Weekly shot shows promise for significant weight loss

NCT ID NCT04251156

Summary

This study tested whether a new weekly injection called semaglutide could help people with overweight or obesity manage their weight. About 375 participants were randomly assigned to receive either the real injection or a placebo for about a year, alongside lifestyle counseling. The main goal was to see how much body weight changed from the start to the end of the study.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Ajou University Hospital

    Gyeonggi-do, 16499, South Korea

  • Beijing Luhe Hospital Capital Medical University

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 101100, China

  • Beijing Pinggu Hospital-Endocrinology

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 101200, China

  • CPCLIN - Centro de Pesquisas Clínicas

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 01228-200, Brazil

  • Cangzhou People's Hospital

    Cangzhou, Hebei, 061000, China

  • Cangzhou People's Hospital-Endocrinology

    Cangzhou, Hebei, 061000, China

  • Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital, Yanghu Branch

    Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213003, China

  • Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital-Endocrinology

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100853, China

  • Chongqing University Three Gorges Hospital

    Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, 404000, China

  • Fujian Medical University Union Hospital-Endocrinology

    Fuzhou, Fujian, 350001, China

  • General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University-Endocrinology

    Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300052, China

  • Harrison International Peace Hospital-Endocrinology

    Hengshui, Hebei, 053000, China

  • Hengshui People's Hospital (Harrison International Peace Hospital)-Endocrinology

    Hengshui, Hebei, 053000, China

  • Huashan Hospital Fudan University-Endocrinology

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200040, China

  • Inner Mongolia People's Hospital-Endocrinology

    Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, 010020, China

  • Instituto de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Estudos e Pesquisas

    Aparecida de Goiânia, Goiás, 74935-530, Brazil

  • Jiangsu Province Hospital-Endocrinology

    Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China

  • Jinan Central Hospital

    Jinan, Shandong, 250013, China

  • Prince of Wales Hospital

    Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

  • Seoul National University Hospital

    Seoul, 03080, South Korea

  • Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital-Endocrinology

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200240, China

  • Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Hospital-Endocrinology

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 201200, China

  • Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital (Tenth People's of Tongji University)-Endocrinology

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200072, China

  • The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University-Endocrinology

    Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212001, China

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University-Endocrinology

    Hefei, Anhui, 230061, China

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

    Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215006, China

  • The First Bethune hospital of Jilin University-Endocrinology

    Changchun, Jilin, 130061, China

  • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University

    Kunming, Yunnan, 650101, China

  • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University-Endocrinology

    Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210011, China

  • The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University-Endocrinology

    Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, China

  • The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University

    Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300211, China

  • The affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University-Endocrinology

    Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, 010050, China

  • Tongren Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200336, China

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