Liraglutide (Saxenda(R)) in Adolescents With Obesity After Sleeve Gastrectomy

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This is an open-label Phase II non-randomized pilot study conducted at the NIH Clinical Center to investigate the efficacy of daily subcutaneous injection of liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP1) analogue to promote reduction of body mass index (BMI) in adolescents who continue to have obesi...

This is an open-label Phase II non-randomized pilot study conducted at the NIH Clinical Center to investigate the efficacy of daily subcutaneous injection of liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP1) analogue to promote reduction of body mass index (BMI) in adolescents who continue to have obesity (BMI greater than or equal to 30 or BMI greater than or equal to 95th percentile for age and sex) 1 year or more after vertical sleeve gastrectomy (SG). We hypothesize that administration of liraglutide will be associated with reduction in BMI in such adolescents. The Primary objective is to determine the effect size for the change in BMI of liraglutide 3.0 mg daily subcutaneously at 16 weeks in adolescents who have obesity after SG, in order to use the observed changes to determine the sample size of a subsequent randomized, controlled investigation. Up to 50 adolescents and young adults (age 12-20) will be recruited to treat up to 40 with liraglutide for 16 weeks.

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