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Trial reportCardiovascular diabetology2019

Short-term treatment with high dose liraglutide improves lipid and lipoprotein profile and changes hormonal mediators of lipid metabolism in obese patients with no overt type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over, double-blind clinical trial.

Natia Peradze, Olivia M Farr, Nikolaos Perakakis, Iolanda Lázaro, Aleix Sala-Vila, Christos S Mantzoros

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Trial report in Cardiovascular diabetology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It reports registered trial NCT02944500. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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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NCT02944500 phase4active not recruiting

Saxenda: Underlying Mechanisms and Clinical Outcomes

Ran2016Enrolled28Registered outcomes1Posted comparisons0ConditionsObesityArmsliraglutide, Placebo
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effect of Retatrutide, a Novel Triple Receptor Agonist, on Blood Pressure and Lipid Levels: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Natia PeradzeDivision of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, SL419, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Olivia M FarrDivision of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, SL419, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Nikolaos PerakakisDivision of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, SL419, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Iolanda LázaroCIBER de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y la Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Aleix Sala-VilaCIBER de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y la Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Christos S MantzorosDivision of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, SL419, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. cmantzor@bidmc.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3755-8158
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ES

Funding

HARVARD CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER (UL1)UL1RR025758 · NCRR · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NADLER, LEE MARSHALL · 2008 to 2011
$91.4M
Leptin and Adipokine PhysiologyK24DK081913 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI MANTZOROS, CHRISTOS S · 2008 to 2020
$1.5M
NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR025758NIDDK NIH HHS K24 DK081913
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveLong-term treatment with up to 1.8 mg liraglutide improves cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes at high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and is currently under investigation in subjects without diabetes. Aim of our study was to investigate whether high dose (3 mg) short-term (5 weeks) treatment with liraglutide in obese patients with no overt type 2 diabetes affects metabolites, lipid and lipoprotein profile and components of activin-follistatin axis in cardiovascular beneficial or detrimental way. RESEARCH DESIGN AND

methodsTwenty obese patients participated in a randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over, double-blind study and were administrated liraglutide 3 mg or placebo for 5 weeks. Metabolites, fatty acids, lipid-lipoprotein profile and concentrations of activins and follistatins (250 parameters) were assessed in serum at start and completion of each treatment.

resultsConcentrations of important cardiovascular markers such as total, free and remnant cholesterol were reduced with liraglutide before and after adjusting for weight loss. Similarly, reductions in number of small and medium size LDL particles and in their total lipid concentration were observed with liraglutide and partially weight-loss related. Tyrosine levels were reduced and behenic acid levels were increased whereas only minor changes were observed in HDL, VLDL and IDL. Concentrations of activin AB and follistatin were significantly reduced in liraglutide-treated group.

conclusionsTreatment of obese patients without overt type 2 diabetes with high dose of liraglutide for a short period of time induces changes in lipid-lipoprotein and hormonal profile that are suggestive of lower risk of atherosclerosis and CVD. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02944500. Study ID Number 2015P000327. Registered November 2016.

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BiomarkersBostonCross-Over StudiesDouble-Blind MethodDrug Administration ScheduleFemaleFollistatinHumansIncretinsInhibin-beta SubunitsLipid MetabolismLipidsLipoproteinsLiraglutideMaleObesityBiomarkersFollistatinFST protein, humanIncretinsINHBB protein, humanInhibin-beta SubunitsLipidsLipoproteinsLiraglutideCardio-vascular diseaseDiabetesDyslipidemiaGLP-1LipoproteinsLiraglutideMetabolitesMetabolomicsObesity

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PMID31672146
PMCPMC6823961
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