That number is not just large in absolute terms, it is the largest weight-loss signal ever reported in a randomized Phase 3 trial of a GLP-1-class compound, and it arrived with additional secondary findings that reframe what "GLP-1 therapy" could eventually mean: a 75.8% reduction in osteoarthritis pain, a roughly 20% drop in LDL cholesterol, and a 72% reversal rate of prediabetes to normoglycemia in the affected subpopulation
Marketed as Victoza for type 2 diabetes (approved 2010) and Saxenda for chronic weight management (approved 2014), liraglutide paved the way for the current generation of GLP-1 weight loss medications, including its successor semaglutide
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Clinical and Safety Outcomes with GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and SGLT-2 Inhibitors in Type 1 Diabetes: A Real-World Study
It also reduced a secondary kidney composite outcome (sustained 50% eGFR decline, ESKD, or renal death) by 44%