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Oral semaglutide 50 mg taken once per day in adults with overweight or obesity (OASIS 1): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial.

Lancet (London, England) ·

Human

Abstract summarized · Quality not appraised
Studied
OASIS 1 tested daily oral semaglutide 50 mg plus lifestyle intervention against placebo plus lifestyle intervention for 68 weeks.
Who / model
The trial randomized 667 adults with overweight or obesity who did not have type 2 diabetes.
Studied dose & schedule
Dose and schedule have not yet been extracted for this summary.
Found
Estimated mean body weight changed by -15·1% with oral semaglutide versus -2·4% with placebo.
Limits
Gastrointestinal adverse events occurred in 80% of semaglutide participants versus 46% with placebo. The trial population excluded people with type 2 diabetes.

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Original publication ↗ · DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)01185-6

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