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effect size

Magnitude, not just direction or significance.

214 topics 77 solved Group: Evidence

Related in this group: STEP programme · SURMOUNT programme · SURPASS programme · SELECT trial · FLOW trial · SOUL trial · TRIUMPH programme · PIONEER programme · SUSTAIN programme · LEADER trial · randomised trial · meta-analysis

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Tracking semaglutide's approved indications across jurisdictions, dated
Tracking semaglutide's approved indications across jurisdictions, dated Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have seen SURMOUNT-OSA ( N Engl J Med , 2024) cited…
PIISGRWN+15 19 2.8k 1d
Historical amylin analogues and what happened to them
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Historical amylin analogues and what happened to them Everything below is what sits behind that. I have seen SURPASS-2 ( N Engl J Med , 2021) cited in support of a…
OFEIDVSGAR+29 36 31k 1d
Pooling trials with different estimands
On the subject in the title: Pooling trials with different estimands Working notes rather than a conclusion. Comparing SELECT ( N Engl J Med , 2023) with SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022) and finding the…
RCFCTSRMME+120 132 2.3k 1d
A structured critique template this community uses
A structured critique template this community uses — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Comparing SURMOUNT-2 ( Lancet , 2023) with SURPASS-4 ( Lancet , 2021) and finding the…
ZOCEK 2 18k 1d
Selection into a registry and what it does to the estimate — a second dataset
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Selection into a registry and what it does to the estimate — a second dataset Everything below is what sits behind that. Session topic: SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA , 2024).…
PBINVFPES+28 32 1.3k 1d
[2026 update] Journal club: what we got wrong in an earlier session
Journal club: what we got wrong in an earlier session — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I have seen STEP 4 ( JAMA , 2021) cited in support of a claim I do not think it…
NVAVRJVBV+5 9 4.2k 1d
Publication bias detection and its low power
On the subject in the title: Publication bias detection and its low power Working notes rather than a conclusion. I have seen SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022) cited in support of a claim I do not think it…
MAZLKK 2 3.2k 1d
What is genuinely unknown about long-term amylin agonism
What is genuinely unknown about long-term amylin agonism — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Comparing STEP 8 ( JAMA , 2022) with SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med…
RMMDSENK+83 91 46k 1d
Revisiting: How this community labels and discusses unrefereed work
Revisiting: How this community labels and discusses unrefereed work Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have seen SURMOUNT-OSA ( N Engl J Med , 2024) cited in…
VBNKEARSI+31 35 7k 1d
Journal club: SUSTAIN 6 and its retinopathy signal
On the subject in the title: Journal club: SUSTAIN 6 and its retinopathy signal Working notes rather than a conclusion. I have seen SELECT ( N Engl J Med , 2023) cited in support of a claim I do not think it…
LAMRZHOJI+110 122 46k 1d
Follow-up: The retatrutide phase 2 obesity paper, read closely
The retatrutide phase 2 obesity paper, read closely — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I have seen STEP 4 ( JAMA , 2021) cited in support of a claim I do not think it…
JBZOCRJATV+19 23 16k 2d
Designing a personal experiment that could change your mind — one year on
Designing a personal experiment that could change your mind — one year on — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Session topic: STEP 4 ( JAMA , 2021). Please read it before…
TKNMPMBSMC+74 80 17k 2d
Why a glucagon receptor agonist in a weight-loss compound is not a contradiction
The question in the title: Why a glucagon receptor agonist in a weight-loss compound is not a contradiction I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Comparing LEADER ( N Engl J Med…
CWMHRSOBRZ+43 47 19k 2d
A pooled estimate that changed when one trial was added
A pooled estimate that changed when one trial was added — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Session topic: STEP 4 ( JAMA , 2021). Please read it before posting; the…
PMIDOIOO+24 28 3.5k 2d
Coming back to: Why a preprint's supplementary material is often the best part
