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How do I convert the SELECT hazard ratio into an absolute risk reduction?

This is a question about interpretation, not about whether to act — I will take action questions elsewhere. Please show the division. I want to check my own against…

cardiovascular
cardiovascular

Cardiovascular outcomes: the SELECT major-adverse-event result, SOUL, SUSTAIN 6 and REWIND, how to convert a hazard ratio into an absolute risk…

68 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

764 questions
asked by cal_hennessy 17k · 36 days ago
10 votes 5 answers4.9k views
What did the placebo arm of SURMOUNT-1 report for fatigue?

The case in front of me: SURMOUNT-1 · fatigue. The figures are clear enough; the question is what they mean and what they do not. I can supply the numbers if the…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
fatigue
fatigue

Tiredness on treatment: how much is energy deficit, how much is dehydration or electrolyte drift, how much is genuinely drug-attributable, and…

78 questions
asked by nynke_dekker 9.4k · 11 months ago
10 votes0 answers4.1k views
Is there any published stability data for retatrutide at 40 °C?

What I am working with: retatrutide · 40 °C. This is asserted often enough that I assumed it was established, and then I went looking for the source. I have searched…

peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
retatrutide
retatrutide

An investigational GLP-1, GIP and glucagon receptor tri-agonist, studied in the TRIUMPH programme. Not approved anywhere. Use this tag for…

251 questions
asked by lucia_marchetti 19k · 17 months ago
10 votes5 answers2.9k views
Is there any published stability data for liraglutide at 37 °C?

The particulars: liraglutide · 37 °C. Somebody stated this to me confidently and I would like to check it before repeating it. I would accept a well-reasoned negative…

peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
liraglutide
liraglutide

A once-daily GLP-1 receptor agonist and the compound that established the class. Still relevant for its shorter half-life, its paediatric and…

235 questions
asked by jonas_ekstrom 12k · 37 days ago
10 votes0 answers2.8k views
What does SURMOUNT-2 tell me about constipation at the 15 mg dose?

The particulars: SURMOUNT-2 · constipation · 15 mg. I have the document in front of me and I can read the numbers. What I cannot do is interpret them. I am reasonably…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
constipation
constipation

Slowed transit as a consequence of delayed gastric emptying and reduced intake: incidence figures, fibre and hydration evidence, and why it often…

55 questions
titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

456 questions
asked by kofi_mensah 18k · 41 days ago
10 votes0 answers2k views
Is there any published stability data for oral semaglutide at minus 20 °C?

The specifics, since they change the answer: oral semaglutide · minus 20 °C. Somebody stated this to me confidently and I would like to check it before repeating it.…

peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
oral-glp1
oral-glp1

Oral routes for GLP-1 receptor agonism: peptide formulations rescued by absorption enhancers such as SNAC, and true small molecules that need no…

219 questions
asked by syringe_ninety 12k · 5 days ago
9 votes 5 answers30k views
What did the placebo arm of STEP 1 report for constipation?

Details up front: STEP 1 · constipation. This is presented as though it settles something, and I am not convinced it does. I have two documents that appear to…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
constipation
constipation

Slowed transit as a consequence of delayed gastric emptying and reduced intake: incidence figures, fibre and hydration evidence, and why it often…

55 questions
asked by greta_holzmann 23k · 2.3 years ago
9 votes 4 answers27k views
What does SURMOUNT-OSA actually establish about tirzepatide?

What I have: SURMOUNT-OSA · tirzepatide. I want to understand what this actually establishes, as opposed to what it is being used to imply. My concern is that I am…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

470 questions
cardiovascular
cardiovascular

Cardiovascular outcomes: the SELECT major-adverse-event result, SOUL, SUSTAIN 6 and REWIND, how to convert a hazard ratio into an absolute risk…

68 questions
tirzepatide
tirzepatide

A dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist. Questions here cover the SURPASS and SURMOUNT programmes, the practical differences from a pure GLP-1…

370 questions
asked by fib4_reader 24k · 2.1 years ago
9 votes 5 answers27k views
Is there any published stability data for tirzepatide at room temperature?

Stated plainly: tirzepatide · room temperature. I would like to know whether this claim survives contact with evidence. If the answer is "nobody has tested that", I…

peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
tirzepatide
tirzepatide

A dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist. Questions here cover the SURPASS and SURMOUNT programmes, the practical differences from a pure GLP-1…

370 questions
asked by assay_blank 45k · 19 months ago
9 votes 5 answers25k views
What does STEP 3 report at the 2.4 mg dose level?

