The study compound is being developed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and weight control. It lowers blood sugar levels. People with type 2 diabetes have too much sugar in their blood. They need treatment to control their blood sugar levels. The study compound acts like a hormone that occurs naturally in the body. This hormone helps people feel full and helps to lower blood sugar levels. Some medications that act this way are already approved. They are being used to treat people living with diabetes and for weight control. These medications are generally administered with an injection under the skin. The study compound is administered orally, which will ultimately be much easier for the patient.
In this trial, you will receive the study compound as a capsule via the mouth with 240 milliliters of water. Six hours later, you will receive a solution of the study compound administered directly into a blood vessel via an intravenous infusion.
This is a clinical trial with a radioactively (14C) labeled compound. Radioactively labeling a compound is done to be able to study how quickly and to what extent the compound is absorbed, converted and excreted by the body. The radioactivity disappears from the body at the same time as the compound through the feces, urine and/or breath. The compound has a radiation burden which is less than that from the natural background radiation that you are exposed to in the Netherlands in 1 month. This background radiation is released from space, soil, air, water, food and construction materials. To measure radioactivity levels in your body, blood, urine and feces will be collected during the trial.
The compound has already been tested in healthy individuals and patients with type 2 diabetes. In these clinical trials, the following side-effects were observed most often: nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. In general, these side effects were not considered severe. You may also experience other, yet unknown, side effects. Prior to the medical screening, you will receive written information about the trial, which also describes the possible side effects. This information will also be discussed with you at the start of the medical screening. You can then ask the screening physician or nurse any questions you may have. Once everything is clear to you, you can then decide whether or not to give written consent to participate in the trial. The medical screening will only take place after you have given written consent to participate in the trial. We want to emphasize that even after giving written consent, participation in any clinical trial is voluntary. You can decide at any time not to participate, or to stop the medical screening or to stop participating in the trial. You do not need to provide a reason for why you no longer wish to participate.