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[2026 update] Amylin and gastric emptying: overlapping mechanisms with incretins Compounds › Cagrilintide & amylin analogues amylin analogues randomised trial effect size cagrisema Amylin and gastric emptying: overlapping mechanisms with incretins — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A question about Amylin and gastric emptying that I think has a…	+21	25	44k	5mo
Why semaglutide's albumin binding is the whole reason weekly dosing works Compounds › Semaglutide STEP programme SELECT trial randomised trial effect size Solved Closed Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Why semaglutide's albumin binding is the whole reason weekly dosing works Putting the numbers in the first post, because a question about a…		2	63k	5mo
Reading SURMOUNT-1 without the press release — one year on Compounds › Tirzepatide effect size SURPASS programme randomised trial Solved Closed Reading SURMOUNT-1 without the press release — one year on — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I would like to disagree carefully with the settled view on Reading SURMOUNT-1…	+45	50	7.6k	5mo
Coming back to: The SOUL trial and oral semaglutide cardiovascular outcomes Compounds › Oral incretins randomised trial SOUL trial oral semaglutide orforglipron Solved The SOUL trial and oral semaglutide cardiovascular outcomes — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. SOUL trial and oral semaglutide — I have the observation and I do not trust my…	+100	104	4.2k	5mo
Non-inferiority margins: how they are chosen and how they are abused — a second dataset Evidence › Trials randomised trial discontinuation & dropout intention to treat estimand Non-inferiority margins: how they are chosen and how they are abused — a second dataset — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Posting a small dataset on Non-inferiority…	+32	37	574	5mo
Revisiting: What SELECT changed about how semaglutide is discussed, and what it did not Compounds › Semaglutide semaglutide effect size STEP programme randomised trial Solved Revisiting: What SELECT changed about how semaglutide is discussed, and what it did not Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I was wrong about SELECT in a thread…		2	1.9k	5mo
[2026 update] Reading a supplementary appendix and finding the interesting part Evidence › Trials estimand intention to treat open label surrogate endpoints On the subject in the title: Reading a supplementary appendix and finding the interesting part Working notes rather than a conclusion. Collecting what is known about Reading a supplementary appendix in one…	+39	44	8.2k	5mo
Journal club: semaglutide in MASH, and surrogate endpoints — does this still hold? Evidence › Journal club estimand randomised trial number needed to treat effect size Solved Closed Journal club: semaglutide in MASH, and surrogate endpoints — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. A narrow question about semaglutide…		3	28k	6mo
Sample size calculations, read backwards from the published number Evidence › Trials intention to treat surrogate endpoints randomised trial Sample size calculations, read backwards from the published number Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Asking about sample size calculations directly, because I…		2	8.1k	6mo
Second pass at: Why semaglutide's albumin binding is the whole reason weekly dosing works Compounds › Semaglutide SELECT trial STEP programme effect size randomised trial Second pass at: Why semaglutide's albumin binding is the whole reason weekly dosing works Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Putting the numbers in the first…		2	39k	6mo
How to read a phase 2 result without treating it as a phase 3 result — what changed since Compounds › Retatrutide TRIUMPH programme randomised trial preprint Solved Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: How to read a phase 2 result without treating it as a phase 3 result — what changed since Putting the numbers in the first post, because a question…	+25	35	568	6mo
Why oral semaglutide needs an absorption enhancer at all Compounds › Oral incretins randomised trial orforglipron oral semaglutide SOUL trial Solved Why oral semaglutide needs an absorption enhancer at all I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Reading back through what has been written here about oral…	+59	65	61k	7mo
Why an oral GLP-1 agonist is a formulation achievement more than a chemistry one Compounds › Oral incretins oral semaglutide randomised trial PIONEER programme SOUL trial Solved Why an oral GLP-1 agonist is a formulation achievement more than a chemistry one I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. A methods question rather than a…	+130	135	11k	7mo
The 2.5 mg starting dose is not a therapeutic dose — why that matters — a second dataset Compounds › Tirzepatide SURMOUNT programme tirzepatide randomised trial Posting this under the heading it deserves: The 2.5 mg starting dose is not a therapeutic dose — why that matters — a second dataset Everything below is what sits behind that. Posting a small dataset on 2.5…	+12	16	11k	7mo
How to read a forest plot, properly, from scratch Evidence › Trials randomised trial intention to treat surrogate endpoints estimand Solved The question in the title: How to read a forest plot, properly, from scratch I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Reading STEP 4 ( JAMA , 2021) for the population rather than…	+73	81	17k	7mo
