Tirzepatide for Obesity Treatment and Diabetes Prevention
Jastreboff A, le Roux C, Stefanski A, Aronne L, Halpern B, Wharton S, Wilding J, Perreault L, Zhang S, Battula R, Bunck M, Ahmad N, Jouravskaya I. Tirzepatide for Obesity Treatment and Diabetes Prevention. New England Journal Of Medicine 2024 PMID: 39536238, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2410819.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchType 2 diabetesProgression to type 2 diabetesDose escalation periodRisk of progression to type 2 diabetesBody weightDoses of tirzepatideBaseline to weekOnce-weekly dosingOff-treatment periodSustained weight reductionYear of treatmentDiagnosis of type 2 diabetesAssigned doseDouble-blindPlacebo groupAdverse eventsTirzepatideTirzepatide groupsPlaceboCausal precursorsSafety signalsObesity treatmentSustained reductionDelay progression to type 2 diabetesObesitySurvodutide for treatment of obesity: rationale and design of two randomized phase 3 clinical trials (SYNCHRONIZE™‐1 and ‐2)
Wharton S, le Roux C, Kosiborod M, Platz E, Brueckmann M, Jastreboff A, Hussain S, Pedersen S, Borowska L, Unseld A, Kloer I, Kaplan L, committees and investigators T. Survodutide for treatment of obesity: rationale and design of two randomized phase 3 clinical trials (SYNCHRONIZE™‐1 and ‐2). Obesity 2024 PMID: 39495965, DOI: 10.1002/oby.24184.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTreatment of obesityBaseline BMIRandomized phase 3 clinical trialOnce-weekly subcutaneous injectionsPhase 3 clinical trialsBaseline to weekDouble-blind trialObesity-related complicationsBody weight reductionAbsence of T2DSystolic blood pressureLiver fat contentType 2 diabetesMagnetic resonance imagingMeasures of glycemiaSecondary endpointsDosing flexibilityProportion of participantsLifestyle modificationInvestigated glucagonSubcutaneous injectionBlood pressureBody compositionResonance imagingObesity