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Compound monograph · §3

Survodutide — clinical evidence

Assessed outcomes with certainty ratings, contributing trials and the reasoning for each rating.

Document identifier
CEI-MN-013/3
Series
Compound monograph
Version
3.1
Published
19 Nov 2025
Last reviewed
19 Nov 2025
Next review
19 Nov 2027
Identifier
10.71829/cei.mono.13
Certainty
Moderate
Cycle
2025 Q4

§3Clinical evidence

Assessed outcomes for SurvodutidePoint estimates with confidence intervals for each contributing study, plotted against the line of no effect.0.00.20.40.60.81.0Standardised direction and relative magnitude of the recorded effectIndicationEffect as recordedObesity3 trials · Moderate−14.9 % body weight at 46 weeks with…MASH2 trials · LowHistological improvement in fibrosis…Type 2 diabetes1 trial · Low−1.7 % HbA1c at 16 weeks in phase 2
Moderate or high certaintyLow or very low certainty
Figure 3. Illustrative. Assessed outcomes plotted on a common standardised axis so that direction and relative magnitude can be compared at a glance. The estimates are not on a common natural scale and the intervals are the Institute's standardised representation of the reported precision, not the published confidence intervals. Published intervals appear in the per-indication extracts and in the text below.

§3.1Obesity and overweight in adults

Anchor outcome. Percentage change in body weight from baseline.

Effect as recorded. −14.9 % body weight at 46 weeks with 6.0 mg in phase 2 versus −2.8 % with placebo; estimated difference −12.1 percentage points (95 % CI −15.4 to −8.8).[1,2]

Certainty. Moderate certainty Phase 2 dose-finding, 387 participants; phase 3 unreported at this cycle.

Contributing trials. SYNCHRONIZE-1 · SYNCHRONIZE-2 · SURVO-PH2-OBESITY. Full structured abstracts are published for each.

Full evidence extract for obesity and overweight in adults · Indication assessment

§3.2Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis

Anchor outcome. Resolution of steatohepatitis without worsening of fibrosis.

Effect as recorded. Histological improvement in fibrosis without worsening of steatohepatitis in 34.5 % at 4.8 mg versus 22.4 % with placebo at 48 weeks; phase 2; wide confidence limits.[2,3]

Certainty. Low certainty Phase 2 with a paired-biopsy endpoint in a modest sample; the fibrosis result is hypothesis-generating.

Contributing trials. LIVERAGE · SURVO-PH2-MASH. Full structured abstracts are published for each.

Full evidence extract for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis · Indication assessment

§3.3Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Anchor outcome. Change in HbA1c (%, mmol/mol).

Effect as recorded. −1.7 % HbA1c at 16 weeks in phase 2; phase 2.[3,4]

Certainty. Low certainty Short duration; the cardiovascular outcome trial was recruiting at this cycle.

Contributing trials. SYNCHRONIZE-CVOT. Full structured abstracts are published for each.

Full evidence extract for type 2 diabetes mellitus · Indication assessment

References cited on this page

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  1. le Roux CW, Steen O, Lucas KJ, Startseva E, Unseld A, Hennige AM. Glucagon and GLP-1 receptor dual agonist survodutide for obesity: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-finding phase 2 trial. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 2024;12(3):162–173. doi:10.1016/S2213-8587(23)00356-X · PMID 38330977
  2. Sanyal AJ, Bedossa P, Fraessdorf M, Neff GW, Lawitz E, Bugianesi E, Anstee QM, Hussain SA, Newsome PN, Ratziu V, Hosseini-Tabatabaei A, Schattenberg JM. A phase 2 randomized trial of survodutide in MASH and fibrosis. New England Journal of Medicine 2024;391(4):311–319. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2401755 · PMID 38847460
  3. Müller TD, Finan B, Bloom SR, D’Alessio D, Drucker DJ, Flatt PR, Fritsche A, Gribble F, Grill HJ, Habener JF, Holst JJ, Langhans W, Meier JJ, Nauck MA, Perez-Tilve D, Pocai A, Reimann F, Sandoval DA, Schwartz TW, Seeley RJ. Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1). Molecular Metabolism 2019;30:72–130. doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2019.09.010 · PMID 31767182
  4. Bhattacharyya S, Wang J, Kaplan RM. Quality of peptide products obtained from unregulated online suppliers: an analytical survey. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2024;113(4):1102–1110. doi:10.1016/j.xphs.2023.11.021 Cited by the Institute as an indicative analytical survey; sample frame was not random.

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