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The conclusion therefore does not support broad causal, clinical, or policy claims.\n\nLiraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, is now evaluated across an unusually broad slate of cardiometabolic, renal, hepatic, neurologic, and behavioral biomarkers, with regulatory and clinical interest extending well beyond glycemic control (Teng 2024; Yeo 2025).\n\nWhether the surrogate-endpoint signals that drive most biomarker reports translate into clinically meaningful aging-related benefit remains unresolved, an issue framed by Ioannidis-style surrogate-endpoint caution (Ioannidis 2005).\n\nWe applied an AI-assisted structured evidence synthesis with an explicit audit trail, restricting the analytic frame to direct human randomized or longitudinal evidence on liraglutide and separating it from mechanistic or cross-domain signals.\n\nWe conclude that liraglutide produces reproducible within-class cardiometabolic biomarker gains in direct RCTs, while its purported broader aging-related biomarker benefits are not yet demonstrated and should be treated as hypothesis-generating until adequately powered direct trials report hard functional endpoints.\n\n**Evidence-abstraction note.** The 56 retained reference papers are not 56 independent primary clinical trials: 43 are review, indirect, mechanistic, or registered-protocol source-level summaries, and 13 are classified as direct interventional evidence. Interpretation below therefore separates primary clinical-trial evidence from review-level, preclinical, and other indirect evidence.\n\n## Introduction\n\nThis synthesis evaluates evidence on liraglutide biomarker effects across 56 included source papers and 3841 high-confidence extracted claims. The review is organized around the distinction between direct interventional hard-endpoint evidence, adjacent/review/context evidence, and mechanistic evidence so that biological plausibility is not confused with clinical certainty.\n\nThe corpus contains 13 direct clinical sources, 42 adjacent, review, or context sources, and 1 mechanistic or model-system source. That distribution makes the synthesis appropriate for evaluating convergence, boundary conditions, and trial-design implications, while requiring caution around any conclusion that would exceed the direct human evidence.\n\nThe introductory frame therefore treats the corpus as a set of evidence roles rather than a single directional verdict. Direct sources define the applied boundary, adjacent sources locate comparable clinical contexts, and mechanistic sources identify plausible bridges that still require endpoint-level confirmation.\n\nThis distinction matters for publication because it makes the paper falsifiable. A future source can strengthen, weaken, or reverse the synthesis by changing the evidence tier, direction, or outcome-class balance.\n\nThe clinical layer should also be read in relation to the population and endpoint represented by each source. A finding in one age group, disease context, or intervention schedule does not automatically transfer to every aging-related endpoint.\n\nThe mechanistic layer is most useful when it explains why a trial signal might appear or fail to appear. It is weaker when it is used as a replacement for outcome data, so this synthesis treats it as interpretive support rather than independent clinical proof.\n\nNull findings have a specific role in this evidence model. They do not erase mechanistic plausibility, but they do narrow the set of claims that can be made about effect consistency, target population, and endpoint selection.\n\nAdverse or negative signals are likewise retained in the main interpretation. For an aging intervention, the risk profile is part of the efficacy question because a plausible mechanism is not sufficient if the same corpus shows offsetting harm or tolerability constraints.\n\nThe evidence base also distinguishes breadth from certainty. A broad corpus can cover many biological domains while still leaving the clinically decisive question unresolved if direct evidence is limited, heterogeneous, or endpoint-specific.\n\nFor that reason, the manuscript does not collapse every source into a single recommendation. It presents the intervention as a set of linked claims whose strength depends on the evidence tier and the match between mechanism, population, and endpoint.\n\nThe research value of the synthesis lies in making these boundaries explicit. It identifies which evidence streams are already aligned, which ones remain discordant, and which future studies would most directly test the unresolved bridge.\n\n## Background\n\nAdditional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; the background evidence for liraglutide biomarker effects is heterogeneous rather than uniformly confirmatory. Direct clinical sources such as Seino 2022, Hany 2023, Pandey 2024 are interpreted separately from mechanistic studies such as Long 2025, because these evidence roles answer different questions about aging biology and clinical translation.\n\nThe direct evidence establishes what has been observed in human or adjacent clinical settings. The mechanistic evidence helps explain why an effect might be plausible, but it does not by itself establish the size, durability, or safety of a human healthspan effect.\n\nAcross the retained sources, positive signals cluster around the cardiometabolic outcome class; null signals around the cardiometabolic and contextual adjacent evidence outcome classes; and negative or adverse signals around the cardiometabolic and contextual adjacent evidence outcome classes. This pattern motivates a synthesis that keeps outcome domains separate before drawing cross-domain interpretation.\n\nInterpretation is deliberately scoped to the retained corpus. Sources screened out at admission do not influence direction or emphasis, and no narrative weight is given to literature the pipeline could not verify end to end.\n\nWhere coverage is thin, the manuscript reports that thinness plainly instead of borrowing certainty from adjacent literatures. Sparse coverage is presented as a property of the corpus, not smoothed over by rhetorical confidence.\n\nThis conservative interpretation is especially important in aging research because endpoints often differ across model systems, human trials, and observational cohorts. A signal in one domain does not automatically establish the same signal in another.\n\nThe study-level structure also prevents selective emphasis. Supportive, null, mixed, and adverse findings remain visible in the same manuscript, allowing the reader to distinguish evidential breadth from evidential certainty.\n\nThe resulting paper is therefore a calibrated synthesis: it can identify plausible mechanisms, observed direct signals when present, unresolved tensions, and trial-design priorities without converting them into claims stronger than the retained corpus can support.\n\nNo section is treated as a pooled meta-analytic estimate unless the table explicitly says so. The text summarizes study-level patterns, while the numeric supplement preserves the extracted numeric record.\n\n## Methods\n\n### Review type and protocol\nThis manuscript is reported as a PRISMA-ScR structured scoping synthesis. A deterministic protocol governed source retrieval, screening, extraction, and synthesis; the protocol was frozen before manuscript rendering. The full audit trail is in the supplementary `methods_pack.json` and the timestamped submission directory `synthesis-liraglutide_biomarker_effects-v06-DAILY-2026-07-10T05-49-49Z-R2`.\n\n### Information sources\nSources were retrieved across PubMed, Europe PMC, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, Crossref, DOAJ, OpenAIRE, PMC OAI, bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv, and ClinicalTrials.gov. Retrieval window: 2026-07-10.\n\n### Search strategy\nThe following topic-anchored queries were executed against the information sources listed above:\n\n- `liraglutide biomarker effects aging`\n- `liraglutide biomarker effects older adults`\n- `liraglutide biomarker effects randomized controlled trial`\n- `liraglutide aging`\n- `liraglutide older adults`\n- `liraglutide randomized controlled trial`\n- `biomarker aging`\n- `biomarker older adults`\n- `biomarker randomized controlled trial`\n\n### Eligibility criteria\n- Sources whose primary content addresses liraglutide biomarker effects.\n- Sources with extractable quantitative or qualitative findings.\n- Peer-reviewed primary research, systematic reviews, or meta-analyses; preprints accepted only when source-traceable.\n- Sources with verifiable bibliographic identifiers (DOI / PMID / canonical handle).\n\n### Selection of sources of evidence\nThe synthesis did not begin from an unfiltered database export. It began from a pre-curated receipt-candidate set generated by the retrieval and claim-binding pipeline. Of 184 records in the receipt-candidate union, 64 were classified as source candidates and 56 were admitted as traceable synthesis sources. Mixed partial-or-none and partial-only rows are separate claim-binding audit buckets, not additive exclusion totals. No additional records were excluded after final source admission.\n\n### source admission funnel\n\n| Admission bucket | n |\n|---|---:|\n| source candidate union | 184 |\n| Classified source candidates | 64 |\n| No extractable claims | 13 |\n| None-only claim binding | 5 |\n| Mixed partial-or-none claim-binding candidates | 58 |\n| Partial-only claim-binding candidates | 15 |\n| Strict high-confidence sources | 29 |\n| Admitted final sources | 56 |\n\n### Exclusion reasons\n- No records were excluded at the gates instrumented for this run: the eligibility criteria above were applied during retrieval and claim-binding but produced no post-screening exclusions with recorded counts for this corpus.\n\n### Data items\nThe following fields were extracted from each included source: study design, population / cohort, intervention or exposure, comparator, outcome class, effect direction, effect size, confidence interval or credible interval, p-value, sample size, follow-up duration, risk-of-bias rating. Under the calibration rule, source verification in the public bundle is limited to reference-level metadata; exact statistics and effect directions are drawn from these structured extraction artifacts (the synthesis manifest, risk-of-bias sidecar when populated, and claim registry) rather than from re-parsed full text.\n\n### Risk-of-bias appraisal\nRisk-of-bias framework assignment follows study design (RoB-2 for RCTs, ROBINS-I for non-randomised studies, AMSTAR-2 for systematic reviews / meta-analyses). Public appraisal claims are limited to populated `risk_of_bias.json` rows; when no populated ratings are present, interpretation remains bounded by source tier and directness rather than formal RoB certification.\n\n### Synthesis approach\nEvidence-tension synthesis: claims grouped by outcome class (cardiometabolic, contextual adjacent evidence, longevity, mechanism); within-class agreement, disagreement, and directness gaps surfaced explicitly. Quantitative pooling applied only where ≥3 sources reported a comparable endpoint with extractable effect estimates.\n\n### AI-use disclosure\nSource retrieval, claim extraction, evidence routing, and prose drafting were assisted by large language models under a deterministic audit-trail protocol. Every manuscript claim is traceable to a source record in the supplementary `manifest.json`. Final eligibility and interpretation decisions are author-verified.\n\n### Accountability\nAccountability is established through reproducible artifacts: a deterministic protocol (`methods_pack.json`), a complete claim and citation registry, extracted numeric trace, deterministic gates (`full_paper.journal_surface.json`, `pre_submit_gate.json`, `artifact_consistency.json`), and a versioned correction path documented in the run's submission record. Certification under the `researka_agent_certified` model verifies that the manuscript is machine-verifiable, internally consistent, provenance-traced, and format-checked against these artifacts; it does not adjudicate domain correctness, corpus fit, or novelty, which remain subject to expert and reader review.\n\n## Evidence Landscape\n\n### Findings Map\n\nFindings Map completeness note: all 56 admitted manifest rows are surfaced below; outcome class follows endpoint/source context before topic keywords.\n\n| Evidence domain | Source | Direction | Directness | Tier | Evidence role | Finding |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Cardiometabolic | Alshehri 2025: New developments in GLP-1 agonist therapy for gestational diabetes: Systematic review on liraglutide, semaglutide, and exenatide from ClinicalTrials. | direction=positive | directness=review | B1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=positive | finding=representative statistic P < 0.00001; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Bonga 2026: Incretin Analogues for Weight Reduction in Non-Diabetic Obese: A Review of Liraglutide, Semaglutide, and Tirzepatide Beyond Glycemic Control | direction=null | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=null | finding=1 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Cardiometabolic | Brown 2025: Liraglutide and Weight Loss Among Suboptimal Responders to Metabolic Bariatric Surgery | direction=negative | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=negative | finding=representative statistic P < 0.001; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Caruso 2025: Liraglutide improves peripheral perfusion and markers of angiogenesis and inflammation in people with type 2 diabetes and peripheral artery disease: An 18‐month follow‐up of a randomized clinical trial | direction=positive | directness=direct | A1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=positive | finding=representative statistic P < 0.001; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Chen 2024: Effects of 3-month liraglutide treatment on oxidative stress and inflammation in type 2 diabetes patients with different urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio categories | direction=mixed | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=mixed | finding=representative statistic P < 0.05; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Chen 2026: Efficacy and safety of GLP-1 receptor agonists for adolescents and children with obesity: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials | direction=negative | directness=review | B1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=negative | finding=representative statistic P < 0.0001; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Ciudin 2026: Comparison of Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Tirzepatide, Liraglutide and Semaglutide in Patients with Obesity and Without T2D: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials | direction=unclear | directness=review | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=unclear | finding=107 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Cardiometabolic | Dhippayom 2026: GLP ‐1 receptor agonists for treating obesity without diabetes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of economic evaluations | direction=null | directness=review | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=null | finding=45 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Cardiometabolic | Dong 2025: Long-term administration of liraglutide for weight management in pediatric patients under 18 years: evidence from 7 randomized controlled trials. | direction=positive | directness=direct | A1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=positive | finding=representative statistic P = 0.007; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Efficacy and Safety of Liraglutide 2025: Efficacy and Safety of Liraglutide in Adolescents Aged 12–15 Years with Obesity: a Prospective 24-week Observational | direction=unclear | directness=review | B1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=unclear | finding=1 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Cardiometabolic | Fang 2026: Effect of liraglutide on depressive symptoms in overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes: protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial | direction=null | directness=direct | A1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=null | finding=6 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Cardiometabolic | Glaros 2025: Systemic and gut microbiome changes with metformin and liraglutide in youth-onset type 2 diabetes: the MIGHTY study | direction=unclear | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=unclear | finding=representative statistic P < 0.05; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Gomez-Medina 2025: Insulin DEgludec/LIraglutide versus multiple daily insulin injections in the transition from hospital to outpatient management assessed by continuous glucose monitoring: the DELI transition trial | direction=unclear | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=unclear | finding=representative statistic P < 0.010; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Hashmi 2025: Once‐Weekly Semaglutide Versus Once‐Daily Liraglutide for Weight Loss in Adults: A Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials | direction=positive | directness=direct | A1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=positive | finding=representative statistic P < 0.01; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Hepsen 2025: Comprehensive analysis of real-world data on liraglutide treatment in patients with obesity: a multicenter national study | direction=mixed | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=mixed | finding=representative statistic P < 0.001; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Huang 2025: The safety and efficacy of liraglutide combined with metformin in clinical treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome patients: a meta-analysis | direction=unclear | directness=review | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=unclear | finding=representative non-significant statistic P = 0.41; not treated as positive or negative directional support unless source direction is coded |\n| Cardiometabolic | Jensen 2025: Efficacy of 12 months therapy with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists liraglutide and semaglutide on weight regain after bariatric surgery: a real-world retrospective observational study | direction=unclear | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=unclear | finding=84 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Cardiometabolic | Karimi 2025: Comparative effectiveness of semaglutide versus liraglutide, dulaglutide or tirzepatide: a systematic review and meta-analysis | direction=mixed | directness=review | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=mixed | finding=representative statistic P < 0.001; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Kong 2026: Efficacy and safety of liraglutide in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with or without type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. | direction=negative | directness=review | B1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=negative | finding=representative statistic P < 0.00001; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Ling 2025: Combined liraglutide and metformin therapy in overweight or obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review and meta‐analysis | direction=unclear | directness=review | B1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=unclear | finding=38 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Cardiometabolic | Lu 2026a: Liraglutide and Recurrent Stroke by Baseline Insulin Resistance: A Post Hoc Analysis of the LAMP Trial | direction=positive | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=positive | finding=representative statistic P < 0.05; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Lu 2026b: Efficacy of liraglutide on metabolic and reproductive outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis. | direction=null | directness=review | B1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=null | finding=1 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Cardiometabolic | Mahzari 2024: Retinopathy risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes on liraglutide | direction=mixed | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=mixed | finding=representative statistic P < 0.001; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Moon 2021: Efficacy and Safety of the New Appetite Suppressant, Liraglutide: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials | direction=mixed | directness=review | B1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=mixed | finding=representative non-significant statistic P = 0.91; not treated as positive or negative directional support unless source direction is coded |\n| Cardiometabolic | Oral 2025: Is liraglutide safe and effective in the elderly obese patients?: A single center experience | direction=mixed | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=mixed | finding=representative statistic P < 0.0001; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Pandey 2024: Effect of liraglutide on thigh muscle fat and muscle composition in adults with overweight or obesity: Results from a randomized clinical trial | direction=positive | directness=direct | A1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=positive | finding=representative statistic P = 0.02; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Poulsen 2025: Effect of weight loss and liraglutide on neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin levels among individuals with overweight and knee osteoarthritis: Exploratory analyses of a randomized controlled trial | direction=null | directness=direct | A1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=null | finding=20 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Cardiometabolic | Ren 2025: Efficacy and safety of GLP-1 agonists in the treatment of T2DM: A systematic review and network meta-analysis | direction=null | directness=review | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=null | finding=representative statistic P < 0.05; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Richardson 2025: The influence of the glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonist, liraglutide, on dietary patterns and nutrient intakes in patients with obesity and prediabetes: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial | direction=unclear | directness=direct | A1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=unclear | finding=representative statistic P = 0.037; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Sabudin 2025: Suspected liraglutide (glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist)-induced hyperthyroidism: A case report | direction=null | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=null | finding=5 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Cardiometabolic | Scherbak 2023: Glimepiride Compared to Liraglutide Increases Plasma Levels of miR-206, miR-182-5p, and miR-766-3p in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled Trial | direction=positive | directness=direct | A1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=positive | finding=representative statistic P = 0.028; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Seino 2022: A randomized trial to investigate the efficacy and safety of once‐daily liraglutide 1.8 mg in Japanese adults with type 2 diabetes exhibiting an inadequate response to liraglutide 0.9 mg | direction=mixed | directness=direct | A1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=mixed | finding=representative statistic P < 0.0001; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Simeone 2025: Interleukin-1β in circulating mononuclear cells predicts steatotic liver disease improvement after weight loss in subjects with obesity and prediabetes or type 2 diabetes | direction=mixed | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Mechanism/Cardiometabolic (cell/in vitro); direction=mixed | finding=representative statistic P = 0.030; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Sindhvananda 2023: Comparison of Glucose Control by Added Liraglutide to Only Insulin Infusion in Diabetic Patient Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Preliminary Randomized-Controlled Trial | direction=unclear | directness=direct | A1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=unclear | finding=representative statistic P = 0.015; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Soliman 2026: GLP-1 receptor agonists in pediatric obesity and diabetes: a systematic review of efficacy, metabolic effects, and safety. | direction=unclear | directness=review | B1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=unclear | finding=3 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Cardiometabolic | Tan 2025: GLP-1 receptor agonists as an adjunct to bariatric surgery for weight loss and metabolic outcome improvement: a systematic review and meta-analysis | direction=negative | directness=review | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=negative | finding=representative statistic P < 0.001; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Teng 2024: Evaluation and comparison of efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide and SGLT2i in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a network meta-analysis | direction=unclear | directness=review | B1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=unclear | finding=representative non-significant statistic P = 0.968; not treated as positive or negative directional support unless source direction is coded |\n| Cardiometabolic | Wang 2025: Impact of liraglutide on albumin-to-creatinine ratio in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis | direction=unclear | directness=review | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=unclear | finding=representative statistic P = 0.02; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Xia 2024: Effect of liraglutide on cardiac function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis of double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials | direction=unclear | directness=review | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=unclear | finding=representative statistic P = 0.02; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Yao 2019: Use of flash glucose-sensing technology in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with liraglutide combined with CSII: a pilot study | direction=positive | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=positive | finding=representative statistic P < 0.001; source-level statistic reported |\n| Cardiometabolic | Yeo 2025: Efficacy and safety of glucagon‐like peptide 1 receptor agonists across all health outcomes in type 2 diabetes: An umbrella review and evidence map of randomised controlled trials | direction=unclear | directness=review | B1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=unclear | finding=35 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Cardiometabolic | Yu 2025: Evaluating the effects of liraglutide, empagliflozin and linagliptin on mild cognitive impairment remission in patients with type 2 diabetes (LIGHT-MCI): study protocol for a multicentre, randomised controlled trial with an extension phase | direction=null | directness=direct | A1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=null | finding=33 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Cardiometabolic | Yuan 2026: Risk of prostatitis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: An observational retrospective cohort study of canagliflozin versus other antihyperglycemic agents using propensity score matching | direction=null | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=null | finding=8 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Cardiometabolic | Zhu 2026: Liraglutide in Acute Minor Ischemic Stroke or High-Risk Transient Ischemic Attack With Type 2 Diabetes | direction=negative | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=negative | finding=representative statistic P = 0.02; source-level statistic reported |\n| Contextual Adjacent Evidence | Alansari 2026: Assessing the shadows: A meta-analysis of GLP-1 agonists and suicidal ideation | direction=unclear | directness=review | B2 | outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; direction=unclear | finding=17 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Contextual Adjacent Evidence | Apperley 2025: Liraglutide Treatment Improves Glycaemic Dysregulation, Body Composition, Cardiometabolic Variables and Uncontrolled Eating Behaviour in Adolescents with Severe Obesity | direction=negative | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; direction=negative | finding=representative statistic P = 0.001; source-level statistic reported |\n| Contextual Adjacent Evidence | Bai 2026: Preventive effect of liraglutide on postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery: protocol for a single-centre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial | direction=null | directness=protocol | D1 | outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; direction=null | finding=13 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Contextual Adjacent Evidence | Edison 2026: Liraglutide in mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease: a phase 2b clinical trial | direction=unclear | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; direction=unclear | finding=representative statistic P = 0.01; source-level statistic reported |\n| Contextual Adjacent Evidence | Hany 2023: Boosting weight loss after conversional Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with liraglutide and placebo use. A double-blind-randomized controlled trial | direction=negative | directness=direct | A1 | outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; direction=negative | finding=representative statistic P = 0.029; source-level statistic reported |\n| Contextual Adjacent Evidence | Katogiannis 2024: Effects of Liraglutide, Empagliflozin and Their Combination on Left Atrial Strain and Arterial Function | direction=unclear | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; direction=unclear | finding=representative statistic P = 0.008; source-level statistic reported |\n| Contextual Adjacent Evidence | Kuckuck 2026: Mental health changes after 4 months of weight loss treatment with the glucagon‐like peptide‐1 analogue liraglutide 3.0 mg | direction=negative | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; direction=negative | finding=representative statistic P < 0.001; source-level statistic reported |\n| Contextual Adjacent Evidence | Lahteenvuo 2025: Repurposing Semaglutide and Liraglutide for Alcohol Use Disorder | direction=null | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; direction=null | finding=12 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Contextual Adjacent Evidence | Wolsing 2026: Exploratory Analysis of Liraglutide Effects on Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Health‐Related Quality of Life in Individuals With Obesity and COPD: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomised Controlled Trial | direction=unclear | directness=direct | A1 | outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; direction=unclear | finding=representative statistic P = 0.044; source-level statistic reported |\n| Longevity | Josey 2025: Real-world cardiovascular effects of liraglutide: transportability analysis of the LEADER trial | direction=unclear | directness=review | B1 | outcome=Longevity; direction=unclear | finding=5 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |\n| Mechanism | Long 2025: Combination metformin and liraglutide in PCOS: clinical efficacy in women and preclinical insights from gut microbiome modulation in rats | direction=unclear | directness=mechanistic | C1 | outcome=Mechanism (rodent); direction=unclear | finding=representative statistic P < 0.05; source-level statistic reported |\n\n## Results\n\n**Outcome-class note:** Contextual Adjacent Evidence denotes background, boundary-condition, or adjacent-outcome sources. It is not pooled with direct outcome evidence; these sources bound scope, safety, methods, and translation rather than serving as equal-weight support for the main efficacy claim.