Weight Loss With Exenatide Treatment
Obesity
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Obesity focused on measuring Obesity, Overweight, Exenatide, Diet, Women
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Females age 18-70
- BMI 28-48 kg/m^2
- Stable weight (greater than 3 kg weight gain or loss within 6 months of screening visit).
- Ability to give informed consent and follow verbal and written instructions in English.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus diagnosed according to American Diabetes Association criteria
- Unstable heart disease as evidenced by ongoing angina
- Congestive heart failure
- Uncontrolled hypertension (BP greater than 170/100 mmHg on or off antihypertensive medication)
- Uncontrolled dyslipidemia (LDL greater than 200 or TG greater than 400 on or off lipid lowering medication)
- Tobacco, marijuana, cocaine, or intravenous drug use
- Shift workers (night shift or alternating day/night shifts)
- Gastroparesis
- Inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome
- Malignancy treated with chemotherapy within the past 3 years
- History of pancreatitis
- Depression requiring hospitalization or diagnosis of psychosis
- Renal insufficiency (eGFR less than 50)
- Transaminases greater than 2 times above the normal range
- Pregnancy within 6 months of the screening visit
- Lactation
- Failure to use medically approved contraceptive methods (monophasic oral contraception, intra uterine device, surgical sterilization or 2 combined barrier methods)
- History of an eating disorder (anorexia, bulimia or laxative abuse)
- Treatment with FDA-approved or over-the-counter weight loss medication within 6 months, with the exception of Xenical if there was no weight loss
- History of gastric bypass surgery or gastric stapling
- Biochemical evidence of hyper or hypothyroidism, or new diagnosis of hypo or hyperthyroidism within 3 months of screening visit
- Previous treatment with exenatide
- Discretion of the PI
Sites / Locations
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Exenatide
Placebo
Subjects will be randomly assigned to the exenatide study treatment group or to the placebo study treatment group. Subjects will have a 33 percent chance of being assigned to the placebo study treatment group and a 66 percent chance of being assigned to exenatide study treatment. Subjects will not be able to choose the study group to which they will be assigned. All study participants will receive individualized dietary counseling based on food logs. Subjects who receive exenatide will not be assigned to follow a reduced-calorie diet in addition to study treatment. Subjects will not know whether they are receiving exenatide or placebo, but the unblinded members of study team will know which they are receiving.
Subjects will be randomly assigned to the exenatide study treatment group or to the placebo study treatment group. Subjects will have a 33 percent chance of being assigned to the placebo study treatment group and a 66 percent chance of being assigned to exenatide study treatment. Subjects will not be able to choose the study group to which they will be assigned. All study participants will receive individualized dietary counseling based on food logs. Subjects who receive placebo will be assigned to follow a reduced-calorie diet in addition to study treatment. Subjects will not know whether they are receiving exenatide or placebo, but the unblinded members of the study team will know which they are receiving.