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19 votes 5 answers8.3k views
How comparable are orforglipron and tirzepatide on the evidence available?

Stated plainly: orforglipron · tirzepatide. I suspect the honest answer is that it depends, in which case I would like to know on what. Assume I can obtain either…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

360 questions
tirzepatide
tirzepatide

A dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist. Questions here cover the SURPASS and SURMOUNT programmes, the practical differences from a pure GLP-1…

162 questions
asked by gel_pack_warm 13k · 7 months ago
19 votes0 answers8.2k views
Is there any published stability data for dulaglutide at 4 °C?

Stated plainly: dulaglutide · 4 °C. This is asserted often enough that I assumed it was established, and then I went looking for the source. I have searched the…

peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

832 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

646 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
asked by Dr_Fatima_Belkacem 52k · 17 months ago
19 votes 5 answers7.7k views
What does SURPASS-3 tell me about dizziness at the 60 mg dose?

Conditions: SURPASS-3 · dizziness · 60 mg. The figures are clear enough; the question is what they mean and what they do not. I can supply the numbers if the…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
gi-side-effects
gi-side-effects

The gastrointestinal cluster as a whole - nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, reflux, early satiety - with trial incidence rates, dropout…

416 questions
titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

444 questions
asked by cake_intact 18k · 10 months ago
19 votes 2 answers7k views
Is there any published stability data for survodutide at 30 °C?

The case in front of me: survodutide · 30 °C. I want to know whether there is evidence behind this or only repetition. I have checked the obvious registries and…

peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

832 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

646 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
asked by retest_please 13k · 17 months ago
19 votes 5 answers6.6k views
What did the placebo arm of FLOW report for headache?

The particulars: FLOW · headache. I want to understand what this actually establishes, as opposed to what it is being used to imply. My concern is that I am being…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
gi-side-effects
gi-side-effects

The gastrointestinal cluster as a whole - nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, reflux, early satiety - with trial incidence rates, dropout…

416 questions
nausea
nausea

The dominant tolerability signal in every trial of the class: incidence, timing relative to a dose step, duration, and the distinction between…

346 questions
asked by Dr_Tomas_Kral 37k · 2 months ago
19 votes 4 answers6.4k views
What does SURMOUNT-1 actually establish about survodutide?

For reference: SURMOUNT-1 · survodutide. I want to understand what this actually establishes, as opposed to what it is being used to imply. My concern is that I am…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

360 questions
cardiovascular
cardiovascular

Cardiovascular outcomes: the SELECT major-adverse-event result, SOUL, SUSTAIN 6 and REWIND, how to convert a hazard ratio into an absolute risk…

111 questions
ecnoglutide
ecnoglutide

A long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist with a cAMP-biased signalling profile. A niche tag, mostly used for mechanism questions about biased agonism…

14 questions
asked by h_villanueva 50k · 5 months ago
19 votes0 answers6.3k views
What does SURMOUNT-1 report at the 5 mg dose level?

The specifics, since they change the answer: SURMOUNT-1 · 5 mg. I have the document in front of me and I can read the numbers. What I cannot do is interpret them. I…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

444 questions
asked by cap_the_luer 15k · 5 months ago
19 votes3 answers5.8k views
Is a titration interval of eight weeks better supported than four weeks for semaglutide?

The particulars: eight weeks · semaglutide. I would like to know whether this claim survives contact with evidence. If the answer is "nobody has tested that", I would…

titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

444 questions
dose-escalation
dose-escalation

The decision to move up a step: what evidence supports a four-week interval, what happens when you compress it, and how trial protocols handled…

88 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
asked by fiadh_cronin 14k · 25 days ago
19 votes 2 answers5.5k views
What is the reported incidence of reflux on orforglipron in TRIUMPH-3?

Numbers first: reflux · orforglipron · TRIUMPH-3. I can parse the result. I am less sure what it licenses me to conclude. I have deliberately not looked at anyone…

gi-side-effects
gi-side-effects

The gastrointestinal cluster as a whole - nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, reflux, early satiety - with trial incidence rates, dropout…

416 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
nausea
nausea

The dominant tolerability signal in every trial of the class: incidence, timing relative to a dose step, duration, and the distinction between…

346 questions
asked by bea_forsberg 14k · 5 months ago
19 votes5 answers5.5k views
Is 40 mg weekly a defensible maintenance dose for liraglutide?

