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Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adolescents with Obesity

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Weghuber, Daniel, Barrett, Timothy, Barrientos-Pérez, Margarita, Gies, Inge, Hesse, Dan, Jeppesen, Ole K., Kelly, Aaron S., Mastrandrea, Lucy D., Sørrig, Rasmus, Arslanian, Silva·2022·New England Journal of Medicine
DOI 10.1056/nejmoa2208601PMC PMC9997064
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BACKGROUND: A once-weekly, 2.4-mg dose of subcutaneous semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, is used to treat obesity in adults, but assessment of the drug in adolescents has been lacking. METHODS: In this double-blind, parallel-group, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, we enrolled adolescents (12 to <18 years of age) with obesity (a body-mass index [BMI] in the 95th percentile or higher) or with overweight (a BMI in the 85th percentile or higher) and at least one weight-related coexisting condition. Participants were randomly assigned in a 2:1 ratio to receive once-weekly subcutaneous semaglutide (at a dose of 2.4 mg) or placebo for 68 weeks, plus lifestyle intervention. The primary end point was the percentage change in BMI from baseline to week 68; the secondary confirmatory end point was weight loss of at least 5% at week 68. RESULTS: A total of 201 participants underwent randomization, and 180 (90%) completed treatment. All but one of the participants had obesity. The mean change in BMI from baseline to week 68 was -16.1% with semaglutide and 0.6% with placebo (estimated difference, -16.7 percentage points; 95% confidence interval [CI], -20.3 to -13.2; P<0.001). At week 68, a total of 95 of 131 participants (73%) in the semaglutide group had weight loss of 5% or more, as compared with 11 of 62 participants (18%) in the placebo group (estimated odds ratio, 14.0; 95% CI, 6.3 to 31.0; P<0.001). Reductions in body weight and improvement with respect to cardiometabolic risk factors (waist circumference and levels of glycated hemoglobin, lipids [except high-density lipoprotein cholesterol], and alanine aminotransferase) were greater with semaglutide than with placebo. The incidence of gastrointestinal adverse events was greater with semaglutide than with placebo (62% vs. 42%). Five participants (4%) in the semaglutide group and no participants in the placebo group had cholelithiasis. Serious adverse events were reported in 15 of 133 participants (11%) in the semaglutide group and in 6 of 67 participants (9%) in the placebo group. CONCLUSIONS: Among adolescents with obesity, once-weekly treatment with a 2.4-mg dose of semaglutide plus lifestyle intervention resulted in a greater reduction in BMI than lifestyle intervention alone. (Funded by Novo Nordisk; STEP TEENS ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04102189.).

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Weghuber, D., Barrett, T., Barrientos-Pérez, M., Gies, I., Hesse, D., Jeppesen, O. K., Kelly, A. S., Mastrandrea, L. D., Sørrig, R., & Arslanian, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Minnesota (US)
  • From the Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria (D.W.); the Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom (T.B.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Hospital Ángeles Puebla, Puebla City, Mexico (M.B.-P.); the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels (I.G.); Novo Nordisk, Søborg, Denmark (D.H., O.K.J., R.S.); the Department of Pediatrics and the Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis (A.S.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (L.D.M.); and the Center for Pediatric Research in Obesity and Metabolism, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (S.A.).
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Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Published
2022-12-15
Volume
387
Issue
24
Pages
2245-2257
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
DOI
10.1056/nejmoa2208601
PMC
PMC9997064
OpenAlex
W4308053954
Cited by
730
References
26
Citations by year
2026: 217 · 2025: 199 · 2024: 189 · 2023: 120 · 2022: 5
FWCI
76.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
www.nejmgroup.org/legal/terms-of-use.htm (vor)
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  • New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Digital Access to Libraries (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Novo Nordisk A/S
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology (medical) › Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
Keywords
semaglutide, adolescents, adolescent obesity, overweight, GLP-1 receptor agonists, weight loss, body mass index, cardiometabolic risk factors, lifestyle intervention, gastrointestinal adverse effects, gallstones, drug safety, weight-related comorbidities, HbA1c, alanine aminotransferase, waist circumference, serum lipids, serious adverse events
MeSH terms
Healthy Lifestyle, Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists, Semaglutide, Administration, Cutaneous, Adolescent, Child, Double-Blind Method, Humans, Weight Loss, Body Mass Index, Anti-Obesity Agents, Pediatric Obesity

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