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Trial reportClinical obesity2018

Improvements in health-related quality of life over 3 years with liraglutide 3.0 mg compared with placebo in participants with overweight or obesity.

R L Kolotkin, B Gabriel Smolarz, H H Meincke, K Fujioka

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Clinical obesity, 2018. 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 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. A qualitative study to examine meaningful change in physical function associated with weight-loss.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2023
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  14. The Relative Value of Anti-Obesity Medications Compared to Similar Therapies.ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR · 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.

R L KolotkinQuality of Life Consulting, Durham, NC, USA.
B Gabriel SmolarzNovo Nordisk Inc., Plainsboro, NJ, USA.
H H MeinckeNovo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark.
K FujiokaNutrition and Metabolic Research Center Scripps Clinic Department of Endocrine, La Jolla, CA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previously in the SCALE Obesity and Prediabetes trial, at 1 year, participants with obesity (or overweight with comorbidities) and prediabetes receiving liraglutide 3.0 mg experienced greater improvements in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) than those receiving placebo. The current study extends these findings by examining 3-year changes in HRQoL. HRQoL was assessed using the obesity-specific Impact of Weight on Quality of Life-Lite (IWQOL-Lite) questionnaire, as well as the Short-Form 36 v2 (SF-36) health survey. At 3 years, mean change (±standard deviation) in IWQOL-Lite total score from baseline for liraglutide (n = 1472) was 11.0 ± 14.2, vs. 8.1 ± 14.7 for placebo (n = 738) (estimated treatment difference [ETD] 3.4 [95% confidence interval (CI): 2.0, 4.7], P < 0.0001). Mean change in SF-36 physical component summary (PCS) score from baseline for liraglutide was 3.1 ± 7.3, vs. 2.6 ± 7.6 for placebo (ETD 0.87 [95% CI: 0.17, 1.6], P = 0.0156). Mean change in SF-36 mental component summary score did not significantly differ between groups. Both IWQOL-Lite total score and PCS score demonstrated an association between greater HRQoL improvement with higher weight loss. Liraglutide 3.0 mg was also associated with improved health utility (Short-Form-6D and EuroQol-5D, mapped from IWQOL-Lite and/or SF-36) vs. placebo. Liraglutide 3.0 mg, plus diet and exercise, is associated with long-term improvements in HRQoL with obesity or overweight with comorbidity vs. placebo.

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Quality of LifeAdolescentAdultAgedAnti-Obesity AgentsCost of IllnessDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHealth StatusHumansIncretinsLiraglutideMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedObesityAnti-Obesity AgentsIncretinsLiraglutideIWQOL-Liteliraglutide 3.0 mgSF-36 v2weight loss

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PMCPMC5813214

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