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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2021

8. Adrenals

Clinical Trials – New Treatments

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8.8. Efficacy and safety of setmelanotide, an MC4R agonist, in individuals with severe obesity due to LEPR or POMC deficiency: single-arm, open-label, multicentre, phase 3 trials

K Clement , E van den Akker , J Argente , A Bahm , WK Chung , H Connors , K De Waele , IS Farooqi , J Gonneau-Lejeune , G Gordon , K Kohlsdorf , C Poitou , L Puder , J Swain , M Stewart , G Yuan , M Wabitsch , P; Setmelanotide POMC and LEPR Phase 3 Trial Investigators Kuhnen

Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2020 Dec;8(12):960–970.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33137293/This article reports the results of two single-arm, open-label, multicentre, phase 3 trials of the MC4R agonist, setmelanotide, in patients with severe obesity due to pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) deficiency or leptin receptor (LEPR) deficiency. Mean % change in bodyweight after ~1 year was &#8722...

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8.9. Efficacy and safety of osilodrostat in patients with Cushing's disease (LINC 3): a multicentre phase III study with a double-blind, randomised withdrawal phase

R Pivonello , M Fleseriu , J Newell-Price , X Bertagna , J Findling , A Shimatsu , F Gu , R Auchus , R Leelawattana , EJ Lee , JH Kim , A Lacroix , A Laplanche , P O'Connell , L Tauchmanova , AM Pedroncelli , BMK Biller

Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2020; 8(9): 748–761.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32730798/The authors report the outcomes from the pivotal phase 3 trial in patients with Cushing’s disease of osilodrostat (a potent oral inhibitor of cytochrome P450 11B1, [mitochondrial 11β-hydroxylase]). Twice-daily osilodrostat rapidly reduced mean 24-h urine free cortisol (UFC) and sustained ...