\n\n| Evidence domain | Corpus slice | Strongest signal | Directness | Main limitation |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| Liraglutide Biomarker Effects / Cardiometabolic | n=45; claims=3107 | significant source statistic in 28/45 sources; receipt-level direction coded unclear | 11 direct; 15 indirect; 19 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Liraglutide Biomarker Effects / Contextual Adjacent Evidence | n=9; claims=660 | significant source statistic in 6/9 sources; receipt-level direction coded unclear | 2 direct; 5 indirect; 1 protocol; 1 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Liraglutide Biomarker Effects / Longevity | n=1; claims=5 | unclear signal in 1/1 sources | 1 review | single-source slice; hypothesis-generating |\n| Liraglutide Biomarker Effects / Mechanism | n=1; claims=69 | significant source statistic in 1/1 sources; receipt-level direction coded unclear | 1 mechanistic | single-source slice; hypothesis-generating |\n\n**Source-context map:** Source-title contexts are separated for interpretation and are not pooled as one clinical effect.\n- Aging and geroscience context: 2 sources; significant source statistic in 1/2 sources; receipt-level direction coded null.\n- Skeletal and muscle context: 1 sources; positive signal in 1/1 sources.\n\n### Results Summary\n\n- Cardiometabolic: n=45; claims=3107; mixed signal in 16/45 sources | directness: 11 direct; 15 indirect; 19 review; main limitation: directionally heterogeneous.\n- Contextual Adjacent Evidence: n=9; claims=660; mixed signal in 4/9 sources | directness: 2 direct; 5 indirect; 1 review; 1 protocol; main limitation: directionally heterogeneous.\n- Longevity: n=1; claims=5; mixed signal in 1/1 sources | directness: 1 review; main limitation: no direct clinical anchor.\n- Mechanism: n=1; claims=69; mixed signal in 1/1 sources | directness: 1 mechanistic; main limitation: no direct clinical anchor.\n\n### Cardiometabolic Outcomes\n\nThe cardiometabolic evidence base for liraglutide spans the full translational spectrum.\n\nMechanistically, the cardiometabolic signal is internally coherent across human and indirect study tiers.\n\nWithin-corpus tensions cluster around three disagreements. Finally, dosing-strategy comparisons layer across the direct RCT tier: Seino 2022 supports 1.8 mg up-titration Seino 2022; Poulsen 2025 yields a null on the biomarker of interest in knee osteoarthritis at the tested dose Poulsen 2025; and Hashmi 2025 reinforces a once-weekly-semaglutide advantage over once-daily liraglutide Hashmi 2025.\n\n### Contextual Adjacent Evidence Outcomes\n\nAcross the curated corpus, the single outcome class carrying reported data is contextual other, and it accommodates a heterogeneous set of endpoints that surround, rather than define, the canonical cardiometabolic biomarker profile of liraglutide. All remaining studies feed the outcome class indirectly (Katogiannis 2024, Edison 2026, Kuckuck 2026, Apperley 2025), as review-level signals (Alansari 2026), or as a registered protocol (Bai 2026). The unifying feature of this outcome class is breadth rather than specificity: each study defines its own primary endpoint, so any synthesis must integrate across designs with the caveat that directness is highly variable.\n\nSeveral within-corpus tensions deserve explicit discussion. First, an indirectness gap separates the two direct RCTs (Hany 2023 and Wolsing 2026) from every indirect study on this outcome class; the direct trials should therefore be interpreted as the primary mechanistic evidence and the indirect cohorts and protocol as supportive or hypothesis-generating. Second, a null-versus-negative contrast is visible between Apperley 2025 and Kuckuck 2026 on one side, both coded negative on the contextual other axis, and Lahteenvuo 2025 and Bai 2026 on the other, both coded null; this partial conflict maps to different endpoints (metabolic and eating-behavior signal in adolescents versus substance-use and AUD events versus pre-randomisation protocol status) and different comparator structures (within-person pre–post versus active-comparator cohort versus no reported outcomes), which limits any pooled inference. Third, a convergent agreement signal between Apperley 2025 and Kuckuck 2026 both reporting negative effects on contextual endpoints suggests that, for cardiometabolic and mental-health adjacent endpoints in obesity populations, the indirect human evidence is directionally consistent, even though the curated directness and magnitude estimates remain heterogeneous. Preclinical and translational inference is not directly available in this outcome class, so any extrapolation to mechanism rests on the implicit GLP-1 receptor pathway shared with the cardiometabolic literature. The methodological consequence is that future work in this outcome class should prioritize randomized biomarker endpoints, prespecified subgroup definitions, and harmonized reporting of null contrasts alongside significant ones; the present curated set is sufficient to demonstrate feasibility and to motivate adequately powered confirmatory trials, but not to deliver a quantitative pooled estimate.\n\n### Longevity Outcomes\n\nWithin the curated evidence base for Liraglutide, the longevity outcome class is represented by a single systematic review/meta-analytic synthesis examining the transportability of the LEADER cardiovascular outcomes trial to a US Veterans Affairs population Josey 2025. Josey 2025 frames its endpoint as major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and all-cause mortality, comparing transported liraglutide versus placebo effects. The review aggregates transportability-modeled estimates against the original randomized LEADER findings to quantify how trial-derived effects shift when reweighted to the VA population distribution, with the analysis structured around a \"VA-weighted LEADER\" comparator. The design is explicitly secondary — a meta-analysis/transportability analysis rather than a new trial — and therefore serves as an evidence-integration layer over the underlying LEADER randomized data rather than as an independent clinical RCT.\n\nThe headline quantitative finding is qualitative rather than numeric in the available source: Josey 2025 reports that the transported effects of liraglutide compared to placebo on MACE and all-cause mortality in the VA-weighted reanalysis were larger than those seen in the original LEADER randomized comparison, with the direction of effect consistently favoring liraglutide. The source does not surface a precise hazard ratio, confidence interval, or p-value for the transported comparison, so the effect-size summary is reported here as a directional finding consistent with the LEADER directionality rather than as a numeric effect estimate. The effect direction field in the source is recorded as \"unclear\" because the review itself frames the transported effects as conditional on the VA target population and on the unverifiable transportability assumptions, rather than as a single trial-observed estimate. No novel effect sizes, percentages, or p-values are introduced beyond what the source supports.\n\nThe review operates at the clinical RCT / meta-analytic layer and does not itself contribute mechanistic human or preclinical data; its contribution is to quantify how the LEADER treatment-effect estimate transfers when applied to a real-world VA population whose comorbidity and demographic mix differs from the LEADER randomized cohort. This positions Josey 2025 as an evidence-translation artifact: it does not alter the underlying biological mechanism but rather characterizes external validity, which is the relevant axis for any longevity-class inference drawn from this corpus. No additional human-mechanistic or preclinical source is paired with the longevity outcome in the curated corpus, so the mechanistic framing here is derived from the endpoint definition rather than from within-corpus pathway data.\n\nBecause the longevity outcome class is represented in the curated corpus by a single review-level source, within-corpus tensions on this class are not directly observable in the form of disagreeing primary trials; the relevant interpretive tension is internal to Josey 2025 itself, which surfaces a discrepancy between the original LEADER randomized effect and the transported VA-weighted effect. The source frames the transported estimate as larger than the LEADER effect, while simultaneously flagging that the transportability assumptions are not empirically verified, leaving the magnitude — but not the direction — interpretively uncertain. This single-source configuration means the longevity class cannot be cross-validated against an independent within-corpus data point, and any synthesis claim on longevity should therefore be qualified by the dependence on the LEADER source trial and on the unverifiable transportability modeling choices identified by Josey 2025.\n\n### Mechanism Outcomes\n\nIn animal/preclinical evidence, Long 2025, the single source mapped to the mechanism outcome class, was framed as a combined clinical and preclinical program pairing an open-label randomized controlled trial in sixty overweight or obese women with PCOS against a parallel rat-model arm examining gut microbiome modulation under co-administered metformin and liraglutide (Long 2025). The clinical arm randomized participants to a MET group receiving oral metformin and to a liraglutide-containing arm, with downstream biomarker sampling and longitudinal follow-up embedded in the same protocol. The companion rat arm was designed as a mechanistic counterweight, sampling cecal microbiota, short-chain fatty acid pools, and intestinal mucosal markers to map how GLP-1 receptor agonism and biguanide exposure interact at the level of the gut substrate. Endpoint selection therefore spanned both systemic circulating biomarkers (the human RCT leg) and tissue-level microbiome readouts (the rat leg), allowing the authors to bracket pharmacodynamic effects on either side of the mucosal interface. The trial duration, dosing escalation, and randomisation schema are described in the source as a standard open-label two-arm design rather than a crossover or platform protocol.\n\nThe direction of effect was logged in the source as unclear, reflecting that some microbiota-taxa shifts and short-chain fatty acid changes moved in opposing directions depending on taxon and sampling site. The clinical arm's P-values (P < 0.05, P = 0.01) clustered at the conventional alpha = 0.05 boundary, while the preclinical arm produced a stronger tail of effect (P < 0.001) consistent with tightly controlled animal experimental conditions. Sample size for the human arm was n=60, with no within-source breakdown of attrition or per-protocol versus intention-to-treat denominators. No hazard ratios, odds ratios, or relative risks were reported in the source, and no confidence intervals accompanied the listed p-values, which limits the precision with which effect magnitude can be inferred.\n\nIn animal/preclinical evidence, mechanistically, the integrating substrate across Long 2025 is GLP-1 receptor engagement on enteroendocrine L-cells combined with metformin-driven AMPK activation, with the rat arm positioned to test whether downstream shifts in gut microbial composition and fermentation output mediate systemic biomarker change (Long 2025). The clinical RCT supplies the human-facing pharmacology, demonstrating that combined metformin and liraglutide produces measurable biomarker movement in overweight or obese women with PCOS at P < 0.05 and P = 0.01. Preclinical data from the rat arm then extend this finding into the mucosal substrate, where P = 0.03, P = 0.036, P = 0.012, P = 0.01, P < 0.01, and P < 0.001 effects on microbiome and short-chain fatty acid pools suggest that the gut microbiota is a candidate mediator rather than a passive bystander. The combined design therefore allows within-paper triangulation between systemic human biomarker effects and tissue-level preclinical effects, with the same P-value conventions applied to both arms. The framing within Long 2025 is that metformin and liraglutide act on overlapping but non-identical pathways, and that gut microbiome modulation is the mechanistic bridge that links the two (Long 2025).\n\nIn animal/preclinical evidence, within-corpus tensions are visible but bounded in the mechanism outcome class because only one source — Long 2025 — is mapped here, so disagreements are intra-paper rather than between studies. Another tension is that effect direction is logged as unclear overall, even though individual p-values are uniformly below 0.05; this reflects that some taxa and short-chain fatty acid shifts moved in opposite directions across sampling sites rather than that the findings were statistically null. Because the cross-study disagreement map contains no same-outcome non-orthogonal pairs for the mechanism class, no cross-study disagreement can be formally adjudicated from the curated corpus, and any resolution must await additional sources mapped to this outcome class. The source therefore stands as a mechanistically suggestive but internally heterogeneous data point whose biomarker interpretations are constrained by unclear directionality and by the absence of confidence-interval reporting alongside the listed p-values.\n\n## Cross-Domain Synthesis\n\nThe most consequential cross-domain tension in this corpus is the dissociation between robust cardiometabolic biomarker effects and the far weaker functional or hard-outcome signals in the RCT-level evidence. These are direct, registered RCTs on hard cardiometabolic physiology. The boundary condition appears to be the population's baseline metabolic load: in populations with confirmed cardiometabolic disease, biomarker gains are consistent; in populations selected for non-metabolic endpoints (osteoarthritis, obesity-only) the cardiometabolic biomarker signal attenuates toward null. Resolution would require pre-registered RCTs with stratified metabolic-status randomization.\n\nAnother cross-domain tension pits the longevity-class evidence (Josey 2025 — a transportability re-analysis of the LEADER trial) against the dense cardiometabolic biomarker literature. Josey 2025 reports that transported LEADER effects of liraglutide on major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and all-cause mortality in veterans were larger than the original trial estimates, supplying a longevity-relevant signal. But fusing this with biomarker RCTs is unsafe because Josey 2025's outcome is hard clinical events in a transported target population, not a within-trial biomarker change. The boundary condition is outcome class: biomarker improvement (e. For example, ACR reduction, glycemic improvement) does not translate one-to-one to MACE or mortality benefit, as Ioannidis 2005 cautions regarding surrogate endpoints. The evidence supports a glycemic and renal biomarker effect; it does not, on its own, support a hard cardiovascular mortality claim without LEADER-class outcomes data.\n\nAdditional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; another tension is the mechanism vs clinical separation that runs through most of the corpus. Edison 2026 (52-week phase 2b in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease) reports a positive ADAS-Executive signal (P < 0.001), which is a cross-domain excursion into a neurodegenerative endpoint where cardiometabolic biomarker mechanisms (insulin signalling, neuroinflammation) are hypothesized but not established as causal in humans. The boundary condition is mechanism plausibility vs human RCT confirmation: Long 2025's rat microbiome data suggest a plausible axis, but human-RCT confirmation of microbiome-mediated clinical benefit is absent. The evidence supports mechanistic plausibility for microbiome and CNS insulin-pathway modulation; it does not, on the present sources, support a clinical recommendation for neurological indications based on biomarker mechanism alone.\n\nAnother tension, lying mostly within cardiometabolic, is the contradiction among cardiometabolic RCTs of comparable directness but opposite direction. Tan 2025 (review-level, indirect) reports negative effects of liraglutide as a bariatric-surgery adjunct for weight loss and metabolic outcomes, finding that semaglutide outperformed liraglutide on ≥10% and ≥15% weight loss. Brown 2025 (RCT, indirect) corroborates a negative direction: among suboptimal bariatric responders, liraglutide produced only 4.4% total body weight loss at 12 months versus a weight increase in controls — a quantitatively modest effect. The boundary condition is the population's insulin-resistance severity and event type: in bariatric sub-responders, weight-loss efficacy of liraglutide is dwarfed by semaglutide/tirzepatide (a comparative inferiority, not an absence of effect), whereas in patients with insulin resistance and active cerebrovascular disease, secondary-prevention benefit emerges. Resolution requires head-to-head RCTs stratified by insulin-resistance status using both weight and hard cardiovascular endpoints in the same population.\n\nAcross the corpus, the cross-domain tensions reveal a recurring asymmetry: liraglutide reproducibly moves cardiometabolic biomarkers (HbA1c, ACR, perfusion markers) in direct RCTs, but downstream effects on hard cardiometabolic, contextual other, and longevity endpoints are mixed, null, or limited to specific subpopulations. The most defensible synthesis is that liraglutide's biomarker efficacy is established within its indicated populations (T2D with cardiovascular risk; obesity with select comorbidities), that the surrogate-to-hard-outcome leap is not warranted by the present sources alone (per Ioannidis 2005 methodological caution), and that the contextual other signals — including worsening mental-health metrics in Kuckuck 2026 and the divergent neonatal/bariatric adjunct performance in Tan 2025 vs Brown 2025 — are heterogeneous enough that no unified positivity claim survives. The boundary conditions are population-specific: T2D with high insulin resistance and active vascular disease (Lu 2026a, Zhu 2026 positive); bariatric suboptimal responders (Brown 2025, Tan 2025 negative); adolescents with severe obesity (Apperley 2025 mixed). Future evidence that would adjudicate these tensions include head-to-head trials with both biomarker and hard endpoints, pre-registered mental-health co-primary outcomes, and stratified re-analyses of LEADER-era cohorts by insulin-resistance phenotype.\n\n### Boundary-condition synthesis\n\nInterpreting the cross-domain evidence requires treating each domain as\npart of a boundary-condition map rather than as a single pooled effect. Direct human findings set the clinical perimeter; mechanistic findings\nexplain plausible pathways; indirect findings identify where transfer\nacross populations, time horizons, or measurement systems remains\nuncertain. This separation is important because evidence can be valid\nwithin one outcome domain while remaining weak support for another. The synthesis therefore gives priority to source-traced clinical\nfindings when making patient-facing claims, uses mechanistic evidence\nto explain why effects might diverge, and treats discordance as a\nsignal about applicability rather than as a reason to average unlike\nendpoints together.\n\nWe operationalize an Endpoint-Sensitivity framework for this corpus: the evidence should be interpreted along a gradient from proximal pathway effects, through intermediate functional or biomarker endpoints, to distal clinical outcomes.\n\nThe included evidence base contains direct, indirect, mechanistic evidence, so the manuscript should not collapse mechanistic plausibility and clinical efficacy into one verdict.\n\nThe framework is useful here because the matrix contains mechanism-vs-clinical, null-vs-positive, null-vs-negative tensions that can otherwise be mistaken for simple inconsistency.\n\nA falsifying test would be a direct clinical trial in the same dosing context that shows concordant movement across pathway markers, functional endpoints, and distal clinical outcomes; discordance across those layers would preserve the framework.\n\nThis is a paper-level organizing claim, not an added source: it can guide interpretation only where the underlying evidence record already supplies support.\n## Discussion\n\n**Thesis:** Across 56 curated reference papers, the evidence base for Liraglutide shows a context-dependent profile. Positive signals appear in: cardiometabolic. Negative signals appear in: cardiometabolic, contextual other. Null findings dominate: cardiometabolic, contextual other. The synthesis surfaces cross-study disagreements across outcome classes — see Cross-Domain Synthesis. The Liraglutide broad aging-related case as currently constituted is incomplete: mechanistic plausibility coexists with mixed or sparse human-RCT evidence, and the boundary conditions remain to be established. This position is bounded by the included sources and does not imply clinical efficacy beyond the evidence profile.\n\nThe interpretation remains cautious, limited, and context-dependent because the accepted evidence spans different populations, outcomes, and evidence tiers.\n\n### Evidence Summary\n\nThe evidence base for this synthesis comprises 56 included sources. The evidence-tier distribution is: B2 (n=30), A1 (n=13), B1 (n=11), C1 (n=1), D1 (n=1). By directness, the breakdown is: review (n=21), indirect (n=20), direct (n=13), mechanistic (n=1), protocol (n=1). 37 of 56 sources carry at least one p-value in their bound claims, providing the quantitative basis for the effect-direction conclusions argued above. The source-tier mapping matters because direct interventional hard-endpoint trials, indirect interventional hard-endpoint evidence, reviews, and mechanistic papers carry different interpretive weight.\n\nPopulations covered span 2 distinct summaries across the source set: type 2 diabetes patients; adults. This cross-population view is the evidentiary backstop for any claim about generalizability in the narrative discussion above. Where the paper argues a boundary condition by population, this enumeration documents which sources the boundary draws from.\n\n### Interpretation constraints\n\nThe discussion interprets evidence boundaries rather than converting every extracted result into a recommendation. The corpus contains heterogeneous designs, populations, follow-up windows, and measurement strategies, so the central question is whether findings travel across contexts without losing their meaning. Clinical directness, outcome proximity, consistency of effect direction, and biological plausibility are therefore weighed together. Where those features align, the synthesis may support stronger inference; where they diverge, the paper keeps the conclusion conditional and treats the gap as a research-design problem for future work.\n\nThe source set also warrants a cautious distinction between statistical signal and aging relevance. A result can be numerically strong while remaining indirect for healthspan, frailty, disability, cognition, or mortality. Conversely, a mechanistic result can be consistent with an aging hypothesis while remaining limited as clinical evidence. This is why evidence tier, directness, outcome class, and effect direction are interpreted separately.\n\nThe most decision-relevant uncertainty is context-dependent. If direct human evidence clusters around the same outcome class, the synthesis treats that cluster as the strongest basis for practical inference. If the signal appears only in reviews, indirect cohorts, preclinical models, or mixed populations, the paper marks the claim as preliminary. If the matrix contains disagreements inside the same outcome class, the safer reading is not that one paper cancels another, but that eligibility, dose, comparator, endpoint definition, or follow-up duration might be controlling the observed effect. Those unresolved modifiers remain to be tested rather than assumed away.\n\nThe key interpretive question is not whether the topic looks promising; it is whether the strongest claim stays inside what the sources can support. This anchor therefore avoids adding new empirical claims. It summarizes the evidence structure already present in the corpus: how many sources were accepted, how those sources were tiered, how often statistical values were available, and which population summaries were documented. That keeps the Discussion section tied to the source record when the evidence base is broad but uneven.\n\nThe resulting stance is deliberately conservative. Positive signals are described as suggestive unless they are supported by direct, clinically proximate, source-traced sources. Null or mixed signals are not discarded; they define boundary conditions. Mechanistic findings are used to explain plausible pathways, not to substitute for outcome evidence. Safety and tolerability signals remain part of the interpretation even when efficacy signals dominate the narrative. This cautious framing prevents a dense corpus from becoming an overconfident manuscript.\n\nThis section also constrains how readers should use the paper. It is not a treatment guideline, a pooled efficacy estimate, or a claim that all source classes have equal evidentiary weight. It is a structured map of what the current corpus can and cannot justify. The strongest claims should come from direct human sources with traceable numerics and aligned outcomes. Weaker claims should remain explicitly limited to hypothesis generation, mechanism explanation, or corpus-gap identification. When future retrieval adds new sources, the interpretation can change without changing the evidentiary standard. The most useful reading is therefore comparative: which outcomes have direct human support, which outcomes are inferred from adjacent disease populations, and which outcomes remain primarily mechanistic.\n\nAccordingly, the practical conclusion remains bounded by replication, population fit, and endpoint fit. A result that appears robust in one subgroup might not transfer to another subgroup with different baseline risk, adherence, comparator choice, or outcome ascertainment. A result that is consistent with biological plausibility might still be limited by short follow-up or indirect measurement. These caveats are not decorative hedges; they are the conditions under which the synthesis remains reproducible, falsifiable, and safe to reuse across topics. The anchor also states what the paper does not know: whether longer follow-up, different eligibility criteria, stronger adherence, or more clinically proximate endpoints would change the synthesis. Consequently, headline claims about cardiovascular protection, all-cause mortality, or healthy life expectancy in the non-diabetic population cannot be evaluated within this evidence base and must be treated as extrapolations from diabetes-enrolled RCTs and from cross-class inference. The single trial of liraglutide in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease (Edison 2026, 52-week exposure) likewise stands alone for any neurodegenerative claim, and is not replicated by an independent cognitive-endpoint RCT in the corpus.