Although many of the pharma clinical trials show that most people that stop the medicine regain weight within the first year, what were seeing in clinical practice is that people with less weight to losethat are very adherent to comprehensive lifestyle approach, which we can provide at Foundhave the ability to taper off to some degree. The Biden administration recently proposed Medicare and Medicaid cover anti-obesity drugs, but President-elect Donald Trump may not opt to finalize the rule
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1 The study details 800 participants in the interim analysis (1,197 total enrolled) with biopsy-confirmed MASH and moderate to severe fibrosis (stage F2 or F3) Participants were randomly assigned to receive semaglutide 2.4 mg weekly or placebo Treatment lasted 72 weeks 2:1 randomisation (534 semaglutide, 266 placebo) Resolution of MASH (primary outcome) Fibrosis improvement (primary outcome) Combined outcomes About a third (32.7%) of participants taking semaglutide achieved both MASH resolution and fibrosis improvement, compared to 16.1% on placebo
Because the response is a protocol change, it belongs in a conversation with the provider supervising the taper
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