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CagriSema Reduces Blood Pressure in Adults With Overweight or Obesity: REDEFINE 1.

Verma S, Böttcher M, Brown P, et al. Hypertension. 2026.

Editor's note

A secondary and post hoc analysis of the 68-week REDEFINE 1 phase 3 trial (3417 participants) examining blood pressure. CagriSema was associated with systolic reductions of about 11 mm Hg versus under 3 mm Hg for placebo, including among participants with resistant hypertension. Strong human evidence for a cardiometabolic secondary endpoint.

Plain-language abstract

In this phase 3 trial analysis, the cagrilintide-semaglutide combination was associated with larger blood pressure reductions than placebo in adults with overweight or obesity.