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Trial abstract · §3

RETA-PH2-T2D — results

Primary endpoint, absolute and relative effect where derivable, and harms as reported.

Document identifier
CEI-TR-0037/3
Series
Trial abstract
Version
3.3
Published
09 Mar 2023
Last reviewed
09 Aug 2023
Next review
09 Aug 2025
Identifier
10.71829/cei.trial.37
Certainty
Moderate
Cycle
2023 Q1
Phase
Phase 2
Status
Reported

§3Results

§3.1Primary endpoint

Table 3. Primary endpoint as reported.

EndpointResult as reportedCertainty
Change in glycated haemoglobin from baseline to week 36Reduction of up to 2.02 percentage points versus 0.01 with placeboModerate
Reproduced from the published report. Where the report states a confidence interval the Institute reproduces it; where it does not, none is constructed.

§3.2Endpoint hierarchy

§3.3Harms as reported

Table 5. Adverse events for Retatrutide from the safety tables the Institute holds for this compound. Where a row names a different trial as its source, the figure is from that trial and not from this one.

EventActive, %Comparator, %Source trial
Nausea35.013.0Phase 2 obesity trial (12 mg, 48 weeks)
Diarrhoea29.09.0Phase 2 obesity
Vomiting24.02.0Phase 2 obesity
Constipation20.09.0Phase 2 obesity
Increased heart rateDose-dependent rise of approximately 6–10 beats/min at higher doses, attenuating by week 24
Discontinuation for adverse events16.04.0Phase 2 obesity (highest dose cohort)
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