A Study Comparing IBI362 vs Semaglutide in Chinese Overweight or Obese Adults With Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Fatty Liver Disease （MAFLD）

May 11, 2026 updated by: Innovent Biologics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.

A Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label Phase III Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of IBI362 and Semaglutide in Chinese Overweight or Obese Subjects With Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Fatty Liver Disease (GLORY-3)

This is a multicenter, randomized, open-label Phase 3 clinical study comparing the efficacy and safety of IBI362 9 mg QW versus Semaglutide 2.4 mg QW in overweight or obese (BMI≥27kg/m2) MAFLD subjects. Subjects will be randomly assigned to IBI362 9 mg and Semaglutide 2.4 mg groups. All study treatment will be administered once-weekly and subcutaneously. The entire trial cycle includes a 4-week screening period, a 48-week open-label treatment period, and a 12-week drug withdrawal safety follow-up period.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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479

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Study Locations

  • China
    • Beijing Municipality
      • Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China, 100730
        • Beijing Hospital

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Male or female, age 18 years or older at the time of signing informed consent
  2. diagnosed as MAFLD according to the Chinese Guideline for the prevention and treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated (non-alcoholic) fatty liver disease (Version 2024)
  3. liver fat content ≥8% measured by MRI-PDFF
  4. BMI≥27 kg/m2
  5. Weight change ≤5% within 3 months before screening
  6. HbA1c≤10%

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Subjects who the investigator thinks may be allergic to the components in the study drug or similar drugs
  2. Used drugs or alternative therapies with weight loss effects within 3 months before screening, including but not limited to: GLP-1 receptor agonists, orlistat, phenylpropanolamine, chlorpheniramine, phentermine etc.
  3. Received chronic (>2 weeks) systemic glucocorticoid treatment within 3 months before screening (excluding topical, intraocular, intranasal, and inhaled administration)
  4. Previous diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (including adult latent autoimmune diabetes)
  5. Active or untreated malignant tumors within 5 years before screening, or patients are in remission of clinical malignant tumors (except patients with skin basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, cervical carcinoma in situ, prostate carcinoma in situ or papillary thyroid carcinoma who have no recurrence after surgery)
  6. Mental illness existed in the past or at the time of screening, and the researcher thinks it is not suitable to participate in this study
  7. Pregnant or lactating women, or men or women who are fertile and unwilling to use contraception throughout the study period

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Active Comparator: Semaglutide
Drug: semaglutide
Once-weekly injections of gradually increased doses, subcutaneously (SC): starting dose is 0.25 mg, after 4 weeks of administration, increase to 0.5 mg; After another 4 weeks, increase to 1mg; After another 4 weeks, increase to 1.7mg; After another 4 weeks, increase to the maximum 2.5mg for 32 weeks
Experimental: IBI362
Drug: IBI362
Once-weekly injections of gradually increased doses of IBI362, subcutaneously (SC): starting dose is 2.0 mg, after 4 weeks of administration, increase to 4.0 mg; After another 4 weeks, increase to 6mg; After another 4 weeks, increase to the maximum dose 9mg for 36 weeks

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Time Frame
percentage change in body weight from baseline
Time Frame: at Week 48
at Week 48
percentage change in liver fat content from baseline measured by Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Proton Density Fat Fraction (MRI-PDFF)
Time Frame: at Week 48
at Week 48

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
percentage change in liver fat content from baseline measured by MRI-PDFF
Time Frame: at Week 8, 16, and 24
at Week 8, 16, and 24
Absolute value change in liver fat content from baseline measured by MRI-PDFF
Time Frame: at Week 8, 16, 24, and 48
at Week 8, 16, 24, and 48
Proportion of subjects with weight loss >10% from baseline and liver fat content <5%
Time Frame: at week 48
at week 48
percentage change in body weight from baseline
Time Frame: at week 24
at week 24
Changes in systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure from baseline
Time Frame: at week 48
at week 48
percentage changes in total cholesterol,triglyceride (TG), non-High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (non-HDL-C), Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C), HDL-C (High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol) from baseline
Time Frame: at week 48
at week 48
Changes in serum uric acid from baseline
Time Frame: at week 48
at week 48
Changes in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) from baseline
Time Frame: at week 48
at week 48
Changes in Homeostasis Model Assessment 2-B (HOMA2-B) from baseline
Time Frame: at week 48
at week 48
Changes in Homeostasis Model Assessment 2-IR (HOMA2-IR) from baseline
Time Frame: at week 48
at week 48
Changes of scores in 36-item Short-Form Health Survey version 2(SF-36v2) questionnaire from baseline
Time Frame: at week 48
Using norm-based scoring (NBS)，each subscale has a different maximum and minimum score, with higher scores reflecting better levels of functioning
at week 48
Changes of scores in The Impact of Weight on Quality of Life-Lite Clinical Trials Version(IWQoL-Lite-CT) questionnaire from baseline
Time Frame: at week 48
Total score ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores reflecting better levels of functioning
at week 48

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Innovent Biologics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Lixin Guo, M.D, Beijing Hospital

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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May 9, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

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December 31, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

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June 30, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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March 11, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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March 17, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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March 19, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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May 12, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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May 11, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

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May 1, 2026

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Terms related to this study

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • CIBI362B303

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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