New diabetes and obesity research is being presented today at the 60th European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting by some of our collaborators. This year’s EASD Congress is taking place from 9-13 September in Madrid, Spain.
Results from a sub-study looking at changes in body composition using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) following treatment with a glucagon-like peptide-1(GLP-1)/glucagon dual receptor agonist will be presented in a short oral presentation. By quantitatively comparing changes in lean tissue, visceral adipose tissue (VAT), and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), the relative proportions of each type of tissue’s contribution to the overall weight loss could be assessed. This work was conducted as part of a collaboration between Altimmune, Pennington Biomedical Research Centre, and Antaros Medical.
Also being presented today as an oral presentation are some of the findings from the NAFLDiet Study. The NAFLDiet study is an interventional study investigating the effectiveness of different diets in reducing liver fat, glycaemic control, blood lipids, inflammation and weight loss. This study was led by researchers from Uppsala University in collaboration with Chalmers University of Technology, Lund University, and Antaros Medical.
You can find the abstract details for both presentations below.
Title: Pemvidutide preserves lean body mass during weight loss in patients with overweight and obesity: results of a phase 2, MRI-based body composition sub-study
Abstract number: 557
Authors: Heymsfield S, Suschak J, Kasper J, Gutierrez J, Tomah S, Johansson L, Johansson E, Yang J, Keeton S, Roberts M, Harris M, Browne SK
Session: SO 038 – Novel pharmacological approaches for the treatment of obesity and diabetes
Short oral presentation Tuesday, September 10 at 13:45 CEST
Title: Liver fat as a key target in dietary management of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes using novel diet therapies: a randomised clinical trial (The NAFLDiet study)
Abstract number: 30
Authors: Riserus U, Fridén M, Rosqvist F, Martinell M, Carlsson P-O, Johansson L, Johansson H-E, Rorsman F, Vessby J, Landberg R, Lind L, Orho-Melander M, Kullberg J, Ahlström H
Session: OP 05 – Can you change what you are by what you eat?
Oral presentation Tuesday September 10 at 10:30 CEST