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56 topics 23 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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What TRIUMPH is designed to answer, and why we should not pre-empt it
What TRIUMPH is designed to answer, and why we should not pre-empt it I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I have seen SURPASS-4 ( Lancet , 2021) cited in…
NNRNCIHBEK+4 8 142 6h
Revisiting: Hepatic effects of glucagon receptor agonism: the mechanistic worry
Revisiting: Hepatic effects of glucagon receptor agonism: the mechanistic worry 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 ,…
HFITVAKLV+10 14 8.4k 16h
Stability of BPC-157 in solution: what has been measured — one year on
On the subject in the title: Stability of BPC-157 in solution: what has been measured — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. Comparing STEP 2 ( Lancet , 2021) with STEP 1 ( N Engl J Med , 2021)…
KFNASCPWVB+84 98 7.8k 18h
Why retatrutide discussion here is more cautious than elsewhere — one year on
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Why retatrutide discussion here is more cautious than elsewhere — one year on Session topic: PIONEER 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2019). Please read it…
DBHCNRKKI+92 97 3.6k 20h
Publication patterns in the BPC-157 literature, examined
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Publication patterns in the BPC-157 literature, examined Everything below is what sits behind that. I have seen SURPASS-2 ( N Engl J Med , 2021) cited in support of…
MMMHEIDVBO+40 45 3.4k 21h
Retatrutide mass and identity: what a report should show
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Retatrutide mass and identity: what a report should show Everything below is what sits behind that. Comparing SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA , 2024) with STEP 4 ( JAMA , 2021)…
NTTKNECCYM+22 27 872 22h
What would change my mind about repair peptides: a specific answer
What would change my mind about repair peptides: a specific answer — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Session topic: SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA , 2024). Please…
MMJMEKCMA+26 30 1.1k 23h
BPC-157: what the rodent literature actually shows, and what it does not — does this still hold?
The question in the title: BPC-157: what the rodent literature actually shows, and what it does not — does this still hold? I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. I have seen…
ASBSMCSBLS+6 10 3.1k 1d
Why the absence of controlled human data on BPC-157 matters more than people admit
Why the absence of controlled human data on BPC-157 matters more than people admit — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Comparing STEP 8 ( JAMA , 2022) with…
CMVMPFNBHF+60 66 16k 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
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
Revisiting: Why the absence of controlled human data on BPC-157 matters more than people admit
Revisiting: Why the absence of controlled human data on BPC-157 matters more than people admit Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Comparing SURPASS-4 ( Lancet ,…
FAKLSLAS+50 55 7.8k 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
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
Analytical identity of BPC-157: a 15-mer with a simple mass — does this still hold?
Analytical identity of BPC-157: a 15-mer with a simple mass — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Session topic: SURPASS-2 ( N Engl J…
WRNDTHFBV+28 33 1.6k 1mo
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
Why retatrutide discussion here is more cautious than elsewhere
Why retatrutide discussion here is more cautious than elsewhere I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. I have seen SURMOUNT-OSA ( N Engl J Med , 2024) cited…
DSCAKNKN+7 12 7.7k 2mo
About the Preprints category
Unrefereed work, clearly labelled as such, with the usual caveats stated once and taken seriously. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit is recorded…
JMDONIBSP+3 7 14k 3mo
The "under review" status pill and when a moderator applies it
Posting this under the heading it deserves: The "under review" status pill and when a moderator applies it Everything below is what sits behind that. Session topic: SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA , 2024). Please read it…
NLAMDOVRV+96 119 17k 3mo
Preprint servers and what screening they do
Preprint servers and what screening they do — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I have seen FLOW ( N Engl J Med , 2024) cited in support of a claim I do not think it…
BTSRDNMRL+95 106 5.6k 4mo
Oral versus injected administration claims for BPC-157
Oral versus injected administration claims for BPC-157 — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I have seen FLOW ( N Engl J Med , 2024) cited in support of a claim I do not think…
RMAAMMRST+20 24 47k 4mo
Citing a preprint in a maintained document: our rule and its reasoning
On the subject in the title: Citing a preprint in a maintained document: our rule and its reasoning Working notes rather than a conclusion. I have seen SELECT ( N Engl J Med , 2023) cited in support of a…
OVSLTN 2 467 4mo
Reading a preclinical wound-healing model and its relevance to a human tendon — a second dataset
Reading a preclinical wound-healing model and its relevance to a human tendon — a second dataset — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. I have seen LEADER ( N Engl J Med , 2016)…
RDSTGBTNAA+64 69 27k 4mo
How to read a phase 2 result without treating it as a phase 3 result — what changed since
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 Session topic: STEP 2 ( Lancet , 2021). Please read it…
DNKANTINL+25 35 568 6mo
Retatrutide's phase 2 heart-rate signal and how to think about it
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. I have seen PIONEER 6 ( N Engl J Med , 2019) cited in support of a claim…
MVBERMBJER+19 23 20k 7mo
How to read a phase 2 result without treating it as a phase 3 result
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. Session topic: FLOW ( N Engl J Med , 2024).…
EKTTTVLCKH+36 40 35k 7mo
[2026 update] Conference abstracts as evidence: the weakest common citation
Conference abstracts as evidence: the weakest common citation — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Comparing STEP 4 ( JAMA , 2021) with SURMOUNT-4 ( JAMA , 2024) and finding…
JVVNJB 2 48k 7mo
Tracking a preprint to publication: a worked example
Tracking a preprint to publication: a worked example Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Session topic: STEP 1 ( N Engl J Med , 2021). Please read it before…
VBUCRSDTSB+133 147 15k 7mo
Follow-up: Retatrutide phase 2 in type 2 diabetes: the Lancet paper
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. I have seen SURPASS-4 ( Lancet , 2021) cited in support of a claim I…
CDBNVSRAKF+1 5 31k 8mo
A preprint whose numbers changed substantially at publication
A preprint whose numbers changed substantially at publication — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Session topic: SURMOUNT-2 ( Lancet , 2023). Please read it before posting;…
IBCNNDBRC+90 95 21k 9mo