Oral insulin (ORMD-0801) in type 2 diabetes mellitus: A dose-finding 12-week randomized placebo-controlled study.

Aims: To assess the safety and efficacy of multiple daily doses of oral insulin (ORMD-0801) in subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) over 12 weeks.

Materials And Methods: Participants with T2DM on metformin or combination oral therapy with glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels ≥ 7.5% (58 mmol/mol) were randomized to receive ORMD-0801 8 mg or 16 mg once (QD) or twice (BID) daily, or 32 mg QD, BID or three times daily (TID) over a 12-week period.

Design and rationale for the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Effects of Lorcaserin in Overweight and Obese Patients-Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 61 (CAMELLIA-TIMI 61) trial.

Objectives: Lorcaserin, a selective serotonin 2C receptor agonist, is an effective pharmacologic weight-loss therapy that improves several cardiovascular risk factors. The long-term clinical cardiovascular and metabolic safety and efficacy in patients with elevated cardiovascular risk are unknown.

Research Design And Methods: CAMELLIA-TIMI 61 (NCT02019264) is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multinational clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of lorcaserin with regard to major adverse cardiovascular events and progression to diabetes in overweight or obese patients at high cardiovascular risk.

Progression to type 2 diabetes, healthcare utilization, and cost among pre-diabetic patients with or without comorbid hypertension.

Objective: This study examined progression to type 2 diabetes and compared healthcare utilization and costs among patients with pre-diabetes, with or without comorbid hypertension.

Research Design And Methods: This study drew from a large national claims database (2003-2008). Patients were ≥18 years of age with a medical claim or lab value indicating the presence of pre-diabetes.

Thrittene, homologous with somatostatin-28((1-13)), is a novel peptide in mammalian gut and circulation.

Preprosomatostatin is a gene expressed ubiquitously among vertebrates, and at least two duplications of this gene have occurred during evolution. Somatostatin-28 (S-28) and somatostatin-14 (S-14), C-terminal products of prosomatostatin (ProS), are differentially expressed in mammalian neurons, D cells, and enterocytes. One pathway for the generation of S-14 entails the excision of Arg13-Lys14 in S-28, leading to equivalent amounts of S-28((1-12)).