Target RWE Shares Weight Loss Data From Ongoing NASH Study
Real-world study shows only 32% of overweight or obese adults with NAFLD in the U.S. achieved 5% or more weight reduction
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DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Target RWE, a leading real-world evidence (RWE) solutions company for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, shared the latest data from the ongoing TARGET-NASH observational study, published in
The nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) study,
Weight Loss and Weight Regain in Usual Clinical Practice: Results from the TARGET-NASH Observational Cohort, analyzed 2,019 patients enrolled in the TARGET-NASH cohort in the United States over a median follow-up of 39 months. The baseline characteristics included one third of patients classified as obesity class 2/3, 38.6% of patients had diabetes, and approximately 50% had documentation of lifestyle modifications or diet recommendations.
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More than half a million Michiganders have received a first dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, according to the state s health department. But a smaller cohort, as participants in clinical trials, have received vaccines made by other companies.
Those studies are still underway, which means that many subjects, recruited specifically for their priority status in the vaccine line, now have the option to get one of the authorized vaccines. The people leading these trials at Michigan health systems find themselves responding in two ways.
“As a physician, this is a great problem to have, because it means that we have enough safe and effective vaccine that we can vaccinate most of our high-risk patients,” said Dr. Kathleen Linder, one of the principal investigators for the Ann Arbor VA’s arm of the Novavax trial. “But as a researcher, it is a little challenging.”