A Randomized, Controlled Trial of 3.0 mg of Liraglutide in Weight Management
A Randomized, Controlled Trial of 3.0 mg of Liraglutide in Weight Management
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DOI:
10.1056/nejmoa1411892
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发表时间:
2015-07-02
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
Wilding, John P. H.
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作者:
Pi-Sunyer, Xavier;Astrup, Arne;Wilding, John P. H.
BACKGROUNDObesity is a chronic disease with serious health consequences, but weight loss is difficult to maintain through lifestyle intervention alone. Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue, has been shown to have potential benefit for weight management at a once-daily dose of 3.0 mg, injected subcutaneously.METHODSWe conducted a 56-week, double-blind trial involving 3731 patients who did not have type 2 diabetes and who had a body-mass index (BMI; the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) of at least 30 or a BMI of at least 27 if they had treated or untreated dyslipidemia or hypertension. We randomly assigned patients in a 2: 1 ratio to receive once-daily subcutaneous injections of liraglutide at a dose of 3.0 mg (2487 patients) or placebo (1244 patients); both groups received counseling on lifestyle modification. The coprimary end points were the change in body weight and the proportions of patients losing at least 5% and more than 10% of their initial body weight.RESULTSAt baseline, the mean (+/- SD) age of the patients was 45.1 +/- 12.0 years, the mean weight was 106.2 +/- 21.4 kg, and the mean BMI was 38.3 +/- 6.4; a total of 78.5% of the patients were women and 61.2% had prediabetes. At week 56, patients in the liraglutide group had lost a mean of 8.4 +/- 7.3 kg of body weight, and those in the placebo group had lost a mean of 2.8 +/- 6.5 kg (a difference of -5.6 kg; 95% confidence interval, -6.0 to -5.1; P