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Published in final edited form as: Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2022 Nov 7;10(12):859–868. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(22)00277-7

Table 3.

Changes in Anthropometric and Metabolic Parameters Compared With Baseline After 52 Weeks of Setmelanotide Treatment: Pivotal Patients With BBS (n=32)

≥12 years old (n=28)

ATB Week 52 Change from ATB % change from ATB
Body weight, kg 115·9 (26·7) 108·5 (27·0) −7·4 (8·2) [−10·6, −4·2] p<0·0001 −6·5 (7·0) [−9·2, −3·8] p<0 p<0·001
Maximal hunger scorea 7·0 (1·9) 4·9 (2·5) −21 (2·0) [−3·3, −0·9] p=0·0010 −30·5 (26 ·5) [−45·7, −15·2] p=0 ·0004
 Achieved ≥25% reduction in 571c [28·9, 82·3]
 body weightb, % p<0·0001
 ≥1-point reduction, % 71·4
 ≥2-point reduction, % 42·9

All ages, ≥6 years old (n=31)

ATB Week 52 Change from ATB % change from ATB

Waist circumference, cmd 117·9 (18·0) 110·3 (21·0) −7·2 (7·4) [−10·2, −4·1] −6·3 (7·4) [−9·4, −3·3]
Body fat, kge 51·1 (18·9) 43·1(16·3) −5·6 (12·0) [−11·8, 0·5] −11·3 (26·3) [−24·9, 2·2]
Lean muscle, kge 58·9 (14·1) 57·6 (12·4) −12 (3·9) [−3·2, 0·8] −2·0 (6·5) [−5·4, 1·3]
Lipids, mmol/Lf
 Total cholesterol 4·4 (1·0) 3·9 (0·9) −0·3 (0·4) −6·1 (10·6) [−22·6, 19·2]
 HDL cholesterol 1·1 (0·2) 1·1 (0·2) 0·1 (0·1) 5·3 (11·6) [−14·3,
 LDL cholesterol 3·0 (10) 2·6 (0·9) −0·2 (0·4) 30·8] −7·8 (168) [−33·3,
 Triglycerides 1·9 (0·9) 1·4 (0·8) −0·2 (0·6) 33·3] −9·6 (32·5) [−69·9,67·2]

≥18 years old (n=15)

Body weight, kg 128·4 (16·6) 119·0 (20·6) −9·4 (9·4) [−14·6, −4·2] p=0·0008 −7·6 (−7·1) [−11·5, −36] p=0·0005
BMI, kg/m2g 46·4 (5·9) 43·3 (7·2) −4·2 (3·3) [−6·3, −21] −9·1(6·8) [−13·4, −4·8]

<18 years old (n=16)

BMI,h kg/m2 37·4 (9·4) 34·2 (10·1) −3·4 (2·1) [−4·6, −2·2] −95 (6·4) [−13·2, −5·8]
BMI Z scoreh 3·7 (1·3) 3·0 (1·5) −0·8 (0·5) [−1·0, −0·5]
% 95th BMI percentile 144·5 (35·8) 126·8 (37·1) −17·3 (7·7) [−21·7, −12·9]

Data are the mean (SD), mean [95% CI], or mean (SD) [95% CI] unless otherwise specified. ATB, active treatment baseline; BBS; Bardet-Biedl syndrome; BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; SD, standard deviation.

a

Patients ≥12 years old without cognitive impairment and with hunger scores at ATB and Week 52 (n=14).

b

Multiple imputation model used to impute measurements for patients with <52 weeks of treatment.

c

Estimated proportion based on qualifying patients in the full analysis set (ie, ≥12 years old without cognitive impairment; n=16).

d

Patients with measurements at ATB (n=31) and Week 52 (n=25).

e

Patients with measurements at ATB (n=29), Week 52 (n=18), and both (n=17).

f

Patients with measurements at ATB (n=31) and Week 52 (n=23).

g

Patients with measurements at ATB (n=15) and Week 52 (n=12).

h

Patients with measurements at ATB (n=16) and Week 52 (n=14).