Obesity and Weight Loss

Capture Body Composition Imaging Biomarkers with Confidence

 

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Meeting Today’s Obesity Trial Needs

The development of GLP-1 agonists and other therapies for weight loss and obesity is evolving and so is the advancement of imaging biomarkers for body composition profiling. The options to delineate and quantify muscle and lean mass are getting more sophisticated, so determining which imaging modality, anatomical coverage, and analysis methods to use can be critical to your obesity clinical trial outcomes.

Perceptive Imaging combines the right experience and the right people to help you navigate the nuances of imaging in weight loss clinical trials and to drive the success of your development program.

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Perceptive Imaging Experience

Perceptive has provided imaging services to quantify lean and/or adipose tissue in nearly 80 clinical trials to date, contributing to 8 regulatory approvals.

You can rely on the scientific experts at Perceptive Imaging to identify the appropriate techniques to meet your weight loss clinical trial objectives. Their in-depth understanding of the different modalities involved in body composition imaging, including DXA, CT, and MRI and can help you reliably measure muscle and fat changes in the whole body or at specific anatomic locations.

Learn why you can rely on Perceptive Imaging for your obesity clinical trials.

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Perceptive’s expertise spans the gamut of imaging that’s required to demonstrate safety and efficacy during obesity clinical trials, including:

 

  • Whole body lean and fat mass (DXA)
  • Subcutaneous and visceral fat (DXA. MRI or CT)
  • Intramuscular fat fraction (MRI)
  • Muscle volume (CT or MRI)
  • Liver, spleen or pancreatic volume
  • Liver, pancreas or spleen fat fraction
  • Cardiac safety (MRI or ECHO)
  • Bone age (X-ray)
  • Bone density (DXA BMD)
  • Functional brain changes (fMRI)

Learn more about Perceptive’s expertise in weight loss clinical trial imaging

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Scientific Leadership

Sarah (Sally) Warner, PhD

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VP, Scientific and Medical Affairs

Dr. Warner has managed the imaging aspects of 100+ clinical trials in rheumatology (RA, PsA, SpA, AS and OA), orthopedics, and body composition, providing medical expertise in study design, protocol standardization, and customization of analysis software tools. She co-authored “The Official Positions of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry: Acquisition of Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Body Composition and Considerations Regarding Analysis and Repeatability of Measures”[2013]. Her scientific research has included a focus on the use of imaging to quantify the effects of interventions on muscle, bone and fat in various disease indications and metabolic disorders.

Farhan Syed, PhD

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Sr. Medical Director

Dr. Syed has extensive experience in bone analysis techniques and imaging endpoints in bone, connective tissue, and body composition studies. He has 25 combined years of academic/ pharmaceutical industry experience, has led over 30 MSK imaging projects at Perceptive, and has 50+ publications and presentations in women’s bone health, aging, immunology, inflammation, endocrinology and cancer biology. He has expertise in osteoporosis, inflammation, and aging with animal models and human trials He has significant experience with in-vivo imaging modalities such as X-ray, MRI, DEXA, pQCT, and microCT; as well as bone and soft tissue histomorphometry in human/animal biopsies and tissues.

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Clinical Adjudication in Obesity Trials

Independent clinical event adjudication of efficacy and safety endpoints in obesity trials is essential to fully understand the potential benefits and risks of GLP-1 agonists and other treatments beyond the loss of weight.

Perceptive’s Clinical Adjudication team has a combined 60 years of experience managing and supporting clinical event adjudication services, including extensive work in several obesity trials. Our robust, regulatory-compliant, efficient processes can help you mitigate the challenges associated with adjudicating efficacy and safety endpoints in obesity and weight loss trials.

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Resources

Stay on top of industry trends and learn how Perceptive is helping sponsors and CROs design and implement obesity clinical trials effectively – and efficiently.

Imaging for Body Composition Trials: Opportunities and Considerations

Imaging in Metabolic and Body Composition Trials

Clinical Adjudication in Obesity Trials

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How Can We Help?

Reach out today and one of our solution experts will be in touch to learn about your specific needs.

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