A Long Term Study of Sibutramine and the Role of Obesity Management in Relation to Cardiovascular Disease in Overweight and Obese Patients

Summary

The purpose of the study was to determine the long-term effect of sibutramine treatment on cardiovascular outcomes in overweight and obese patients at risk of a cardiovascular event.

Timeline

Start

2003-01

Primary completion

2009-03

Completion

2009-11

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

registry analysis (superiority or other test); Randomized Sibutramine vs Randomized Placebo; p = 0.015; Cox Proportional Hazard 1.162 (95% CI 1.029 to 1.311); Log Rank NCT00234832 ↗

Publications

• Jorgensen ME, Torp-Pedersen C, Finer N, Caterson I, James WP, Legler UF, Andersson C. Association between serum bilirubin and cardiovascular disease in an overweight high risk population from the SCOUT trial. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2014 Jun;24(6):656-62. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2013.12.009. Epub 2014 Jan 18.
• Seimon RV, Espinoza D, Ivers L, Gebski V, Finer N, Legler UF, Sharma AM, James WP, Coutinho W, Caterson ID. Changes in body weight and blood pressure: paradoxical outcome events in overweight and obese subjects with cardiovascular disease. Int J Obes (Lond). 2014 Sep;38(9):1165-71. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2014.2. Epub 2014 Jan 10.
• James WP, Caterson ID, Coutinho W, Finer N, Van Gaal LF, Maggioni AP, Torp-Pedersen C, Sharma AM, Shepherd GM, Rode RA, Renz CL; SCOUT Investigators. Effect of sibutramine on cardiovascular outcomes in overweight and obese subjects. N Engl J Med. 2010 Sep 2;363(10):905-17. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1003114.
• Weeke P, Andersson C, Fosbol EL, Brendorp B, Kober L, Sharma AM, Finer N, James PT, Caterson ID, Rode RA, Torp-Pedersen C. The weight lowering effect of sibutramine and its impact on serum lipids in cardiovascular high risk patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus - an analysis from the SCOUT lead-in period. BMC Endocr Disord. 2010 Feb 26;10:3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6823-10-3.
• Andersson C, Weeke P, Brendorp B, Kober L, Fosbol EL, Sharma AM, Finer N, Caterson ID, Rode RA, James PT, Torp-Pedersen C. Differential changes in serum uric acid concentrations in sibutramine promoted weight loss in diabetes: results from four weeks of the lead-in period of the SCOUT trial. Nutr Metab (Lond). 2009 Oct 14;6:42. doi: 10.1186/1743-7075-6-42.

Drugs

Indications