The MariTide trial evaluated once-monthly maridebart cafraglutide, a dual bispecific GLP-1 receptor agonist and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor antagonist, for the treatment of obesity.
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Researchers enrolled 592 adults with obesity or overweight plus one obesity-related complication who were randomly assigned to receive subcutaneous maridebart cafraglutide (MariTide, Amgen) or placebo.
The trial had two cohorts: patients obesity only and patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes.
At 1 year, maridebart cafraglutide was associated with significant reductions in body weight vs. placebo, regardless of diabetes status.
Results of the MariTide trial were presented at the American Diabetes Associati