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What does the mechanism of a GLP-1 receptor agonist predict that PIONEER-1 did not test?

Numbers first: a GLP-1 receptor agonist · PIONEER-1. I suspect the usual explanation for this is wrong, or at least incomplete. I am aware this may have a boring…

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 s_bhattacharya 42k · 2.1 years ago
12 votes 5 answers9.3k views
How comparable are semaglutide and mazdutide on the evidence available?

Conditions: semaglutide · mazdutide. These are treated as interchangeable and I do not think they are. If both are acceptable I would like to know that, so I can stop…

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
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 assay_blank 39k · 7 months ago
12 votes 2 answers8.3k views
Does the SURMOUNT-2 population resemble anyone asking about a GLP-1 receptor agonist here?

Setup, so nobody has to ask: SURMOUNT-2 · a GLP-1 receptor agonist. I would like help reading this properly rather than being told what conclusion to reach. 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
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 day_seven_trough 11k · 7 months ago
12 votes4 answers7.7k views
How comparable are a GLP-1 receptor agonist and survodutide on the evidence available?

Details up front: a GLP-1 receptor agonist · survodutide. I have used one of these for a while and I am considering switching, which requires a reason. What I care…

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 e_dziedzic 87k · 8 months ago
12 votes0 answers6.8k views
What did the placebo arm of SOUL report for dizziness?

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

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 harriet_lonsdale 14k · 10 months ago
12 votes0 answers6.4k views
What is the reported incidence of hair thinning on mazdutide in STEP 2?

Setup, so nobody has to ask: hair thinning · mazdutide · STEP 2. I would like help reading this properly rather than being told what conclusion to reach. I have the…

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
gallbladder
gallbladder

Cholelithiasis and cholecystitis risk during rapid weight loss and on treatment: how much is attributable to the rate of loss versus to the drug,…

14 questions
asked by eoin_mcgarry 16k · 10 months ago
12 votes 4 answers6.4k views
What did the placebo arm of TRIUMPH-1 report for constipation?

What I have: TRIUMPH-1 · constipation. 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
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 per_haugen 18k · 8 months ago
12 votes0 answers5.8k views
Why do two papers on REDEFINE-1 report different headline figures?

I have the full paper rather than the abstract, and the supplementary appendix. I suspect the usual explanation for this is wrong, or at least incomplete. I am aware…

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
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
glucagon-receptor
glucagon-receptor

Glucagon receptor agonism as a deliberate component of dual and tri-agonists: what it adds in energy expenditure and hepatic fat mobilisation, and…

14 questions
asked by threadlock7 14k · 2.3 years ago
12 votes5 answers5.7k views
What does SURMOUNT-5 tell me about fatigue at the 2.5 mg dose?

What I am working with: SURMOUNT-5 · fatigue · 2.5 mg. 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
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 gel_pack_warm 13k · 10 months ago
12 votes 5 answers5.2k views
What does TRIUMPH-3 report at the 30 mg dose level?

Concretely: TRIUMPH-3 · 30 mg. The figures are clear enough; the question is what they mean and what they do not. I can supply the numbers if the specifics change the…

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 thabo_maseko 20k · 16 days ago
12 votes 4 answers4.8k views
What does the mechanism of semaglutide predict that PIONEER-1 did not test?

Conditions: semaglutide · PIONEER-1. 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 haze_check 17k · 44 days ago
12 votes0 answers2.7k views
What is the reported incidence of reflux on ecnoglutide in STEP 1?

The particulars: reflux · ecnoglutide · STEP 1. I have the document in front of me and I can read the numbers. What I cannot do is interpret them. I am reasonably…

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 bounty_hunter_q 18k · 9 months ago
11 votes 5 answers27k views
What did the placebo arm of REDEFINE-1 report for fatigue?

Conditions: REDEFINE-1 · fatigue. 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
thyroid
thyroid

Thyroid questions: the rodent C-cell findings behind the labelled warning, human calcitonin data, TSH drift during weight loss, and the…

14 questions
asked by swirl_dont_shake 19k · 2.4 years ago
11 votes 3 answers25k views
How comparable are retatrutide and semaglutide on the evidence available?

Stated plainly: retatrutide · semaglutide. Both of these get recommended confidently by different people, which suggests neither is obviously right. My constraints…

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 swab_stopper 16k · 22 months ago
11 votes 5 answers20k views
What does the mechanism of orforglipron predict that PIONEER-1 did not test?

What I am working with: orforglipron · PIONEER-1. I keep seeing this stated as a fact with no explanation attached, and unexplained facts make me suspicious. My…

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_Wren_Halliday 40k · 23 months ago
11 votes 5 answers19k views
Is there any published stability data for retatrutide at minus 20 °C?

What I am working with: retatrutide · minus 20 °C. This has the shape of a fact but I cannot find its origin. What I found instead were three secondary sources all…

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 rania_haddad 17k · 20 months ago
11 votes 5 answers18k views
Is SURMOUNT-2 a fair comparison of tirzepatide against its comparator arm?

Concretely: SURMOUNT-2 · tirzepatide. The claim is plausible, which is exactly why I want to check it. I am able to read a paper if someone points me at one. Is there…

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 Dr_Wren_Halliday 40k · 13 months ago
11 votes 5 answers16k views
What did the placebo arm of SUSTAIN-6 report for nausea?

The particulars: SUSTAIN-6 · nausea. 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…

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 amara_nwachukwu 41k · 11 months ago
11 votes 5 answers15k views
What does SURMOUNT-1 report at the 2 mg dose level?

Conditions: SURMOUNT-1 · 2 mg. 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 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 coring_risk 17k · 2.4 years ago
11 votes 5 answers14k views
What does STEP 2 actually establish about retatrutide?

What I have: STEP 2 · retatrutide. 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
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 cake_intact 18k · 9 months ago
11 votes 5 answers14k views
What did the placebo arm of SURMOUNT-4 report for reflux?

What I am working with: SURMOUNT-4 · reflux. I would like help reading this properly rather than being told what conclusion to reach. I have the full report including…

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 marcus_thorbjorn 16k · 13 months ago
11 votes 5 answers12k views
How comparable are dulaglutide and cagrilintide on the evidence available?

Setup, so nobody has to ask: dulaglutide · cagrilintide. I suspect the honest answer is that it depends, in which case I would like to know on what. Assume I can…

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 pip_okonjo 11k · 20 months ago
11 votes 5 answers12k views
How comparable are oral semaglutide and retatrutide on the evidence available?

For reference: oral semaglutide · retatrutide. The comparison I want does not seem to exist anywhere in a form I can evaluate. I have read the arguments for each 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 marcus_thorbjorn 16k · 6 months ago
11 votes 5 answers9.1k views
What does SELECT actually establish about a GLP-1 receptor agonist?

Setup, so nobody has to ask: SELECT · a GLP-1 receptor agonist. I have read the primary source rather than the summary, which has left me with more questions. I…

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 gel_pack_warm 13k · 21 months ago