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Survodutide's effects in adults with obesity and fatty liver disease linked to metabolism: a phase 3 placebo-controlled trial

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Abstract

In a trial of 216 adults, 84.2% of those treated with survodutide achieved a ≥30% reduction in liver fat content compared to 24.3% of those receiving placebo.

  • Survodutide is identified as a dual agonist for glucagon and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptors, aimed at treating obesity and related liver diseases.
  • The co-primary endpoints of the trial included a significant reduction in liver fat content and body weight over 48 weeks.
  • The mean percentage change in body weight was -12.2% for patients receiving survodutide, contrasting with -1.0% for those on placebo.
  • Gastrointestinal adverse events were the most common among survodutide users, typically of mild-to-moderate severity.
  • The findings indicate that survodutide may be more effective than placebo in reducing liver fat and body weight in patients with obesity and at-risk metabolic liver disease.
  • Limitations of the study include its 48-week duration and participant recruitment being limited to the United States and Spain.

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Competing interests: The authors did not receive payment related to the development of the manuscript. Boehringer Ingelheim was given the opportunity to review the manuscript for medical and scientific accuracy as well as intellectual property considerations. Survodutide is licensed to Boehringer Ingelheim from Zealand Pharma, with Boehringer solely responsible for development and commercialization globally. L.M.K. has served as a scientific and medical consultant to Altimmune, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Dexligo, Dil Figaro, Eli Lilly, Helicore, Johnson & Johnson, Kallyope, The Last Food Fight, MetaVia, Neurogastrx, Novo Nordisk, Optum Health, Oxford Medical Products, Perspectum, Pfizer, Roche/Genentech, Skye Bioscience, State 4 Therapeutics, Structure Therapeutics and Wave Life Sciences. C.l.R. has received personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, GI Dynamics, Herbalife, Johnson & Johnson, Keyron and Novo Nordisk, outside the submitted work. S.W. has conducted multicenter trials with Amgen, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer and Roche; serves on scientific advisory boards for AbbVie, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bausch Health Canada, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, i2o Therapeutics, Merck, Metsera, NGX, Novo Nordisk and Regeneron; and receives institutional grant funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. B.B. has served as a consultant or advisor for ABIOMED/Johnson & Johnson, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Cardurion, Cytokinetics, Eli Lilly, Idorsia, Medtronic, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Regeneron, Renovacor, Roche, Salubris, Sanofi-Aventis, scPharmaceuticals, Respicardia/Zoll and Vifor. G.W.N. received research grant support from Akero, Allergan, Altimmune, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Boston Pharma, Corcept, Genfit, Gilead, GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly, Madrigal, Merck, Novartis, Novo Nordisk and Takeda and consulted for Boehringer Ingelheim and Intercept Pharmaceuticals. A.J.S. has stock options for Durect, NorthSea, Rivus and Tiziana; has consulted for 89Bio, AbbVie, Akero, Aligos, Alnylam, Altimmune, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Avant Sante, Boehringer Ingelheim, Boston Pharma, Chemomab, Corcept, Eli Lilly, Genentech, Genfit, GlaxoSmithKline, Hanmi, Histoindex, Intercept, Inventiva, Madrigal, Malinckrodt, Medscape, Merck, Myovant, Novo Nordisk, Pliant, Poxel, Regeneron, Sagimet, Salix, Surrozen and Takeda; has received research grants to the institution from 89Bio, Gilead, Hanmi, Intercept, Madrigal, Merck, Novo Nordisk and Salix; and receives royalties from Elsevier and UpToDate. E.S., D.F.M., J.v.S., S.G.M., S.A.H. and R.Y. are employees of Boehringer Ingelheim. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.
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