Effect of Liraglutide on Body Weight in Non-diabetic Obese Subjects or Overweight Subjects With Co-morbidities: SCALE™ - Obesity and Pre-diabetes

Summary

This trial is conducted in Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, North America and South America. The aim of this clinical trial is to evaluate the potential of liraglutide to induce and maintain weight loss over 56 weeks in obese subjects or overweight subjects with co-morbidities. Furthermore, the aim is to investigate the long term potential of liraglutide to delay the onset of type 2 diabetes in subjects diagnosed with pre-diabetes at baseline. Based on body mass index (BMI) and pre-diabetes status, subjects will be randomised to either 68 weeks (56 weeks of randomised treatment followed by a 12 week re-randomised treatment period) or 160 weeks of treatment (160 week treatment will only be applicable to subjects with pre-diabetes status at baseline).

Timeline

Start

2011-06-01

Primary completion

2013-03-18

Completion

2015-03-02

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper a difference of -5.6 kg; 95% confidence interval, -6.0 to -5.1; P<0.001 PMID 26132939 ↗

paper 63.2% of the patients in the liraglutide group as compared with 27.1% in the placebo group lost at least 5% of their body weight (P<0.001) PMID 26132939 ↗

Publications

• Results Kolotkin RL, Fujioka K, Wolden ML, Brett JH, Bjorner JB. Improvements in health-related quality of life with liraglutide 3.0 mg compared with placebo in weight management. Clin Obes. 2016 Aug;6(4):233-42. doi: 10.1111/cob.12146. Epub 2016 May 19.
• Results Overgaard RV, Petri KC, Jacobsen LV, Jensen CB. Liraglutide 3.0 mg for Weight Management: A Population Pharmacokinetic Analysis. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2016 Nov;55(11):1413-1422. doi: 10.1007/s40262-016-0410-7.
• Results O'Neil PM, Garvey WT, Gonzalez-Campoy JM, Mora P, Ortiz RV, Guerrero G, Claudius B, Pi-Sunyer X; Satiety and Clinical Adiposity - Liraglutide Evidence in individuals with and without diabetes (SCALE) study groups. EFFECTS OF LIRAGLUTIDE 3.0 MG ON WEIGHT AND RISK FACTORS IN HISPANIC VERSUS NON-HIPANIC POPULATIONS: SUBGROUP ANALYSIS FROM SCALE RANDOMIZED TRIALS. Endocr Pract. 2016 Nov;22(11):1277-1287. doi: 10.4158/EP151181.OR. Epub 2016 Aug 2.
• Results Fujioka K, O'Neil PM, Davies M, Greenway F, C W Lau D, Claudius B, Skjoth TV, Bjorn Jensen C, P H Wilding J. Early Weight Loss with Liraglutide 3.0 mg Predicts 1-Year Weight Loss and is Associated with Improvements in Clinical Markers. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 Nov;24(11):2278-2288. doi: 10.1002/oby.21629.
• Results Bays H, Pi-Sunyer X, Hemmingsson JU, Claudius B, Jensen CB, Van Gaal L. Liraglutide 3.0 mg for weight management: weight-loss dependent and independent effects. Curr Med Res Opin. 2017 Feb;33(2):225-229. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2016.1251892. Epub 2016 Nov 6.
• Results Wilding JP, Overgaard RV, Jacobsen LV, Jensen CB, le Roux CW. Exposure-response analyses of liraglutide 3.0 mg for weight management. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2016 May;18(5):491-9. doi: 10.1111/dom.12639. Epub 2016 Mar 1.
• Results Pi-Sunyer X, Astrup A, Fujioka K, Greenway F, Halpern A, Krempf M, Lau DC, le Roux CW, Violante Ortiz R, Jensen CB, Wilding JP; SCALE Obesity and Prediabetes NN8022-1839 Study Group. A Randomized, Controlled Trial of 3.0 mg of Liraglutide in Weight Management. N Engl J Med. 2015 Jul 2;373(1):11-22. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1411892.
