GLP-1 receptor agonists × body weight & composition

TrialEuropean heart journal2024

Semaglutide and diuretic use in obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a pooled analysis of the STEP-HFpEF and STEP-HFpEF-DM trials.

Sanjiv J Shah et al.PubMed ↗Full text ↗Publisher ↗

  • Semaglutidelooks good hereLower body weight.Weak evidence: one subgroup, may be chance.

What the trial testedrandomised · 1,145 people · 2024

One subgroup · may be chance

May have lowered body weight in no diuretics

−8.80percentage points−10.3 to −6.30

semaglutide vs placebo, in no diuretics

As reported

difference −8.8 %, 95% CI −10.3 to −6.30 · the paper's word: change in body weight

One subgroup · may be chance

May have lowered body weight in highest loop diuretic dose category

−6.90percentage points−9.10 to −4.70

semaglutide vs placebo, in highest loop diuretic dose category

As reported

difference −6.9 %, 95% CI −9.10 to −4.70 · the paper's word: change in body weight

Who was studied, and how

1,145people with heart failure, in this paper

Among no diuretics, the trial randomly assignedassigned by chance

semaglutide
placebo

May have lowered body weight−8.80

randomised · one subgroup, may be chance

Among highest loop diuretic dose category, the trial randomly assignedassigned by chance

semaglutide
placebo

May have lowered body weight−6.90

randomised · one subgroup, may be chance

the abstract, start to end

mean difference vs. placebo ranged from -8.8% [95% confidence interval (CI) -10.3, -6.3] to -6.9% [95% CI -9.1, -4.7] from no

← favours treatmentfavours comparator →
could be chance
Change in body weightsemaglutide vs placebo, in no diuretics
−8.8−10.3 to −6.30
Change in body weightsemaglutide vs placebo, in highest loop diuretic dose category
−6.9−9.10 to −4.70
GLP-1 receptor agonistsBody weight & composition

GLP-1 receptor agonists × body weight & compositionhelps?replicated

unlikelylikely
0.900.90 without it
← favours treatmentfavours comparator →
this papermore certainless certain
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