SURMOUNT-1 clinical trial showed mean % weight losses at week 72 were 15% (95% CI 15.9 to 14.2), 19.5% (95% CI 20.4 to 18.5), 20.9% (95% CI 21.8 to 19.9) and 3.1% (95% CI 4.3 to 1.9) with 5 mg/week, 10 mg/week, 15 mg/week Tirzepatide and placebo, respectively ( p 5% weight at six months
Patients who are reassuringly labeled no apparent retinopathy or mild non-proliferative retinopathy on seven-field photography frequently already harbor substantial, widespread, and potentially reversible functional damage when examined with wider-field or multifocal techniques
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Cancer Res 75(21):45044516 Lugano R et al (2018) CD93 promotes beta1 integrin activation and fibronectin fibrillogenesis during tumor angiogenesis
This sets up a deeper discussion about the physiological basis of appetite control