• Results McEvoy BW. Missing data in clinical trials for weight management. J Biopharm Stat. 2016;26(1):30-6. doi: 10.1080/10543406.2015.1094814.
• Results Ard J, Cannon A, Lewis CE, Lofton H, Vang Skjoth T, Stevenin B, Pi-Sunyer X. Efficacy and safety of liraglutide 3.0 mg for weight management are similar across races: subgroup analysis across the SCALE and phase II randomized trials. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2016 Apr;18(4):430-5. doi: 10.1111/dom.12632. Epub 2016 Feb 11.
• Results le Roux CW, Astrup A, Fujioka K, Greenway F, Lau DCW, Van Gaal L, Ortiz RV, Wilding JPH, Skjoth TV, Manning LS, Pi-Sunyer X; SCALE Obesity Prediabetes NN8022-1839 Study Group. 3 years of liraglutide versus placebo for type 2 diabetes risk reduction and weight management in individuals with prediabetes: a randomised, double-blind trial. Lancet. 2017 Apr 8;389(10077):1399-1409. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30069-7. Epub 2017 Feb 23.
• Results von Scholten BJ, Davies MJ, Persson F, Hansen TW, Madsbad S, Endahl L, Jepsen CH, Rossing P. Effect of weight reductions on estimated kidney function: Post-hoc analysis of two randomized trials. J Diabetes Complications. 2017 Jul;31(7):1164-1168. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2017.04.003. Epub 2017 Apr 11.
• Results O'Neil PM, Aroda VR, Astrup A, Kushner R, Lau DCW, Wadden TA, Brett J, Cancino AP, Wilding JPH; Satiety and Clinical Adiposity - Liraglutide Evidence in individuals with and without diabetes (SCALE) study groups. Neuropsychiatric safety with liraglutide 3.0 mg for weight management: Results from randomized controlled phase 2 and 3a trials. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2017 Nov;19(11):1529-1536. doi: 10.1111/dom.12963. Epub 2017 Jul 21.
• Results Davies MJ, Aronne LJ, Caterson ID, Thomsen AB, Jacobsen PB, Marso SP; Satiety and Clinical Adiposity - Liraglutide Evidence in individuals with and without diabetes (SCALE) study groups. Liraglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in adults with overweight or obesity: A post hoc analysis from SCALE randomized controlled trials. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2018 Mar;20(3):734-739. doi: 10.1111/dom.13125. Epub 2017 Nov 1.
• Results Kolotkin RL, Gabriel Smolarz B, Meincke HH, Fujioka K. Improvements in health-related quality of life over 3 years with liraglutide 3.0 mg compared with placebo in participants with overweight or obesity. Clin Obes. 2018 Feb;8(1):1-10. doi: 10.1111/cob.12226. Epub 2017 Oct 16.
• Results le Roux C, Aroda V, Hemmingsson J, Cancino AP, Christensen R, Pi-Sunyer X. Comparison of Efficacy and Safety of Liraglutide 3.0 mg in Individuals with BMI above and below 35 kg/m(2): A Post-hoc Analysis. Obes Facts. 2017;10(6):531-544. doi: 10.1159/000478099. Epub 2017 Nov 17.
• Kral P, Holst-Hansen T, Olivieri AV, Ivanescu C, Lamotte M, Larsen S. The Correlation Between Body Mass Index and Health-Related Quality of Life: Data from Two Weight Loss Intervention Studies. Adv Ther. 2024 Nov;41(11):4228-4247. doi: 10.1007/s12325-024-02932-8. Epub 2024 Sep 24.
• Williams DM, Staff M, Bain SC, Min T. Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Analogues for the Treatment of Obesity. touchREV Endocrinol. 2022 Mar;18(1):43-48. doi: 10.17925/EE.2022.18.1.43. Epub 2022 Mar 18.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Liraglutide	Peptide	3 mg	Subcutaneous

Indications