In adults with obesity, liraglutide reduced postprandial FGF19 versus placebo after the first dose (treatment ratio 0.52).
In plain wordsIn adults with obesity, liraglutide lowered the after-meal rise of the gut hormone FGF19 compared with placebo after the first dose.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- DecreasePostprandial FGF19 after first dose
- Study
n = 52
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Hormone levels · Gastrointestinal
- Studied dose
- 0.6 mg escalated to 3.0 mg once daily · subcutaneous · first doseAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Treatment ratio
- 0.52
- FGF19 AUC, first dose
Source sentences
Liraglutide reduced postprandial FGF19 after the first dose [area under the curve (AUC)0-240 min 24.8 vs. 48.0 min × ng/ml, treatment ratio (TR) (95% confidence interval) 0.52 (0.39; 0.69)]
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
In a double-blind, 12-week trial, 52 participants [50% male, age 47.6 ± 10.0 years, body mass index 32.6 ± 3.4 kg/m2 (mean ± standard deviation)] with obesity were randomized 1:1 to once-daily subcutaneous liraglutide (escalated from 0.6 mg to 3.0 mg once-daily) or placebo.