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Setmelanotide: a promising advancement for pediatric patients with rare forms of genetic obesity.


ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Examine Setmelanotide use in patients with rare genetic variants that disrupt the melanocortin pathway.

Recent findings

Between February 2017 and September 2018, 10 participants with pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)/ proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 1 (PCSK1) deficiency and 11 participants with leptin receptor (LEPR) deficiency were enrolled in open-label, phase 3 trials at 10 centers in the United States and internationally to assess the efficacy and safety of the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) agonist Setmelanotide. 80% of POMC participants and 45% of LEPR participants achieved at least 10% weight loss at 1 year. Significant changes in hunger scores were seen for both cohorts as well. Setmelanotide was well tolerated with injection site reactions and hyperpigmentation being the most common adverse events reported. As a result, Setmelanotide was approved by the U.S. FDA in 2020 for chronic weight management in adult and pediatric patients ≥6 years of age with POMC, LEPR, or PCSK1 deficiency. In 2022, its approval was extended to include patients with Bardet-Biedel syndrome (BBS) after phase 3 trial data showed that, on average, Setmelanotide treatment resulted in a BMI loss of 7.9% for the 44 BBS participants.

Summary

Rare genetic variants such as POMC, LEPR, and PCSK1 deficiency disrupt MC4R pathway signaling, resulting in severe early-onset obesity, hyperphagia, and increased risk for metabolic co-morbidities. Patients with BBS also demonstrate severe early-onset obesity and hyperphagia, due in part to defective MC4R signaling. Setmelanotide has shown promising benefits in improving satiety scores and weight-related outcomes in patients with these early-life genetic obesity conditions, although longer-term studies are needed.

SUBMITTER: Trapp CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9973437 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Setmelanotide: a promising advancement for pediatric patients with rare forms of genetic obesity.

Trapp Christine M CM   Censani Marisa M  

Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity 20230201 2


<h4>Purpose of review</h4>Examine Setmelanotide use in patients with rare genetic variants that disrupt the melanocortin pathway.<h4>Recent findings</h4>Between February 2017 and September 2018, 10 participants with pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)/ proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 1 (PCSK1) deficiency and 11 participants with leptin receptor (LEPR) deficiency were enrolled in open-label, phase 3 trials at 10 centers in the United States and internationally to assess the efficacy and safet  ...[more]

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