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Is 8 mg weekly a defensible maintenance dose for retatrutide?

Numbers first: 8 mg · retatrutide. This is a planning question. I know what my options are; I do not know how to weigh them. What I want is the minimum viable…

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 lipid_panel_q 44k · 7 months ago
15 votes0 answers8.4k views
Does the SURPASS-2 population resemble anyone asking about mazdutide here?

Setup, so nobody has to ask: SURPASS-2 · mazdutide. 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 ekaterina_volk 16k · 20 months ago
15 votes0 answers8k views
What does SURPASS-3 report at the 5 mg dose level?

For reference: SURPASS-3 · 5 mg. 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
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 olu_babatunde 14k · 5 months ago
15 votes0 answers6.7k views
Does the STEP 3 population resemble anyone asking about oral semaglutide here?

The case in front of me: STEP 3 · oral semaglutide. 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
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 p_mkhize 41k · 2.3 years ago
15 votes0 answers6k views
Is there any published stability data for semaglutide at 30 °C?

Conditions: semaglutide · 30 °C. I want to know whether there is evidence behind this or only repetition. I have checked the obvious registries and monographs without…

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 greta_holzmann 15k · 6 months ago
15 votes2 answers5.2k views
Does the REDEFINE-1 population resemble anyone asking about oral semaglutide here?

The case in front of me: REDEFINE-1 · 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
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 liam_bracken 12k · 3 months ago
14 votes 5 answers38k views
What does REDEFINE-1 tell me about nausea at the 30 mg dose?

For reference: REDEFINE-1 · nausea · 30 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…

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 samir_bennani 13k · 23 months ago
14 votes 5 answers34k views
What did the placebo arm of ATTAIN-1 report for early satiety?

For reference: ATTAIN-1 · early satiety. I have the document in front of me and I can read the numbers. What I cannot do is interpret them. I am reasonably…

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 kofi_mensah 12k · 2.1 years ago
14 votes5 answers26k views
What does SUSTAIN-6 actually establish about dulaglutide?

Details up front: SUSTAIN-6 · dulaglutide. This is presented as though it settles something, and I am not convinced it does. I have two documents that appear to…

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 ravenna_pace 13k · 19 months ago
14 votes 5 answers26k views
What does the mechanism of orforglipron predict that REDEFINE-1 did not test?

Stated plainly: orforglipron · REDEFINE-1. 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
asked by haze_check 17k · 16 months ago
14 votes5 answers20k views
What did the placebo arm of SURMOUNT-OSA report for nausea?

Numbers first: SURMOUNT-OSA · nausea. This is presented as though it settles something, and I am not convinced it does. I have two documents that appear to disagree,…

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 assay_blank 39k · 14 months ago
14 votes 5 answers19k views
Is SUSTAIN-6 a fair comparison of cagrilintide against its comparator arm?

Setup, so nobody has to ask: SUSTAIN-6 · cagrilintide. This is asserted often enough that I assumed it was established, and then I went looking for the source. I have…

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 mz_4113 99k · 14 months ago
14 votes 5 answers17k views
Is TRIUMPH-3 a fair comparison of orforglipron against its comparator arm?

What I have: TRIUMPH-3 · 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
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 Dr_Lena_Ostrowska 42k · 21 months ago
14 votes 5 answers17k views
How do I convert the SUSTAIN-6 hazard ratio into an absolute risk reduction?

I have three data points across nine months, which I hope is enough to see a trend. I can do the algebra. I am not confident about the conversion factors. If there is…

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 nadia_kowalczyk 14k · 2.3 years ago
14 votes5 answers15k views
Is STEP 1 a fair comparison of tirzepatide against its comparator arm?

The case in front of me: STEP 1 · tirzepatide. I want to know whether there is evidence behind this or only repetition. I have checked the obvious registries and…

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 a_lindgren 46k · 10 months ago
14 votes 3 answers14k views
How comparable are cagrilintide and semaglutide on the evidence available?

Details up front: cagrilintide · semaglutide. I have used one of these for a while and I am considering switching, which requires a reason. What I care about 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 u100_marks 38k · 9 months ago
14 votes 2 answers11k views
What does PIONEER-1 tell me about headache at the 2 mg dose?

For reference: PIONEER-1 · headache · 2 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…

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 leonid_marchuk 15k · 2.0 years ago
14 votes4 answers11k views
What does STEP 2 tell me about hair thinning at the 8 mg dose?

For reference: STEP 2 · hair thinning · 8 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…

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 t_oyelaran 41k · 14 months ago
14 votes 3 answers8.6k views
What did STEP 2 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 seven_day_half 16k · 9 months ago
14 votes5 answers8.2k views
What did the placebo arm of TRIUMPH-1 report for vomiting?

Concretely: TRIUMPH-1 · vomiting. 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, which…

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 seamus_brady 17k · 3 months ago
14 votes 5 answers8k views
Does the ATTAIN-1 population resemble anyone asking about cagrilintide here?

What I am working with: ATTAIN-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 fibre_or_fragment 12k · 5 months ago
14 votes5 answers6.8k views
What is the reported incidence of dizziness on survodutide in SURPASS-2?

The specifics, since they change the answer: dizziness · survodutide · SURPASS-2. I have the document in front of me and I can read the numbers. What I cannot do is…

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 RP_C18 85k · 9 months ago
14 votes 5 answers5.3k views
What does the mechanism of cagrilintide predict that SURMOUNT-4 did not test?

What I have: cagrilintide · SURMOUNT-4. 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…

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 Dr_Rosalind_Achebe 90k · 27 days ago
14 votes 5 answers4.2k views
How do I convert the PIONEER-4 hazard ratio into an absolute risk reduction?

My laboratory results are from the same laboratory each time, drawn fasting, which I gather matters. Please show the division. I want to check my own against yours. I…

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 syringe_ninety 15k · 3 months ago