Thomas A Wadden, Gregory K Brown, Christina Egebjerg, Ofir Frenkel, Bryan Goldman, Robert F Kushner, Barbara McGowan, Maria Overvad, Anders Fink-Jensen
{"title":"Psychiatric Safety of Semaglutide for Weight Management in People Without Known Major Psychopathology: Post Hoc Analysis of the STEP 1, 2, 3, and 5 Trials.","authors":"Thomas A Wadden, Gregory K Brown, Christina Egebjerg, Ofir Frenkel, Bryan Goldman, Robert F Kushner, Barbara McGowan, Maria Overvad, Anders Fink-Jensen","doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4346","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4346","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Obesity is associated with numerous psychosocial complications, making psychiatric safety a consideration for treating people with obesity. Few studies have investigated the psychiatric safety of newly available antiobesity medications.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the psychiatric safety of subcutaneous semaglutide, 2.4 mg, once weekly in people without known major psychopathology.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This post hoc analysis of pooled data from the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter phase 3a STEP 1, 2, and 3 trials (68 weeks; 2018-2020) and phase 3b STEP 5 trial (104 weeks; 2018-2021) included adults with overweight or obesity; STEP 2 participants also had type 2 diabetes. Trial designs have been published previously.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Semaglutide, 2.4 mg, vs placebo.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>Depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation/behavior were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale, respectively. Psychiatric and nervous system disorder adverse events were investigated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This analysis included 3377 participants in the STEP 1, 2, and 3 trials (2360 women [69.6%]; mean [SD] age, 49 [13] years) and 304 participants in STEP 5 (236 women [77.6%]; mean [SD] age, 47 [11] years). In the STEP 1, 2, and 3 trials, mean (SD) baseline PHQ-9 scores for the semaglutide, 2.4 mg, and placebo groups were 2.0 (2.3) and 1.8 (2.3), respectively, indicating no/minimal symptoms of depression. PHQ-9 scores at week 68 were 2.0 (2.9) and 2.4 (3.3), respectively; the estimated treatment difference (95% CI) between groups was -0.56 (-0.81 to -0.32) (P < .001). Participants treated with semaglutide vs placebo were less likely to shift (from baseline to week 68) to a more severe category of PHQ-9 depression (odds ratio, 0.63; 95% CI, 0.50-0.79; P < .001). Based on the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale, 1% or fewer of participants reported suicidal ideation/behavior during treatment, with no differences between semaglutide, 2.4 mg, and placebo. Psychiatric disorder adverse events were generally balanced between groups. Similar results were observed in STEP 5.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>The results of this post hoc analysis suggest that treatment with semaglutide, 2.4 mg, did not increase the risk of developing symptoms of depression or suicidal ideation/behavior vs placebo and was associated with a small but statistically significant reduction in depressive symptoms (not considered clinically meaningful). People with obesity should be monitored for mental health concerns so they can receive appropriate support and care.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov Identifiers: STEP 1 (NCT03548935), 2 (NCT03552757), 3 (NCT03611582), and 5 (NCT03693430).</p>","PeriodicalId":14714,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Internal Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":22.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11372653/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142119846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cytisinicline For E-Cigarette Cessation.","authors":"Adam Edward Lang","doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4412","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4412","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14714,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Internal Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":22.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142154128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bocheng Jing, Xiaojuan Liu, Laura A Graham, Chintan V Dave, Yongmei Li, Kathy Fung, Christine K Liu, Hoda S Abdel Magid, Matthew E Growdon, W James Deardorff, W John Boscardin, Sei J Lee, Michael A Steinman, Michelle C Odden
{"title":"Deprescribing of Antihypertensive Medications and Cognitive Function in Nursing Home Residents.","authors":"Bocheng Jing, Xiaojuan Liu, Laura A Graham, Chintan V Dave, Yongmei Li, Kathy Fung, Christine K Liu, Hoda S Abdel Magid, Matthew E Growdon, W James Deardorff, W John Boscardin, Sei J Lee, Michael A Steinman, Michelle C Odden","doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4851","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4851","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Antihypertensive medication deprescribing is common among nursing home residents, yet its association with cognitive decline remains uncertain.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the association of deprescribing antihypertensive medication with changes in cognitive function in nursing home residents.