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5-amino-1MQ in obesity and overweight in adults — evidence extract

The Institute's graded assessment of 5-amino-1MQ for obesity and overweight in adults, with the contributing trials and the domain-by-domain certainty reasoning.

Document identifier
CEI-MN-047/EV-OBESITY
Series
Evidence extract
Version
4.0
Published
07 Jul 2025
Last reviewed
07 Dec 2025
Next review
07 Dec 2027
Identifier
10.71829/cei.mono.47
Certainty
Very low
Cycle
2025 Q3

§1Evidence extract: Obesity and overweight in adults

§1.1Question and anchor outcome

Population
Excess adiposity sufficient to impair health, operationalised in the pivotal incretin programmes as a body-mass index of 30 kg/m² or above, or 27 kg/m² or above with at least one weight-related comorbidity.
Intervention
5-amino-1MQ, oral and intraperitoneal in preclinical studies; oral in research contexts
Comparator
As used in each contributing trial; reported per trial rather than pooled across comparator types
Anchor outcome
Percentage change in body weight from baseline

Additional outcomes the Institute extracts for this indication: Proportion achieving ≥5 %, ≥10 %, ≥15 % and ≥20 % weight reduction; Change in waist circumference; Change in systolic blood pressure; Change in high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.

§1.2Contributing trials

No trial has been identified for 5-amino-1MQ in obesity and overweight in adults. The rating below reflects that absence.

§1.3Certainty assessment

Certainty assessment by domainDowngrading decision recorded for each certainty domain.Certainty domainNo concernSeriousVery seriousEffect on ratingRisk of biasdowngrade one levelInconsistencyno downgradeIndirectnessno downgradeImprecisionno downgradePublication biasdowngrade two levelsTotal downgrading: 3 levelsVery low certainty
Figure 2. Domain-by-domain certainty assessment for 5-amino-1MQ in obesity and overweight in adults. The starting rating for a body of randomised evidence is high; each serious concern reduces it by one level and each very serious concern by two.

Table 2. Reasoning recorded against each certainty domain.

DomainRatingReasoning
Risk of biasSeriousThe primary endpoint is patient-reported in a setting where blinding cannot be maintained.
InconsistencyNo concernNo serious concern identified in this domain.
IndirectnessNo concernNo serious concern identified in this domain.
ImprecisionNo concernNo serious concern identified in this domain.
Publication biasVery seriousRegistered trials without posted results were identified for this question.
Overall rating: Very low certainty. The Institute has very little confidence in the effect estimate. The true effect is likely to be substantially different from the estimate. In this series a very low rating most often reflects an absence of controlled human evidence rather than conflicting evidence.

§1.4What this extract does not establish

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