Background Rimonabant, a selective cannabinoid-1 receptor (CB1)blocker, has been shown to reduce body weight and improve cardiovascularrisk factors in obese patients. The Rimonabant in Obesity–Lipids(RIO-Lipids) study examined the effects of rimonabant on metabolicrisk factors, including adiponectin levels, in high-risk patientswho are overweight or obese and have dyslipidemia.
Methods We randomly assigned 1036 overweight or obese patients(body-mass index [the weight in kilograms divided by the squareof the height in meters], 27 to 40) with untreated dyslipidemia(triglyceride levels >1.69 to 7.90 mmol per liter, or a ratioof cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein [HDL] cholesterolof >4.5 among women and >5 among men) to double-blindedtherapy with either placebo or rimonabant at a dose of 5 mgor 20 mg daily for 12 months in addition to a hypocaloric diet.
Results The rates of completion of the study were 62.6 percent,60.3 percent, and 63.9 percent in the placebo group, the groupreceiving 5 mg of rimonabant, and the group receiving 20 mgof rimonabant, respectively. The most frequent adverse eventsresulting in discontinuation of the drug were depression, anxiety,and nausea. As compared with placebo, rimonabant at a dose of20 mg was associated with a significant (P<0.001) mean weightloss (repeated-measures method, –6.7±0.5 kg, andlast-observation-carried-forward analyses, –5.4±0.4kg), reduction in waist circumference (repeated-measures method,–5.8±0.5 cm, and last-observation-carried-forwardanalyses, –4.7±0.5 cm), increase in HDL cholesterol(repeated-measures method, +10.0±1.6 percent, and last-observation-carried-forwardanalyses, +8.1±1.5 percent), and reduction in triglycerides(repeated-measures method, –13.0±3.5 percent, andlast-observation-carried-forward analyses, –12.4±3.2percent). Rimonabant at a dose of 20 mg also resulted in anincrease in plasma adiponectin levels (repeated-measures method,57.7 percent, and last-observation-carried-forward analyses,46.2 percent; P<0.001), for a change that was partly independentof weight loss alone.
Conclusions Selective CB1-receptor blockade with rimonabantsignificantly reduces body weight and waist circumference andimproves the profile of several metabolic risk factors in high-riskpatients who are overweight or obese and have an atherogenicdyslipidemia.
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From the Quebec Heart Institute, Laval Hospital Research Center, and the Division of Kinesiology, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Laval University, Ste.-Foy, Que., Canada (J.-P.D.); the Service of Therapeutic Education for Chronic Diseases, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva (A.G.); and the Department of Body Composition and Metabolism, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden (L.S.).
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