Tirzepatide mastery course
Unit 6 of 12

Clinical trials: the SURMOUNT program

If SURPASS proved the diabetes case, SURMOUNT proved the obesity one, and the numbers were large enough to reset expect…

The obesity trials that made the headlines

If SURPASS proved the diabetes case, SURMOUNT proved the obesity one, and the numbers were large enough to reset expectations for what a weight medication can do. This unit walks the SURMOUNT trials: how much weight came off, how it was kept off, and what happened when treatment stopped.

It also covers the obesity head-to-head against semaglutide, and why lifestyle still matters even with a drug this powerful.

Key terms

SURMOUNT-1: the flagship result


How many people responded


Keeping the weight off


The obesity head-to-head


Why lifestyle still matters