Current and Emerging Parenteral and Peroral Medications for Weight Loss: A Narrative Review [PDF]
Obesity is a growing global health challenge, necessitating effective treatment options beyond lifestyle interventions. This narrative review explores established and emerging pharmacotherapies for weight management, including parenteral agents like ...
Abdullah Al Lawati +6 more
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Cardiovascular effects of incretin-based drugs in patients with and without a history of heart failure: a protocol for a systematic review, meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomised controlled trials [PDF]
Background Incretin-based drugs, including glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists (RAs) and dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP)/GLP-1 RAs, are increasingly used in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity ...
Matthew Meng Yang Lee +7 more
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Obesity pharmacotherapy reimagined: The era of multi-receptor agonists and next-generation metabolic modulators, perspectives and controversies [PDF]
Obesity affects over 2 billion adults globally, with projections indicating that nearly two-thirds of adults will be affected by 2050. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) have transformed obesity treatment, achieving weight loss ...
Ioannis G. Lempesis, Maria Dalamaga
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Synthetic target trial emulation and predictive modeling of amylin-pathway therapies for obesity and type 2 diabetes [PDF]
Introduction: Amylin-pathway therapies represent a novel therapeutic class for obesity and type 2 diabetes, however head-to-head comparative data and long-term outcome predictions remain limited.
Faisal A. Al-Harbi +7 more
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Cagrilintide Combined with Semaglutide: a new Approach for Treatment of Obesity and type 2 Diabetes
Cagrilintide is a long-acting amylin receptor agonist that lowers body weight and controls hyperglycemia through various actions. In a phase 2 trial of obese subjects, cagrilintide used in different subcutaneous doses once weekly was associated with a mean weight loss of 6-10.8% after 26 weeks, compared with 9.0% with the glucagon-like 1 receptor (GLP ...
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Introduction: Incretin-based therapies, including glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and amylin analogues, have emerged as promising treatments for obesity.
Yange Meng +4 more
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Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is commonly associated with obesity and increased cardiometabolic risk, highlighting the need for therapies that optimize both glycemic control and weight management.
Ting Jin +3 more
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Cagrilintide (also known as 0833) is an amylin and calcitonin receptor agonist in clinical development for weight management and type-2-diabetes in a fixed-dose combination with semaglutide. Here, we introduce 0174-0839 (0839) as a tool compound for mouse and rat in vivo and in vitro studies of amylin analogues such as cagrilintide.
Kirsten Raun
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Incretin-based therapies for the treatment of obesity-related diseases [PDF]
Obesity-related disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) are expected to increase by approximately 40% from 2020 to 2030. DALYs and mortality related to obesity are the consequence of multiple comorbidities such as cardiovascular (i.e., heart failure) and ...
Irene Caruso +4 more
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The global obesity epidemic and its associated metabolic disorders urgently require more effective therapeutic interventions, particularly multi-pathway targeting therapies. Cagrilintide (Cagri), functioning as a dual amylin receptor (AMYRs) and calcitonin receptor (CTR) agonist (DACRA), demonstrates significant efficacy in obesity treatment, although ...
H Eric Xu, Li-Hua Zhao, Xu H Eric
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