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Treatment of the disease of obesity in patients with type 1 diabetes with tirzepatide: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial in a single-centre setting.

Ebaa Al Ozairi, Ameenah Al Awadhi, Etab Taghadom, Jumana Al Kandari, Dalal Alsaeed, Shaikhah Alghanim, Anant Mashankar, Carel Le Roux

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Article in BMJ open, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It reports registered trial NCT07096908. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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NCT07096908 phase4recruiting

Treatment With Tirzepatide of the Disease of Obesity in People With Type 1 Diabetes

Ran2025Enrolled60Registered outcomes19Posted comparisons0ConditionsObesity, Type1diabetesArmsPlacebo, Tirzepatide
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Ebaa Al OzairiClinical Care Research and Trials Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait ebaa.alozairi@dasmaninstitute.org.
Ameenah Al AwadhiClinical Care Research and Trials Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4333-7319
Etab TaghadomDAFNE Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Jumana Al KandariDAFNE Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Dalal AlsaeedClinical Care Research and Trials Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Shaikhah AlghanimDAFNE Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Anant MashankarDiagnostic Imaging Center, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Carel Le RouxSchool for Biomedical Science, Ulster University, Coleraine, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMedication for the disease of obesity has improved, and clinical trials based on natural gut hormones such as tirzepatide, showed only mild side effects and ~22% weight loss maintenance. However, patients with type 2 diabetes only lose 15% bodyweight with tirzepatide while tolerating the medications very well, but little is known in patients with the disease of obesity who also have type 1 diabetes, especially regarding safety of the medications. Tirzepatide's licence in the Gulf countries and Europe for obesity does not exclude patients with obesity and type 1 diabetes, unlike the USA. In Kuwait, more than a quarter of patients with type 1 diabetes also have the disease of obesity. Tirzepatide is not approved for glycaemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes, because it is unlikely to make a difference. Because tirzepatide is approved for the treatment of obesity in patients who also have type 1 diabetes we can now test how effective treatments for obesity such as tirzepatide are for patients with obesity and type 1 diabetes. Concerns regarding the safety of the medication in type 1 diabetes can also be addressed thus addressing an important knowledge gap. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This will be a randomised double blind controlled trial of 60 patients with obesity and type 1 diabetes to test usual care with or without maximum tolerable dose of tirzepatide to achieve weight loss. We will investigate the safety of the medications in patients with obesity and type 1 diabetes to address important knowledge gap which can change clinical practice. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study has received ethical approval from the Dasman Diabetes Institute Ethical Review Committee (HR-RA-2025-03) and is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07096908). Written informed consent will be obtained from all participants, with no financial compensation provided. Data will be reported in accordance with Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials guidelines, ensuring participant anonymity. Findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and presentations at national and international conferences. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT07096908.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1ObesityTirzepatideHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTirzepatideCLINICAL PHARMACOLOGYDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Obesity

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