\n\n**Resolution criteria:** The thesis would be reinforced by adequately powered trials with pre-specified clinical endpoints, ≥2-year follow-up, intention-to-treat and per-protocol analyses, and concurrent biomarker plus functional measurement. It would be falsified by replicated null findings on those endpoints or by demonstration that any short-term benefit reverses on intervention withdrawal.\n## What This Synthesis Adds\n\nThis synthesis maps 56 included sources on Liraglutide Biomarker Effects across 4 outcome classes and a high-density pairwise disagreement map. It separates endpoint-specific evidence from broad clinical-translation claims so that favorable biomarker signals are not treated as proof of durable clinical benefit.\n\nAcross 56 curated reference papers, the evidence base for Liraglutide shows a context-dependent profile. Positive signals appear in: cardiometabolic. Negative signals appear in: cardiometabolic, contextual other. Null findings dominate: cardiometabolic, contextual other. The synthesis surfaces cross-study disagreements across outcome classes — see Cross-Domain Synthesis.\n\nThe strongest unresolved contrast is the disagreement between Tan 2025 and Lu 2026a on cardiometabolic (severity 5/5), which defines the boundary condition future studies must test rather than smooth over.\n\nPrior reviews in the corpus (Teng 2024, Moon 2021, Ling 2025, Yeo 2025, Chen 2026) emphasize convergent signals on Liraglutide Biomarker Effects. This synthesis adds a design-level evidence-weighting layer and an explicit cross-study disagreement map, keeping boundary conditions visible instead of averaging them away in narrative summary.\n\n### Boundary-Condition Matrix\n\n| Evidence domain | Direct sources | Indirect / mechanism sources | Direction profile | Interpretation boundary |\n|---|---:|---:|---|---|\n| longevity | 0 | 1 | unclear | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| mechanism | 0 | 1 | unclear | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| cardiometabolic | 11 | 34 | mixed, negative, null, positive, unclear | conflict-resolution gap |\n| contextual adjacent evidence | 2 | 7 | negative, null, unclear | conflict-resolution gap |\n\n### Evidence-Gap Priority\n\n| Priority | Gap | Rationale |\n|---|---|---|\n| P1 | longevity: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 1 indirect source; direction profile: unclear |\n| P2 | mechanism: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 1 indirect source; direction profile: unclear |\n| P3 | cardiometabolic: conflict-resolution gap | 11 direct and 34 indirect sources; direction profile: mixed, negative, null, positive, unclear |\n| P4 | contextual adjacent evidence: conflict-resolution gap | 2 direct and 7 indirect sources; direction profile: negative, null, unclear |\n\n### Next-Study Design Recommendation\n\nThe next high-yield study for Liraglutide Biomarker Effects should target the **longevity** evidence gap, pre-register the primary endpoint, separate clinical from mechanistic endpoints, preserve safety and adherence capture, and include an analysis plan that can falsify the current boundary-condition claim rather than only confirming a favorable direction. Minimum useful design: at least 200 participants per arm, a priority population of adults or older adults with baseline risk in the target outcome domain, and follow-up lasting at least 12 months; shorter or smaller studies should be treated as hypothesis-generating.\n\n## Evidence Snapshot\n\nThe manuscript foregrounds the load-bearing evidence; the full evidence tables remain in the supplement.\n\n### Load-Bearing Included Studies\n\n- Seino 2022; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=cardiometabolic; direction=mixed; representative statistic=P < 0.0001.\n- Hany 2023; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=negative; representative statistic=P < 0.001.\n- Pandey 2024; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=cardiometabolic; direction=positive; representative statistic=P < 0.001.\n- Richardson 2025; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=cardiometabolic; direction=unclear; representative statistic=P = 0.002.\n- Caruso 2025; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=cardiometabolic; direction=positive; representative statistic=P < 0.001.\n- Sindhvananda 2023; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=cardiometabolic; direction=unclear; representative statistic=P = 0.001.\n- Hashmi 2025; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=cardiometabolic; direction=positive; representative statistic=P < 0.01.\n- Yu 2025; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=cardiometabolic; direction=null.\n- Wolsing 2026; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=unclear; representative statistic=P = 0.029.\n- Poulsen 2025; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=cardiometabolic; direction=null.\n\n### Source Classification Map\n\nEach retained source is mapped to its public evidence role so the evidence landscape can be checked without opening the supplement.\n\n- Seino 2022: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=mixed; claims=231.\n- Hany 2023: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=negative; claims=175.\n- Pandey 2024: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=positive; claims=75.\n- Richardson 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=unclear; claims=71.\n- Caruso 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=positive; claims=69.\n- Sindhvananda 2023: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=unclear; claims=51.\n- Hashmi 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=positive; claims=47.\n- Yu 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=null; claims=33.\n- Wolsing 2026: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=unclear; claims=25.\n- Poulsen 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=null; claims=20.\n- Scherbak 2023: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=unclear; claims=14.\n- Dong 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=positive; claims=9.\n- Fang 2026: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=null; claims=6.\n- Teng 2024: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=unclear; claims=300.\n- Moon 2021: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=unclear; claims=113.\n- Ling 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=unclear; claims=38.\n- Yeo 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=unclear; claims=35.\n- Chen 2026: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=negative; claims=33.\n- Arrowaili 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=positive; claims=5.\n- Josey 2025: outcome=longevity; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=unclear; claims=5.\n- Kong 2026: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=negative; claims=4.\n- Soliman 2026: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=unclear; claims=3.\n- Efficacy and Safety of Liraglutide 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=unclear; claims=1.\n- Lu 2026b: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=null; claims=1.\n- Hepsen 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=mixed; claims=204.\n- Huang 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=179.\n- Wang 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=159.\n- Edison 2026: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=143.\n- Karimi 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B2; direction=mixed; claims=135.\n- Oral 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=mixed; claims=128.\n- Gomez-Medina 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=112.\n- Kuckuck 2026: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=negative; claims=111.\n- Ciudin 2026: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=107.\n- Katogiannis 2024: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=105.\n- Tan 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B2; direction=negative; claims=104.\n- Brown 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=negative; claims=88.\n- Jensen 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=84.\n- Glaros 2025: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=82.\n- Yao 2019: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=positive; claims=82.\n- Lu 2026a: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=positive; claims=80.\n\n### Classification Criteria\n\n- **Outcome class** is assigned from the source's bound endpoint, population, and claim text; adjacent/background sources are separated from clinical outcome slices.\n- **Directness** is coded as direct only when a source tests the topic against a clinically proximate outcome in the relevant population; a qualifying direct source would be a human interventional or hard-endpoint study of the topic itself. Indirect human, review-level, and mechanistic sources are weighted separately.\n- **Directional signal** is counted within the assigned outcome class only. A `no extracted directional signal` cell means the retained sources in that outcome slice did not yield a coded positive, negative, or mixed direction for that slice; it is not a claim that the source reports no associations anywhere else.\n- **Evidence tier** follows the deterministic tier/directness taxonomy used in the source builder; the prose writer cannot move a source between classes after sources are frozen.\n\n### Load-Bearing Tensions\n\n- Severity 5 disagreement: Tan 2025 vs Lu 2026a; Tan 2025 reports negative effect on cardiometabolic; Lu 2026a reports positive on the same outcome — direct conflict\n- Severity 5 disagreement: Tan 2025 vs Yao 2019; Tan 2025 reports negative effect on cardiometabolic; Yao 2019 reports positive on the same outcome — direct conflict\n- Severity 5 disagreement: Tan 2025 vs Arrowaili 2025; Tan 2025 reports negative effect on cardiometabolic; Arrowaili 2025 reports positive on the same outcome — direct conflict\n- Severity 5 disagreement: Brown 2025 vs Lu 2026a; Brown 2025 reports negative effect on cardiometabolic; Lu 2026a reports positive on the same outcome — direct conflict\n- Severity 5 disagreement: Brown 2025 vs Yao 2019; Brown 2025 reports negative effect on cardiometabolic; Yao 2019 reports positive on the same outcome — direct conflict\n- Severity 5 disagreement: Brown 2025 vs Arrowaili 2025; Brown 2025 reports negative effect on cardiometabolic; Arrowaili 2025 reports positive on the same outcome — direct conflict\n- Severity 5 disagreement: Zhu 2026 vs Lu 2026a; Zhu 2026 reports negative effect on cardiometabolic; Lu 2026a reports positive on the same outcome — direct conflict\n- Severity 5 disagreement: Zhu 2026 vs Yao 2019; Zhu 2026 reports negative effect on cardiometabolic; Yao 2019 reports positive on the same outcome — direct conflict\n\n## Limitations\n\n**Verification note:** Reference-only or no-abstract records are treated as verification-limited context, not as equal-weight support for the main claim.\n\nExternal validity is bounded by the populations actually enrolled. Several clinically attractive claims in the literature are supported only by mechanistic or preclinical sources in this corpus, with no equivalent human RCT confirmation. The evidence tiers are B2 (n=30), A1 (n=13), B1 (n=11), C1 (n=1), D1 (n=1), and directness is review (n=21), indirect (n=20), direct (n=13), mechanistic (n=1), protocol (n=1). Effect directions are unclear (n=22), null (n=12), negative (n=8), mixed (n=7), positive (n=7), with 37 sources carrying source-traced p-values and 666 documented cross-source tensions. These counts define the ceiling for the paper's claim strength: the conclusion can identify where the corpus is coherent, but it cannot turn indirect, heterogeneous, or mixed evidence into a clinical recommendation.\n\nThe practical takeaway is bounded and revisable. The paper can be interpreted as a source-traced map of what the current source set can support, not as a treatment guideline or a pooled efficacy claim. A stronger future conclusion would require aligned direct evidence, durable endpoints, and fewer unresolved cross-source tensions. Until then, the responsible conclusion is to preserve uncertainty, state the strongest supported signal narrowly, make the remaining research gaps visible, and keep downstream reuse tied to the same source-level limits.\n\n### Residual uncertainty\n\nThe main limitation is not only the size of the retained corpus, but\nalso the uneven directness of the evidence across outcome classes.\nSome findings are clinically proximate, some are mechanistic, and some\nare indirect or model-system evidence. The paper therefore avoids\ntreating all sources as equivalent. Its conclusions are strongest\nwhere directness, clinical directness, and source-context safety align,\nand weaker where evidence must be translated across populations,\nspecies, intervention schedules, or measurement systems.\n\n## Conclusion\n\nFor liraglutide biomarker effects, the final interpretation is deliberately tiered: the retained clinical and mechanistic evidence profile defines a bounded evidence rationale, but the corpus does not support treating mechanistic target engagement, intermediate biomarkers, and patient-relevant outcomes as interchangeable evidence. The closing claim should therefore be read as a map of what the retained studies can support, not as a clinical recommendation or a general efficacy endorsement. Positive signals identify hypotheses and candidate contexts; null, mixed, or adverse signals identify the boundaries that future work must test directly. The evidence hierarchy remains load-bearing here: direct interventional hard-endpoint records carry more interpretive weight than adjacent/context evidence, and both carry more translational weight than mechanistic or model systems. A stronger future conclusion would require larger direct human samples, prespecified endpoints, longer follow-up, comparable intervention characterization, transparent safety capture, and a consistent direction of effect across clinically proximate outcomes. Until that evidence exists, the paper's conclusion is that the topic is worth structured follow-up only within the boundaries defined by the included source set. That boundary is not a weakness in the paper; it is the main claim that keeps the synthesis reusable. Readers should carry forward the evidence classes separately: favorable mechanistic or surrogate findings can motivate experiments, indirect human findings can prioritize populations and endpoints, and direct clinical findings define the current ceiling for applied interpretation. The current corpus may support liraglutide biomarker effects as a general health or lifestyle intervention where otherwise indicated, but does not justify marketing it as a standalone longevity intervention with proven hard clinical-outcome effects. Any downstream use should preserve that tiered reading rather than compressing the corpus into a simple yes/no verdict for clinical practice or public messaging.\n\n## References\n\n- **Teng 2024.** _Evaluation and comparison of efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide and SGLT2i in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a network meta-analysis._ BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2024. 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DOI: 10.1111/dom.70452 PMID: 41508932.\n","metadata":{"abstract":"Evidence-honesty note: 43/56 retained sources are indirect, review-level, adjacent, or mechanistic and are used only to bound interpretation. The conclusion therefore does not support broad causal, clinical, or policy claims. Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, is now evaluated across an unusually broad slate of cardiometabolic, renal, hepatic, neurologic, and behavioral biomarkers, with regulatory and clinical interest extending well beyond glycemic control (Teng 2024; Yeo 2025). Whether the surrogate-endpoint signals that drive most biomarker reports translate into clinically meaningful aging-related benefit remains unresolved, an issue framed by Ioannidis-style surrogate-endpoint caution (Ioannidis 2005). We applied an AI-assisted structured evidence synthesis with an explicit audit trail, restricting the analytic frame to direct human randomized or longitudinal evidence on liraglutide and separating it from mechanistic or cross-domain signals. 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The conclusion therefore does not support broad causal, clinical, or policy claims. Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, is now evaluated across an unusually broad slate of cardiometabolic, renal, hepatic, neurologic, and behavioral biomarkers, with regulatory and clinical interest extending well beyond glycemic control (Teng 2024; Yeo 2025). Whether the surrogate-endpoint signals that drive most biomarker reports translate into clinically meaningful aging-related benefit remains unresolved, an issue framed by Ioannidis-style surrogate-endpoint caution (Ioannidis 2005). We applied an AI-assisted structured evidence synthesis with an explicit audit trail, restricting the analytic frame to direct human randomized or longitudinal evidence on liraglutide and separating it from mechanistic or cross-domain signals. 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METHODS: An inquiry was undertaken within the electronic database spanning from its inception to February 11th, 2024, aimed at identifying randomized controlled trials that assess the efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide, canagliflozin, ertugliflozin, empagliflozin, dapagliflozin, and henagliflozin. Perform a network meta-analysis to examine the distinctions among them (PROSPERO registration number: CRD42024537006). RESULTS: Twenty-eight RCTs were included, involving 8499 participants. Compared with placebo, all treatments improved HbA1c levels: tirzepatide 15 mg reduced HbA1c the most (MD [95% CI], -2.24% [-2.52, -1.96]%), followed by tirzepatide 10 mg (MD [95% CI], -1.99% [-2.29, -1.69]%), tirzepatide 5 mg (MD [95% CI], -1.82% [-2.11, -1.53]%), and liraglutide 1.2 mg (MD [95% CI], -1.23% [-1.41, -1.05]%). Canagliflozin 300 mg also showed a significant reduction in HbA1c (MD [95% CI], -1.00% [-1.18, -0.82])."},{"source_id":"source_34","study":"Efficacy and safety of glucagon‐like peptide 1 receptor agonists across all health outcomes in type 2 diabetes: An umbrella review and evidence map of randomised controlled trials","doi":"10.1111/dom.70298","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.70298","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Yeo 2025","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"review","excerpt":"AIM: Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) have been established as effective treatments for type 2 diabetes, offering benefits beyond glycaemic control; however, their associations across multiple health outcomes remain insufficiently assessed. Thus, we conducted an umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to comprehensively evaluate the broad spectrum of their effects. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a systematic search of PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, and Google Scholar through June 13, 2025, to identify meta-analyses of RCTs assessing the effects of GLP-1RAs on various health outcomes, including cardiovascular, renal, metabolic, oncologic, gastrointestinal and other domains. Effect sizes were recalculated using random-effects models and converted to equivalent odds ratios (eORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for consistency. The methodological quality of each review was assessed using the AMSTAR 2, and the certainty of evidence for each association was evaluated according to the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation framework (high, moderate, low or very low certainty)."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_2","claim":"Evidence-honesty note: 43/56 retained sources are indirect, review-level, adjacent, or mechanistic and are used only to bound interpretation. 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RESULTS: After 26 weeks of treatment, liraglutide 1.8 mg was more effective compared with 0.9 mg in lowering HbA 1c levels, with an estimated treatment difference of -0.40% (95% confidence interval [CI] -0.55, -0.24; P < 0.0001).","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Comprehensive analysis of real-world data on liraglutide treatment in patients with obesity: a multicenter national study","year":2025,"doi":"10.1186/s40001-025-02836-5","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-025-02836-5","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Hepsen 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: The study aimed to evaluate real-world data on liraglutide by assessing its efficacy, associated side effects, adverse events, and impact on metabolic parameters within the context of a multicenter national study. METHODS: This retrospective observational study analyzed data from 1009 patients across 38 endocrinology units from Türkiye. Patients with a history of bariatric surgery, those who started orlistat concurrently with liraglutide, and one patient who developed pancreatitis on the 15th day of treatment were excluded from the analyses of weight and laboratory changes. RESULTS: At least one side effect was observed in 48% of the patients, with nausea and vomiting being the most common. The most frequent reason for discontinuing treatment was the cost of the medication (42.6%). The median duration of liraglutide use was 4 months (IQR; 3-6), and the median dose was 2.4 mg (IQR; 1.8-3). Among the entire cohort, 76.4% and 40.9% of patients achieved a 5% and 10% weight loss target, respectively. 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METHODS: Computerized searches were performed on PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, CBM, Wanfang, and VIP databases to collect randomized controlled trials(RCT) on the efficacy of metformin and liraglutide in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome. The search period spanned from the inception of the databases to August 2024. Following literature screening, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment in the included studies, two reviewers independently conducted meta-analysis using RevMan 5.4 software. RESULTS: A total of 12 RCT involving 1096 patients were analyzed. 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After discontinuing the drugs at 6 months and unblinding, the patient were followed up to 12 months. The endpoints were percentage of total weight loss (%TWL) and percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL), and changes in the metabolic biomarkers, and complications within 30 and 90 days according to the global outcome benchmark (GOB) stratification. RESULTS: In total, 38 patients in the liraglutide group and 31 in the placebo group completed the 24 weeks. Liraglutide group experienced better WL with a significantly higher mean %TWL at 1 month (10.27±1.39 vs. 8.41±2.08), at 6 weeks (12.65±1.77 vs. 10.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_3","claim":"We applied an AI-assisted structured evidence synthesis with an explicit audit trail, restricting the analytic frame to direct human randomized or longitudinal evidence on liraglutide and separating it from mechanistic or cross-domain signals.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Evaluation and comparison of efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide and SGLT2i in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a network meta-analysis","year":2024,"doi":"10.1186/s12902-024-01805-z","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-024-01805-z","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Teng 2024","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: The objective is to assess the effectiveness and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide, and SGLT2i in individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. 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MATERIALS AND METHODS: This 26-week randomized trial (NCT02505334) enrolled Japanese adults with type 2 diabetes across 47 sites in Japan. Participants with glycated hemoglobin (HbA 1c ) 7.5-10.0% were included and those on insulin treatment were excluded. Participants discontinued pre-trial oral antidiabetic drug and initiated liraglutide 0.9 mg for a 12-week run-in period, after which those with HbA 1c ≥7.0% (466) were randomized (1:1) to two treatment arms: continuing liraglutide 0.9 mg or dose escalation to 1.8 mg. The change from baseline in HbA 1c (primary endpoint) and treatment-emergent adverse events (secondary endpoint) were measured at the end of 26 weeks. RESULTS: After 26 weeks of treatment, liraglutide 1.8 mg was more effective compared with 0.9 mg in lowering HbA 1c levels, with an estimated treatment difference of -0.40% (95% confidence interval [CI] -0.55, -0.24; P < 0.0001).","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Comprehensive analysis of real-world data on liraglutide treatment in patients with obesity: a multicenter national study","year":2025,"doi":"10.1186/s40001-025-02836-5","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-025-02836-5","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Hepsen 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: The study aimed to evaluate real-world data on liraglutide by assessing its efficacy, associated side effects, adverse events, and impact on metabolic parameters within the context of a multicenter national study. METHODS: This retrospective observational study analyzed data from 1009 patients across 38 endocrinology units from Türkiye. Patients with a history of bariatric surgery, those who started orlistat concurrently with liraglutide, and one patient who developed pancreatitis on the 15th day of treatment were excluded from the analyses of weight and laboratory changes. RESULTS: At least one side effect was observed in 48% of the patients, with nausea and vomiting being the most common. The most frequent reason for discontinuing treatment was the cost of the medication (42.6%). The median duration of liraglutide use was 4 months (IQR; 3-6), and the median dose was 2.4 mg (IQR; 1.8-3). Among the entire cohort, 76.4% and 40.9% of patients achieved a 5% and 10% weight loss target, respectively. 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METHODS: Computerized searches were performed on PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, CBM, Wanfang, and VIP databases to collect randomized controlled trials(RCT) on the efficacy of metformin and liraglutide in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome. The search period spanned from the inception of the databases to August 2024. Following literature screening, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment in the included studies, two reviewers independently conducted meta-analysis using RevMan 5.4 software. RESULTS: A total of 12 RCT involving 1096 patients were analyzed. The meta-analysis revealed that the group receiving metformin combined with liraglutide demonstrated superiority over the group receiving metformin alone in terms of body mass index (BMI), glucose levels, lipid levels, hormone levels, establishment of menstrual cycles, normal ovulation rate, and rate of spontaneous conception.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Boosting weight loss after conversional Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with liraglutide and placebo use. 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After discontinuing the drugs at 6 months and unblinding, the patient were followed up to 12 months. The endpoints were percentage of total weight loss (%TWL) and percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL), and changes in the metabolic biomarkers, and complications within 30 and 90 days according to the global outcome benchmark (GOB) stratification. RESULTS: In total, 38 patients in the liraglutide group and 31 in the placebo group completed the 24 weeks. Liraglutide group experienced better WL with a significantly higher mean %TWL at 1 month (10.27±1.39 vs. 8.41±2.08), at 6 weeks (12.65±1.77 vs. 10.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_5","claim":"This synthesis evaluates evidence on liraglutide biomarker effects across 56 included source papers and 3841 high-confidence extracted claims. 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After discontinuing the drugs at 6 months and unblinding, the patient were followed up to 12 months. The endpoints were percentage of total weight loss (%TWL) and percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL), and changes in the metabolic biomarkers, and complications within 30 and 90 days according to the global outcome benchmark (GOB) stratification. RESULTS: In total, 38 patients in the liraglutide group and 31 in the placebo group completed the 24 weeks. Liraglutide group experienced better WL with a significantly higher mean %TWL at 1 month (10.27±1.39 vs. 8.41±2.08), at 6 weeks (12.65±1.77 vs. 10.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_6","claim":"The corpus contains 13 direct clinical sources, 42 adjacent, review, or context sources, and 1 mechanistic or model-system source. 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After discontinuing the drugs at 6 months and unblinding, the patient were followed up to 12 months. The endpoints were percentage of total weight loss (%TWL) and percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL), and changes in the metabolic biomarkers, and complications within 30 and 90 days according to the global outcome benchmark (GOB) stratification. RESULTS: In total, 38 patients in the liraglutide group and 31 in the placebo group completed the 24 weeks. Liraglutide group experienced better WL with a significantly higher mean %TWL at 1 month (10.27±1.39 vs. 8.41±2.08), at 6 weeks (12.65±1.77 vs. 10.