In patients with weight gain or inadequate weight loss after bariatric surgery, semaglutide produced a significant weight reduction in a meta-analysis of six studies.
In plain wordsIn people who regained weight or lost too little after weight-loss surgery, semaglutide was linked to clear weight loss in a pooled analysis.
- Peptide
- Semaglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseWeight reduction after semaglutide following bariatric surgery
- Study
n = 300
- Outcome group
- Body weight · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Measurements
- WMD
- −15.73 NR
- six studies
Source sentences
A total of six studies (300 participants) demonstrated significant weight reduction following semaglutide administration after bariatric surgery (WMD: - 15.730, 95% CI: - 22.140, - 9.320, p < 0.001).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Databases were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs), case-control, cohort and observational studies involving use of semaglutide in the intervention arm post-bariatric surgery.