Una pastilla oral de GLP-1 muestra resultados sólidos en un ensayo sobre diabetes

Un nuevo medicamento oral experimental llamado elecoglipron mejoró el control del azúcar en sangre y favoreció la pérdida de peso en adultos con diabetes tipo 2 durante un ensayo de fase 2b. Los resultados del estudio SOLSTICE se presentaron en las Sesiones Científicas de la Asociación Americana de la Diabetes y se publicaron en The Lancet.

El ensayo, patrocinado por AstraZeneca, incluyó a 406 adultos en nueve países. Los participantes recibieron diversas dosis del agonista del receptor de GLP-1 no peptídico elecoglipron o un placebo durante 26 semanas.

Hasta el 89,6 por ciento de los que recibieron el fármaco alcanzaron un nivel de HbA1c inferior al 7 por ciento, en comparación con el 24,9 por ciento del grupo placebo. Hasta el 72,3 por ciento logró una pérdida de peso corporal de al menos el 5 por ciento, frente al 20,2 por ciento en el grupo placebo.

Vanita Aroda, presentadora principal del estudio y directora de investigación clínica sobre diabetes en Mass General Brigham, señaló que los hallazgos destacan el potencial de las terapias orales con GLP-1 para superar las limitaciones de las opciones actuales inyectables o basadas en péptidos. El perfil de seguridad se alineó con el de otros medicamentos de esta clase.

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