Retatrutide's phase 2 heart-rate signal and how to think about it Compounds › Retatrutide randomised trial preprint TRIUMPH programme retatrutide On the subject in the title: Retatrutide's phase 2 heart-rate signal and how to think about it Working notes rather than a conclusion. Putting the numbers in the first post, because a question about a…	+19	23	20k	7mo
How to read a phase 2 result without treating it as a phase 3 result Compounds › Retatrutide randomised trial preprint effect size TRIUMPH programme The question in the title: How to read a phase 2 result without treating it as a phase 3 result I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Putting the numbers in the first post,…	+36	40	35k	7mo
Journal club: the retatrutide phase 2 obesity paper Evidence › Journal club estimand number needed to treat journal club randomised trial Solved Journal club: the retatrutide phase 2 obesity paper — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Collecting what is known about retatrutide phase 2 obesity paper in one place, because…	+7	11	33k	7mo
Reading SURMOUNT-1 without the press release Compounds › Tirzepatide SURMOUNT programme effect size randomised trial SURPASS programme Posting this under the heading it deserves: Reading SURMOUNT-1 without the press release Everything below is what sits behind that. What changes if the standard account of reading SURMOUNT-1 without the press…	+103	121	7k	7mo
Second pass at: Cagrilintide's dosing interval and the pharmacokinetics behind it Compounds › Cagrilintide & amylin analogues cagrisema effect size randomised trial Wiki On the subject in the title: Second pass at: Cagrilintide's dosing interval and the pharmacokinetics behind it Working notes rather than a conclusion. A comparison question rather than a question about one…	+2	6	2.4k	7mo
Amylin analogue mechanism: satiety signalling separate from GLP-1 — does this still hold? Compounds › Cagrilintide & amylin analogues cagrisema randomised trial cagrilintide amylin analogues Closed Amylin analogue mechanism: satiety signalling separate from GLP-1 — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Trying to work out what would…	+21	25	45k	7mo
Why tirzepatide titration schedules have more steps than semaglutide's Compounds › Tirzepatide SURMOUNT programme SURPASS programme randomised trial tirzepatide Solved Wiki Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Why tirzepatide titration schedules have more steps than semaglutide's I have spent a fortnight trying to pin tirzepatide titration schedules down…		4	8.4k	7mo
Tirzepatide in type 2 diabetes: the SURPASS programme, summarised honestly — the long version Compounds › Tirzepatide SURMOUNT programme randomised trial effect size tirzepatide Closed On the subject in the title: Tirzepatide in type 2 diabetes: the SURPASS programme, summarised honestly — the long version Working notes rather than a conclusion. A narrow question about Tirzepatide in type 2…	+85	90	13k	7mo
Tirzepatide's shorter half-life and its one practical consequence Compounds › Tirzepatide SURPASS programme randomised trial effect size tirzepatide Wiki On the subject in the title: Tirzepatide's shorter half-life and its one practical consequence Working notes rather than a conclusion. Documentation question rather than a pharmacological one, but about this…	+18	29	20k	8mo
Journal club: how we handle discontinuation in obesity trials — what changed since Evidence › Journal club number needed to treat estimand risk of bias randomised trial Solved Journal club: how we handle discontinuation in obesity trials — what changed since — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Session topic: STEP 4 ( JAMA , 2021). Please read it…	+14	18	35k	8mo
Oral versus injectable exposure: comparing apples to a different fruit Compounds › Oral incretins oral semaglutide SOUL trial PIONEER programme randomised trial Oral versus injectable exposure: comparing apples to a different fruit — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Something about oral versus injectable exposure does not reconcile…	+19	23	332	8mo
Follow-up: Retatrutide phase 2 in type 2 diabetes: the Lancet paper Compounds › Retatrutide retatrutide effect size TRIUMPH programme preprint Retatrutide phase 2 in type 2 diabetes: the Lancet paper Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A follow-up question about Retatrutide phase 2 in type that I did…	+1	5	31k	8mo
Tirzepatide in obstructive sleep apnoea: reading SURMOUNT-OSA Compounds › Tirzepatide SURMOUNT programme tirzepatide randomised trial effect size Posting this under the heading it deserves: Tirzepatide in obstructive sleep apnoea: reading SURMOUNT-OSA Everything below is what sits behind that. Reading back through what has been written here about…	+4	8	14k	8mo
Revisiting: Why tirzepatide titration schedules have more steps than semaglutide's Compounds › Tirzepatide tirzepatide SURPASS programme effect size randomised trial Closed Revisiting: Why tirzepatide titration schedules have more steps than semaglutide's Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I would like to know what people here…	+89	101	32k	8mo
Tirzepatide and nausea: is the profile genuinely different or just differently reported? Compounds › Tirzepatide SURMOUNT programme randomised trial SURPASS programme tirzepatide Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Tirzepatide and nausea: is the profile genuinely different or just differently reported? Asking about tirzepatide and nausea directly, because I…	+18	22	37k	8mo