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_8","claim":"This distinction matters for publication because it makes the paper falsifiable. 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METHODS: Computerized searches were performed on PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, CBM, Wanfang, and VIP databases to collect randomized controlled trials(RCT) on the efficacy of metformin and liraglutide in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome. The search period spanned from the inception of the databases to August 2024. Following literature screening, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment in the included studies, two reviewers independently conducted meta-analysis using RevMan 5.4 software. RESULTS: A total of 12 RCT involving 1096 patients were analyzed. The meta-analysis revealed that the group receiving metformin combined with liraglutide demonstrated superiority over the group receiving metformin alone in terms of body mass index (BMI), glucose levels, lipid levels, hormone levels, establishment of menstrual cycles, normal ovulation rate, and rate of spontaneous conception.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Boosting weight loss after conversional Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with liraglutide and placebo use. 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After discontinuing the drugs at 6 months and unblinding, the patient were followed up to 12 months. The endpoints were percentage of total weight loss (%TWL) and percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL), and changes in the metabolic biomarkers, and complications within 30 and 90 days according to the global outcome benchmark (GOB) stratification. RESULTS: In total, 38 patients in the liraglutide group and 31 in the placebo group completed the 24 weeks. Liraglutide group experienced better WL with a significantly higher mean %TWL at 1 month (10.27±1.39 vs. 8.41±2.08), at 6 weeks (12.65±1.77 vs. 10.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_11","claim":"Adverse or negative signals are likewise retained in the main interpretation. For an aging intervention, the risk profile is part of the efficacy question because a plausible mechanism is not sufficient if the same corpus shows offsetting harm or tolerability constraints.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Evaluation and comparison of efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide and SGLT2i in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a network meta-analysis","year":2024,"doi":"10.1186/s12902-024-01805-z","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-024-01805-z","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Teng 2024","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: The objective is to assess the effectiveness and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide, and SGLT2i in individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. 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MATERIALS AND METHODS: This 26-week randomized trial (NCT02505334) enrolled Japanese adults with type 2 diabetes across 47 sites in Japan. Participants with glycated hemoglobin (HbA 1c ) 7.5-10.0% were included and those on insulin treatment were excluded. Participants discontinued pre-trial oral antidiabetic drug and initiated liraglutide 0.9 mg for a 12-week run-in period, after which those with HbA 1c ≥7.0% (466) were randomized (1:1) to two treatment arms: continuing liraglutide 0.9 mg or dose escalation to 1.8 mg. The change from baseline in HbA 1c (primary endpoint) and treatment-emergent adverse events (secondary endpoint) were measured at the end of 26 weeks. 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The meta-analysis revealed that the group receiving metformin combined with liraglutide demonstrated superiority over the group receiving metformin alone in terms of body mass index (BMI), glucose levels, lipid levels, hormone levels, establishment of menstrual cycles, normal ovulation rate, and rate of spontaneous conception.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Boosting weight loss after conversional Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with liraglutide and placebo use. 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After discontinuing the drugs at 6 months and unblinding, the patient were followed up to 12 months. The endpoints were percentage of total weight loss (%TWL) and percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL), and changes in the metabolic biomarkers, and complications within 30 and 90 days according to the global outcome benchmark (GOB) stratification. RESULTS: In total, 38 patients in the liraglutide group and 31 in the placebo group completed the 24 weeks. Liraglutide group experienced better WL with a significantly higher mean %TWL at 1 month (10.27±1.39 vs. 8.41±2.08), at 6 weeks (12.65±1.77 vs. 10.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_12","claim":"The evidence base also distinguishes breadth from certainty. 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After discontinuing the drugs at 6 months and unblinding, the patient were followed up to 12 months. The endpoints were percentage of total weight loss (%TWL) and percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL), and changes in the metabolic biomarkers, and complications within 30 and 90 days according to the global outcome benchmark (GOB) stratification. RESULTS: In total, 38 patients in the liraglutide group and 31 in the placebo group completed the 24 weeks. Liraglutide group experienced better WL with a significantly higher mean %TWL at 1 month (10.27±1.39 vs. 8.41±2.08), at 6 weeks (12.65±1.77 vs. 10.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_14","claim":"The research value of the synthesis lies in making these boundaries explicit. It identifies which evidence streams are already aligned, which ones remain discordant, and which future studies would most directly test the unresolved bridge.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Evaluation and comparison of efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide and SGLT2i in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a network meta-analysis","year":2024,"doi":"10.1186/s12902-024-01805-z","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-024-01805-z","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Teng 2024","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: The objective is to assess the effectiveness and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide, and SGLT2i in individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. METHODS: An inquiry was undertaken within the electronic database spanning from its inception to February 11th, 2024, aimed at identifying randomized controlled trials that assess the efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide, canagliflozin, ertugliflozin, empagliflozin, dapagliflozin, and henagliflozin. Perform a network meta-analysis to examine the distinctions among them (PROSPERO registration number: CRD42024537006). RESULTS: Twenty-eight RCTs were included, involving 8499 participants. Compared with placebo, all treatments improved HbA1c levels: tirzepatide 15 mg reduced HbA1c the most (MD [95% CI], -2.24% [-2.52, -1.96]%), followed by tirzepatide 10 mg (MD [95% CI], -1.99% [-2.29, -1.69]%), tirzepatide 5 mg (MD [95% CI], -1.82% [-2.11, -1.53]%), and liraglutide 1.2 mg (MD [95% CI], -1.23% [-1.41, -1.05]%). Canagliflozin 300 mg also showed a significant reduction in HbA1c (MD [95% CI], -1.00% [-1.18, -0.82]).","source_id":"source_1","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"A randomized trial to investigate the efficacy and safety of once‐daily liraglutide 1.8 mg in Japanese adults with type 2 diabetes exhibiting an inadequate response to liraglutide 0.9 mg","year":2022,"doi":"10.1111/jdi.13789","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jdi.13789","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"direct","cited_as":"Seino 2022","excerpt":"AIMS/INTRODUCTION: The present trial compared the efficacy and safety of once-daily liraglutide 1.8 mg with liraglutide 0.9 mg in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes to assess the incremental effects of liraglutide 1.8 mg in those who exhibited an inadequate response to 0.9 mg. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This 26-week randomized trial (NCT02505334) enrolled Japanese adults with type 2 diabetes across 47 sites in Japan. Participants with glycated hemoglobin (HbA 1c ) 7.5-10.0% were included and those on insulin treatment were excluded. Participants discontinued pre-trial oral antidiabetic drug and initiated liraglutide 0.9 mg for a 12-week run-in period, after which those with HbA 1c ≥7.0% (466) were randomized (1:1) to two treatment arms: continuing liraglutide 0.9 mg or dose escalation to 1.8 mg. The change from baseline in HbA 1c (primary endpoint) and treatment-emergent adverse events (secondary endpoint) were measured at the end of 26 weeks. RESULTS: After 26 weeks of treatment, liraglutide 1.8 mg was more effective compared with 0.9 mg in lowering HbA 1c levels, with an estimated treatment difference of -0.40% (95% confidence interval [CI] -0.55, -0.24; P < 0.0001).","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Comprehensive analysis of real-world data on liraglutide treatment in patients with obesity: a multicenter national study","year":2025,"doi":"10.1186/s40001-025-02836-5","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-025-02836-5","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Hepsen 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: The study aimed to evaluate real-world data on liraglutide by assessing its efficacy, associated side effects, adverse events, and impact on metabolic parameters within the context of a multicenter national study. METHODS: This retrospective observational study analyzed data from 1009 patients across 38 endocrinology units from Türkiye. Patients with a history of bariatric surgery, those who started orlistat concurrently with liraglutide, and one patient who developed pancreatitis on the 15th day of treatment were excluded from the analyses of weight and laboratory changes. RESULTS: At least one side effect was observed in 48% of the patients, with nausea and vomiting being the most common. The most frequent reason for discontinuing treatment was the cost of the medication (42.6%). The median duration of liraglutide use was 4 months (IQR; 3-6), and the median dose was 2.4 mg (IQR; 1.8-3). Among the entire cohort, 76.4% and 40.9% of patients achieved a 5% and 10% weight loss target, respectively. Significant reductions were observed in metabolic parameters during the treatment.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"The safety and efficacy of liraglutide combined with metformin in clinical treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome patients: a meta-analysis","year":2025,"doi":"10.1186/s12905-025-03787-z","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-025-03787-z","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Huang 2025","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: This study aims to investigate the effectiveness and safety of the combination of liraglutide and metformin for clinical treatment of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. METHODS: Computerized searches were performed on PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, CBM, Wanfang, and VIP databases to collect randomized controlled trials(RCT) on the efficacy of metformin and liraglutide in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome. The search period spanned from the inception of the databases to August 2024. Following literature screening, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment in the included studies, two reviewers independently conducted meta-analysis using RevMan 5.4 software. RESULTS: A total of 12 RCT involving 1096 patients were analyzed. The meta-analysis revealed that the group receiving metformin combined with liraglutide demonstrated superiority over the group receiving metformin alone in terms of body mass index (BMI), glucose levels, lipid levels, hormone levels, establishment of menstrual cycles, normal ovulation rate, and rate of spontaneous conception.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Boosting weight loss after conversional Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with liraglutide and placebo use. A double-blind-randomized controlled trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1097/JS9.0000000000000990","url":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JS9.0000000000000990","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"direct","cited_as":"Hany 2023","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Conversional bariatric surgery inherently has less weight loss (WL) compared to primary procedures. Adjunctive use of the GLP-1 analog, liraglutide with conversional Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (cRYGB) may maximize the WL benefits of surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This single-center randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial included 80 patients randomized into two groups; the liraglutide group (40 patients) who received daily injections of liraglutide, and the placebo group (40 patients) who received normal saline starting at 6 weeks from cRYGB and continued for 6 months. After discontinuing the drugs at 6 months and unblinding, the patient were followed up to 12 months. The endpoints were percentage of total weight loss (%TWL) and percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL), and changes in the metabolic biomarkers, and complications within 30 and 90 days according to the global outcome benchmark (GOB) stratification. RESULTS: In total, 38 patients in the liraglutide group and 31 in the placebo group completed the 24 weeks. Liraglutide group experienced better WL with a significantly higher mean %TWL at 1 month (10.27±1.39 vs. 8.41±2.08), at 6 weeks (12.65±1.77 vs. 10.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_15","claim":"Additional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; the background evidence for liraglutide biomarker effects is heterogeneous rather than uniformly confirmatory. Direct clinical sources such as Seino 2022, Hany 2023, Pandey 2024 are interpreted separately from mechanistic studies such as Long 2025, because these evidence roles answer different questions about aging biology and clinical translation.","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_25","study":"Combination metformin and liraglutide in PCOS: clinical efficacy in women and preclinical insights from gut microbiome modulation in rats","doi":"10.3389/fendo.2025.1599879","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2025.1599879","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Long 2025","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"mechanistic","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Metformin and liraglutide have been gradually used in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) due to their metabolic benefits, but also with some adverse reactions. Evidence suggests that gut microbiota imbalance plays an important role in the pathogenesis of PCOS. This study comprised a clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of metformin, liraglutide, and their combination in PCOS women, and a parallel animal experiment to explore the potential involvement of gut microbiota. METHODS: In an open-label randomized controlled trial, sixty overweight/obese women with PCOS were randomized to: the MET group received oral metformin (0.85 g twice daily; n=20), the LIRA group received subcutaneous liraglutide (1.2 mg once daily; n=20), and the COM group received both treatments (n=20) for 12 weeks. In a separate animal study, female Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into five groups: (1) PCOS model group (letrozole 1 mg/kg orally); (2) MET group (letrozole + metformin 200 mg/kg orally); (3) LIRA group (letrozole + liraglutide 0.2 mg/kg subcutaneously); (4) COM group (letrozole + metformin + liraglutide at above doses); and (5) healthy controls (no treatment)."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_16","claim":"The direct evidence establishes what has been observed in human or adjacent clinical settings. The mechanistic evidence helps explain why an effect might be plausible, but it does not by itself establish the size, durability, or safety of a human healthspan effect.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Evaluation and comparison of efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide and SGLT2i in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a network meta-analysis","year":2024,"doi":"10.1186/s12902-024-01805-z","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-024-01805-z","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Teng 2024","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: The objective is to assess the effectiveness and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide, and SGLT2i in individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. METHODS: An inquiry was undertaken within the electronic database spanning from its inception to February 11th, 2024, aimed at identifying randomized controlled trials that assess the efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide, canagliflozin, ertugliflozin, empagliflozin, dapagliflozin, and henagliflozin. Perform a network meta-analysis to examine the distinctions among them (PROSPERO registration number: CRD42024537006). RESULTS: Twenty-eight RCTs were included, involving 8499 participants. Compared with placebo, all treatments improved HbA1c levels: tirzepatide 15 mg reduced HbA1c the most (MD [95% CI], -2.24% [-2.52, -1.96]%), followed by tirzepatide 10 mg (MD [95% CI], -1.99% [-2.29, -1.69]%), tirzepatide 5 mg (MD [95% CI], -1.82% [-2.11, -1.53]%), and liraglutide 1.2 mg (MD [95% CI], -1.23% [-1.41, -1.05]%). Canagliflozin 300 mg also showed a significant reduction in HbA1c (MD [95% CI], -1.00% [-1.18, -0.82]).","source_id":"source_1","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"A randomized trial to investigate the efficacy and safety of once‐daily liraglutide 1.8 mg in Japanese adults with type 2 diabetes exhibiting an inadequate response to liraglutide 0.9 mg","year":2022,"doi":"10.1111/jdi.13789","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jdi.13789","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"direct","cited_as":"Seino 2022","excerpt":"AIMS/INTRODUCTION: The present trial compared the efficacy and safety of once-daily liraglutide 1.8 mg with liraglutide 0.9 mg in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes to assess the incremental effects of liraglutide 1.8 mg in those who exhibited an inadequate response to 0.9 mg. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This 26-week randomized trial (NCT02505334) enrolled Japanese adults with type 2 diabetes across 47 sites in Japan. Participants with glycated hemoglobin (HbA 1c ) 7.5-10.0% were included and those on insulin treatment were excluded. Participants discontinued pre-trial oral antidiabetic drug and initiated liraglutide 0.9 mg for a 12-week run-in period, after which those with HbA 1c ≥7.0% (466) were randomized (1:1) to two treatment arms: continuing liraglutide 0.9 mg or dose escalation to 1.8 mg. The change from baseline in HbA 1c (primary endpoint) and treatment-emergent adverse events (secondary endpoint) were measured at the end of 26 weeks. RESULTS: After 26 weeks of treatment, liraglutide 1.8 mg was more effective compared with 0.9 mg in lowering HbA 1c levels, with an estimated treatment difference of -0.40% (95% confidence interval [CI] -0.55, -0.24; P < 0.0001).","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Comprehensive analysis of real-world data on liraglutide treatment in patients with obesity: a multicenter national study","year":2025,"doi":"10.1186/s40001-025-02836-5","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-025-02836-5","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Hepsen 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: The study aimed to evaluate real-world data on liraglutide by assessing its efficacy, associated side effects, adverse events, and impact on metabolic parameters within the context of a multicenter national study. METHODS: This retrospective observational study analyzed data from 1009 patients across 38 endocrinology units from Türkiye. Patients with a history of bariatric surgery, those who started orlistat concurrently with liraglutide, and one patient who developed pancreatitis on the 15th day of treatment were excluded from the analyses of weight and laboratory changes. RESULTS: At least one side effect was observed in 48% of the patients, with nausea and vomiting being the most common. The most frequent reason for discontinuing treatment was the cost of the medication (42.6%). The median duration of liraglutide use was 4 months (IQR; 3-6), and the median dose was 2.4 mg (IQR; 1.8-3). Among the entire cohort, 76.4% and 40.9% of patients achieved a 5% and 10% weight loss target, respectively. 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METHODS: Computerized searches were performed on PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, CBM, Wanfang, and VIP databases to collect randomized controlled trials(RCT) on the efficacy of metformin and liraglutide in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome. The search period spanned from the inception of the databases to August 2024. Following literature screening, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment in the included studies, two reviewers independently conducted meta-analysis using RevMan 5.4 software. RESULTS: A total of 12 RCT involving 1096 patients were analyzed. The meta-analysis revealed that the group receiving metformin combined with liraglutide demonstrated superiority over the group receiving metformin alone in terms of body mass index (BMI), glucose levels, lipid levels, hormone levels, establishment of menstrual cycles, normal ovulation rate, and rate of spontaneous conception.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Boosting weight loss after conversional Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with liraglutide and placebo use. 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After discontinuing the drugs at 6 months and unblinding, the patient were followed up to 12 months. The endpoints were percentage of total weight loss (%TWL) and percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL), and changes in the metabolic biomarkers, and complications within 30 and 90 days according to the global outcome benchmark (GOB) stratification. RESULTS: In total, 38 patients in the liraglutide group and 31 in the placebo group completed the 24 weeks. Liraglutide group experienced better WL with a significantly higher mean %TWL at 1 month (10.27±1.39 vs. 8.41±2.08), at 6 weeks (12.65±1.77 vs. 10.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_17","claim":"Across the retained sources, positive signals cluster around the cardiometabolic outcome class; null signals around the cardiometabolic and contextual adjacent evidence outcome classes; and negative or adverse signals around the cardiometabolic and contextual adjacent evidence outcome classes. This pattern motivates a synthesis that keeps outcome domains separate before drawing cross-domain interpretation.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Evaluation and comparison of efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide and SGLT2i in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a network meta-analysis","year":2024,"doi":"10.1186/s12902-024-01805-z","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-024-01805-z","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Teng 2024","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: The objective is to assess the effectiveness and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide, and SGLT2i in individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. 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The meta-analysis revealed that the group receiving metformin combined with liraglutide demonstrated superiority over the group receiving metformin alone in terms of body mass index (BMI), glucose levels, lipid levels, hormone levels, establishment of menstrual cycles, normal ovulation rate, and rate of spontaneous conception.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Boosting weight loss after conversional Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with liraglutide and placebo use. 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MATERIALS AND METHODS: This 26-week randomized trial (NCT02505334) enrolled Japanese adults with type 2 diabetes across 47 sites in Japan. Participants with glycated hemoglobin (HbA 1c ) 7.5-10.0% were included and those on insulin treatment were excluded. Participants discontinued pre-trial oral antidiabetic drug and initiated liraglutide 0.9 mg for a 12-week run-in period, after which those with HbA 1c ≥7.0% (466) were randomized (1:1) to two treatment arms: continuing liraglutide 0.9 mg or dose escalation to 1.8 mg. The change from baseline in HbA 1c (primary endpoint) and treatment-emergent adverse events (secondary endpoint) were measured at the end of 26 weeks. RESULTS: After 26 weeks of treatment, liraglutide 1.8 mg was more effective compared with 0.9 mg in lowering HbA 1c levels, with an estimated treatment difference of -0.40% (95% confidence interval [CI] -0.55, -0.24; P < 0.0001).","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Comprehensive analysis of real-world data on liraglutide treatment in patients with obesity: a multicenter national study","year":2025,"doi":"10.1186/s40001-025-02836-5","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-025-02836-5","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Hepsen 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: The study aimed to evaluate real-world data on liraglutide by assessing its efficacy, associated side effects, adverse events, and impact on metabolic parameters within the context of a multicenter national study. METHODS: This retrospective observational study analyzed data from 1009 patients across 38 endocrinology units from Türkiye. Patients with a history of bariatric surgery, those who started orlistat concurrently with liraglutide, and one patient who developed pancreatitis on the 15th day of treatment were excluded from the analyses of weight and laboratory changes. RESULTS: At least one side effect was observed in 48% of the patients, with nausea and vomiting being the most common. The most frequent reason for discontinuing treatment was the cost of the medication (42.6%). The median duration of liraglutide use was 4 months (IQR; 3-6), and the median dose was 2.4 mg (IQR; 1.8-3). Among the entire cohort, 76.4% and 40.9% of patients achieved a 5% and 10% weight loss target, respectively. Significant reductions were observed in metabolic parameters during the treatment.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"The safety and efficacy of liraglutide combined with metformin in clinical treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome patients: a meta-analysis","year":2025,"doi":"10.1186/s12905-025-03787-z","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-025-03787-z","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Huang 2025","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: This study aims to investigate the effectiveness and safety of the combination of liraglutide and metformin for clinical treatment of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. METHODS: Computerized searches were performed on PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, CBM, Wanfang, and VIP databases to collect randomized controlled trials(RCT) on the efficacy of metformin and liraglutide in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome. The search period spanned from the inception of the databases to August 2024. Following literature screening, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment in the included studies, two reviewers independently conducted meta-analysis using RevMan 5.4 software. RESULTS: A total of 12 RCT involving 1096 patients were analyzed. The meta-analysis revealed that the group receiving metformin combined with liraglutide demonstrated superiority over the group receiving metformin alone in terms of body mass index (BMI), glucose levels, lipid levels, hormone levels, establishment of menstrual cycles, normal ovulation rate, and rate of spontaneous conception.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Boosting weight loss after conversional Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with liraglutide and placebo use. 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After discontinuing the drugs at 6 months and unblinding, the patient were followed up to 12 months. The endpoints were percentage of total weight loss (%TWL) and percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL), and changes in the metabolic biomarkers, and complications within 30 and 90 days according to the global outcome benchmark (GOB) stratification. RESULTS: In total, 38 patients in the liraglutide group and 31 in the placebo group completed the 24 weeks. Liraglutide group experienced better WL with a significantly higher mean %TWL at 1 month (10.27±1.39 vs. 8.41±2.08), at 6 weeks (12.65±1.77 vs. 10.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_22","claim":"Evidence-tension synthesis: claims grouped by outcome class (cardiometabolic, contextual adjacent evidence, longevity, mechanism); within-class agreement, disagreement, and directness gaps surfaced explicitly. 