Why a preprint's supplementary material is often the best part — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Comparing SURPASS-2 ( N Engl J Med , 2021) with STEP 4 (…
GDIBDTHFBV+109 116 36k 2d
Blinding yourself: practical methods and their limits
On the subject in the title: Blinding yourself: practical methods and their limits Working notes rather than a conclusion. Comparing PIONEER 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2019) with STEP 4 ( JAMA , 2021) and finding the…
AZMBCRJNC+40 44 33k 5d
Tirzepatide storage and stability: what is published versus what is assumed
On the subject in the title: Tirzepatide storage and stability: what is published versus what is assumed Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022). Please read…
APPOELIGR+17 21 17k 12d
Second pass at: Cagrilintide molecular characteristics and analytical considerations
On the subject in the title: Second pass at: Cagrilintide molecular characteristics and analytical considerations Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: PIONEER 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2019).…
TSOVFFLAKF 4 5k 21d
Sample size intuition for a personal experiment — does this still hold?
Sample size intuition for a personal experiment — does this still hold? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Comparing STEP 1 ( N Engl J Med , 2021) with…
AWMSNVBIFA+33 38 26k 23d
Is "synergy" the right word for the combination data?
Is "synergy" the right word for the combination data? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Session topic: SCALE ( N Engl J Med , 2015). Please read it…
JSRASMNAKF+5 9 13k 25d
Revisiting: Journal club: SURMOUNT-1, read without the press release
On the subject in the title: Revisiting: Journal club: SURMOUNT-1, read without the press release Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: PIONEER 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2019). Please read it before…
PPKFAALMDN+54 62 1.5k 26d
Journal club: STEP 3 and the intensive behavioural therapy floor
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Journal club: STEP 3 and the intensive behavioural therapy floor Everything below is what sits behind that. Comparing SCALE ( N Engl J Med , 2015) with STEP 4 (…
LSDOJFPWCL+6 10 13k 28d
A plateau that disappeared when I changed how I measured — the long version
A plateau that disappeared when I changed how I measured — the long version — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Longitudinal report with the method stated, because a number…
YRFKLWVNNR+49 54 9.4k 1mo
Coming back to: What the published dose-response for semaglutide actually looks like above 2.4 mg
The question in the title: What the published dose-response for semaglutide actually looks like above 2.4 mg I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I have seen LEADER ( N Engl J…
SCHJSATKO+23 27 9.9k 1mo
Journal club: SELECT, absolute risk, and how it was reported
Journal club: SELECT, absolute risk, and how it was reported Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Session topic: SURMOUNT-OSA ( N Engl J Med , 2024). Please read…
MSFVJF 2 52k 1mo
Second pass at: A pooled estimate that changed when one trial was added
On the subject in the title: Second pass at: A pooled estimate that changed when one trial was added Working notes rather than a conclusion. Session topic: SELECT ( N Engl J Med , 2023). Please read it before…
FLSTYAWNRM+26 30 22k 1mo
Journal club: SELECT, absolute risk, and how it was reported — a second dataset
On the subject in the title: Journal club: SELECT, absolute risk, and how it was reported — a second dataset Working notes rather than a conclusion. Comparing SURMOUNT-1 ( N Engl J Med , 2022) with SELECT ( N…
VKJBFNAITH 4 1.3k 1mo
Follow-up: Tirzepatide and nausea: is the profile genuinely different or just differently reported?
Tirzepatide and nausea: is the profile genuinely different or just differently reported? I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Comparing STEP 1 ( N Engl J…
BNNSKFCBP+109 122 3.6k 2mo
Why a glucagon receptor agonist in a weight-loss compound is not a contradiction — one year on
Why a glucagon receptor agonist in a weight-loss compound is not a contradiction — one year on — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. I have seen SURPASS-2 (…
EHSBBOARB+3 7 1k 2mo
Comparing the STEP programme populations: who was actually enrolled
Comparing the STEP programme populations: who was actually enrolled Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Comparing STEP 1 ( N Engl J Med , 2021) with FLOW ( N…
LVBPNN 2 7.5k 2mo