ey0018.8-8 | Clinical Trials – New Treatments | ESPEYB18
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):960970.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 −...