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Maridebart cafraglutide in obesity and overweight in adults — evidence extract

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

Document identifier
CEI-MN-018/EV-OBESITY
Series
Evidence extract
Version
3.3
Published
19 Jan 2025
Last reviewed
19 May 2025
Next review
19 May 2027
Identifier
10.71829/cei.mono.18
Certainty
Low
Cycle
2025 Q1

§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
Maridebart cafraglutide, subcutaneous, monthly or less frequently
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

Table 1. Trials contributing to the assessment of Maridebart cafraglutide in obesity and overweight in adults.

TrialPhaseDesignRandomisedDurationYear
MARITIDE-PH2-OBESITY2Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled59252 weeks2024
MARITIDE-PH33Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled72 weeks

§1.3Certainty assessment

Certainty assessment by domainDowngrading decision recorded for each certainty domain.Certainty domainNo concernSeriousVery seriousEffect on ratingRisk of biasno downgradeInconsistencydowngrade two levelsIndirectnessno downgradeImprecisionno downgradePublication biasno downgradeTotal downgrading: 2 levelsLow certainty
Figure 2. Domain-by-domain certainty assessment for Maridebart cafraglutide 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 biasNo concernNo serious concern identified in this domain.
InconsistencyVery seriousDirection is consistent; magnitude varies with the intensity of the background intervention.
IndirectnessNo concernNo serious concern identified in this domain.
ImprecisionNo concernNo serious concern identified in this domain.
Publication biasNo concernNo serious concern identified in this domain.
Overall rating: Low certainty. Confidence in the effect estimate is limited. The true effect may be substantially different from the estimate.

§1.4What this extract does not establish

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