Unfortunately, cachexia, or involuntary weight loss, is a major concern for many individuals with advanced cancer. A new ...

Pennington Biomedical Research Center is hosting a research trial to determine if the drug Pioglitazone can also be used to treat cachexia, or muscle weakness and weight loss associated with certain ...

The animal was dehydrated as evidenced by the skin tenting test, clinically displayed copious ... its condition revealed cachexia. The abdominal muscles appeared thin. The stomach was empty ...

Pfizer's anti-GDF-15 antibody ponsegromab was able to achieve weight gain in cancer patients with cachexia – a life-threatening metabolic syndrome caused by the underlying disease with no ...

The primary endpoint is total lean body mass, and the key secondary endpoints are total body fat mass and physical function as measured by stair climb test at 16 weeks. Topline clinical results ...