In obese women with PCOS and poor response to metformin, liraglutide alone gave a 3.8 kg weight loss versus 1.2 kg with metformin (P<0.001 across the three arms).
In plain wordsIn obese women with PCOS, liraglutide alone led to more weight loss (3.8 kg) than metformin alone (1.2 kg) over 12 weeks.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseWeight change, liraglutide alone
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Metformin
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Body weight · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- 1.2 mg QD · subcutaneous · 12 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Weight loss
- 3.8 kg
- liraglutide
- Weight loss
- 1.2 kg
- metformin
Source sentences
Subjects treated with COMBI lost on average 6.5 ± 2.8 kg compared with a 3.8 ± 3.7 kg loss in the LIRA group and a 1.2 ± 1.4 kg loss in the MET group (P<0.001).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
A total of 40 obese women with PCOS, who had been pretreated with metformin for at least 6 months, participated in a 12-week open-label, prospective study.
They were randomized to one of three treatment arms: metformin (MET) arm 1000 mg BID, liraglutide (LIRA) arm 1.2 mg QD s.c., or combined MET 1000 mg BID and LIRA (COMBI) 1.2 mg QD s.c. Lifestyle intervention was not actively promoted.