptable contraception methods include:
Male partner with vasectomy, OR
Male condom AND partner use of at least 1 of the contraceptive options below:
a) Female Condom with Spermicide or Diaphragm
b) Contraceptive subdermal implant that meets effectiveness criteria including a less than 1% rate of failure per year, as stated in the product label.
c)Intrauterine device or intrauterine hormonal system that meets effectiveness criteria including a less than 1% rate of failure per year, as stated in the product label
d) Combined oral contraceptive.
e) Injectable progestogen
f)Contraceptive vaginal ring.
5. Willing to provide written informed consent, as applicable, which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form (ICF); written informed consent will be obtained prior to any study related procedures







 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Subjects will not be entered into the study only if they meet any of the following criteria.
1. Known or suspected hypersensitivity to investigational product(s) or related products.
2. Subjects with a history of Type 1 diabetes mellitus or secondary diabetes mellitus or diabetes insipidus.
3. Subjects with a history of metabolic acidosis or diabetic ketoacidosis.
4. Subjects with Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG) more than 270 mg/dL at screening.
5. Subjects with the Body Mass Index (BMI) more than or equal 45.0 kg/m2 at screening.
6. Treatment with any glucose lowering agent(s) other than metformin in a period of 90 days prior to screening. An exception is short-term treatment (no longer than 7 days in total) with insulin in connection with inter-current illness.
7. Subjects with uncontrolled hypertension with sitting systolic BP ≥ 160 mmHg and/or diastolic BP ≥ 100 mmHg at screening.
8. Subjects with any abnormality on 12-lead ECG at screening that in the opinion of the Investigator is clinically significant and is judged as potential risk for his/her participation in the study.
9. Female who is pregnant, breast-feeding or intends to become pregnant during the study.
10. Family or personal history of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2) or medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). Family is defined as a first degree relative.
11. Screening serum calcitonin value that is out of range as per central laboratory’s reference range
12. History or presence of pancreatitis (acute or chronic).
13. Subject has undergone bariatric surgery within 12 months prior to screening
14. Any of the following: myocardial infarction, stroke, hospitalization for unstable angina
or transient ischemic attack within 180 days prior to the day of Screening Visit.
15. Subjects presently classified as being in New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class IV.
16. Planned coronary, carotid or peripheral artery revascularization known on the day of Screening Visit.
17. Severe renal impairment defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 as per the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration formula (CKD-EPI).
18. Subjects with alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and AST greater than 2.5 x upper limit of the normal (ULN).
19. Subjects with uncontrolled and potentially unstable diabetic retinopathy or maculopathy.
To determine the subject’s eligibility at Screening and Baseline, a single repeat of tests or procedures may be allowed at the discretion of the Investigator, the Medical Monitor should be consulted if needed.





 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Other 
Method of Concealment   Centralized 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To record Mean change in HbA1c from baseline  Week 24 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1.To record mean change in HbA1c from baseline.
2.Mean change in weight from baseline .
3. Mean change in fasting plasma glucose (FPG) from baseline.
4. Mean change in 2-hr post prandial plasma glucose (2-hr PPG) from baseline
5. Number of subjects achieving a therapeutic glycaemic response, defined as HbA1c less than 7% from baseline
6. Proportion of subjects requiring rescue medications from baseline . 
The timepoints for secondary outcomes will be week 12 and week 24. 
 
Target Sample Size
Modification(s)  
Total Sample Size="312"
Sample Size from India="312" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)
Modification(s)  
16/01/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="6"
Days="14" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Open to Recruitment 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary
Modification(s)  

This is a A Randomized, Multicentric, Open Label, Active-Controlled, Parallel Group, Phase III, Non-Inferiority Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Semaglutide Injection of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Pvt. Ltd Compared with Ozempic® (Semaglutide) Injection Novo Nordisk A/S, in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

The purpose of the present trial is to compare Semaglutide injection of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Pvt. Ltd with Ozempic® (Semaglutide) Injection (subcutaneous) of Novo Nordisk A/S, in terms of glycemic control, weight loss, and other efficacy and safety parameters in subjects with T2DM.

The study will be conducted at multiple study centers across India.


 
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