In a 16-year-old girl with severe obesity and an INSR gene mutation, liraglutide given after limited benefit from metformin was followed by weight loss 3 months after initiation.
In plain wordsIn one teenage girl with severe obesity and an insulin receptor gene change, weight fell after liraglutide, which was added after metformin helped little.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseWeight loss 3 months after starting liraglutide
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Body weight · Metabolic and weight
Source sentences
Metformin treatment provided limited benefits, but subsequent liraglutide therapy resulted in weight loss and decreased IR 3 months after initiation.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
However, we present a unique case of severe obesity and Type A severe IR syndrome in a patient with a heterozygous mutation of the INSR gene.
In this study, Liraglutide was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Liraglutide.