Treatment with setmelanotide, a melanocortin-4 receptor agonist, led to a significant reduction in BMI in a difficult-to-treat population of patients with hypothalamic obesity.
No approved treatments currently exist for hypothalamic obesity, a condition resulting from hypothalamic damage, characterized by rapid and severe weight gain , and sometimes presenting as insatiable hunger.
Patients were administered age-dependent setmelanotide dose titration for the first 4 weeks, followed by 3.0 mg of subcutaneous setmelanotide daily for 12 weeks, with the total treatment duration being 16 weeks.
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