Obesitydrug helps teens lose weight, study finds nejm
A once-weekly, 2.4-mg dose of subcutaneous semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, is used to treat obesity in adults, but assessment of the drug in adolescents has been lacking.In this double-blind, parallel-group, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, we enrolled adolescents with obesity or with overweight and at least one weight-related coexisting condition.
6% with placebo . At week 68, a total of 95 of 131 participants in the semaglutide group had weight loss of 5% or more, as compared with 11 of 62 participants in the placebo group . Reductions in body weight and improvement with respect to cardiometabolic risk factors were greater with semaglutide than with placebo. The incidence of gastrointestinal adverse events was greater with semaglutide than with placebo .
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