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MATERIALS AND METHODS: This 26-week randomized trial (NCT02505334) enrolled Japanese adults with type 2 diabetes across 47 sites in Japan. Participants with glycated hemoglobin (HbA 1c ) 7.5-10.0% were included and those on insulin treatment were excluded. Participants discontinued pre-trial oral antidiabetic drug and initiated liraglutide 0.9 mg for a 12-week run-in period, after which those with HbA 1c ≥7.0% (466) were randomized (1:1) to two treatment arms: continuing liraglutide 0.9 mg or dose escalation to 1.8 mg. The change from baseline in HbA 1c (primary endpoint) and treatment-emergent adverse events (secondary endpoint) were measured at the end of 26 weeks. RESULTS: After 26 weeks of treatment, liraglutide 1.8 mg was more effective compared with 0.9 mg in lowering HbA 1c levels, with an estimated treatment difference of -0.40% (95% confidence interval [CI] -0.55, -0.24; P < 0.0001).","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Comprehensive analysis of real-world data on liraglutide treatment in patients with obesity: a multicenter national study","year":2025,"doi":"10.1186/s40001-025-02836-5","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-025-02836-5","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Hepsen 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: The study aimed to evaluate real-world data on liraglutide by assessing its efficacy, associated side effects, adverse events, and impact on metabolic parameters within the context of a multicenter national study. 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After discontinuing the drugs at 6 months and unblinding, the patient were followed up to 12 months. The endpoints were percentage of total weight loss (%TWL) and percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL), and changes in the metabolic biomarkers, and complications within 30 and 90 days according to the global outcome benchmark (GOB) stratification. RESULTS: In total, 38 patients in the liraglutide group and 31 in the placebo group completed the 24 weeks. Liraglutide group experienced better WL with a significantly higher mean %TWL at 1 month (10.27±1.39 vs. 8.41±2.08), at 6 weeks (12.65±1.77 vs. 10.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_23","claim":"Source retrieval, claim extraction, evidence routing, and prose drafting were assisted by large language models under a deterministic audit-trail protocol. Every manuscript claim is traceable to a source record in the supplementary `manifest.json`. 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RESULTS: After 26 weeks of treatment, liraglutide 1.8 mg was more effective compared with 0.9 mg in lowering HbA 1c levels, with an estimated treatment difference of -0.40% (95% confidence interval [CI] -0.55, -0.24; P < 0.0001).","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Comprehensive analysis of real-world data on liraglutide treatment in patients with obesity: a multicenter national study","year":2025,"doi":"10.1186/s40001-025-02836-5","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-025-02836-5","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Hepsen 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: The study aimed to evaluate real-world data on liraglutide by assessing its efficacy, associated side effects, adverse events, and impact on metabolic parameters within the context of a multicenter national study. METHODS: This retrospective observational study analyzed data from 1009 patients across 38 endocrinology units from Türkiye. Patients with a history of bariatric surgery, those who started orlistat concurrently with liraglutide, and one patient who developed pancreatitis on the 15th day of treatment were excluded from the analyses of weight and laboratory changes. RESULTS: At least one side effect was observed in 48% of the patients, with nausea and vomiting being the most common. The most frequent reason for discontinuing treatment was the cost of the medication (42.6%). The median duration of liraglutide use was 4 months (IQR; 3-6), and the median dose was 2.4 mg (IQR; 1.8-3). Among the entire cohort, 76.4% and 40.9% of patients achieved a 5% and 10% weight loss target, respectively. Significant reductions were observed in metabolic parameters during the treatment.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"The safety and efficacy of liraglutide combined with metformin in clinical treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome patients: a meta-analysis","year":2025,"doi":"10.1186/s12905-025-03787-z","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-025-03787-z","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Huang 2025","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: This study aims to investigate the effectiveness and safety of the combination of liraglutide and metformin for clinical treatment of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. METHODS: Computerized searches were performed on PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, CBM, Wanfang, and VIP databases to collect randomized controlled trials(RCT) on the efficacy of metformin and liraglutide in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome. The search period spanned from the inception of the databases to August 2024. Following literature screening, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment in the included studies, two reviewers independently conducted meta-analysis using RevMan 5.4 software. RESULTS: A total of 12 RCT involving 1096 patients were analyzed. The meta-analysis revealed that the group receiving metformin combined with liraglutide demonstrated superiority over the group receiving metformin alone in terms of body mass index (BMI), glucose levels, lipid levels, hormone levels, establishment of menstrual cycles, normal ovulation rate, and rate of spontaneous conception.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Boosting weight loss after conversional Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with liraglutide and placebo use. A double-blind-randomized controlled trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1097/JS9.0000000000000990","url":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JS9.0000000000000990","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"direct","cited_as":"Hany 2023","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Conversional bariatric surgery inherently has less weight loss (WL) compared to primary procedures. Adjunctive use of the GLP-1 analog, liraglutide with conversional Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (cRYGB) may maximize the WL benefits of surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This single-center randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial included 80 patients randomized into two groups; the liraglutide group (40 patients) who received daily injections of liraglutide, and the placebo group (40 patients) who received normal saline starting at 6 weeks from cRYGB and continued for 6 months. After discontinuing the drugs at 6 months and unblinding, the patient were followed up to 12 months. The endpoints were percentage of total weight loss (%TWL) and percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL), and changes in the metabolic biomarkers, and complications within 30 and 90 days according to the global outcome benchmark (GOB) stratification. RESULTS: In total, 38 patients in the liraglutide group and 31 in the placebo group completed the 24 weeks. Liraglutide group experienced better WL with a significantly higher mean %TWL at 1 month (10.27±1.39 vs. 8.41±2.08), at 6 weeks (12.65±1.77 vs. 10.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_25","claim":"| Cardiometabolic | Bonga 2026: Incretin Analogues for Weight Reduction in Non-Diabetic Obese: A Review of Liraglutide, Semaglutide, and Tirzepatide Beyond Glycemic Control | direction=null | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=null | finding=1 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_53","study":"Incretin Analogues for Weight Reduction in Non-Diabetic Obese: A Review of Liraglutide, Semaglutide, and Tirzepatide Beyond Glycemic Control","doi":"10.5041/RMMJ.10565","url":"https://doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10565","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Bonga 2026","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"indirect","excerpt":"Obesity is a complex, multifactorial disease that contributes to a broad range of cardiometabolic, reproductive, and psychological disorders. Representing a major global health challenge, obesity can be addressed by lifestyle modifications such as reduced calorie intake, physical activity, adequate sleep, and stress management to help achieve sustainable weight loss and improve metabolic health in the long term. Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) are the two naturally produced incretin hormones in the gastrointestinal tract. Incretin analogues were initially approved for type 2 diabetes mellitus but were later found to exhibit weight-reducing properties. Liraglutide, semaglutide, and tirzepatide are the three incretin analogues approved for obesity in non-diabetic patients. This narrative review presents detailed comparisons of the three approved incretin analogues for obesity, their cost-effectiveness, and trends in the clinical setting."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_26","claim":"| Cardiometabolic | Dhippayom 2026: GLP ‐1 receptor agonists for treating obesity without diabetes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of economic evaluations | direction=null | directness=review | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=null | finding=45 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_31","study":"GLP ‐1 receptor agonists for treating obesity without diabetes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of economic evaluations","doi":"10.1111/dom.70322","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.70322","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Dhippayom 2026","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"review","excerpt":"AIM: To pool the incremental net benefits (INBs) of using glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) for treating obesity without diabetes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: PubMed, Embase, EconLit, CEA Registry, ProQuest Dissertation and Theses Global were searched from inception to April 2024. Cost-effectiveness studies were included if they reported economic outcomes of any GLP-1RAs in the treatment of obesity without diabetes for a minimum time horizon of 5 years. Details of the study characteristics, economic model inputs, costs, and outcomes were extracted. Monetary units were converted to 2023 US dollars. INBs with 95% confidence interval (CI) were pooled using a random-effects model. Statistical heterogeneity between studies was assessed using the I 2 statistic. The outcome was INB, calculated by multiplying the willingness-to-pay threshold by the difference in effectiveness between two interventions, then subtracting the difference in costs, with a positive INB indicating cost-effectiveness. RESULTS: Of 634 studies identified, 9 from high-income countries (HICs) with 23 comparisons were included."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_27","claim":"| Cardiometabolic | Dong 2025: Long-term administration of liraglutide for weight management in pediatric patients under 18 years: evidence from 7 randomized controlled trials. | direction=positive | directness=direct | A1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=positive | finding=representative statistic P = 0.007; source-level statistic reported |","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_44","study":"Long-term administration of liraglutide for weight management in pediatric patients under 18 years: evidence from 7 randomized controlled trials.","doi":"10.1038/s41390-025-04537-5","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-025-04537-5","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Dong 2025","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"direct","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Liraglutide, an analog of glucagon-like peptide-1, is prescribed for managing weight in obese people. This meta-analysis investigated whether liraglutide was suitable for younger children with obesity, and to evaluate the efficacy and safety of varying treatment durations and dosage regimens. METHODS: Randomized controlled trials published up to March 20, 2025 were retrieved from in PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane library, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. RESULTS: Seven trials involving 575 patients were included in the analysis. Liraglutide significantly decreased body mass index (BMI) (WMD: -0.57; P = 0.007), BMI z-score (WMD: -0.45; P < 0.00001), body weight (WMD: -0.31; P = 0.0004), HbA1c (WMD: -0.43; P = 0.004), fasting plasma glucose (WMD: -1.23; P = 0.003) and systolic blood pressure (WMD: -0.20; P = 0.03) compared with placebos in obese children and adolescents. Subgroup analyses found that children 6-12 years of age did not have a significantly different BMI z-score (z = 1.76; P = 0.08) and body weight (z = 1.75; P = 0.08) versus adolescents. Fifty-six weeks of liraglutide treatment (z = 4.60; P < 0."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_28","claim":"| Cardiometabolic | Fang 2026: Effect of liraglutide on depressive symptoms in overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes: protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial | direction=null | directness=direct | A1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=null | finding=6 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_46","study":"Effect of liraglutide on depressive symptoms in overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes: protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial","doi":"10.3389/fendo.2025.1629157","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2025.1629157","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Fang 2026","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"direct","excerpt":"INTRODUCTION: Patients with concurrent obesity, type 2 diabetes, and depression experience high disease severity and prevalence. This triad of conditions compromises quality of life and treatment adherence, further exacerbating disease progression. Therapeutic strategies for such patients must address both glycemic control and psychological well-being. Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA), offers benefits beyond glucose-lowering and weight reduction, with emerging evidence suggesting it may also alleviate depressive symptoms. Therefore, liraglutide represents a promising intervention for managing depression in patients with obesity and diabetes. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to assess the therapeutic efficacy of liraglutide in overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes and comorbid depression, with a specific focus on its antidepressant effects. METHODS: This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial. Sixty eligible participants will be randomly assigned (1:1) to receive either liraglutide (initiated at 0.6 mg/day, titrated weekly to a maximum of 1.8 mg/day) or a matched placebo, as an adjunct to standard care for 12 weeks."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_29","claim":"| Cardiometabolic | Huang 2025: The safety and efficacy of liraglutide combined with metformin in clinical treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome patients: a meta-analysis | direction=unclear | directness=review | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=unclear | finding=representative non-significant statistic P = 0.41; not treated as positive or negative directional support unless source direction is coded |","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_4","study":"The safety and efficacy of liraglutide combined with metformin in clinical treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome patients: a meta-analysis","doi":"10.1186/s12905-025-03787-z","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-025-03787-z","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Huang 2025","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"review","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: This study aims to investigate the effectiveness and safety of the combination of liraglutide and metformin for clinical treatment of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. METHODS: Computerized searches were performed on PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, CBM, Wanfang, and VIP databases to collect randomized controlled trials(RCT) on the efficacy of metformin and liraglutide in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome. The search period spanned from the inception of the databases to August 2024. Following literature screening, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment in the included studies, two reviewers independently conducted meta-analysis using RevMan 5.4 software. RESULTS: A total of 12 RCT involving 1096 patients were analyzed. The meta-analysis revealed that the group receiving metformin combined with liraglutide demonstrated superiority over the group receiving metformin alone in terms of body mass index (BMI), glucose levels, lipid levels, hormone levels, establishment of menstrual cycles, normal ovulation rate, and rate of spontaneous conception."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_30","claim":"| Cardiometabolic | Lu 2026b: Efficacy of liraglutide on metabolic and reproductive outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis. | direction=null | directness=review | B1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=null | finding=1 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_54","study":"Efficacy of liraglutide on metabolic and reproductive outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis.","doi":"10.1111/dom.70452","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.70452","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Lu 2026b","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"review","excerpt":"Overweight or obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) frequently exhibit metabolic disturbances and reproductive dysfunction. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy and safety of liraglutide in improving metabolic and reproductive outcomes in this population. PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Scopus, Web of Science and ClinicalTrials.gov were systematically searched from inception to 31 May 2025 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing liraglutide (alone or in combination) with placebo, metformin or non-liraglutide active treatments in overweight or obese women with PCOS. Two reviewers independently conducted study selection, data extraction and risk-of-bias assessment. Pooled analyses were performed using a random-effects model, and results were expressed as Hedges' g or odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Seven RCTs comprising 330 women with PCOS were included. Compared with control treatments, liraglutide significantly increased menstrual frequency (g = 1.76; 95% CI [0.28, 3.24]), reduced body mass index (BMI; g = -0.52; [-0.94, -0."}],"candidate_sources":[]}]}},{"name":"claim_graph.json","media_type":"application/json","content":{"publication_id":"d8f38608-04e9-4baf-a98a-b15cef29f955","content_hash":"sha256:8d5802dcfe9b263a6194cab28126ef484ac8a8682cdcba92653d0f4a50e195e0","nodes":[{"id":"d8f38608-04e9-4baf-a98a-b15cef29f955","type":"publication","title":"Research Synthesis: Liraglutide Biomarker Effects — full paper"},{"id":"claim_1","type":"claim","text":"Evidence-honesty note: 43/56 retained sources are indirect, review-level, adjacent, or mechanistic and are used only to bound interpretation. The conclusion therefore does not support broad causal, clinical, or policy claims. Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, is now evaluated across an unusually broad slate of cardiometabolic, renal, hepatic, neurologic, and behavioral biomarkers, with regulatory and clinical interest extending well beyond glycemic control (Teng 2024; Yeo 2025). Whether the surrogate-endpoint signals that drive most biomarker reports translate into clinically meaningful aging-related benefit remains unresolved, an issue framed by Ioannidis-style surrogate-endpoint caution (Ioannidis 2005). We applied an AI-assisted structured evidence synthesis with an explicit audit trail, restricting the analytic frame to direct human randomized or longitudinal evidence on liraglutide and separating it from mechanistic or cross-domain signals. We conclude that liraglutide produces reproducible within-class cardiometabolic biomarker gains in direct RCTs, while its purported broader aging-related biomarker benefits are not yet demonstrated and should be treated as hypothesis-generating until adequately powered direct trials report hard functional endpoints. **Evidence-abstraction note."},{"id":"claim_2","type":"claim","text":"Evidence-honesty note: 43/56 retained sources are indirect, review-level, adjacent, or mechanistic and are used only to bound interpretation. The conclusion therefore does not support broad causal, clinical, or policy claims."},{"id":"claim_3","type":"claim","text":"We applied an AI-assisted structured evidence synthesis with an explicit audit trail, restricting the analytic frame to direct human randomized or longitudinal evidence on liraglutide and separating it from mechanistic or cross-domain signals."},{"id":"claim_4","type":"claim","text":"Evidence-abstraction note.** The 56 retained reference papers are not 56 independent primary clinical trials: 43 are review, indirect, mechanistic, or registered-protocol source-level summaries, and 13 are classified as direct interventional evidence. Interpretation below therefore separates primary clinical-trial evidence from review-level, preclinical, and other indirect evidence."},{"id":"claim_5","type":"claim","text":"This synthesis evaluates evidence on liraglutide biomarker effects across 56 included source papers and 3841 high-confidence extracted claims. The review is organized around the distinction between direct interventional hard-endpoint evidence, adjacent/review/context evidence, and mechanistic evidence so that biological plausibility is not confused with clinical certainty."},{"id":"claim_6","type":"claim","text":"The corpus contains 13 direct clinical sources, 42 adjacent, review, or context sources, and 1 mechanistic or model-system source. That distribution makes the synthesis appropriate for evaluating convergence, boundary conditions, and trial-design implications, while requiring caution around any conclusion that would exceed the direct human evidence."},{"id":"claim_7","type":"claim","text":"The introductory frame therefore treats the corpus as a set of evidence roles rather than a single directional verdict. Direct sources define the applied boundary, adjacent sources locate comparable clinical contexts, and mechanistic sources identify plausible bridges that still require endpoint-level confirmation."},{"id":"claim_8","type":"claim","text":"This distinction matters for publication because it makes the paper falsifiable. A future source can strengthen, weaken, or reverse the synthesis by changing the evidence tier, direction, or outcome-class balance."},{"id":"claim_9","type":"claim","text":"The mechanistic layer is most useful when it explains why a trial signal might appear or fail to appear. It is weaker when it is used as a replacement for outcome data, so this synthesis treats it as interpretive support rather than independent clinical proof."},{"id":"claim_10","type":"claim","text":"Null findings have a specific role in this evidence model. They do not erase mechanistic plausibility, but they do narrow the set of claims that can be made about effect consistency, target population, and endpoint selection."},{"id":"claim_11","type":"claim","text":"Adverse or negative signals are likewise retained in the main interpretation. For an aging intervention, the risk profile is part of the efficacy question because a plausible mechanism is not sufficient if the same corpus shows offsetting harm or tolerability constraints."},{"id":"claim_12","type":"claim","text":"The evidence base also distinguishes breadth from certainty. A broad corpus can cover many biological domains while still leaving the clinically decisive question unresolved if direct evidence is limited, heterogeneous, or endpoint-specific."},{"id":"claim_13","type":"claim","text":"For that reason, the manuscript does not collapse every source into a single recommendation. It presents the intervention as a set of linked claims whose strength depends on the evidence tier and the match between mechanism, population, and endpoint."},{"id":"claim_14","type":"claim","text":"The research value of the synthesis lies in making these boundaries explicit. It identifies which evidence streams are already aligned, which ones remain discordant, and which future studies would most directly test the unresolved bridge."},{"id":"claim_15","type":"claim","text":"Additional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; the background evidence for liraglutide biomarker effects is heterogeneous rather than uniformly confirmatory. Direct clinical sources such as Seino 2022, Hany 2023, Pandey 2024 are interpreted separately from mechanistic studies such as Long 2025, because these evidence roles answer different questions about aging biology and clinical translation."},{"id":"claim_16","type":"claim","text":"The direct evidence establishes what has been observed in human or adjacent clinical settings. The mechanistic evidence helps explain why an effect might be plausible, but it does not by itself establish the size, durability, or safety of a human healthspan effect."},{"id":"claim_17","type":"claim","text":"Across the retained sources, positive signals cluster around the cardiometabolic outcome class; null signals around the cardiometabolic and contextual adjacent evidence outcome classes; and negative or adverse signals around the cardiometabolic and contextual adjacent evidence outcome classes. This pattern motivates a synthesis that keeps outcome domains separate before drawing cross-domain interpretation."},{"id":"claim_18","type":"claim","text":"The study-level structure also prevents selective emphasis. Supportive, null, mixed, and adverse findings remain visible in the same manuscript, allowing the reader to distinguish evidential breadth from evidential certainty."},{"id":"claim_19","type":"claim","text":"The resulting paper is therefore a calibrated synthesis: it can identify plausible mechanisms, observed direct signals when present, unresolved tensions, and trial-design priorities without converting them into claims stronger than the retained corpus can support."},{"id":"claim_20","type":"claim","text":"The following fields were extracted from each included source: study design, population / cohort, intervention or exposure, comparator, outcome class, effect direction, effect size, confidence interval or credible interval, p-value, sample size, follow-up duration, risk-of-bias rating. Under the calibration rule, source verification in the public bundle is limited to reference-level metadata; exact statistics and effect directions are drawn from these structured extraction artifacts (the synthesis manifest, risk-of-bias sidecar when populated, and claim registry) rather than from re-parsed full text."},{"id":"claim_21","type":"claim","text":"Risk-of-bias framework assignment follows study design (RoB-2 for RCTs, ROBINS-I for non-randomised studies, AMSTAR-2 for systematic reviews / meta-analyses). Public appraisal claims are limited to populated `risk_of_bias.json` rows; when no populated ratings are present, interpretation remains bounded by source tier and directness rather than formal RoB certification."},{"id":"claim_22","type":"claim","text":"Evidence-tension synthesis: claims grouped by outcome class (cardiometabolic, contextual adjacent evidence, longevity, mechanism); within-class agreement, disagreement, and directness gaps surfaced explicitly. Quantitative pooling applied only where ≥3 sources reported a comparable endpoint with extractable effect estimates."},{"id":"claim_23","type":"claim","text":"Source retrieval, claim extraction, evidence routing, and prose drafting were assisted by large language models under a deterministic audit-trail protocol. Every manuscript claim is traceable to a source record in the supplementary `manifest.json`. Final eligibility and interpretation decisions are author-verified."