Concretely: 40 mg · liraglutide. The failure mode I am trying to avoid is making this decision emotionally. I have twelve months in view and I would like the plan to…

maintenance-dose
maintenance-dose

Staying put: the lowest dose that holds a result, the difference between the maximum studied dose and the maximum useful dose, and what the…

44 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
asked by Dr_Tomas_Kral 37k · 8 months ago
19 votes3 answers5k views
How reliably does a Phase 2 dose-ranging result predict the Phase 3 number?

The obesity pipeline is currently full of phase 2 results being quoted as though they were established magnitudes. Retatrutide at -24.2% over 48 weeks is the…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
retatrutide
retatrutide

An investigational GLP-1, GIP and glucagon receptor tri-agonist, studied in the TRIUMPH programme. Not approved anywhere. Use this tag for…

14 questions
mazdutide
mazdutide

A GLP-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonist developed primarily in China, with a distinct dose range and a fast-moving publication record.…

14 questions
ecnoglutide
ecnoglutide

A long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist with a cAMP-biased signalling profile. A niche tag, mostly used for mechanism questions about biased agonism…

14 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
asked by ilaria_bertone 43k · 3 months ago
18 votes 5 answers27k views
Does the ESSENCE population resemble anyone asking about a GLP-1 receptor agonist here?

Setup, so nobody has to ask: ESSENCE · a GLP-1 receptor agonist. I would like help reading this properly rather than being told what conclusion to reach. I have the…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
harm-reduction
harm-reduction

Reducing avoidable risk where a decision has already been made: independent verification before use, sterility practice, dose arithmetic checked…

445 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

360 questions
asked by ruaidhri_o_shea 51k · 2.3 years ago
18 votes5 answers25k views
How comparable are liraglutide and semaglutide on the evidence available?

The specifics, since they change the answer: liraglutide · semaglutide. The comparison I want does not seem to exist anywhere in a form I can evaluate. I have read…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

360 questions
tirzepatide
tirzepatide

A dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist. Questions here cover the SURPASS and SURMOUNT programmes, the practical differences from a pure GLP-1…

162 questions
amylin
amylin

Amylin and its analogues, most prominently cagrilintide, as a satiety mechanism orthogonal to incretin signalling. Includes the pharmacology of…

14 questions
asked by zeynep_arslan 20k · 13 months ago
18 votes5 answers24k views
What does SURPASS-3 tell me about injection-site erythema at the 40 mg dose?

Setup, so nobody has to ask: SURPASS-3 · injection-site erythema · 40 mg. I have read the primary source rather than the summary, which has left me with more…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
gi-side-effects
gi-side-effects

The gastrointestinal cluster as a whole - nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, reflux, early satiety - with trial incidence rates, dropout…

416 questions
titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

444 questions
asked by dana_wexler 15k · 12 months ago
18 votes 3 answers22k views
What is the reported incidence of nausea on oral semaglutide in SUSTAIN-6?

Conditions: nausea · oral semaglutide · SUSTAIN-6. I would like to know the limits of what can be inferred from this. What I am trying to avoid is over-reading a…

gi-side-effects
gi-side-effects

The gastrointestinal cluster as a whole - nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, reflux, early satiety - with trial incidence rates, dropout…

416 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
nausea
nausea

The dominant tolerability signal in every trial of the class: incidence, timing relative to a dose step, duration, and the distinction between…

346 questions
asked by stopper_core 50k · 22 months ago
18 votes 5 answers19k views
Does the STEP 8 population resemble anyone asking about cagrilintide here?

What I am working with: STEP 8 · cagrilintide. I would like help reading this properly rather than being told what conclusion to reach. I have the full report…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
harm-reduction
harm-reduction

Reducing avoidable risk where a decision has already been made: independent verification before use, sterility practice, dose arithmetic checked…

445 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

360 questions
asked by bounty_hunter_q 18k · 14 months ago
18 votes 5 answers15k views
What does SUSTAIN-6 actually establish about liraglutide?

