A secondary analysis of the SELECT trial examined whether weekly semaglutide 2.4 mg lowered all-cause, cardiovascular, non-cardiovascular, and COVID-19-related death in adults with overweight or obesity and cardiovascular disease without diabetes. PICO summary and expert commentary.
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Evidence summaries for obesity and weight management, including lifestyle trials, pharmacotherapy, bariatric/metabolic outcomes, cardiometabolic risk, and long-term safety.
A secondary analysis of the pooled STEP-HFpEF and STEP-HFpEF DM trials showing semaglutide benefits were consistent across baseline inflammation strata. PICO summary and expert commentary.
Prespecified secondary analysis of the STEP-HFpEF Program testing whether semaglutide 2.4 mg benefits in obesity-related HFpEF differ by atrial fibrillation history. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A small double-blind randomized trial found once-daily oral semaglutide 50 mg lowered ad libitum energy intake and body weight versus placebo over 20 weeks, with no delayed gastric emptying. PICO summary and expert commentary.
STEP 10 randomised phase 3 trial of once-weekly semaglutide 2.4 mg versus placebo in adults with obesity and prediabetes: greater weight loss and reversion to normoglycaemia at 52 weeks. PICO summary and expert commentary.
Semaglutide 2.4 mg weekly was superior to placebo for physical functioning across the four 68-week STEP 1-4 trials. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A prespecified analysis of the SELECT trial reports semaglutide produced a mean weight reduction of 10.2 percent versus 1.5 percent for placebo, sustained over four years in adults with cardiovascular disease and obesity but without diabetes. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A prespecified secondary analysis of the STEP-HFpEF programme found that semaglutide 2.4 mg lowered NT-proBNP and produced larger health-status gains in patients with higher baseline NT-proBNP. PICO summary and expert commentary.
Prespecified secondary analysis of the pooled STEP-HFpEF trials finds semaglutide 2.4 mg improves heart failure symptoms similarly in women and men, with greater weight loss in women. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A prespecified analysis of the SELECT trial shows once-weekly semaglutide produced a placebo-subtracted weight reduction of 10.2% sustained to 208 weeks in adults with cardiovascular disease and overweight or obesity but without diabetes. PICO summary and expert commentary.