},{"id":"claim_24","type":"claim","text":"| Evidence domain | Source | Direction | Directness | Tier | Evidence role | Finding |"},{"id":"claim_25","type":"claim","text":"| Cardiometabolic | Bonga 2026: Incretin Analogues for Weight Reduction in Non-Diabetic Obese: A Review of Liraglutide, Semaglutide, and Tirzepatide Beyond Glycemic Control | direction=null | directness=indirect | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=null | finding=1 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |"},{"id":"claim_26","type":"claim","text":"| Cardiometabolic | Dhippayom 2026: GLP ‐1 receptor agonists for treating obesity without diabetes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of economic evaluations | direction=null | directness=review | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=null | finding=45 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |"},{"id":"claim_27","type":"claim","text":"| Cardiometabolic | Dong 2025: Long-term administration of liraglutide for weight management in pediatric patients under 18 years: evidence from 7 randomized controlled trials. | direction=positive | directness=direct | A1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=positive | finding=representative statistic P = 0.007; source-level statistic reported |"},{"id":"claim_28","type":"claim","text":"| Cardiometabolic | Fang 2026: Effect of liraglutide on depressive symptoms in overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes: protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial | direction=null | directness=direct | A1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=null | finding=6 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |"},{"id":"claim_29","type":"claim","text":"| Cardiometabolic | Huang 2025: The safety and efficacy of liraglutide combined with metformin in clinical treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome patients: a meta-analysis | direction=unclear | directness=review | B2 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=unclear | finding=representative non-significant statistic P = 0.41; not treated as positive or negative directional support unless source direction is coded |"},{"id":"claim_30","type":"claim","text":"| Cardiometabolic | Lu 2026b: Efficacy of liraglutide on metabolic and reproductive outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis. | direction=null | directness=review | B1 | outcome=Cardiometabolic; direction=null | finding=1 extracted claim(s); source-level direction is the coded finding |"},{"id":"source_1","type":"source","study":"Evaluation and comparison of efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide and SGLT2i in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a network meta-analysis","year":2024,"doi":"10.1186/s12902-024-01805-z","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-024-01805-z","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Teng 2024","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: The objective is to assess the effectiveness and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide, and SGLT2i in individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. METHODS: An inquiry was undertaken within the electronic database spanning from its inception to February 11th, 2024, aimed at identifying randomized controlled trials that assess the efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, liraglutide, canagliflozin, ertugliflozin, empagliflozin, dapagliflozin, and henagliflozin. Perform a network meta-analysis to examine the distinctions among them (PROSPERO registration number: CRD42024537006). RESULTS: Twenty-eight RCTs were included, involving 8499 participants. Compared with placebo, all treatments improved HbA1c levels: tirzepatide 15 mg reduced HbA1c the most (MD [95% CI], -2.24% [-2.52, -1.96]%), followed by tirzepatide 10 mg (MD [95% CI], -1.99% [-2.29, -1.69]%), tirzepatide 5 mg (MD [95% CI], -1.82% [-2.11, -1.53]%), and liraglutide 1.2 mg (MD [95% CI], -1.23% [-1.41, -1.05]%). Canagliflozin 300 mg also showed a significant reduction in HbA1c (MD [95% CI], -1.00% [-1.18, -0.82])."},{"id":"source_2","type":"source","study":"A randomized trial to investigate the efficacy and safety of once‐daily liraglutide 1.8 mg in Japanese adults with type 2 diabetes exhibiting an inadequate response to liraglutide 0.9 mg","year":2022,"doi":"10.1111/jdi.13789","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jdi.13789","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"direct","cited_as":"Seino 2022","excerpt":"AIMS/INTRODUCTION: The present trial compared the efficacy and safety of once-daily liraglutide 1.8 mg with liraglutide 0.9 mg in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes to assess the incremental effects of liraglutide 1.8 mg in those who exhibited an inadequate response to 0.9 mg. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This 26-week randomized trial (NCT02505334) enrolled Japanese adults with type 2 diabetes across 47 sites in Japan. Participants with glycated hemoglobin (HbA 1c ) 7.5-10.0% were included and those on insulin treatment were excluded. Participants discontinued pre-trial oral antidiabetic drug and initiated liraglutide 0.9 mg for a 12-week run-in period, after which those with HbA 1c ≥7.0% (466) were randomized (1:1) to two treatment arms: continuing liraglutide 0.9 mg or dose escalation to 1.8 mg. The change from baseline in HbA 1c (primary endpoint) and treatment-emergent adverse events (secondary endpoint) were measured at the end of 26 weeks. RESULTS: After 26 weeks of treatment, liraglutide 1.8 mg was more effective compared with 0.9 mg in lowering HbA 1c levels, with an estimated treatment difference of -0.40% (95% confidence interval [CI] -0.55, -0.24; P < 0.0001)."},{"id":"source_3","type":"source","study":"Comprehensive analysis of real-world data on liraglutide treatment in patients with obesity: a multicenter national study","year":2025,"doi":"10.1186/s40001-025-02836-5","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-025-02836-5","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Hepsen 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: The study aimed to evaluate real-world data on liraglutide by assessing its efficacy, associated side effects, adverse events, and impact on metabolic parameters within the context of a multicenter national study. METHODS: This retrospective observational study analyzed data from 1009 patients across 38 endocrinology units from Türkiye. Patients with a history of bariatric surgery, those who started orlistat concurrently with liraglutide, and one patient who developed pancreatitis on the 15th day of treatment were excluded from the analyses of weight and laboratory changes. RESULTS: At least one side effect was observed in 48% of the patients, with nausea and vomiting being the most common. The most frequent reason for discontinuing treatment was the cost of the medication (42.6%). The median duration of liraglutide use was 4 months (IQR; 3-6), and the median dose was 2.4 mg (IQR; 1.8-3). Among the entire cohort, 76.4% and 40.9% of patients achieved a 5% and 10% weight loss target, respectively. Significant reductions were observed in metabolic parameters during the treatment."},{"id":"source_4","type":"source","study":"The safety and efficacy of liraglutide combined with metformin in clinical treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome patients: a meta-analysis","year":2025,"doi":"10.1186/s12905-025-03787-z","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-025-03787-z","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Huang 2025","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: This study aims to investigate the effectiveness and safety of the combination of liraglutide and metformin for clinical treatment of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. METHODS: Computerized searches were performed on PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, CBM, Wanfang, and VIP databases to collect randomized controlled trials(RCT) on the efficacy of metformin and liraglutide in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome. The search period spanned from the inception of the databases to August 2024. Following literature screening, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment in the included studies, two reviewers independently conducted meta-analysis using RevMan 5.4 software. RESULTS: A total of 12 RCT involving 1096 patients were analyzed. The meta-analysis revealed that the group receiving metformin combined with liraglutide demonstrated superiority over the group receiving metformin alone in terms of body mass index (BMI), glucose levels, lipid levels, hormone levels, establishment of menstrual cycles, normal ovulation rate, and rate of spontaneous conception."},{"id":"source_5","type":"source","study":"Boosting weight loss after conversional Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass with liraglutide and placebo use. A double-blind-randomized controlled trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1097/JS9.0000000000000990","url":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JS9.0000000000000990","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"direct","cited_as":"Hany 2023","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Conversional bariatric surgery inherently has less weight loss (WL) compared to primary procedures. Adjunctive use of the GLP-1 analog, liraglutide with conversional Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (cRYGB) may maximize the WL benefits of surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This single-center randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial included 80 patients randomized into two groups; the liraglutide group (40 patients) who received daily injections of liraglutide, and the placebo group (40 patients) who received normal saline starting at 6 weeks from cRYGB and continued for 6 months. After discontinuing the drugs at 6 months and unblinding, the patient were followed up to 12 months. The endpoints were percentage of total weight loss (%TWL) and percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL), and changes in the metabolic biomarkers, and complications within 30 and 90 days according to the global outcome benchmark (GOB) stratification. RESULTS: In total, 38 patients in the liraglutide group and 31 in the placebo group completed the 24 weeks. Liraglutide group experienced better WL with a significantly higher mean %TWL at 1 month (10.27±1.39 vs. 8.41±2.08), at 6 weeks (12.65±1.77 vs. 10."},{"id":"source_6","type":"source","study":"Impact of liraglutide on albumin-to-creatinine ratio in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis","year":2025,"doi":"10.1186/s40001-025-02801-2","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-025-02801-2","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Wang 2025","excerpt":"AIMS: Emerging evidence suggested that liraglutide possessed the potential to improve the albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study aimed to ascertain the impact of liraglutide on ACR in T2DM. METHODS: PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, WanFang and CNKI were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from inception to November 30, 2024 (PROSPERO: CRD52025336785). The data were pooled using fixed- or random-effects models based on the heterogeneity. Sensitivity analyses and publication bias assessments were performed. RESULTS: Seven RCTs involving 473 participants were included. Liraglutide significantly reduced ACR (WMD: - 11.76 mg/g, 95% CI, - 21.71 to - 1.81, I 2 = 75%, P = 0.02) compared to controls (placebo or active drugs). Subgroup analysis revealed significant ACR reductions in patients with HbA1c > 8.0%, follow-up > 12 weeks, and age < 60 years. Meta regression indicated that heterogeneity was not influenced by sample size, HbA1c, baseline ACR, treatment duration, or liraglutide dosage (P = 0.92; 95% CI, - 322.34 to 340.66)."},{"id":"source_7","type":"source","study":"Liraglutide in mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease: a phase 2b clinical trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.1038/s41591-025-04106-7","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-04106-7","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Edison 2026","excerpt":"Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonist and antidiabetic drug, has shown neuroprotective effects in animal models. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of liraglutide in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease syndrome. 'Evaluating liraglutide in Alzheimer's disease' (ELAD) is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2b trial in 204 participants with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease syndrome with no diabetes. Participants received daily injections of liraglutide or placebo for 52 weeks. They underwent fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and detailed neuropsychometric evaluations. The primary outcome was a change in cerebral glucose metabolic rate. Secondary outcomes were safety and tolerability and cognitive changes. The primary outcome showed no significant differences in cerebral glucose metabolism (difference = -0.17; 95% confidence interval: -0.39 to 0.06; P = 0.14) between the two groups. The secondary outcome-score on the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Executive domain (ADAS-Exec)-performed better in liraglutide-treated patients compared to placebo (0."},{"id":"source_8","type":"source","study":"Comparative effectiveness of semaglutide versus liraglutide, dulaglutide or tirzepatide: a systematic review and meta-analysis","year":2025,"doi":"10.3389/fphar.2025.1438318","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2025.1438318","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Karimi 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: This study seeks to compare the effectiveness of Semaglutide compared to Liraglutide, Dulaglutide, or Tirzepatide. Additionally, it aims to investigate the implications of transitioning from Dulaglutide or Liraglutide to Semaglutide. METHODS: We searched PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, and Web of Science (ClinicalTrials.gov for unpublished records) from their inception to 5 February 2025, including observational cohort studies and randomized controlled trials. Analyses were conducted using Review Manager (RevMan) version 5.4.1 and STATA 17. RESULTS: The meta-analysis comprised 16 studies and 5,997 patients. Semaglutide significantly reduced hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels compared to Liraglutide (0.56; 95% CI: 0.19-0.94; p < 0.001). However, no significant differences were observed between Semaglutide and Liraglutide in terms of fasting blood sugar (FBS), body mass index (BMI), and weight change. In comparison to Dulaglutide, Semaglutide displayed superior efficacy in reducing HbA1c levels (3.72; 95% CI: 0.02-7.41; p = 0.05) and FBS (2.66; 95% CI: 0.26-5.07; p = 0.03). However, no significant differences were found in weight and BMI change."},{"id":"source_9","type":"source","study":"Is liraglutide safe and effective in the elderly obese patients?: A single center experience","year":2025,"doi":"10.1097/MD.0000000000042155","url":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000042155","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Oral 2025","excerpt":"The prevalence of Obesity is increasing globally, including in Türkiye, and affects all age groups, including the elderly. Previous clinical trials have shown the efficacy and safety of liraglutide in reducing the body weight of older adults. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of liraglutide on weight loss and to identify any adverse effects in elderly individuals with obesity. This retrospective cohort study included patients aged ≥ 60 years with a body-mass index (BMI) ≥ 27 or greater and other comorbidities, as well as those with an initial BMI ≥ 30. All patients referred from a private tertiary clinic were prescribed liraglutide for obesity treatment. Data were collected from September 2023 to September 2024, with metabolic and anthropometric parameters recorded at the first appointment, followed by the monitoring of body weight and adverse effects during treatment. The mean age of the 32 patients was 63.78 years (± 10.50 years), with 90.6% of patients being female. Their mean weight and BMI were 94.31 ± 14.82 kg and 36.49 ± 5.34 kg/m², respectively. The body weight loss percentages were 5.96% at week 4, 10.06% at week 8, 13.85% at week 12, and 15."},{"id":"source_10","type":"source","study":"Efficacy and Safety of the New Appetite Suppressant, Liraglutide: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials","year":2021,"doi":"10.3803/EnM.2020.934","url":"https://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2020.934","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Moon 2021","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Obesity is a chronic disease associated with metabolic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved liraglutide as an anti-obesity drug for nondiabetic patients in 2014, it has been widely used for weight control in overweight and obese people. This study aimed to systematically analyze the effects of liraglutide on body weight and other cardiometabolic parameters. METHODS: We investigated articles from PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library to search randomized clinical trials that examined body weight changes with liraglutide treatment. RESULTS: We included 31 studies with 8,060 participants for this meta-analysis. The mean difference (MD) between the liraglutide group and the placebo group was -4.19 kg (95% confidence interval [CI], -4.84 to -3.55), with a -4.16% change from the baseline (95% CI, -4.90 to -3.43). Liraglutide treatment correlated with a significantly reduced body mass index (MD: -1.55; 95% CI, -1.76 to -1.34) and waist circumference (MD: -3.11 cm; 95% CI, -3.59 to -2.62) and significantly decreased blood pressure (systolic blood pressure, MD: -2.85 mm Hg; 95% CI, -3.36 to -2."},{"id":"source_11","type":"source","study":"Insulin DEgludec/LIraglutide versus multiple daily insulin injections in the transition from hospital to outpatient management assessed by continuous glucose monitoring: the DELI transition trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1007/s00125-025-06446-y","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06446-y","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Gomez-Medina 2025","excerpt":"AIMS/OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to assess the safety profile (defined as the percentage of patients with at least one hypoglycaemic event [more than 15 min with glucose levels <3.0 mmol/l as documented by continuous glucose monitoring] in the first 4 weeks of follow-up) for insulin degludec/liraglutide (IDegLira) compared with multiple daily insulin injections (MDI) during the transition from hospital to an outpatient setting. METHODS: The study was an open-label, randomised, controlled clinical trial comparing IDegLira to MDI after hospital discharge in patients with type 2 diabetes. The study evaluated the percentage of patients with at least one hypoglycaemic event, the hypoglycaemia event density, the time in range (TIR 3.8-10 mmol/l), the time below range (TBR <3.0 or <3.8 mmol/l), and other glycaemic management metrics measured by continuous glucose monitoring. RESULTS: Sixty-four patients were included in the analysis (32 in each group). They had a baseline HbA 1c of 103 ± 11.6 mmol/mol (11.6 ± 1.7%) and age of 58 ± 12.4 years (means ± SD). The proportion of patients with at least one hypoglycaemic event (plasma glucose <3."},{"id":"source_12","type":"source","study":"Mental health changes after 4 months of weight loss treatment with the glucagon‐like peptide‐1 analogue liraglutide 3.0 mg","year":2026,"doi":"10.1111/dom.70393","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.70393","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Kuckuck 2026","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: This observational study examined changes in mental health and wellbeing after 4-months liraglutide 3.0 mg treatment in patients with obesity and explored associations with weight loss. METHODS: We included 98 patients with obesity treated with liraglutide 3.0 mg. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS: total score 0-42; depression/anxiety subscales 0-21), OBESI-Q psychological wellbeing (0-100) and anthropometrics were assessed at baseline and 4-month follow-up. Analyses included the full sample and subgroups with poor versus good baseline mental health. RESULTS: Body weight decreased after 4 months (-5.8%, p < 0.001). HADS total, depression, and (in trend) anxiety scores slightly decreased (-1.7 [95% confidence interval [CI] -3.2; -0.1, p < 0.05]; -1.0 [95% CI: -1.9; -0.1, p < 0.05] and -0.7 [95% CI: -1.5; 0.1, p = 0.095]). OBESI-Q psychological wellbeing scores increased (4.3 [95% CI: 0.8; 7.8, p < 0.05]). Mental health improvements occurred mainly in patients with poor baseline mental health. Weight loss occurred regardless of initial mental health."},{"id":"source_13","type":"source","study":"Comparison of Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Tirzepatide, Liraglutide and Semaglutide in Patients with Obesity and Without T2D: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials","year":2026,"doi":"10.1007/s12325-026-03523-5","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12325-026-03523-5","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Ciudin 2026","excerpt":"INTRODUCTION: Recent pharmacological options for weight management include the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists semaglutide and liraglutide, and the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and GLP-1 receptor agonist tirzepatide, but head-to-head comparisons of all three of these interventions are lacking. METHODS: Based on a systematic literature review (SLR) and Bayesian network meta-analysis (NMA), the efficacy and safety of semaglutide 2.4 mg, liraglutide 3 mg and tirzepatide 5, 10 and 15 mg were compared in adults without type 2 diabetes, and with either obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥ 30 kg/m 2 ) or overweight (BMI ≥ 27 kg/m 2 ) with ≥ 1 obesity-related complication. RESULTS: Following a stringent heterogeneity assessment, six of 42 randomised controlled trials identified in the SLR were included in the NMA. Efficacy estimand results showed all tirzepatide doses were associated with statistically greater improvements in weight reduction outcomes versus liraglutide, and for tirzepatide 10 and 15 mg versus semaglutide: including percentage weight reduction (- 12.86% for tirzepatide 10 mg and - 13.95% for tirzepatide 15 mg versus liraglutide; - 4."},{"id":"source_14","type":"source","study":"Effects of Liraglutide, Empagliflozin and Their Combination on Left Atrial Strain and Arterial Function","year":2024,"doi":"10.3390/medicina60030395","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60030395","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Katogiannis 2024","excerpt":"Background and Objectives : Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i) are cardioprotective drugs. We investigated their effects on left atrial function, a major determinant of cardiac diastolic dysfunction in type 2 diabetes mellitus. We also explored the association of changes in arterial stiffness with those of the LA strain after treatment. Materials and Methods : A total of 200 patients (59.5 ± 9.1 year old, 151 male) with type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with metformin were randomized to insulin (n = 50 served as controls), liraglutide (n = 50), empagliflozin (n = 50) or their combination (liraglutide + empagliflozin) (n = 50). We measured at baseline and 6 months post-treatment: (a) left atrial and global left ventricular longitudinal strain by speckle tracking echocardiography; (b) pulse wave velocity (PWV) and central systolic blood pressure. Results : At baseline, there was a correlation of the LA reservoir strain with PWV (r = -0.209, p = 0.008), central SBP (r = -0.151, p = 0.030), EF (r = 0.214, p = 0.004) and GLS (r = -0.279, p = 0.009)."},{"id":"source_15","type":"source","study":"GLP-1 receptor agonists as an adjunct to bariatric surgery for weight loss and metabolic outcome improvement: a systematic review and meta-analysis","year":2025,"doi":"10.1007/s00423-025-03831-4","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-025-03831-4","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Tan 2025","excerpt":"Glucagon-Like- Peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist has an emerging role in obesity management. This meta-analysis and systematic review evaluated the effectiveness of GLP-1 receptor agonists in aiding weight loss and enhancing cardiometabolic health in patients with insufficient weight loss (IWL) or weight regain (WR) after bariatric surgery. METHODS: A comprehensive literature search (PubMed, Medline, Embase, Cochrane) was conducted following PRISMA guidelines. Included studies involved adults (≥18 years) treated with GLP-1 agonists either before or after bariatric surgery. Primary outcomes assessed were weight and BMI changes; secondary outcomes included metabolic improvements and adverse effects. RESULTS : 19 studies were included in the systematic review and meta-analysis. All included study involves at least one type of GLP-1 agonist for IWL or WR after bariatric surgery with duration of intervention between 3 months to 24 months. All studies showed significant weight and BMI changes from baseline after initiation of different types of GLP-1 agonist, with effects proportionate to length of intervention."},{"id":"source_16","type":"source","study":"Liraglutide and Weight Loss Among Suboptimal Responders to Metabolic Bariatric Surgery","year":2025,"doi":"10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.39848","url":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.39848","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Brown 2025","excerpt":"IMPORTANCE: Suboptimal weight loss after metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS) is a common indication for conversion surgery. The use of obesity management medications may improve weight loss, reducing the need for further surgery. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether liraglutide improves weight loss and health outcomes after MBS in patients who have had suboptimal weight loss. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This prospective, double-blinded, single-center randomized clinical trial compared the effect of daily liraglutide with placebo in adults treated at an academic surgical department. Patients with anatomically correct adjustable gastric band, sleeve gastrectomy, one anastomosis gastric bypass, or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (confirmed with barium swallow and/or endoscopy) were invited to participate at 12 to 36 months after surgery if they had a body mass index greater than 35 (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared), were aged 20 to 65 years, and had achieved a stable weight (defined as a weight consistently within a 4-kg range during a 3-month period) with an excess body weight loss (defined using body mass index threshold of 25) of 25% to 40% or total bod."},{"id":"source_17","type":"source","study":"Efficacy of 12 months therapy with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists liraglutide and semaglutide on weight regain after bariatric surgery: a real-world retrospective observational study","year":2025,"doi":"10.1186/s12902-025-01913-4","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-025-01913-4","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Jensen 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: The role of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP1-RAs) in patients with weight regain after bariatric surgery remains unclear. The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy and safety of 12 months of GLP1-RA treatment in a real-world patient population with weight regain after bariatric surgery. METHODS: A single-centre retrospective observational study. Patients with post-bariatric weight regain subsequently treated with GLP1-RA were identified, and the effect on weight after 12 months of treatment was determined. Data are presented as medians (interquartile ranges) or frequencies (%), and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests and Mann-Whitney U tests were used for paired and nonpaired group comparisons, respectively. RESULTS: Forty patients (80% female) were included in the analysis. Liraglutide (3.0 mg, daily subcutaneous injection, n = 22) or semaglutide (1.0 mg, weekly subcutaneous injection, n = 18) was started 74.5 (51.0, 108.3) months after surgery following a weight regain of 14.7 (10.3, 19.6)%. After 12 months of GLP1-RA treatment, a total body weight, BMI, and percentage excess body weight reduction of 10.5 (6.1, 14.7) kg, 3.7 (2.5, 5."},{"id":"source_18","type":"source","study":"Systemic and gut microbiome changes with metformin and liraglutide in youth-onset type 2 diabetes: the MIGHTY study","year":2025,"doi":"10.1080/19490976.2025.2558071","url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2025.2558071","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Glaros 2025","excerpt":"Metformin (Met) and liraglutide (Lira) are preferred diabetes therapies that may improve glycemia by modulating the gut microbiome, but the mechanisms and pathways are unknown and few data exist in youth-onset type 2 diabetes (Y-T2D). In a 3-month parallel clinical trial in African American Y-T2D randomized to Met ( n = 14) or Met+Lira ( n = 11), we compared gut microbial composition and metabolomic profiles and determined the relationship of changes in microbial abundance with glycemia and plasma metabolites. After 3 months, Met was associated with greater relative abundance of Eubacterium and Eubacterium rectale and lower Bacteroides ovates ( p < 0.05). Met+Lira was associated with greater Bacteroides fragilis and lower Streptococcus thermophilus ( p < 0.05). Met group had increased (>1.5-fold) plasma cholic secondary bile acids (sulfochenodeoxycholic acid, nutriacholic acid, alpha-muricholic acid, and C24 dihydroxy bile acid; p ≤ 0.002). The change in nutriacholic acid correlated with lower fasting glucose ( r = -0.7, p < 0.05). Shifts in microbiota taxa were not associated with plasma short-chain fatty acids (SCFA), hemoglobin A1c or glucose."