Conditions: SUSTAIN-6 · liraglutide. I would like to know the limits of what can be inferred from this. What I am trying to avoid is over-reading a single result,…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

360 questions
cardiovascular
cardiovascular

Cardiovascular outcomes: the SELECT major-adverse-event result, SOUL, SUSTAIN 6 and REWIND, how to convert a hazard ratio into an absolute risk…

111 questions
asked by Dr_Colm_Fitzhenry 85k · 16 months ago
18 votes 4 answers15k views
What does the mechanism of retatrutide predict that ATTAIN-1 did not test?

Stated plainly: retatrutide · ATTAIN-1. The empirical answer seems settled. The explanation does not. If the honest answer is that nobody knows, I would rather hear…

glp1-mechanism
glp1-mechanism

Receptor-level pharmacology: GLP-1R as a class B GPCR, cAMP and PKA signalling, biased agonism, internalisation and resensitisation, and the…

175 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
gip-receptor
gip-receptor

GIP receptor pharmacology, and the still-unsettled question of whether agonism or antagonism at GIPR is the metabolically useful direction.…

83 questions
liraglutide
liraglutide

A once-daily GLP-1 receptor agonist and the compound that established the class. Still relevant for its shorter half-life, its paediatric and…

14 questions
asked by jo_vandeberg 19k · 6 months ago
18 votes4 answers14k views
Is SURMOUNT-5 a fair head-to-head comparison?

My background is chemistry rather than physiology, which may explain where I am stuck. This has the shape of a fact but I cannot find its origin. What I found instead…

tirzepatide
tirzepatide

A dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist. Questions here cover the SURPASS and SURMOUNT programmes, the practical differences from a pure GLP-1…

162 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

360 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
asked by sample_id 17k · 16 months ago
18 votes 5 answers13k views
Is ESSENCE a fair comparison of orforglipron against its comparator arm?

Details up front: ESSENCE · orforglipron. I would rather be corrected now than propagate something wrong. I am specifically not interested in a testimonial; I am…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

360 questions
tirzepatide
tirzepatide

A dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist. Questions here cover the SURPASS and SURMOUNT programmes, the practical differences from a pure GLP-1…

162 questions
asked by lukas_sedlacek 17k · 13 months ago
18 votes 5 answers13k views
Is orforglipron comparable to a peptide agonist on any axis?

I would like to know how much of this is established and how much is a reasonable story. I want to know what the trade-off actually is rather than which option is…

orforglipron
orforglipron

A non-peptide, orally bioavailable small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist studied in the ATTAIN programme. It is not a peptide, which changes…

14 questions
oral-glp1
oral-glp1

Oral routes for GLP-1 receptor agonism: peptide formulations rescued by absorption enhancers such as SNAC, and true small molecules that need no…

14 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
asked by Dr_Lena_Ostrowska 42k · 10 months ago
18 votes0 answers13k views
What does REDEFINE-1 report at the 15 mg dose level?

Stated plainly: REDEFINE-1 · 15 mg. I have read the primary source rather than the summary, which has left me with more questions. I understand the headline. I do not…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

811 questions
titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

444 questions
asked by sample_id 17k · 12 months ago
18 votes 5 answers12k views
What does the mechanism of semaglutide predict that TRIUMPH-1 did not test?

The case in front of me: semaglutide · TRIUMPH-1. This is one of those things that everyone repeats and nobody derives. This matters practically, not just…

glp1-mechanism
glp1-mechanism

Receptor-level pharmacology: GLP-1R as a class B GPCR, cAMP and PKA signalling, biased agonism, internalisation and resensitisation, and the…

175 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
gip-receptor
gip-receptor

GIP receptor pharmacology, and the still-unsettled question of whether agonism or antagonism at GIPR is the metabolically useful direction.…

83 questions
asked by birk_nordahl 20k · 20 months ago
18 votes 5 answers12k views
Is STEP 8 a fair comparison of cagrilintide against its comparator arm?

What I am working with: STEP 8 · cagrilintide. This has the shape of a fact but I cannot find its origin. What I found instead were three secondary sources all citing…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

913 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

360 questions
tirzepatide
tirzepatide

A dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist. Questions here cover the SURPASS and SURMOUNT programmes, the practical differences from a pure GLP-1…

162 questions
asked by k_szabo 45k · 5 months ago