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Indication assessment · §2

Hypertension in the context of adiposity — evidence across compounds

Every compound the Institute assesses in hypertension in the context of adiposity, with its certainty rating.

Document identifier
CEI-IN-17/2
Series
Indication assessment
Version
1.0
Published
13 Jul 2023
Last reviewed
13 Jul 2023
Next review
13 Jul 2025
Identifier
10.71829/cei.ind.17
Certainty
Not rated
Cycle
2023 Q3
ICD-11
BA00
Category
Cardiovascular

§2Evidence across compounds

Every compound the Institute assesses in this indication, with the effect as recorded, the certainty rating and the contributing trials. Effects are reported on the anchor outcome where the contributing trials measured it and on the outcome the trial actually reported where they did not.

Table 1. Compounds assessed in hypertension in the context of adiposity, ordered by certainty.

CompoundEffect as recordedInterval as reportedCertaintyTrials
SemaglutideGLP-1 receptor agonist (acylated, long-acting)Systolic blood pressure −6.2 mmHg versus −1.1 mmHg with placebo (STEP 1)difference −5.1 mmHg (95 % CI −6.3 to −3.9)Moderate2
Estimates in this table are not on a common scale and must not be subtracted from one another. Where a comparison between two compounds has been made directly, it appears in a synthesis and not here.

§2.1Syntheses bearing on this indication

No evidence synthesis addresses this indication.

References cited on this page

References are numbered in order of first citation in this document. Each superscript in the text links to its entry below.

  1. Wilding JPH, Batterham RL, Calanna S, Davies M, Van Gaal LF, Lingvay I, McGowan BM, Rosenstock J, Tran MTD, Wadden TA, Wharton S, Yokote K, Zeuthen N, Kushner RF. Once-weekly semaglutide in adults with overweight or obesity. New England Journal of Medicine 2021;384(11):989–1002. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2032183 · PMID 33567185
  2. Davies M, Færch L, Jeppesen OK, Pakseresht A, Pedersen SD, Perreault L, Rosenstock J, Shimomura I, Viljoen A, Wadden TA, Lingvay I. Semaglutide 2·4 mg once a week in adults with overweight or obesity, and type 2 diabetes (STEP 2): a randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. The Lancet 2021;397(10278):971–984. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00213-0 · PMID 33667417

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