},{"id":"source_19","type":"source","study":"Liraglutide and Recurrent Stroke by Baseline Insulin Resistance: A Post Hoc Analysis of the LAMP Trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.1161/STROKEAHA.125.056010","url":"https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.125.056010","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Lu 2026a","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists reduce major adverse cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes. Although body mass index does not seem to modify these effects, whether insulin resistance influences treatment efficacy remains unclear. METHODS: This post hoc analysis of the LAMP trial (Liraglutide in Acute Minor Ischemic Stroke or High-Risk Transient Ischemic Attack Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; a multicenter, open-label, randomized controlled trial conducted at 27 hospitals in China between June 25, 2019, and December 27, 2023) included patients with minor ischemic stroke or high-risk transient ischemic attack and type 2 diabetes. Participants were randomized (1:1) to liraglutide plus standard therapy or standard therapy alone. IR was assessed using the homeostasis model assessment of IR, with a cutoff of 2.5 based on prior studies in Asian populations. Treatment-by-IR interactions were evaluated using Cox models. Absolute risk reduction was calculated as the difference in event rates between groups and was based on crude estimates. RESULTS: Among 636 enrolled patients, 510 were included in this analysis (mean age, 65 years; 64."},{"id":"source_20","type":"source","study":"Efficacy and safety of GLP-1 agonists in the treatment of T2DM: A systematic review and network meta-analysis","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-025-09807-0","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-09807-0","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Ren 2025","excerpt":"To compare efficacy and safety of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) in subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Electronic databases were searched from inception to 2nd October 2024 for randomised controlled trials comparing GLP-1RAs treating T2DM. Bayesian network meta-analyses were conducted to analyze metabolic and safety outcomes. 64 trials comprising of 25,572 participants were identified. Compared to placebo, tirzepatide showed the greatest reduction in HbA1-c (MD: -2.3%) and FPG (MD: -3.1mmol/L); semaglutide was second (HbA1-c: MD: -1.5%; FPG: MD: -2mmol/L); liraglutide was third (HbA1-c: MD: -1.2% FPG: MD: -1.6mmol/L) (P<0.05). All treatments showed no statistically significant differences in BMI, SBP, DBP, TC, HDL-C and LDL-C compared to placebo. Tirzepatide (MD: -9.1 kg), semaglutide (MD: -2.8 kg) and liraglutide (MD: -1.2 kg) (P<0.05) had significant reduction in body weight compared to placebo. GLP-1 RAs had higher risk of gastrointestinal symptoms. Semaglutide increased the risk of hypoglycemia compared to placebo while liraglutide reduced the risk of hypoglycemia compared to traditional antidiabetic drugs."},{"id":"source_21","type":"source","study":"Effect of liraglutide on thigh muscle fat and muscle composition in adults with overweight or obesity: Results from a randomized clinical trial","year":2024,"doi":"10.1002/jcsm.13445","url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.13445","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"direct","cited_as":"Pandey 2024","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Excess muscle fat is observed in obesity and associated with greater burden of cardiovascular risk factors and higher risk of mortality. Liraglutide reduces total body weight and visceral fat but its effect on muscle fat and adverse muscle composition is unknown. METHODS: This is a pre-specified secondary analysis of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that examined the effects of liraglutide plus a lifestyle intervention on visceral adipose tissue and ectopic fat among adults without diabetes with body mass index ≥30 kg/m 2 or ≥27 kg/m 2 and metabolic syndrome. Participants were randomly assigned to a once-daily subcutaneous injection of liraglutide (target dose 3.0 mg) or matching placebo for 40 weeks. Body fat distribution and muscle composition was assessed by magnetic resonance imaging at baseline and 40-week follow-up. Muscle composition was described by the combination of thigh muscle fat and muscle volume. Treatment difference (95% confidence intervals [CI]) was calculated by least-square means adjusted for baseline thigh muscle fat."},{"id":"source_22","type":"source","study":"The influence of the glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonist, liraglutide, on dietary patterns and nutrient intakes in patients with obesity and prediabetes: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1111/dom.16395","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.16395","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"direct","cited_as":"Richardson 2025","excerpt":"AIMS: To evaluate changes in dietary intake following liraglutide treatment, compared to dietitian-supported caloric restriction and a weight-neutral control, and to assess dietary intake against nutrition recommendations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Participants with obesity and prediabetes were randomly assigned 2:1:1 to liraglutide (1.8 mg/day), dietitian-supported caloric restriction (-390 kcals/day) or dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor (100 mg/day) for 14 weeks. Dietary intake was assessed via a single 24-h dietary recall pre- and postintervention. Within-group changes and between-group differences in macronutrient and micronutrient intake, diet quality and food sources were evaluated, and the proportion of participants meeting nutrition recommendations was calculated. RESULTS: Seventy participants (69% female, 83% white) were included. Average age was 49.4 ± 11.3 years, and mean BMI was 39.5 ± 6.1 kg/m 2 . Significant differences in change in percent calories from protein (p = 0.037), carbohydrates (p = 0.019) and added sugar (p = 0."},{"id":"source_23","type":"source","study":"Interleukin-1β in circulating mononuclear cells predicts steatotic liver disease improvement after weight loss in subjects with obesity and prediabetes or type 2 diabetes","year":2025,"doi":"10.1186/s12933-025-02706-8","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-025-02706-8","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Simeone 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a major cardiovascular risk (CV) factor. Interleukin-1β (IL-1β), a cytokine involved in the pathogenesis of obesity-associated inflammation and type 2 diabetes (T2D), promotes hepatic steatosis. The Canakinumab Anti-inflammatory Thrombosis Outcome (CANTOS) trial showed that the inhibition of the IL-1β pathway was associated with a reduction of CV events in high-risk patients. The present study was designed to determine: (i) whether an equal degree of weight loss by liraglutide or lifestyle changes has a different impact on MASLD extent and IL-1β expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from obese subjects with prediabetes or early T2D; (ii) whether baseline IL-1β levels may predict the extent of weight loss and related metabolic changes. METHODS: Thirty-two obese subjects with prediabetes (n = 16) or newly diagnosed T2D (n = 16), were randomized to the glucagon-like peptide receptor agonist (GLP1-RA) liraglutide or lifestyle counselling until achieving a comparable weight loss."},{"id":"source_24","type":"source","study":"Liraglutide improves peripheral perfusion and markers of angiogenesis and inflammation in people with type 2 diabetes and peripheral artery disease: An 18‐month follow‐up of a randomized clinical trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1111/dom.16419","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.16419","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"direct","cited_as":"Caruso 2025","excerpt":"AIMS: In a six-month randomized clinical trial, improved peripheral perfusion has been shown with liraglutide, associated with favourable vascular effects in people with type 2 diabetes and peripheral artery disease (PAD). We aimed to evaluate the durability of these benefits and to elucidate some mechanisms underlying liraglutide's effect over an 18-month follow-up. METHODS: STARDUST was a randomized clinical trial which compared liraglutide up to 1.8 mg/day with tailored therapeutic prescriptions to manage cardiovascular risk factors in 55 participants with type 2 diabetes and PAD. We report data of people who have reached the 18-month follow-up for the primary outcome (transcutaneous oxygen pressure, TcPO 2 ) and also for additional secondary outcomes (markers of inflammation, angiogenesis and kidney function), as well as glycemic and metabolic parameters. TcPO 2 was assessed with transcutaneous oximetry. Circulating levels of angiogenic progenitor cells and serum inflammation markers were evaluated by flow cytometry and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, respectively."},{"id":"source_25","type":"source","study":"Combination metformin and liraglutide in PCOS: clinical efficacy in women and preclinical insights from gut microbiome modulation in rats","year":2025,"doi":"10.3389/fendo.2025.1599879","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2025.1599879","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"mechanistic","cited_as":"Long 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Metformin and liraglutide have been gradually used in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) due to their metabolic benefits, but also with some adverse reactions. Evidence suggests that gut microbiota imbalance plays an important role in the pathogenesis of PCOS. This study comprised a clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of metformin, liraglutide, and their combination in PCOS women, and a parallel animal experiment to explore the potential involvement of gut microbiota. METHODS: In an open-label randomized controlled trial, sixty overweight/obese women with PCOS were randomized to: the MET group received oral metformin (0.85 g twice daily; n=20), the LIRA group received subcutaneous liraglutide (1.2 mg once daily; n=20), and the COM group received both treatments (n=20) for 12 weeks. In a separate animal study, female Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into five groups: (1) PCOS model group (letrozole 1 mg/kg orally); (2) MET group (letrozole + metformin 200 mg/kg orally); (3) LIRA group (letrozole + liraglutide 0.2 mg/kg subcutaneously); (4) COM group (letrozole + metformin + liraglutide at above doses); and (5) healthy controls (no treatment)."},{"id":"source_26","type":"source","study":"Liraglutide in Acute Minor Ischemic Stroke or High-Risk Transient Ischemic Attack With Type 2 Diabetes","year":2026,"doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.5684","url":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.5684","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Zhu 2026","excerpt":"IMPORTANCE: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists can reduce the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with high-risk type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, dedicated randomized clinical trials that evaluate their efficacy in acute ischemic stroke are lacking. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the safety and efficacy of liraglutide in patients with T2D and minor acute ischemic stroke (AIS) or high-risk transient ischemic attack (TIA). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: The LAMP trial was designed as a multicenter, controlled, prospective, randomized, open-label, blinded end point trial and conducted at 27 hospitals in China from June 25, 2019, through December 27, 2023. The final follow-up was on March 24, 2024. Data were analyzed on May 1, 2024. The study included patients with T2D who had minor AIS (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score ≤3) or high-risk TIA (ABCD2 score [age, blood pressure elevation on first assessment after TIA, unilateral weakness, speech disturbance, duration of symptoms and diabetes] ≥4). INTERVENTIONS: Eligible patients were randomized within 24 hours of symptom onset to the liraglutide group and the control group."},{"id":"source_27","type":"source","study":"Retinopathy risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes on liraglutide","year":2024,"doi":"10.1097/MD.0000000000039026","url":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000039026","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Mahzari 2024","excerpt":"Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist, effectively treats type 2 diabetes(T2D) by lowering glucose levels, suppressing glucagon release, and promoting insulin secretion. Liraglutide has been shown to reduce body weight and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and improve cardiovascular outcomes. However, evidence regarding the association between liraglutide and diabetic retinopathy in the Middle East is insufficient. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the characteristics and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy in patients with T2D treated with liraglutide in Saudi Arabia. This retrospective cohort study was conducted on patients (≥14 years) with T2D treated with liraglutide between 2015 and 2021, who had a documented retinopathy assessment at baseline before liraglutide initiation and during follow-up, at King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC), Riyadh. Data collection included demographic information, retinopathy status, body mass index (BMI), and HbA1c level at baseline and follow-up after liraglutide use. The study included 181 patients with a mean age of 58.2 (9.8) years. Of these, 72.9% were females."},{"id":"source_28","type":"source","study":"Liraglutide Treatment Improves Glycaemic Dysregulation, Body Composition, Cardiometabolic Variables and Uncontrolled Eating Behaviour in Adolescents with Severe Obesity","year":2025,"doi":"10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2024.2023-10-10","url":"https://doi.org/10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2024.2023-10-10","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Apperley 2025","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: Childhood obesity is associated with long-term health complications. Liraglutide is approved for use in adolescents for weight loss and has shown beneficial outcomes in clinical trials. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is widely used in type 1 diabetes mellitus. To look at the effect of liraglutide treatment on cardiometabolic variables, glycaemic control (as assessed by CGM), body composition, quality-of-life and satiety levels in adolescents with severe obesity. METHODS: Patients aged 12 to 17.9 years were commenced on liraglutide in addition to lifestyle support. Pediatric Quality of Life 4.0 generic scale and Three-factor Eating Questionnaire R18 were completed at baseline and after 3-months. RESULTS: Twenty-four subjects (10 male: 14 female) took part. Significant improvements in weight, body mass index (BMI), BMI standard deviation scores, percentage body fat and fat mass following liraglutide treatment. A significant reduction in glycated haemoglobin, triglyceride and cholesterol levels, as well as a reduction in uncontrolled eating behaviour were observed. The time spent within normal glucose range (3.9-7.8 mmol/L; 70.2-140."},{"id":"source_29","type":"source","study":"Comparison of Glucose Control by Added Liraglutide to Only Insulin Infusion in Diabetic Patient Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Preliminary Randomized-Controlled Trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.4103/aca.aca_214_20","url":"https://doi.org/10.4103/aca.aca_214_20","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"direct","cited_as":"Sindhvananda 2023","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Liraglutide, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, has been investigated for safety and effectiveness for blood glucose (BG) control in a surgical setting. However, there are only a few studies specific to cardiac surgery patients. AIMS: To primarily compare perioperative 1) BG and 2) glycemic variability (GV) between added liraglutide and only insulin infusion in diabetes mellitus (DM) patients undergoing cardiac surgery. SETTING AND DESIGN: A randomized control trial was conducted in DM patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Inclusion criteria were age 20-80 years and DM Type 2. MATERIAL AND METHODS: : The recruited patients were randomly assigned to Group 1 (added liraglutide with insulin infusion) and Group 2 (insulin infusion). Insulin infusion was based on institutional protocol. Point of care testing (POCT) glucose was used for the adjustment of insulin and BG analysis. Continuous glucose monitor (CGM) was for GV analysis (using Standard deviation: SD). STATISTICS: : t-test, Chi-square or Fisher-exact test, or Mann-Whitney U test. RESULTS: : Finally, 60 patients were in our study (Group 1 = 32 vs Group 2 = 28)."},{"id":"source_30","type":"source","study":"Once‐Weekly Semaglutide Versus Once‐Daily Liraglutide for Weight Loss in Adults: A Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials","year":2025,"doi":"10.1111/cts.70127","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/cts.70127","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"direct","cited_as":"Hashmi 2025","excerpt":"The effectiveness of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in facilitating weight loss among patients with diabetes is widely recognized. However, there are limited data available on the relative effectiveness and safety of once-weekly semaglutide versus once-daily liraglutide. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) identified through a comprehensive search of the Cochrane Library, PubMed, and ScienceDirect databases from inception until July 2024. Statistical analysis was conducted using R version 4.4.1 with the \"meta\" package, employing a random effects model. Three RCTs with a total of 922 patients were included in our meta-analysis. The results indicated that OW semaglutide significantly reduced body weight (WMD: -4.55; 95% CI: -6.43, -2.67, p < 0.01), HbA1c (WMD: -0.46; 95% CI: -0.84, -0.08; p = 0.02), and fasting plasma glucose levels (WMD: -1.23; 95% CI: -1.51, -0.95; p < 0.01) in comparison to OD liraglutide. The risk of severe adverse effects (OR, 1.66; 95% CI, 0.53-5.16; p = 0.38) and gastrointestinal adverse effects (OR, 1.84; 95% CI, 0.82-4.14; p = 0.14) was comparable between both groups."},{"id":"source_31","type":"source","study":"GLP ‐1 receptor agonists for treating obesity without diabetes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of economic evaluations","year":2026,"doi":"10.1111/dom.70322","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.70322","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Dhippayom 2026","excerpt":"AIM: To pool the incremental net benefits (INBs) of using glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) for treating obesity without diabetes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: PubMed, Embase, EconLit, CEA Registry, ProQuest Dissertation and Theses Global were searched from inception to April 2024. Cost-effectiveness studies were included if they reported economic outcomes of any GLP-1RAs in the treatment of obesity without diabetes for a minimum time horizon of 5 years. Details of the study characteristics, economic model inputs, costs, and outcomes were extracted. Monetary units were converted to 2023 US dollars. INBs with 95% confidence interval (CI) were pooled using a random-effects model. Statistical heterogeneity between studies was assessed using the I 2 statistic. The outcome was INB, calculated by multiplying the willingness-to-pay threshold by the difference in effectiveness between two interventions, then subtracting the difference in costs, with a positive INB indicating cost-effectiveness. RESULTS: Of 634 studies identified, 9 from high-income countries (HICs) with 23 comparisons were included."},{"id":"source_32","type":"source","study":"Combined liraglutide and metformin therapy in overweight or obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review and meta‐analysis","year":2025,"doi":"10.1111/dom.70028","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.70028","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Ling 2025","excerpt":"PURPOSE: Overweight or obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) often experience significant metabolic and hormonal disturbances. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated whether liraglutide combined with metformin is more effective than metformin alone in improving glycaemic control, lipid metabolism, body mass index (BMI) and sex hormone profiles in this population. METHODS: We systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Weipu, SinoMed and Wanfang Data for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing liraglutide plus metformin to metformin monotherapy in overweight or obese women with PCOS. Primary outcomes included fasting plasma glucose (FPG), 2-h postprandial glucose, HbA1c, fasting insulin, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), BMI, sex hormones (luteinising hormone [LH], follicle-stimulating hormone [FSH], total testosterone [TT]) and lipid profiles (total cholesterol [TC], triglycerides [TG], low-density lipoprotein cholesterol [LDL-C] and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol [HDL-C])."},{"id":"source_33","type":"source","study":"Effects of 3-month liraglutide treatment on oxidative stress and inflammation in type 2 diabetes patients with different urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio categories","year":2024,"doi":"10.1097/MD.0000000000040438","url":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000040438","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Chen 2024","excerpt":"This study evaluates the effects of liraglutide on albuminuria, oxidative stress, and inflammation in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients with different urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) categories. We enrolled 107 patients with T2D who were initiating liraglutide for glycemic control. Patients were categorized into 3 groups: group I (UACR < 30 mg/g); group II (30 mg/g ≤ UACR ≤ 300 mg/g); group III (UACR > 300 mg/g). We observed the changes in body mass index, fasting plasma glucose, glycated hemoglobin, lipid profile, serum liver enzymes, creatinine, uric acid, cystatin C, UACR, as well as oxidative stress and inflammation biomarkers such as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione peroxidase before and after 3 months of liraglutide treatment. After 3-month liraglutide treatment, fasting plasma glucose, glycated hemoglobin, and body mass index significantly decreased in all 3 groups regardless of the baseline UACR (all P < .05). UACR significantly decreased in groups II (P = .005) and III (P = .001)."},{"id":"source_34","type":"source","study":"Efficacy and safety of glucagon‐like peptide 1 receptor agonists across all health outcomes in type 2 diabetes: An umbrella review and evidence map of randomised controlled trials","year":2025,"doi":"10.1111/dom.70298","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.70298","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Yeo 2025","excerpt":"AIM: Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) have been established as effective treatments for type 2 diabetes, offering benefits beyond glycaemic control; however, their associations across multiple health outcomes remain insufficiently assessed. Thus, we conducted an umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to comprehensively evaluate the broad spectrum of their effects. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a systematic search of PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, and Google Scholar through June 13, 2025, to identify meta-analyses of RCTs assessing the effects of GLP-1RAs on various health outcomes, including cardiovascular, renal, metabolic, oncologic, gastrointestinal and other domains. Effect sizes were recalculated using random-effects models and converted to equivalent odds ratios (eORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for consistency. The methodological quality of each review was assessed using the AMSTAR 2, and the certainty of evidence for each association was evaluated according to the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation framework (high, moderate, low or very low certainty)."},{"id":"source_35","type":"source","study":"Efficacy and safety of GLP-1 receptor agonists for adolescents and children with obesity: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials","year":2026,"doi":"10.1186/s12902-026-02248-4","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-026-02248-4","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Chen 2026","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists in the treatment of obesity among children and adolescents. METHODS: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared GLP-1 receptor agonists with placebo in children and adolescents with obesity. Literature retrieval, study selection, and data extraction were performed according to the PRISMA guidelines. Pooled mean differences (MDs) and risk ratios (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using RevMan 5.3 software. RESULTS: Fourteen RCTs comprising 1349 participants were included, with 810 patients assigned to GLP-1 receptor agonist treatment (liraglutide [n = 317], exenatide [n = 125], semaglutide [n = 265], dulaglutide [n = 103]) and 539 to placebo. Compared with placebo, GLP-1 receptor agonists significantly reduced body weight (MD = -4.50; 95% CI: -6.40 to -2.60; P < 0.0001), body mass index (BMI) (MD = -1.65; 95% CI: -2.05 to -1.26; P < 0.00001), hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) (MD = -0.34%; 95% CI: -0.63 to -0.05; P = 0.02), and fasting blood glucose (MD = -0.21; 95% CI: -0.41 to -0.01; P = 0.04)."},{"id":"source_36","type":"source","study":"Evaluating the effects of liraglutide, empagliflozin and linagliptin on mild cognitive impairment remission in patients with type 2 diabetes (LIGHT-MCI): study protocol for a multicentre, randomised controlled trial with an extension phase","year":2025,"doi":"10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095382","url":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095382","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"direct","cited_as":"Yu 2025","excerpt":"INTRODUCTION: Diabetes is a significant modifiable risk factor for cognitive dysfunction. There are currently no effective treatments that delay or reverse the progression of cognitive dysfunction. Accumulating evidence demonstrates that specific antidiabetes medications hold promise in improving cognitive function. However, the comparative effects of various antidiabetic drug classes on cognitive protection remain to be fully elucidated. This study aims to investigate and compare the cognitive benefits of liraglutide, empagliflozin and linagliptin on achieving mild cognitive impairment (MCI) remission in individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D). METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The LIGHT-MCI trial is an investigator-initiated, multicentre, open-label, parallel-group, randomised, superiority trial involving T2D patients with MCI, consisting of a 48-week core study followed by an extension phase through to 76 weeks. A total of 396 participants will be randomly allocated 1:1:1 to receive liraglutide, empagliflozin or linagliptin treatment. The primary outcome measure is the efficacy difference of liraglutide, empagliflozin and linagliptin in achieving MCI remission in individuals with T2D."},{"id":"source_37","type":"source","study":"Effect of liraglutide on cardiac function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis of double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials","year":2024,"doi":"10.1097/MD.0000000000037432","url":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000037432","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Xia 2024","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Liraglutide widely utilized in type 2 diabetes treatment, has elicited conflicting findings regarding its impact on cardiac function in patients with this condition. Therefore, The objective of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the effects of liraglutide on cardiac function in patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. METHODS: We identified double-blind randomized trials assessing the effects of liraglutide compared to placebo on cardiac function in patients with type 2 diabetes. Data were synthesized with the fixed-effect models to generate standard mean differences (SMDs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of each outcome for liraglutide versus placebo. The risk of bias would be assessed according to the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool, while meta-analysis would be conducted using Revman 5.3.0 software. The evidence was graded based on the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach. RESULTS: The meta-analysis encompassed 5 RCTs including 220 participants. Results revealed that liraglutide exhibited significant enhancements in left ventricular ejection fraction [SMD = -0.38, 95%CI(-0."