Orexigen Weight Loss Drug Helps Spark 9.3% Weight Loss
January 9, 2009
Washington (dbTechno) - Orexigen Therapeutics has announced the results on their first late-stage trial of their experimental obesity drug Contrave, as the drug was able to spark a 9.3% weight loss in patients.
Orexigen has been working on this experimental weight loss drug for quite some time now.
They compared a group of patients who were obese and took the drug ot a group of obese patients on a placebo.
The trial consisted of 791 patients in total, with side effects including nausea, anxiety, headaches, etc.
The group on a placebo were said to lose 5.1% of their body weight, while those on the weight loss drug lost 9.3% of their weight.
The differential here is 4.2% between the two groups who were both on diet and exercise plans.
The unfortunate aspect of this though is that the drug failed to meet the requirements set in place by the FDA.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) states obesity drugs need a 5% differential to be considered effective.
The company will attempt another trial without diet and exercise to try and meet FDA regulations.
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