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This cohort study using a target trial emulation approach included VA long-term care residents aged 65 years or older with stays of at least 12 weeks from 2006 to 2019. Residents who were not prescribed antihypertensive medication, with blood pressure greater than 160/90 mm Hg, or with heart failure were excluded. Eligible residents with stable medication use for 4 weeks were classified into deprescribing or stable user groups and followed for 2 years or until death or discharge for intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis. Participants switching treatment groups were censored in the per-protocol analysis. Cognitive function measurements during follow-up were analyzed using an ordinal generalized linear mixed model, adjusting for confounders with inverse probability of treatment weighting. Per-protocol analysis included inverse probability of censoring weighting. Data analyses were performed from May 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024.</p><p><strong>Exposures: </strong>Deprescribing was defined as a reduction in the total number of antihypertensive medications or a decrease in medication dosage by 30%, sustained for a minimum of 2 weeks.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>Cognitive Function Scale (CFS) was classified as cognitively intact (CFS = 1), mildly impaired (CFS = 2), moderately impaired (CFS = 3), and severely impaired (CFS = 4).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 45 183 long-term care residents, 12 644 residents (mean [SD] age 77.7 [8.3] years; 329 [2.6%] females and 12 315 [97.4%] males) and 12 053 residents (mean [SD] age 77.7 [8.3] years; 314 [2.6%] females and 11 739 [97.4%] males) met eligibility for ITT and per-protocol analyses, respectively. At the end of the follow-up, 12.0% of residents had a worsened CFS (higher score) and 7.7% had an improved CFS (lower score) with 10.8% of the deprescribing group and 12.1% of the stable user group showing a worsened CFS score. In the per-protocol analysis, the deprescribing group had a 12% reduction in the odds of progressing to a worse CFS category per 12-week period (odds ratio, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.78-0.99) compared to the stable user group. Among residents with dementia, deprescribing was associated with 16% reduced odds of cognitive decline (odds ratio, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.72-0.98). These patterns remained consistent in the ITT analysis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>This cohort study indicates that deprescribing is associated with less cognitive decline in nursing home residents, particularly those with dementia. More data are needed to understand the benefits and harms of an","PeriodicalId":14714,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Internal Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":22.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11420821/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142287585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marc-Alexandre Gingras, Robert Dubé, Jerome Williams, James Shih, Anthony Lieu, Tania Morin, Kristen Moran, Iman Huseen, Todd C Lee, Emily G McDonald
{"title":"Direct-to-Consumer Educational Brochures to Promote Gabapentinoid Deprescribing in Older Adults.","authors":"Marc-Alexandre Gingras, Robert Dubé, Jerome Williams, James Shih, Anthony Lieu, Tania Morin, Kristen Moran, Iman Huseen, Todd C Lee, Emily G McDonald","doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4748","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4748","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14714,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Internal Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":22.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11420817/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142287587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Educational Brochures for Deprescribing.","authors":"Timothy S Anderson","doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4755","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4755","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14714,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Internal Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":22.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142287588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Language Discordance and Patient Care-Babel.","authors":"Tamara A Huson","doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4273","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4273","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14714,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Internal Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":22.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142287591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The White House Initiative on Women's Health Research.","authors":"Carolyn M Mazure","doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.3592","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.3592","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14714,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Internal Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":22.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142346967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Individual-Level Exposure to Residential Redlining in 1940 and Mortality Risk.","authors":"Sebastian Linde, Leonard E Egede","doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4998","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4998","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Historic redlining, the practice by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) of systematically denying credit to borrowers in neighborhoods that were inhabited by primarily African American individuals, has been associated with poor community outcomes, but the association with individual risk of death is not clear.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine if exposure to residential redlining practices by HOLC in 1940 is associated with increased risk of death later in life.