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Trial reportClinical pharmacokinetics2016

Liraglutide 3.0 mg for Weight Management: A Population Pharmacokinetic Analysis.

Rune V Overgaard, Kristin C Petri, Lisbeth V Jacobsen, Christine B Jensen

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · hybridAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIClinical Trial, Phase IIIRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Clinical pharmacokinetics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It reports registered trial NCT01272219. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01272219 phase3completed

Effect of Liraglutide on Body Weight in Non-diabetic Obese Subjects or Overweight Subjects With Co-morbidities: A Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled, Parallel Group, Multi-centre, Multinational Trial With Stratification of Subject to Either 56 or 160 Weeks of Treatment Based on Pre-diabetes Status at Randomisation

Ran2011Enrolled3,731Registered outcomes12Posted comparisons4ConditionsMetabolism and Nutrition Disorder, ObesityArmsliraglutide, Placebo
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NCT01272232 phase3completed

Effect of Liraglutide on Body Weight in Overweight or Obese Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes: A 56 Week Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Three Armed Parallel Group, Multi-centre, Multinational Trial With a 12 Week Observational Follow-up Period

Ran2011Enrolled846Registered outcomes12Posted comparisons27ConditionsMetabolism and Nutrition Disorder, ObesityArmsliraglutide, Placebo
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Sex Differences in Obesity and Its Treatment.Current psychiatry reports · 2025
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  17. Obesity: a gender-view.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2024
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  19. Semaglutide in Obesity: Unmet Needs in Men.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rune V OvergaardNovo Nordisk A/S, Vandtårnsvej 108, 2860, Søborg, Denmark. RUVO@novonordisk.com.
Kristin C PetriNovo Nordisk A/S, Vandtårnsvej 108, 2860, Søborg, Denmark.
Lisbeth V JacobsenNovo Nordisk A/S, Vandtårnsvej 108, 2860, Søborg, Denmark.
Christine B JensenNovo Nordisk A/S, Vandtårnsvej 108, 2860, Søborg, Denmark.
Novo Nordisk (Denmark) · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesThis analysis used a population pharmacokinetic approach to identify covariates that influence plasma exposure of liraglutide 3.0 mg, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist approved for weight management in overweight and obese individuals.

methodsSamples for pharmacokinetic analysis were drawn at weeks 2, 12 and 28 of the phase IIIa SCALE Obesity and Prediabetes (N = 2339) and SCALE Diabetes (N = 584) trials. Dose proportionality of liraglutide in obese subjects was investigated using data from a phase II dose-finding study (N = 331).

resultsDose-proportional exposure of liraglutide up to and including 3.0 mg was confirmed. Body weight and sex influenced exposure of liraglutide 3.0 mg, while age ≥70 years, race, ethnicity and baseline glycaemic status did not. Compared with a reference subject weighing 100 kg, exposure of liraglutide 3.0 mg was 44 % lower for a subject weighing 234 kg (90 % CI 41-47), 41 % higher for a subject weighing 60 kg (90 % CI 37-46), and 32 % higher (90 % CI 28-35) in females than males with the same body weight. Neither injection site nor renal function significantly influenced exposure of liraglutide 3.0 mg (post hoc analysis).

conclusionPopulation pharmacokinetics of liraglutide up to and including 3.0 mg daily in overweight and obese adults demonstrated dose-proportional exposure, and limited effect of covariates other than sex and body weight. These findings were similar to those previously observed with liraglutide up to 1.8 mg in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Further analysis of exposure-response relationship and its effect on dose requirements is addressed in a separate publication.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAge FactorsBody WeightDose-Response Relationship, DrugFemaleGlucagon-Like Peptide 1HumansHypoglycemic AgentsLiraglutideMaleMiddle AgedModels, BiologicalObesityOverweightGlucagon-Like Peptide 1Hypoglycemic AgentsLiraglutide

Identifiers

PMID27193270
PMCPMC5069304
OpenAlexW2398911378

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Registered trials

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