A GLP-1 receptor agonist approved for type 2 diabetes and chronic weight management.
Losses of 5-10% or more of initial body weight are associated with improvements in obesity-related comorbidities. However, attaining and sustaining this level of weight loss is challenging. The novel anti-obesity medication semaglutide 2.4 mg injecte…
Clinical trials have investigated the weight loss effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) in adults with obesity without diabetes mellitus, but results for weight loss efficacy were varied. We aimed to provide an up-to-date sys…
PURPOSE: Semaglutide is the only oral GLP-1 RA in the market, but oral bioavailability is generally limited in range of 0.4-1%. In this study, a new GLP-1RA named SHR-2042 was developed to gain higher oral bioavailability than semaglutide. METHOD: Se…
INTRODUCTION: Untreated nonalcoholic fatty liver may progress to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and cirrhosis and induce hepatocellular carcinoma and liver failure. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), often complicated with nonalcoholic fatty liver…
This clinical practice aid describes an 8D approach to the evaluation of difficult-to-treat (or difficult to- defeat) obesity. It assesses various causes of resistance or refractoriness to weight loss strategies under two domains: Approach and Analys…
The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) regulates insulin secretion, carbohydrate metabolism, and appetite and is an important target for treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity. Multiple GLP-1R agonists have entered into clinical trials, with…
Oral semaglutide is the first orally administered glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) approved by the FDA. Clinical trials found that oral semaglutide 14 mg had a greater reduction in hemoglobin A1c (A1c) compared with empagliflozin 25…
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists as an effective approach for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been explored extensively, multi agonists based on GLP-1 may have better clinical benefits on obesity, Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NA…
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are highly effective in reducing glycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). These medications effectively reduce cardiovascular (CV) risk in patients with T2D and established CV disease or w…
INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular (CV) effects of once-weekly subcutaneous (s.c.) semaglutide 0.5 and 1 mg and dulaglutide 1.5 mg are reported in their respective placebo-controlled cardiovascular outcome trials (CVOTs), SUSTAIN 6 and REWIND. There is no…
BACKGROUND: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a common cause of chronic liver disease. There is a major need to understand the efficacy of different pharmacological agents for the treatment of NASH. AIM: To assess the relative rank-order of diff…
Oral semaglutide (Rybelsus) is a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) with 94% homology to human GLP-1. It is the first GLP-1RA developed for oral administration, and it comprises a co-formulation of the peptide semaglutide with…
Oral semaglutide is the first oral glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, and showed significant benefits in glycaemic control and weight reduction versus active comparators in the PIONEER phase 3a randomized c…
The PIONEER and SUSTAIN serial trials are designed to assess the efficacy outcomes with semaglutide in patients with type 2 diabetes, but are not powered to assess various safety outcomes. We sought to assess the risk of semaglutide in leading to var…