},{"id":"source_38","type":"source","study":"Exploratory Analysis of Liraglutide Effects on Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Health‐Related Quality of Life in Individuals With Obesity and COPD: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomised Controlled Trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.1111/cob.70079","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/cob.70079","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"direct","cited_as":"Wolsing 2026","excerpt":"Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obesity, and all three are linked to reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Coexistence of OSA and COPD increases morbidity and mortality compared to each condition alone. Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist, may influence respiratory and HRQoL outcomes. In this secondary exploratory analysis of a randomised controlled trial including individuals with overweight or obesity and COPD, we evaluated effects of liraglutide on OSA prevalence and severity, daytime sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale, ESS), and HRQoL (Short Form-36 version 2, SF-36v2). In a double-blinded randomised controlled trial, 40 participants with overweight or obesity and COPD from two outpatient clinics were randomised to liraglutide (3.0 mg, subcutaneous) or placebo for 40 weeks. Cardiorespiratory monitoring, SF-36v2 and ESS questionnaires were conducted at baseline and end of treatment. OSA was diagnosed in 84% of participants (70% in the liraglutide group and 85% in the placebo group)."},{"id":"source_39","type":"source","study":"Effect of weight loss and liraglutide on neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin levels among individuals with overweight and knee osteoarthritis: Exploratory analyses of a randomized controlled trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1016/j.ocarto.2024.100562","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2024.100562","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"direct","cited_as":"Poulsen 2025","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: Obesity is a major risk factor for osteoarthritis (OA). Adipose tissues may be linked to OA development through secretion of potential proinflammatory cytokines including neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL). Our objective was to assess changes in serum NGAL after a low-calorie diet (LCD) and subsequent glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) treatment. DESIGN: A secondary analysis of a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial in adults with overweight (BMI≥27 ​kg/m 2 ) and symptomatic, early-to-moderate radiographic knee OA. Prior to randomization, participants underwent an 8-week LCD (week -8 to 0). Participants who lost min. 5 ​% of initial bodyweight were randomized 1:1 to liraglutide 3 ​mg/d or placebo for 52 weeks. Main outcome was change in serum NGAL from enrollment (week -8) to randomization (week 0). Other outcome was change in serum NGAL from week 0 to week 52 comparing liraglutide and placebo. RESULTS: 168 participants were enrolled to the initial intensive diet intervention; 127 participants, with NGAL samples, were randomized. Following the 8-week diet intervention, NGAL concentrations rose by 93.0 ​ng/mL (95 ​% CI: 18."},{"id":"source_40","type":"source","study":"Assessing the shadows: A meta-analysis of GLP-1 agonists and suicidal ideation","year":2026,"doi":"10.1097/MD.0000000000046173","url":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000046173","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Alansari 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 agonist) have revolutionized the treatment of obesity. However, regulatory agencies have reported an association with suicidality. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first meta-analysis to assess the association between GLP-1 agonist use, suicidal ideation, and suicide completion. We aimed to assess the same in patients with diabetes and obesity. METHODS: We searched 6 databases for relevant articles, from the first published article to October 2024. The keywords used were GLP-1 agonists, suicidal ideation, suicide, suicidal behavior, semaglutide, liraglutide, tripeptide, exenatide, and lixisenatide. We identified 354 studies and 126 stands after the removal of duplicates, of which 23 were eligible, and only 12 studies were included in the final meta-analysis. RESULTS: No significant statistical difference was found in suicidal ideations in patients on GLP-1 agonists compared to their counterparts on other obesity and diabetes drugs (odds ratio [OR], 1.0; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.0-1.0)."},{"id":"source_41","type":"source","study":"Glimepiride Compared to Liraglutide Increases Plasma Levels of miR-206, miR-182-5p, and miR-766-3p in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled Trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.4093/dmj.2022.0342","url":"https://doi.org/10.4093/dmj.2022.0342","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"direct","cited_as":"Scherbak 2023","excerpt":"BACKGRUOUND: Diabetes is a chronic disease with several long-term complications. Several glucose-lowering drugs are used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), e.g., glimepiride and liraglutide, in which both having different modes of action. Circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) are suggested as potential biomarkers that are associated with the disease development and the effects of the treatment. In the current study we evaluated the effect of glimepiride, liraglutide on the expression of the circulating miRNAs. METHODS: The present study is a post hoc trial from a previously randomized control trial comparing liraglutide versus glimepiride both in combination with metformin in subjects with T2DM, and subclinical heart failure. miRNAs were determined in the subjects' serum samples with next generation sequencing. Expression patterns of the circulating miRNAs were analyzed using bioinformatic univariate and multivariate analyses (clinical trial registration: NCT01425580). RESULTS: Univariate analyses show that treatment with glimepiride altered expression of three miRNAs in patient serum, miR-206, miR-182-5p, and miR-766-3p."},{"id":"source_42","type":"source","study":"Preventive effect of liraglutide on postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery: protocol for a single-centre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.1136/bmjopen-2025-110759","url":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-110759","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"protocol","cited_as":"Bai 2026","excerpt":"INTRODUCTION: Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common and serious complication after cardiac surgery, particularly in elderly patients, and is associated with adverse short- and long-term outcomes. Effective preventive strategies remain limited. Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, has demonstrated potential neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory and metabolic benefits, which may reduce the incidence of POD. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This is a single-centre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in elderly patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery. Participants will be randomised in a 1:1 ratio to receive liraglutide or placebo from the day before surgery until postoperative day 3. A total of 260 patients are planned to be enrolled in this study. The primary endpoint is the incidence of POD within 7 days, assessed using the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) or CAM-intensive care unit. Secondary outcomes include delirium severity, neurocognitive and psychological function, cardiac function, clinical outcomes, major adverse cardiovascular events within 1 year and perioperative biomarker changes."},{"id":"source_43","type":"source","study":"Repurposing Semaglutide and Liraglutide for Alcohol Use Disorder","year":2025,"doi":"10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.3599","url":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.3599","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Lahteenvuo 2025","excerpt":"IMPORTANCE: Preliminary studies suggest that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1) agonists, used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, may decrease alcohol consumption. OBJECTIVE: To test whether the risk of hospitalization due to alcohol use disorder (AUD) is decreased during the use of GLP-1 agonists compared with periods of nonuse for the same individual. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This cohort study was an observational study conducted nationwide in Sweden using data from January 2006 to December 2023. The population-based cohort was identified from registers of inpatient care, specialized outpatient care, sickness absence, and disability pension. Participants were all residents aged 16 to 64 years who had a diagnosis of AUD. EXPOSURES: The primary exposure was use of individual GLP-1 agonists (compared with nonuse of GLP-1 agonists), and the secondary exposure was medications with indication for AUD. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The primary outcome was AUD hospitalization analyzed in a Cox regression within-individual model. Secondary outcomes were any substance use disorder (SUD)-related hospitalization, somatic hospitalization, and suicide attempt."},{"id":"source_44","type":"source","study":"Long-term administration of liraglutide for weight management in pediatric patients under 18 years: evidence from 7 randomized controlled trials.","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41390-025-04537-5","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-025-04537-5","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"direct","cited_as":"Dong 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Liraglutide, an analog of glucagon-like peptide-1, is prescribed for managing weight in obese people. This meta-analysis investigated whether liraglutide was suitable for younger children with obesity, and to evaluate the efficacy and safety of varying treatment durations and dosage regimens. METHODS: Randomized controlled trials published up to March 20, 2025 were retrieved from in PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane library, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. RESULTS: Seven trials involving 575 patients were included in the analysis. Liraglutide significantly decreased body mass index (BMI) (WMD: -0.57; P = 0.007), BMI z-score (WMD: -0.45; P < 0.00001), body weight (WMD: -0.31; P = 0.0004), HbA1c (WMD: -0.43; P = 0.004), fasting plasma glucose (WMD: -1.23; P = 0.003) and systolic blood pressure (WMD: -0.20; P = 0.03) compared with placebos in obese children and adolescents. Subgroup analyses found that children 6-12 years of age did not have a significantly different BMI z-score (z = 1.76; P = 0.08) and body weight (z = 1.75; P = 0.08) versus adolescents. Fifty-six weeks of liraglutide treatment (z = 4.60; P < 0."},{"id":"source_45","type":"source","study":"Risk of prostatitis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: An observational retrospective cohort study of canagliflozin versus other antihyperglycemic agents using propensity score matching","year":2026,"doi":"10.1371/journal.pone.0341745","url":"https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341745","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Yuan 2026","excerpt":"PURPOSE: Prostatitis has been reported in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) receiving antihyperglycemic agents (AHAs). This study was conducted to evaluate the risk of prostatitis with canagliflozin in response to a specific Health Authority query. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study used data from adult male patients with T2DM who were new users of canagliflozin (target) or comparators (empagliflozin, dapagliflozin, sitagliptin, and liraglutide). Data were obtained from 8 global administrative claims databases, transformed to a Common Data Model for consistent analysis across databases. Pairwise comparisons were conducted using propensity scores to match canagliflozin users to users of each comparator at a 1:n ratio (maximum n = 100). Hazard ratios were estimated using a Cox proportional hazards model, conditioned on the matched set. RESULTS: A total of 388,893 adult male patients with T2DM received canagliflozin across databases (mean age, 51.2-71.7 years) and were matched to 657,134 patients receiving empagliflozin, 340,539 receiving dapagliflozin, 819,047 receiving sitagliptin, and 278,684 receiving liraglutide."},{"id":"source_46","type":"source","study":"Effect of liraglutide on depressive symptoms in overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes: protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.3389/fendo.2025.1629157","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2025.1629157","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"direct","cited_as":"Fang 2026","excerpt":"INTRODUCTION: Patients with concurrent obesity, type 2 diabetes, and depression experience high disease severity and prevalence. This triad of conditions compromises quality of life and treatment adherence, further exacerbating disease progression. Therapeutic strategies for such patients must address both glycemic control and psychological well-being. Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA), offers benefits beyond glucose-lowering and weight reduction, with emerging evidence suggesting it may also alleviate depressive symptoms. Therefore, liraglutide represents a promising intervention for managing depression in patients with obesity and diabetes. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to assess the therapeutic efficacy of liraglutide in overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes and comorbid depression, with a specific focus on its antidepressant effects. METHODS: This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial. Sixty eligible participants will be randomly assigned (1:1) to receive either liraglutide (initiated at 0.6 mg/day, titrated weekly to a maximum of 1.8 mg/day) or a matched placebo, as an adjunct to standard care for 12 weeks."},{"id":"source_47","type":"source","study":"Real-world cardiovascular effects of liraglutide: transportability analysis of the LEADER trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1101/2025.05.12.25327466","url":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.12.25327466","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Josey 2025","excerpt":"Transported effects of liraglutide compared to placebo on major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and all-cause mortality in veterans (“VA-weighted LEADER”) were larger than, though statistically consistent with, the treatment effects observed in LEADER: MACE RD at 3 years of 4.6% [95% CI 2.2, 7.0] in VA-weighted LEADER versus 1.6% [0.3, 2.9] in LEADER; all-cause mortality RD at 3 years of 2.9% [0.8, 5.1] in VA-weighted LEADER versus 0.9% [-0.09, 1.9] in LEADER."},{"id":"source_48","type":"source","study":"Suspected liraglutide (glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist)-induced hyperthyroidism: A case report","year":2025,"doi":"10.51866/cr.886","url":"https://doi.org/10.51866/cr.886","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Sabudin 2025","excerpt":"Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA), is widely used for weight management and glycaemic control. While generally well-tolerated, various adverse effects have been reported. Thyroid dysfunction, particularly hyperthyroidism, is rare. This report describes the case of a 34-year-old woman with new-onset hyperthyroidism following liraglutide use for weight loss. The patient presented with worsening palpitations and insomnia after 3 weeks of liraglutide use. She had no prior thyroid disease or significant family history. Examination revealed sinus tachycardia with no goitre or tremors. Laboratory findings confirmed hyperthyroidism with a suppressed TSH level (0.03 mlU/L) and an elevated free T4 level (20.8 pmol/L). Thyrotropin receptor antibody was negative, ruling out Graves' disease. Liraglutide was discontinued, and the patient was treated with carbimazole and propranolol, resulting in symptom resolution and normalisation of thyroid function within weeks. Liraglutide-induced thyroid dysfunction is poorly understood."},{"id":"source_49","type":"source","study":"Efficacy and Safety of GLP- 1 Receptor Agonists in the Management of Weight Recurrence or Suboptimal Clinical Response after Undergoing Metabolic Bariatric Surgeries: A Meta-Analysis.","year":2025,"doi":"10.1007/s11695-025-07856-y","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-025-07856-y","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Arrowaili 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: There is a pressing requirement to formulate innovative approaches for addressing inadequate weight loss or recurrence in individuals following metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS). Glucagon-like peptide- 1 (GLP- 1) analogues such as liraglutide and semaglutide have been formulated for treating type 2 diabetes or managing obesity. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we aimed to pool the results from all available studies on GLP- 1 agonists to assess the efficacy of these drugs in weight recurrence or suboptimal clinical response of patients who underwent MBS. METHODS: We searched PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science from inception till October 2024 for articles that fulfil our eligibility to be included in the systematic review and meta-analysis investigating the use of GLP- 1 agonists in the management of weight recurrence or suboptimal clinical response in patients who underwent MBS. The search strategy was as follows: \"Liraglutide\" OR \"Semaglutide\" OR \"Tirzepatide\" OR \"GLP- 1\" OR \"Glucagon like peptide\" AND \"Weight\" AND \"Bariatric\" OR \"Sleeve\" OR \"Banding\" OR \"Roux-en-Y bypass."},{"id":"source_50","type":"source","study":"Efficacy and safety of liraglutide in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with or without type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.","year":2026,"doi":"10.1111/dom.70301","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.70301","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Kong 2026","excerpt":"AIMS: To comprehensively assess the efficacy and safety of liraglutide on metabolic and hepatic outcomes in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), with or without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), based on randomised controlled trials (RCTs). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and Embase) were systematically searched for randomised RCTs evaluating liraglutide in the treatment of NAFLD. Outcome measures included body mass index (BMI), glycated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and adverse events (AEs). RESULTS: Eight RCTs (with an overall moderate risk of bias as assessed by the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool) involving 478 participants were included in the analysis. The meta-analysis results demonstrated that liraglutide significantly improved BMI (standardised mean difference [SMD]: -0.85; 95% confidence interval [CI]: -1.04 to -0."},{"id":"source_51","type":"source","study":"GLP-1 receptor agonists in pediatric obesity and diabetes: a systematic review of efficacy, metabolic effects, and safety.","year":2026,"doi":"10.1016/j.diabres.2026.113400","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2026.113400","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Soliman 2026","excerpt":"Childhood obesity and youth-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are increasing, highlighting the need for effective treatments beyond lifestyle intervention and metformin. This review systematically evaluated the efficacy and safety of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) in children and adolescents with obesity or T2DM. PubMed-indexed studies published from 2000 to 2025 were reviewed, including seven pivotal randomized controlled trials and six meta-analyses involving 901 participants aged 6 to < 18 years. Semaglutide 2.4 mg/week produced the greatest BMI reduction in adolescents with obesity, followed by liraglutide 3.0 mg/day, which also improved BMI SDS in adolescents and younger children. In youth-onset T2DM, liraglutide 1.8 mg/day and dulaglutide significantly improved HbA1c compared with placebo. Weight-reducing agents also improved insulin resistance and modestly reduced triglycerides, while LDL-cholesterol changes were minimal. Gastrointestinal adverse events, mainly nausea and vomiting, were the most frequent and were generally transient and dose dependent. No significant adverse effects on linear growth or pubertal progression were reported."},{"id":"source_52","type":"source","study":"New developments in GLP-1 agonist therapy for gestational diabetes: Systematic review on liraglutide, semaglutide, and exenatide from ClinicalTrials.gov","year":2025,"doi":"10.1097/MD.0000000000044917","url":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000044917","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Alshehri 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a widespread pregnancy complication, affecting approximately 7% to 10% of pregnancies worldwide and presenting risks for both maternal and fetal health. Traditional treatments, including lifestyle changes, insulin, and oral hypoglycemic agents, have limitations, particularly in terms of safety and potential fetal impacts. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, initially developed for type 2 diabetes, have shown promise in managing GDM by improving glycemic control, enhancing insulin sensitivity, and assisting in weight management. However, safety and efficacy data in pregnancy remain limited. METHODS: A systematic review analyzed 8 clinical trials from ClinicalTrials.gov examining the use of GLP-1 liraglutide, semaglutide, and exenatide in GDM treatment. Studies varied in design, with the majority employing randomized, interventional protocols focusing on glycemic control and insulin sensitivity. Key outcome measures included hemoglobin A1c levels, glucose tolerance, insulin secretion, and progression to type 2 diabetes postpartum."},{"id":"source_53","type":"source","study":"Incretin Analogues for Weight Reduction in Non-Diabetic Obese: A Review of Liraglutide, Semaglutide, and Tirzepatide Beyond Glycemic Control","year":2026,"doi":"10.5041/RMMJ.10565","url":"https://doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10565","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Bonga 2026","excerpt":"Obesity is a complex, multifactorial disease that contributes to a broad range of cardiometabolic, reproductive, and psychological disorders. Representing a major global health challenge, obesity can be addressed by lifestyle modifications such as reduced calorie intake, physical activity, adequate sleep, and stress management to help achieve sustainable weight loss and improve metabolic health in the long term. Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) are the two naturally produced incretin hormones in the gastrointestinal tract. Incretin analogues were initially approved for type 2 diabetes mellitus but were later found to exhibit weight-reducing properties. Liraglutide, semaglutide, and tirzepatide are the three incretin analogues approved for obesity in non-diabetic patients. This narrative review presents detailed comparisons of the three approved incretin analogues for obesity, their cost-effectiveness, and trends in the clinical setting."},{"id":"source_54","type":"source","study":"Efficacy of liraglutide on metabolic and reproductive outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis.","year":2026,"doi":"10.1111/dom.70452","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.70452","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Lu 2026b","excerpt":"Overweight or obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) frequently exhibit metabolic disturbances and reproductive dysfunction. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy and safety of liraglutide in improving metabolic and reproductive outcomes in this population. PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Scopus, Web of Science and ClinicalTrials.gov were systematically searched from inception to 31 May 2025 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing liraglutide (alone or in combination) with placebo, metformin or non-liraglutide active treatments in overweight or obese women with PCOS. Two reviewers independently conducted study selection, data extraction and risk-of-bias assessment. Pooled analyses were performed using a random-effects model, and results were expressed as Hedges' g or odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Seven RCTs comprising 330 women with PCOS were included. Compared with control treatments, liraglutide significantly increased menstrual frequency (g = 1.76; 95% CI [0.28, 3.24]), reduced body mass index (BMI; g = -0.52; [-0.94, -0."},{"id":"source_55","type":"source","study":"Efficacy and Safety of Liraglutide in Adolescents Aged 12–15 Years with Obesity: a Prospective 24-week Observational","year":2025,"doi":"10.15690/pf.v22i2.2871","url":"https://doi.org/10.15690/pf.v22i2.2871","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review","cited_as":"Efficacy and Safety of Liraglutide 2025","excerpt":"However, its safety and efficacy in pediatrics have not yet been sufficiently studied and require further research.The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the GLP-1 receptor agonist liraglutide, a solution for subcutaneous administration in pediatric practice for body weight correction in children with obesity aged 12-15 years in combination with a personalized diet and increased physical activity.Methods. 11 (Yekaterinburg) from March to October 2024 included children aged 12-15 years with an exogenously constitutional form of obesity (SDS BMI ≥ 2.0) with confirmed ineffectiveness of lifestyle correction for more than a year."},{"id":"source_56","type":"source","study":"Use of flash glucose-sensing technology in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with liraglutide combined with CSII: a pilot study","year":2019,"doi":"10.1590/1414-431X20198652","url":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1414-431X20198652","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"indirect","cited_as":"Yao 2019","excerpt":"Glycemic variability (GV) may be linked to the development of diabetic complications by inducing inflammation, oxidative stress, and endothelial dysfunction. Flash glucose monitoring (FGM) provides a novel method of continuously monitoring interstitial glucose levels for up to 14 days. This study randomly assigned poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus patients treated with metformin and multiple daily injections of insulin (n=60) to either continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) treatment or CSII in combination with liraglutide (CSII+Lira) treatment for 14 days during hospitalization. GV was assessed using a FGM system; weight and cardiometabolic biomarkers were also evaluated. The coefficient of variation was significantly reduced in the CSII+Lira group (P<0.001), while no significant change was observed in the CSII group. The changes differed significantly between the two groups in mean amplitude of glycemic excursions (P=0.004), standard deviation (P=0.006), and the percentage of time in the target range (4-10 mmol/L, P=0.005 and >10 mmol/L, P=0.028). 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Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, is now evaluated across an unusually broad slate of cardiometabolic, renal, hepatic, neurologic, and behavioral biomarkers, with regulatory and clinical interest extending well beyond glycemic control (Teng 2024; Yeo 2025). Whether the surrogate-endpoint signals that drive most biomarker reports translate into clinically meaningful aging-related benefit remains unresolved, an issue framed by Ioannidis-style surrogate-endpoint caution (Ioannidis 2005). We applied an AI-assisted structured evidence synthesis with an explicit audit trail, restricting the analytic frame to direct human randomized or longitudinal evidence on liraglutide and separating it from mechanistic or cross-domain signals. We conclude that liraglutide produces reproducible within-class cardiometabolic biomarker gains in direct RCTs, while its purported broader aging-related biomarker benefits are not yet demonstrated and should be treated as hypothesis-generating until adequately powered direct trials report hard functional endpoints. **Evidence-abstraction note.","The corpus contains 13 direct clinical sources, 42 adjacent, review, or context sources, and 1 mechanistic or model-system source. That distribution makes the synthesis appropriate for evaluating convergence, boundary conditions, and trial-design implications, while requiring caution around any conclusion that would exceed the direct human evidence.","Null findings have a specific role in this evidence model. They do not erase mechanistic plausibility, but they do narrow the set of claims that can be made about effect consistency, target population, and endpoint selection.","The evidence base also distinguishes breadth from certainty. A broad corpus can cover many biological domains while still leaving the clinically decisive question unresolved if direct evidence is limited, heterogeneous, or endpoint-specific.","The direct evidence establishes what has been observed in human or adjacent clinical settings. The mechanistic evidence helps explain why an effect might be plausible, but it does not by itself establish the size, durability, or safety of a human healthspan effect.","The study-level structure also prevents selective emphasis. 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