A Randomized Controlled Trial of Dapagliflozin Plus Once-Weekly Exenatide Versus Placebo in Individuals with Obesity and Without Diabetes: Metabolic Effects and Markers Associated with Bodyweight Loss

Diabetes Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 1511-1532

  Pereira, Maria J ^a   Lundkvist, Per ^a   Kamble, Prasad G ^a   Lau, Joey ^a   Martins, Julian G ^b   Sjöström, C David ^c   Schnecke, Volker ^c   Walentinsson, Anna ^c   Johnsson, Eva ^c   Eriksson, Jan W ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b inScience Communications   (France)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dapagliflozin; Exenatide; Lipid metabolism; Obesity; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

DAPAGLIFLOZIN; EXENDIN 4; FATTY ACID; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; DNA DETERMINATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENERGY YIELD; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSURIA; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLISM; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 85050729883     PISSN: 18696953     EISSN: 18696961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13300-018-0449-6     Document Type: Article

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