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How comparable are retatrutide and liraglutide on the evidence available?

Details up front: retatrutide · liraglutide. 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…

745 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…

470 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…

370 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…

251 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…

235 questions
asked by liam_bracken 6.9k · 18 months ago
24 votes 5 answers24k views
Does the SURMOUNT-2 population resemble anyone asking about tirzepatide here?

Details up front: SURMOUNT-2 · tirzepatide. 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…

745 questions
harm-reduction
harm-reduction

Reducing avoidable risk where a decision has already been made: independent verification before use, sterility practice, dose arithmetic checked…

472 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…

470 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…

370 questions
asked by gunnar_isaksen 14k · 9 months ago
24 votes0 answers22k views
What did the placebo arm of SURMOUNT-1 report for nausea?

What I have: SURMOUNT-1 · 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…

745 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…

55 questions
asked by lane_transit 60k · 2.1 years ago
24 votes0 answers22k views
What does REDEFINE-1 tell me about early satiety at the 2.4 mg dose?

Numbers first: REDEFINE-1 · early satiety · 2.4 mg. This is presented as though it settles something, and I am not convinced it does. I have two documents that appear…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 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…

162 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…

456 questions
asked by ayo_fadipe 9.4k · 20 months ago
24 votes 3 answers20k views
What did the registration protocols actually do with participants who could not tolerate a titration step?

Every summary of these trials reports the result as though everyone in the active arm reached the assigned dose. "Semaglutide 2.4 mg produced 14.9 % weight loss." But…

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…

456 questions
dose-escalation
dose-escalation

The decision to move up a step: what evidence supports a four-week interval, what happens when you compress it, and how trial protocols handled…

103 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 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…

162 questions
asked by cap_the_luer 14k · 18 months ago
24 votes0 answers17k views
What is the reported incidence of nausea on oral semaglutide in PIONEER-1?

The case in front of me: nausea · oral semaglutide · PIONEER-1. I would like to know the limits of what can be inferred from this. What I am trying to avoid is…

nausea
nausea

The dominant tolerability signal in every trial of the class: incidence, timing relative to a dose step, duration, and the distinction between…

55 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
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…

219 questions
asked by linnea_wahlberg 17k · 13 months ago
24 votes 2 answers17k views
What does SURMOUNT-OSA tell me about nausea at the 15 mg dose?

The specifics, since they change the answer: SURMOUNT-OSA · nausea · 15 mg. I have the document in front of me and I can read the numbers. What I cannot do is…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 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…

55 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…

456 questions
asked by zainab_mustafa 21k · 2.3 years ago
24 votes0 answers15k views
Is FLOW a fair comparison of semaglutide against its comparator arm?

The specifics, since they change the answer: FLOW · semaglutide. I want to know whether there is evidence behind this or only repetition. I have checked the obvious…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 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…

470 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…

370 questions
asked by Dr_Idris_Coulibaly 33k · 8 months ago
24 votes1 answer13k views
Is SURMOUNT-1 a fair comparison of tirzepatide against its comparator arm?

The specifics, since they change the answer: SURMOUNT-1 · tirzepatide. Somebody stated this to me confidently and I would like to check it before repeating it. I…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 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…

470 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…

370 questions
asked by bea_castellanos 24k · 7 months ago
24 votes5 answers12k views
What did PIONEER-1 do with participants who could not tolerate a step?

My records go back to the first dose with dates, so I can reconstruct the timeline exactly. The figures are clear enough; the question is what they mean and what they…

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…

456 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 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…

162 questions
asked by forty_units 16k · 8 months ago
24 votes 5 answers12k views
What does STEP 4 report at the 2 mg dose level?

Details up front: STEP 4 · 2 mg. This is presented as though it settles something, and I am not convinced it does. I have two documents that appear to disagree, which…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 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…

764 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…

456 questions
asked by t_oyelaran 79k · 4 months ago
24 votes 3 answers11k views
CagriSema in REDEFINE - why did 22.7% get treated as a disappointment?

REDEFINE 1 reported mean weight loss of about 22.7% for CagriSema at 68 weeks, which as far as I can tell is the largest figure any phase 3 obesity trial has…

cagrisema
cagrisema

A fixed-ratio combination of cagrilintide, a long-acting amylin analogue, with semaglutide, studied in the REDEFINE programme. Questions here…

8 questions
amylin
amylin

Amylin and its analogues, most prominently cagrilintide, as a satiety mechanism orthogonal to incretin signalling. Includes the pharmacology of…

237 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…

470 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
asked by cake_collapsed 14k · 13 months ago
24 votes 5 answers10k views
Is there any published stability data for tirzepatide at minus 80 °C?

