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ReviewDrugs of today (Barcelona, Spain : 1998)2010

Lorcaserin for the treatment of obesity.

L M Redman, E Ravussin

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Review in Drugs of today (Barcelona, Spain : 1998), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Lorcaserin: A novel antiobesity drug.Journal of pharmacology & pharmacotherapeutics · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

L M RedmanPennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808, USA. leanne.redman@pbrc.edu
E Ravussin
Pennington Biomedical Research Center · US

Funding

Research BaseP30DK072476 · NIDDK · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · PI Leanne Maree Redman · 2005 to 2026
$26.5M
Effects of weight and insulin sensitivity on reproductive function in PCOSR00HD060762 · NICHD · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · PI REDMAN, LEANNE MAREE · 2011 to 2013
$717k
Effects of weight and insulin sensitivity on reproductive function in PCOSK99HD060762 · NICHD · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · PI REDMAN, LEANNE MAREE · 2010 to 2011
$158k
NICHD NIH HHS K99 HD060762NICHD NIH HHS K99HD060762NICHD NIH HHS R00 HD060762NIDDK NIH HHS 1P30 DK072476NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK072476
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is a worldwide epidemic and there is an urgent need for the development of effective pharmacological therapies that target the metabolic and behavioral factors of body weight regulation. Serotonin (5-HT) has been implicated as a critical factor in the short-term (meal-by-meal) regulation of food intake and pharmaceutical companies have invested millions of dollars to discover and develop drug targets for the serotonergic pathway. Lorcaserin is a novel selective agonist of the 5-HT(2C) receptor for weight loss therapy. Preclinical and clinical studies indicate lorcaserin is well tolerated and not associated with cardiac valvulopathy or pulmonary hypertension suggesting that lorcaserin is a selective 5-HT(2C) receptor agonist and has little or no activation of the 5-HT(2B) and 5-HT(2A) receptors, respectively. Lorcaserin acts to alter energy balance through a reduction in energy intake and without an increase in energy expenditure and achieved the U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidelines for weight loss efficacy. It remains to be determined whether or not lorcaserin will be approved for the long-term management of obesity.

Indexed as

BenzazepinesClinical Trials as TopicHumansObesitySerotonin 5-HT2 Receptor AgonistsBenzazepineslorcaserinSerotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists

Identifiers

PMID21589947
PMCPMC3773535
OpenAlexW1983451039

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