In a meta-analysis of randomized trials, liraglutide use was associated with weight loss compared with placebo.
In plain wordsIn a review of randomized trials, people taking liraglutide lost weight compared with people taking placebo.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseWeight change versus placebo
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Body weight · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Measurements
- Weight loss
- 1.7 kg
- liraglutide vs placebo
Source sentences
Weight loss was associated with the use of metformin (1.1 kg), acarbose (0.4 kg), miglitol (0.7 kg), pramlintide (2.3 kg), liraglutide (1.7 kg), exenatide (1.2 kg), zonisamide (7.7 kg), topiramate (3.8 kg), bupropion (1.3 kg), and fluoxetine (1.3 kg).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
We included randomized trials that compared an a priori selected list of drugs to placebo and measured weight change.