For reference: STEP 3 · 2.4 mg. I want to understand what this actually establishes, as opposed to what it is being used to imply. My concern is that I am being…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

764 questions
titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

456 questions
asked by linnea_wahlberg 17k · 21 months ago
9 votes 4 answers22k views
What does the mechanism of a GLP-1 receptor agonist predict that TRIUMPH-1 did not test?

Numbers first: a GLP-1 receptor agonist · TRIUMPH-1. I suspect the usual explanation for this is wrong, or at least incomplete. I am aware this may have a boring…

glp1-mechanism
glp1-mechanism

Receptor-level pharmacology: GLP-1R as a class B GPCR, cAMP and PKA signalling, biased agonism, internalisation and resensitisation, and the…

132 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
gip-receptor
gip-receptor

GIP receptor pharmacology, and the still-unsettled question of whether agonism or antagonism at GIPR is the metabolically useful direction.…

34 questions
asked by pieter_maas 14k · 22 months ago
9 votes5 answers22k views
How comparable are cagrilintide and tirzepatide on the evidence available?

What I am working with: cagrilintide · tirzepatide. I want to know what the trade-off actually is rather than which option is fashionable. I would rather have a…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

470 questions
tirzepatide
tirzepatide

A dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist. Questions here cover the SURPASS and SURMOUNT programmes, the practical differences from a pure GLP-1…

370 questions
amylin
amylin

Amylin and its analogues, most prominently cagrilintide, as a satiety mechanism orthogonal to incretin signalling. Includes the pharmacology of…

237 questions
asked by seven_day_half 31k · 19 months ago
9 votes 5 answers19k views
What did the trials do with participants who could not tolerate a dose step?

I have read the prescribing information and it addresses the adjacent case but not this one. I can parse the result. I am less sure what it licenses me to conclude. I…

titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

456 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
gi-side-effects
gi-side-effects

The gastrointestinal cluster as a whole - nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, reflux, early satiety - with trial incidence rates, dropout…

162 questions
asked by orla_sheridan 18k · 20 months ago
9 votes 5 answers16k views
What did the placebo arm of STEP 8 report for dizziness?

Concretely: STEP 8 · dizziness. I would like to know the limits of what can be inferred from this. What I am trying to avoid is over-reading a single result, which I…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
harm-reduction
harm-reduction

Reducing avoidable risk where a decision has already been made: independent verification before use, sterility practice, dose arithmetic checked…

472 questions
asked by gunnar_isaksen 14k · 14 months ago
9 votes5 answers16k views
How do I convert the FLOW hazard ratio into an absolute risk reduction?

I have three data points across nine months, which I hope is enough to see a trend. I would like the arithmetic checked rather than the conclusion asserted. I have…

cardiovascular
cardiovascular

Cardiovascular outcomes: the SELECT major-adverse-event result, SOUL, SUSTAIN 6 and REWIND, how to convert a hazard ratio into an absolute risk…

68 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

764 questions
asked by ten_mg_vial 31k · 18 months ago
9 votes 4 answers16k views
What does TRIUMPH-1 tell me about early satiety at the 8 mg dose?

Numbers first: TRIUMPH-1 · early satiety · 8 mg. This is presented as though it settles something, and I am not convinced it does. I have two documents that appear to…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
gi-side-effects
gi-side-effects

The gastrointestinal cluster as a whole - nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, reflux, early satiety - with trial incidence rates, dropout…

162 questions
titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

456 questions
asked by eighty_six_hours 20k · 2.1 years ago
9 votes2 answers13k views
Is there any published stability data for a GLP-1 receptor agonist at room temperature?

What I have: a GLP-1 receptor agonist · room temperature. I would rather be corrected now than propagate something wrong. I am specifically not interested in a…

peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
asked by swab_and_wait 13k · 22 months ago
9 votes5 answers13k views
Is 1.7 mg weekly a defensible maintenance dose for survodutide?