The specifics, since they change the answer: tirzepatide · minus 80 °C. Somebody stated this to me confidently and I would like to check it before repeating it. I…

peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 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…

370 questions
asked by leonid_marchuk 19k · 13 months ago
24 votes0 answers9.5k views
How comparable are mazdutide and cagrilintide on the evidence available?

Conditions: mazdutide · cagrilintide. I want to know what the trade-off actually is rather than which option is fashionable. I would rather have a defensible reason…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 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…

470 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…

370 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.…

237 questions
amylin
amylin

Amylin and its analogues, most prominently cagrilintide, as a satiety mechanism orthogonal to incretin signalling. Includes the pharmacology of…

237 questions
asked by oona_kekkonen 13k · 3 months ago
24 votes3 answers8.8k views
How comparable are tirzepatide and retatrutide on the evidence available?

Setup, so nobody has to ask: tirzepatide · retatrutide. I am trying to choose between two options that are usually discussed as though only one exists. I am not…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 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…

470 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…

370 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…

251 questions
asked by b_delacroix 43k · 11 months ago
24 votes 5 answers8.2k views
What is the reported incidence of fatigue on tirzepatide in SURPASS-2?

The particulars: fatigue · tirzepatide · SURPASS-2. I have the document in front of me and I can read the numbers. What I cannot do is interpret them. I am reasonably…

fatigue
fatigue

Tiredness on treatment: how much is energy deficit, how much is dehydration or electrolyte drift, how much is genuinely drug-attributable, and…

78 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 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…

370 questions
asked by net_peptide 12k · 3 months ago
24 votes5 answers5.6k views
How comparable are a GLP-1 receptor agonist and retatrutide on the evidence available?

Details up front: a GLP-1 receptor agonist · retatrutide. I want to know what the trade-off actually is rather than which option is fashionable. I would rather have a…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 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…

470 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…

370 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…

251 questions
asked by fresh_bac 9.7k · 4 months ago
23 votes 5 answers51k views
What is the reported incidence of early satiety on oral semaglutide in SOUL?

Conditions: early satiety · oral semaglutide · SOUL. I have read the primary source rather than the summary, which has left me with more questions. I understand 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…

162 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
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…

219 questions
asked by Dr_Idris_Coulibaly 33k · 2.1 years ago
23 votes 5 answers39k views
What does STEP 4 report at the 2.4 mg dose level?

Concretely: STEP 4 · 2.4 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…

745 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…

764 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…

456 questions
asked by bridget_nyathi 12k · 22 months ago
23 votes5 answers37k views
What is the reported incidence of headache on semaglutide in SELECT?

The particulars: headache · semaglutide · SELECT. 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…

745 questions
harm-reduction
harm-reduction

Reducing avoidable risk where a decision has already been made: independent verification before use, sterility practice, dose arithmetic checked…

472 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…

470 questions
asked by ayo_fadipe 9.4k · 21 months ago
23 votes 5 answers36k views
What does the mechanism of tirzepatide predict that SURPASS-3 did not test?

Conditions: tirzepatide · SURPASS-3. 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…

132 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 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.…

34 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…

370 questions
asked by jana_horakova 10k · 20 months ago
23 votes 5 answers35k views
What did the placebo arm of PIONEER-1 report for injection-site erythema?

Stated plainly: PIONEER-1 · injection-site erythema. 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…

745 questions
injection-site-reaction
injection-site-reaction

Local reactions: erythema, induration, pruritus and nodules. Their relationship to injection depth, diluent composition, benzyl alcohol…

49 questions
asked by unit_math 6.2k · 20 months ago
23 votes 5 answers32k views
Is there any published stability data for dulaglutide at minus 80 °C?

Setup, so nobody has to ask: dulaglutide · minus 80 °C. This is asserted often enough that I assumed it was established, and then I went looking for the source. I…

peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 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…

200 questions
asked by tadhg_o_riordan 7.7k · 2.2 years ago
23 votes 5 answers32k views
Does the TRIUMPH-1 population resemble anyone asking about retatrutide here?

Concretely: TRIUMPH-1 · retatrutide. 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,…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
harm-reduction
harm-reduction

Reducing avoidable risk where a decision has already been made: independent verification before use, sterility practice, dose arithmetic checked…

472 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…

470 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…

251 questions
asked by dana_wexler 11k · 14 months ago