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>The study linked individuals who resided within HOLC-graded neighborhoods (defined as Census Enumeration Districts) in 1940 with administrative death records data. The study estimated hazard ratios as well as age-specific life expectancy gaps (at age 55, 65, and 75 years) for HOLC grading exposure. This was done using methods that adapted standard parametric survival analysis to data with limited mortality coverage windows and incomplete observations of survivors. The analysis sample consisted of 961 719 individual-level observations across 13 912 enumeration districts within 30 of the largest US cities (based on 1940 population counts) across 23 states. Data were analyzed between December 1, 2023, and September 4, 2024.</p><p><strong>Main outcome and measures: </strong>The exposure was HOLC grade based on historic HOLC maps, with A representing \"best\" or creditworthy areas; B, \"still desirable\"; C, \"definitely declining\"; and D, \"hazardous\" areas not worthy of credit (ie, redlined), and the main outcome was age at death from the Social Security Numident file.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The 961 719-person individual sample had a mean (SD) age of 19.26 (9.26) years in 1940 and a mean (SD) age at death of 76.83 (9.22) years. In a model adjusted for sex (52.48% female; 47.52% male), race and ethnicity (7.36% African American; 92.64% White), and latent place effects, a 1-unit lower HOLC grade was associated with an 8% (hazard ratio, 1.08 [95% CI, 1.07-1.09]) increased risk of death. At age 65 years, these hazard differentials translated into an estimated life expectancy gap of -0.49 (95% CI, -0.56 to -0.43) years for each 1-unit decrease of the HOLC grade.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study found that individuals who resided within redlined neighborhoods in 1940 had lower life expectancy later in life than individuals who resided within other HOLC-graded areas.</p>","PeriodicalId":14714,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Internal Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":22.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11536219/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142346960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Augusta K Alwang, Anica C Law, Elizabeth S Klings, Robyn T Cohen, Nicholas A Bosch
{"title":"Lactated Ringer vs Normal Saline Solution During Sickle Cell Vaso-Occlusive Episodes.","authors":"Augusta K Alwang, Anica C Law, Elizabeth S Klings, Robyn T Cohen, Nicholas A Bosch","doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4428","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4428","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Sickle cell disease (SCD), a clinically heterogenous genetic hemoglobinopathy, is characterized by painful vaso-occlusive episodes (VOEs) that can require hospitalization. Patients admitted with VOEs are often initially resuscitated with normal saline (NS) to improve concurrent hypovolemia, despite preclinical evidence that NS may promote erythrocyte sickling. The comparative effectiveness of alternative volume-expanding fluids (eg, lactated Ringer [LR]) for resuscitation during VOEs is unclear.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare the effectiveness of LR to NS fluid resuscitation in patients with SCD and VOEs.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>This multicenter cohort study and target trial emulation included inpatient adults with SCD VOEs who received either LR or NS on hospital day 1. The Premier PINC AI database (2016-2022), a multicenter clinical database including approximately 25% of US hospitalizations was used. The analysis took place between October 6, 2023, and June 20, 2024.</p><p><strong>Exposure: </strong>Receipt of LR (intervention) or NS (control) on hospital day 1.</p><p><strong>Main outcome and measures: </strong>The primary outcome was hospital-free days (HFDs) by day 30. Targeted maximum likelihood estimation was used to calculate marginal effect estimates. Heterogeneity of treatment effect was explored in subgroups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 55 574 patient encounters where LR (n = 3495) or NS (n = 52 079) was administered on hospital day 1 were included; the median (IQR) age was 30 (25-37) years. Patients who received LR had more HFDs compared with those who received NS (marginal mean difference, 0.4; 95% CI, 0.1-0.6 days). Patients who received LR also had shorter hospital lengths of stay (marginal mean difference, -0.4; 95% CI, -0.7 to -0.1 days) and lower risk of 30-day readmission (marginal risk difference, -5.8%; 95% CI, -9.8% to -1.8%). Differences in HFDs between LR and NS were heterogenous based on fluid volume received: among patients who received less than 2 L, there was no difference in LR vs NS; among those who received 2 or more L, LR was superior to NS.</p><p><strong>Conclusion and relevance: </strong>This cohort study found that, compared with NS, LR had a small but significant improvement in HFDs and secondary outcomes including 30-day readmission. These results suggest that, among patients with VOEs in whom clinicians plan to give volume resuscitation fluids on hospital admission, LR should be preferred over NS.</p>","PeriodicalId":14714,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Internal Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":22.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11385329/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142154130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tick Paralysis-A Rare but Important Tick-Borne Disease.","authors":"Jonathan A Edlow","doi":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4797","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.4797","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14714,"journal":{"name":"JAMA Internal Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":22.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142287595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}