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NCT Number: NCT07219966

A Study of Brenipatide in Participants With Moderate-to-Severe Alcohol Use Disorder

The purpose of this study is to see if brenipatide when compared to a placebo works and is safe for participants with moderate-to-severe Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). Participation in this study will last approximately 56 weeks.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

ANIMA Research, Diepenbeek, Belgium

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Participant must be a minimum of 20 years of age for the investigative sites in Japan.
  • Are seeking treatment and are motivated to stop or cut down on drinking.
  • Are reliable and willing to make themselves available for the duration of the study and attend required study visits, and are willing and able to follow study procedures as required, such as
  • self-inject study intervention
  • store and use the provided blinded study intervention, as directed
  • maintain electronic and paper study diaries, as applicable, and
  • complete the required questionnaires.

Exclusion criteria

  • Have evidence of current or within the past 180 days prior to screening (V1), history of any substance use disorder(s) of any severity with a pattern of persistent illicit or nonprescribed substance use as indicated by clinical interview, except alcohol, nicotine, or caffeine.
  • Have answered "yes" to either Question 4 or Question 5 on the "Suicidal Ideation" portion of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) and the ideation occurred within the past 6 months, or have answered "yes" to any of the suicide-related behaviors on the "Suicidal Behavior" portion of the C-SSRS and the behavior occurred within the past 6 months
  • Have either of the following:
  • history of advanced liver disease, including advanced liver fibrosis [Stage 3] or cirrhosis [Stage 4], based on prior biomarkers, imaging or liver biopsy, OR
  • history of acute alcohol-associated hepatitis based on prior liver biopsy.
  • Have participated in a clinical study and have received active treatment, or unknown if they received active treatment, within 90 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) before screening (V1).

Treatment and study plan

LY3537031

Drug

Administered SC

Other names: Brenipatide

Placebo

Drug

Administered SC

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Drinking Patterns in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) as Assessed by the Timeline Followback Method (TLFB)

    Time frame: Up to 56 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in Daily Alcohol Consumption as Assessed by the TLFB

    Time frame: Up to 56 weeks

  2. Mean Change in Alcohol Craving as Assessed by the Penn Alcohol Craving Scale (PACS)

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 56

  3. Mean Change in Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) Score

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 56

  4. Mean Change in Body Weight

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 56

  5. Mean Change in Patient Reported Health Outcomes as Measured by Short Form 36, v2 (SF-36) Acute Form Domain and Component Summary Scores

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 56

  6. Pharmacokinetic (PK): Average Steady State Plasma Concentration (Cavg) of Brenipatide

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 56

  7. Number of Participants with Treatment Emergent Anti-Drug Antibodies (TE-ADA)

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 56

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Physicians interested in becoming principal investigators please contact

CONTACT

[email protected]

Trial questions or participation questions: 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559) or

CONTACT

[email protected]

1-317-615-4559

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Eli Lilly and Company

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Brenipatide Compared With Placebo for the Treatment of Adult Participants With Moderate-to-Severe Alcohol Use Disorder (RENEW-ALC-1)

Acronym: RENEW-ALC-1

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2028
First posted
Oct 22, 2025
Registry last updated
Aug 21, 2026

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