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Top one-fourth of patients given Lorcaserin lost 35.1 lbs vs 22.5 lbs with placebo
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Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:48 pm Email this article
The one-fourth of subjects who lost the most weight with lorcaserin hydrochloride, a drug being developed by Area Pharmaceuticals, lost an average of 35.1 pounds versus 22.5 pounds for those given the placebo.
This was 16.3% of body weight for the lorcaserin group versus 10.4% for the placebo group.
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Phase 3 Results: BLOOM. Arena Pharmaceuticals. Oct 22, 2009.
http://www.arenapharm.com/wt/page/bloom.html
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