CagriSema: Trials and FDA Status
CagriSema is a amylin + glp-1 combination. This page tracks its trials, sponsor and FDA status, with a dated source for each milestone.
Also calledcagrilintide + semaglutide
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Where it stands
- US status
- Investigational · filed with FDA
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Sponsor
- Novo Nordisk
- Expected FDA decision
- Sponsor statement
- Novo Nordisk states the FDA is expected to review the CagriSema application in 2026 (no decision date given).
- Trial IDs (NCT)
- NCT04982575, NCT05567796, NCT05394519, NCT05669755
Results
Reported results
- 2025REDEFINE 1 phase 3 (NEJM 2025): weight change at 68 weeks vs placebo“The estimated mean percent change in body weight from baseline to week 68 was -20.4% with cagrilintide-semaglutide as compared with -3.0% with placebo”pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- 2 Feb 2026REIMAGINE 2 (type 2 diabetes) headline result, company-reported“CagriSema achieved superior weight loss of up to 14.2%, where up to 43% of the people achieved ≥15% weight loss and up to 24% achieved ≥20% weight loss”Novo Nordisk (press release)
Company-reported figures are labelled as such. Results in a trial population may not match results elsewhere.
Timeline
Milestones
Expected decision: Novo Nordisk states the FDA is expected to review the CagriSema application in 2026 (no decision date given).
- NCT05669755 (REDEFINE 3; Phase 3): primary completion (estimated)
- Novo Nordisk announces REIMAGINE 2 phase 3 headline results
- Published in The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology (2026): Efficacy and safety of co-administered cagrilintide and semaglutide versus semaglutide alone in adults with overweight or obesity with or without type 2 diabetes in Japan and Taiwan (REDEFINE 5): a multicentre, randomised, active-controlled, phase 3a trial.
- Novo Nordisk announces submission of a New Drug Application to the U.S. FDA for CagriSema
- NCT05394519 (REDEFINE 2; Phase 3): primary completion
- Published in The New England journal of medicine (2025): Coadministered Cagrilintide and Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity.
- Published in The New England journal of medicine (2025): Cagrilintide-Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes.
- NCT05567796 (REDEFINE 1; Phase 3): primary completion
- NCT05669755 (REDEFINE 3; Phase 3): study start
- NCT05394519 (REDEFINE 2; Phase 3): study start
- NCT05669755 (REDEFINE 3; Phase 3): first posted on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Published in Lancet (London, England) (2023): Efficacy and safety of co-administered once-weekly cagrilintide 2·4 mg with once-weekly semaglutide 2·4 mg in type 2 diabetes: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, active-controlled, phase 2 trial.
- NCT05567796 (REDEFINE 1; Phase 3): study start
- NCT05567796 (REDEFINE 1; Phase 3): first posted on ClinicalTrials.gov
- NCT04982575 (Research Study to Look at How Well Cagrilintide Together With Semaglutide Works in People With Type 2 Diabetes; Phase 2): primary completion
- NCT05394519 (REDEFINE 2; Phase 3): first posted on ClinicalTrials.gov
- NCT04982575 (Research Study to Look at How Well Cagrilintide Together With Semaglutide Works in People With Type 2 Diabetes; Phase 2): study start
- NCT04982575 (Research Study to Look at How Well Cagrilintide Together With Semaglutide Works in People With Type 2 Diabetes; Phase 2): first posted on ClinicalTrials.gov
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Sources
- 1Research Study to Look at How Well Cagrilintide Together With Semaglutide Works in People With Type 2 Diabetes (NCT04982575)ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine) · 2021clinicaltrials.govAccessed 2 Oct 2026
- 2REDEFINE 1: A Research Study to See How Well CagriSema Helps People With Excess Body Weight Lose Weight (NCT05567796)ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine) · 2022clinicaltrials.govAccessed 2 Oct 2026
- 3REDEFINE 2: A Research Study to See How Well CagriSema Helps People With Type 2 Diabetes and Excess Body Weight Lose Weight (NCT05394519)ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine) · 2022clinicaltrials.govAccessed 2 Oct 2026
- 4REDEFINE 3: REDEFINE 3: A Research Study to See the Effects of CagriSema in People Living With Diseases in the Heart and Blood Vessels (NCT05669755)ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine) · 2022clinicaltrials.govAccessed 2 Oct 2026
- 5Efficacy and safety of co-administered once-weekly cagrilintide 2·4 mg with once-weekly semaglutide 2·4 mg in type 2 diabetes: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, active-controlled, phase 2 trial.Lancet (London, England) · 2023PMID 37364590Accessed 2 Oct 2026
- 6Coadministered Cagrilintide and Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity.The New England journal of medicine · 2025PMID 40544433Accessed 2 Oct 2026
- 7Cagrilintide-Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes.The New England journal of medicine · 2025PMID 40544432Accessed 2 Oct 2026
- 8Efficacy and safety of co-administered cagrilintide and semaglutide versus semaglutide alone in adults with overweight or obesity with or without type 2 diabetes in Japan and Taiwan (REDEFINE 5): a multicentre, randomised, active-controlled, phase 3a trial.The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology · 2026PMID 42009015Accessed 2 Oct 2026
- 9Novo Nordisk announces submission of a New Drug Application to the U.S. FDA for CagriSemaNovo Nordisk (press release) · 2026Accessed 2 Oct 2026
- 10Novo Nordisk announces REIMAGINE 2 phase 3 headline resultsNovo Nordisk (press release) · 2026Accessed 2 Oct 2026
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