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ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2025

Changes in weight and glycemic control following obesity treatment with semaglutide or tirzepatide by discontinuation status.

Hamlet Gasoyan, W Scott Butsch, Rebecca Schulte, Nicholas J Casacchia, Phuc Le, Christopher B Boyer, Marcio L Griebeler, Bartolome Burguera, Michael B Rothberg

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Article in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07713992 (Efficacy and Safety of Mazdutide in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Moderate to Severe Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Previously Treated With Semaglutide), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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NCT07713992 nanot yet recruitingstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Efficacy and Safety of Mazdutide in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Moderate to Severe Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Previously Treated With Semaglutide: A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial (IIT)

Ran2026Enrolled72Registered outcomes20Posted comparisons0ConditionsNonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) With History of Diabetes Melitus, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)ArmsMazdutide(Dual GLP-1R/GCGR Agonist), Semaglutide (1 Mg Dose)
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3 · Its place in the literature

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Hamlet GasoyanCenter for Value-Based Care Research, Departments of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1627-9777
W Scott ButschDepartment of Surgery, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7137-9423
Rebecca SchulteDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Nicholas J CasacchiaCenter for Value-Based Care Research, Departments of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Phuc LeCenter for Value-Based Care Research, Departments of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Christopher B BoyerDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Marcio L GriebelerDepartment of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Bartolome BurgueraDepartment of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9808-8327
Michael B RothbergCenter for Value-Based Care Research, Departments of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Funding

Cleveland Clinic Research Program Committees RPC8755
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe objective of this study was to characterize changes in body weight and glycated hemoglobin (in those with prediabetes at baseline) through 12 months by obesity pharmacotherapy discontinuation status.

methodsThis retrospective cohort study used electronic health record data from a large health system in Ohio and Florida to identify adults with overweight or obesity without type 2 diabetes who initiated injectable semaglutide or tirzepatide between 2021 and 2023. Treatment discontinuation was defined by a >90-day gap between exhaustion of previous supply and next dispense or end of study follow-up (December 2024) and was classified into early discontinuation (i.e., within 3 months of index date) and late discontinuation (i.e., within 3-12 months).

resultsWe identified 7881 patients; 6109 received semaglutide, and 1772 received tirzepatide. A total of 80.8% had low maintenance dosages. Mean (SD) percentage weight reduction at 1 year was 8.7% (9.6%); and it was 3.6% (8.1%) with early discontinuation, 6.8% (9.1%) with late discontinuation, and 11.9% (9.2%) with non-discontinuation (p < 0.001). The mean (SD) absolute reduction in percent glycated hemoglobin at 1 year was 0.1 (0.4) with early discontinuation, 0.2 (0.4) with late discontinuation, and 0.4 (0.4) with non-discontinuation (p < 0.001).

conclusionsThe average weight reduction in this cohort was lower than that observed in the main phase 3 trials, likely because of higher rates of discontinuation and lower maintenance dosages.

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Glucagon-Like PeptidesGlycemic ControlHypoglycemic AgentsObesityTirzepatideAdultAgedBlood GlucoseBody WeightDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleGlucagon-Like Peptide 1Glycated HemoglobinHumansMaleMiddle AgedBlood GlucoseGlucagon-Like Peptide 1Glucagon-Like PeptidesGlycated HemoglobinHypoglycemic AgentsSemaglutideTirzepatide

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PMID40491239
PMCPMC12381620

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