The specifics, since they change the answer: 1.7 mg · survodutide. I would like to define my thresholds before I have a result, for obvious reasons. I want a plan…

maintenance-dose
maintenance-dose

Staying put: the lowest dose that holds a result, the difference between the maximum studied dose and the maximum useful dose, and what the…

54 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

764 questions
survodutide
survodutide

A GLP-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonist with a substantial published MASH dataset. Use this tag for its hepatic endpoints, its dose ladder, and…

225 questions
asked by jonas_ekstrom 12k · 10 months ago
9 votes 4 answers12k views
How comparable are oral semaglutide and survodutide on the evidence available?

Details up front: oral semaglutide · survodutide. I am trying to choose between two options that are usually discussed as though only one exists. I am not optimising…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

470 questions
tirzepatide
tirzepatide

A dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist. Questions here cover the SURPASS and SURMOUNT programmes, the practical differences from a pure GLP-1…

370 questions
oral-glp1
oral-glp1

Oral routes for GLP-1 receptor agonism: peptide formulations rescued by absorption enhancers such as SNAC, and true small molecules that need no…

219 questions
survodutide
survodutide

A GLP-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonist with a substantial published MASH dataset. Use this tag for its hepatic endpoints, its dose ladder, and…

225 questions
asked by sinead_gaffney 28k · 10 months ago
9 votes5 answers10k views
What does REDEFINE-1 tell me about hair thinning at the 2.4 mg dose?

What I have: REDEFINE-1 · hair thinning · 2.4 mg. I can parse the result. I am less sure what it licenses me to conclude. I have deliberately not looked at anyone…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
hair-loss
hair-loss

Telogen effluvium following rapid weight loss versus a drug-attributable effect: the timing signature that distinguishes them, protein and…

50 questions
titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

456 questions
asked by ruaidhri_o_shea 25k · 2.3 years ago
9 votes 5 answers10k views
What does TRIUMPH-1 report at the 4 mg dose level?

The particulars: TRIUMPH-1 · 4 mg. I want to understand what this actually establishes, as opposed to what it is being used to imply. My concern is that I am being…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

764 questions
titration
titration

Stepwise dose increases over weeks, why the label schedules exist at all, and what tolerability-driven deviation from a schedule looks like in…

456 questions
asked by otto_brenner 12k · 5 months ago
9 votes5 answers7.6k views
Is 1.7 mg weekly a defensible maintenance dose for ecnoglutide?

For reference: 1.7 mg · ecnoglutide. I am at the decision point and I would rather think it through than improvise. I would rather spend money on measurement than on…

maintenance-dose
maintenance-dose

Staying put: the lowest dose that holds a result, the difference between the maximum studied dose and the maximum useful dose, and what the…

54 questions
clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
dosing-math
dosing-math

The arithmetic itself: milligrams to millilitres to insulin units, concentration after reconstitution, dose per draw, and vial-days per vial. Show…

764 questions
ecnoglutide
ecnoglutide

A long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist with a cAMP-biased signalling profile. A niche tag, mostly used for mechanism questions about biased agonism…

223 questions
asked by sample_id 17k · 5 months ago
9 votes 5 answers7k views
How comparable are dulaglutide and liraglutide on the evidence available?

What I am working with: dulaglutide · liraglutide. I suspect the honest answer is that it depends, in which case I would like to know on what. Assume I can obtain…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

470 questions
tirzepatide
tirzepatide

A dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist. Questions here cover the SURPASS and SURMOUNT programmes, the practical differences from a pure GLP-1…

370 questions
dulaglutide
dulaglutide

A once-weekly GLP-1 receptor agonist built on an Fc fusion rather than fatty-acid acylation. Use this tag for questions about the fusion-protein…

200 questions
liraglutide
liraglutide

A once-daily GLP-1 receptor agonist and the compound that established the class. Still relevant for its shorter half-life, its paediatric and…

235 questions
asked by nkem_obiora 39k · 2 months ago
9 votes 5 answers7k views
What did the placebo arm of PIONEER-1 report for early satiety?

Numbers first: PIONEER-1 · early satiety. I can parse the result. I am less sure what it licenses me to conclude. I have deliberately not looked at anyone else’s…

clinical-trials
clinical-trials

Reading the primary literature properly: estimands, intention-to-treat versus per-protocol, confidence intervals, absolute versus relative…

745 questions
gi-side-effects
gi-side-effects

The gastrointestinal cluster as a whole - nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, reflux, early satiety - with trial incidence rates, dropout…

162 questions
asked by nynke_dekker 9.4k · 6 months ago