POSE2.0 With GLP-1 Agonist for Obesity Management

The POSE2.0 is a per-oral endoscopic gastroplasty procedure performed by the USGI Medical Incisionless Operating Platform (USGI Medical, San Clemente, CA) to deploy preloaded snowshoe suture anchors, and cinch create gastric endoscopic plications. In the POSE2.0 procedure a series of 15-20 pairs of snowshoes anchors are deployed along the greater curvature of the stomach from the proximal antrum to the proximal gastric body along narrowing the anteroposterior diameter of the stomach and decreasing its vertical length to improve satiety and satiation for weight loss. This device is registered and approved for obesity management in the United Arab Emirates, where the study is performed.

Liraglutide is a GLP-1 agonists approved for the management of obesity. In the study, it will be Initiated at 0.6 mg subcutaneously daily for 1 week; increase by 0.6 mg/day in weekly intervals until a dose of 3 mg/day achieved. If patients do not tolerate an increased dose during dose escalation, dose escalation will be delayed for an additional week. The patient will continue at the maximal tolerated does up to 3mg per day. If the patient has not lost at least 4% of baseline body weight at 16 weeks from medication initiation, the medication will be discontinued.