A GLP-1 receptor agonist approved for type 2 diabetes and chronic weight management.
OBJECTIVES: Temporal trends in exposure are a common source of bias in the case-crossover design. We evaluated four different estimators of the exposure odds ratio (OR) that adjust for such trends. METHODS: In a simulation study, we simulated 1 milli…
Oral delivery of peptide therapeutics remains challenging due to gastrointestinal degradation, poor epithelial permeability, and extremely low bioavailability. To address these limitations, we developed an enteric solid formulation based on sorbic ac…
Two out of 5 US adults live with obesity, generating substantial clinical and economic burden. Recent glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), including semaglutide and tirzepatide, demonstrate significant weight loss and cardiometaboli…
The rapid proliferation of anti-obesity medications (AOMs), including glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), the dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP)/GLP-1 agonist tirzepatide, and non-incretin agents, including orl…
IMPORTANCE: Consistent results from preclinical and clinical studies indicate that activation of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptors (GLP-1 Rs) affects reward processes; however, to our knowledge, no study has previously evaluated whether a GLP-1 R ago…
Obesity is a multifactorial metabolic condition characterized by dysregulated lipid accumulation and systemic energy imbalance with escalating global prevalence. This chronic disease drives a spectrum of life-threatening comorbidities, including meta…
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) affects 32 million people worldwide and is responsible for tens of billions of dollars in healthcare expenditure annually, with costs primarily driven by hospitalizations. HFpEF is notoriously di…
BACKGROUND: Novel antiobesity medications have demonstrated significant weight loss in clinical trials. Data on real-world use of semaglutide are lacking. Such data are vital to inform health benefit design of this and other costly incretin mimetics,…
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) complicates insulin dosing and increases glycaemic instability in diabetes. We aimed to compare feasibility, safety and efficacy of automated insulin delivery (AID) with usual care in people with diabetes…
BACKGROUND: Injectable peptides are increasingly promoted for musculoskeletal recovery, tissue repair, and performance enhancements; however, clinical adoption has outpaced high-quality evidence and regulatory consensus. PURPOSE: To summarize contemp…
Obesity is widespread in the U.S., and off-label use of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic for weight loss is rising. This study applies the Health Belief Model to analyze electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) on social media related to GLP-1 medications and p…
BACKGROUND: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), particularly semaglutide, have demonstrated substantial efficacy for glycemic control and weight management and are increasingly prescribed across diverse populations. Rapid expansion…
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) are widely used for managing Type 2 diabetes and obesity, with well-documented and significant cardiometabolic benefits. Recent observational reports and pharmacovigilance data have raised concerns…
AIMS: Semaglutide has previously been approved for weight management and cardiovascular disease as a subcutaneous formulation, and more recently also as an oral formulation. However, there is limited information across oral dose levels, and there are…
Background Saudi Arabia has one of the highest global prevalences of diabetes mellitus (39.5%), with cardiovascular disease (CVD) representing the leading cause of mortality among patients with diabetes. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibi…
OBJECTIVE: To compare the real-world efficacy and safety of high dose once-weekly glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists polyethylene glycol loxenatide (PEG-Loxe) and subcutaneous (s.c.) semaglutide in patients with suboptimally controlled type 2…
AIMS: To evaluate glycemic control, weight management, and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus who transitioned to oral semaglutide (OS) after inadequate glycemic control on dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-…
BACKGROUND: Risk of non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION) following exposure to glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) in people with type 2 diabetes and/or obesity remains unclear. The aim of this study was to inves…
INTRODUCTION: Pharmacological therapies are recommended for individuals with obesity. Semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1), and tirzepatide, a dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and GLP-1 receptor agonist (GI…
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is a leading cause of liver-related morbidity driven by systemic metabolic dysregulation. The recent approval of resmetirom and the clinical success of GLP-1 receptor agonists have heralded a ne…