In non-diabetic morbidly obese patients, endogenous glucose production resumed at higher rates with exenatide than control between 60 and 180 minutes.
In plain wordsIn non-diabetic patients with severe obesity, glucose production resumed at higher rates with exenatide than control after the meal.
- Peptide
- Exenatide (exendin-4)
- Outcome
- IncreaseEndogenous glucose production during meal test
- Study
n = 30
- Comparator
- Control
- Outcome group
- Glycemic control · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- 10 µg twice daily · 3 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
After an initial similar suppression, EGP resumed at higher rates between 60 and 180 minutes ( P = .02) in EXE vs CT, while total RaO and EGP were similar throughout the MTT.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
To investigate the effect of exenatide on glucose disposal, insulin secretion, ß-cell function, lipolysis and hormone concentrations in non-diabetic, morbidly obese subjects under physiological conditions.
Patients were assigned to exenatide 10 µg twice daily (EXE, n = 15) or control (CT, n = 15) for 3 months.