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17 votes 5 answers17k views
How comparable are ecnoglutide and retatrutide on the evidence available?

Conditions: ecnoglutide · retatrutide. I would like the axes of comparison first and the recommendation second. I have tried the first option and it works; the…

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
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 retest_please 13k · 7 months ago
17 votes 5 answers16k views
What does SOUL report at the 60 mg dose level?

For reference: SOUL · 60 mg. I have the document in front of me and I can read the numbers. What I cannot do is interpret them. I am reasonably comfortable with…

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
pcos
pcos

Polycystic ovary syndrome: insulin resistance as the shared mechanism, ovulatory and menstrual outcomes reported on treatment, androgen changes,…

14 questions
asked by aine_mulcahy 35k · 6 months ago
17 votes 3 answers14k views
Does the SURMOUNT-1 population resemble anyone asking about cagrilintide here?

What I am working with: SURMOUNT-1 · cagrilintide. I have read the primary source rather than the summary, which has left me with more questions. I understand 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 ellis_thorne 17k · 7 months ago
17 votes 5 answers14k views
What does STEP 1 actually establish about liraglutide?

The case in front of me: STEP 1 · liraglutide. 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
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
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
asked by swirl_dont_shake 19k · 17 months ago
17 votes5 answers13k views
What does the mechanism of cagrilintide predict that STEP 1 did not test?

Numbers first: cagrilintide · STEP 1. I suspect the usual explanation for this is wrong, or at least incomplete. I am aware this may have a boring answer. I would…

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 g_paskevicius 44k · 8 months ago
17 votes0 answers13k views
Does the SURMOUNT-OSA result mean CPAP can be stopped?

I have the full paper rather than the abstract, and the supplementary appendix. I am at the decision point and I would rather think it through than improvise. I would…

sleep-apnea
sleep-apnea

Obstructive sleep apnoea and the apnoea-hypopnoea index response to weight loss, including the SURMOUNT-OSA dataset and the question of whether…

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
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_Idris_Coulibaly 40k · 2.0 years ago
17 votes 5 answers9.6k views
What does STEP 5 actually establish about oral semaglutide?

The case in front of me: STEP 5 · oral semaglutide. I would like to know the limits of what can be inferred from this. What I am trying to avoid is over-reading a…

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 orla_sheridan 14k · 9 months ago
17 votes 4 answers9.4k views
What did SELECT do with participants who could not tolerate a step?

I have been on a stable schedule for eleven weeks, so this is not a first-week question. I have the document in front of me and I can read the numbers. What I cannot…

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
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
asked by label_claim 11k · 3 months ago
17 votes0 answers8.3k views
Does the SURMOUNT-4 population resemble anyone asking about semaglutide here?

The specifics, since they change the answer: SURMOUNT-4 · semaglutide. I have the document in front of me and I can read the numbers. What I cannot do is interpret…

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
dulaglutide
dulaglutide

A once-weekly GLP-1 receptor agonist built on an Fc fusion rather than fatty-acid acylation. Use this tag for questions about the fusion-protein…

14 questions
asked by otto_brenner 19k · 9 months ago
17 votes5 answers8k views
What does the mechanism of mazdutide predict that SURPASS-2 did not test?

What I have: mazdutide · SURPASS-2. I can predict the outcome but I cannot explain it, which means I will get the next case wrong. I would like to know how confident…

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 void_volume 13k · 4 months ago
17 votes0 answers7.4k views
What does the mechanism of dulaglutide predict that SURMOUNT-1 did not test?

What I am working with: dulaglutide · SURMOUNT-1. The empirical answer seems settled. The explanation does not. If the honest answer is that nobody knows, I would…

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 tobias_maartens 94k · 7 months ago
17 votes 5 answers7.3k views
What does the mechanism of dulaglutide predict that SURMOUNT-4 did not test?

Stated plainly: dulaglutide · SURMOUNT-4. 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
asked by u100_marks 38k · 6 months ago
17 votes 5 answers7k views
Does the SURMOUNT-5 population resemble anyone asking about a GLP-1 receptor agonist here?

Stated plainly: SURMOUNT-5 · a GLP-1 receptor agonist. I have read the primary source rather than the summary, which has left me with more questions. I understand 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
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
asked by mass_shift_18 14k · 7 months ago
17 votes3 answers5.5k views
Does SOUL show oral semaglutide is cardiovascularly equivalent to the injectable?

SOUL tested oral semaglutide 14 mg daily in people with type 2 diabetes and either atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or chronic kidney disease, and reported a…

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
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
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 dead_volume 49k · 6 months ago
17 votes0 answers5.4k views
What does SURMOUNT-OSA report at the 50 mg dose level?

What I am working with: SURMOUNT-OSA · 50 mg. 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
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 vial_five 15k · 4 months ago
17 votes 5 answers4.2k views
Is there any published stability data for cagrilintide at 4 °C?

Numbers first: cagrilintide · 4 °C. I am asking for verification rather than opinion, ideally with something I can read myself. It is possible the evidence exists 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 Dr_Wren_Halliday 40k · 27 days ago
16 votes5 answers24k views
What does the mechanism of ecnoglutide predict that STEP 8 did not test?

Concretely: ecnoglutide · STEP 8. I want to know whether this is a real physical effect or an artefact of how it is measured. What prompted the question is an…

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 swirl_dont_shake 19k · 16 months ago
16 votes5 answers22k views
What does the mechanism of liraglutide predict that REDEFINE-1 did not test?

The specifics, since they change the answer: liraglutide · REDEFINE-1. I understand the observation; what I do not understand is the mechanism behind it. I have read…

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 leah_ferrers 15k · 19 months ago
16 votes 5 answers18k views
Is SURMOUNT-OSA a fair comparison of semaglutide against its comparator arm?

The specifics, since they change the answer: SURMOUNT-OSA · semaglutide. I would like to know whether this claim survives contact with evidence. If the answer is…

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 b_delacroix 48k · 9 months ago
16 votes 5 answers12k views
Is 15 mg weekly a defensible maintenance dose for survodutide?

For reference: 15 mg · survodutide. I would like to define my thresholds before I have a result, for obvious reasons. I want a plan with explicit stopping rules, not…

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 cake_intact 18k · 5 months ago
16 votes 5 answers11k views
How do I convert the STEP 4 hazard ratio into an absolute risk reduction?

I am reading the trial table rather than the press release, which is why the numbers differ. I would like the arithmetic checked rather than the conclusion asserted.…

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
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 fiadh_cronin 14k · 19 months ago
16 votes 5 answers9.9k views
What does the mechanism of dulaglutide predict that ESSENCE did not test?

What I am working with: dulaglutide · ESSENCE. The empirical answer seems settled. The explanation does not. If the honest answer is that nobody knows, I would rather…

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
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
asked by micron22 36k · 4 months ago
16 votes 3 answers9.4k views
What does PIONEER-1 actually establish about dulaglutide?

What I have: PIONEER-1 · dulaglutide. I can parse the result. I am less sure what it licenses me to conclude. I have deliberately not looked at anyone else’s…

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 ayo_fadipe 19k · 19 months ago
16 votes 5 answers8.8k views
Does the FLOW population resemble anyone asking about retatrutide here?

Details up front: FLOW · retatrutide. I can parse the result. I am less sure what it licenses me to conclude. I have deliberately not looked at anyone else’s…

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 Dr_Ravi_Selvarajah 42k · 2 months ago