Veru Inc. (NASDAQ:VERU), a late clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative medicines for preserving muscle for high quality weight loss, oncology, and viral induced acute respiratory distress syndrome, today announced data from a meta-analysis presentation at ObesityWeek, which took place November 5, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas.

Highlights from the presentation:
The objective of the meta-analysis was to determine the effects of enobosarm on body composition in older patients that had obesity who were enrolled in 4 previously conducted randomized clinical trials of enobosarm that measured body composition including Phase 2 older males and postmenopausal women, Phase 2 advanced cancer patients with muscle wasting, and two Phase 3 advanced lung cancer patients with cancer wasting.

Meta-analysis was conducted in older (≥60 years old) subjects with obesity (BMI ≥30), treated with enobosarm 3mg per day versus placebo, and who had a Day 84 (n= 60) and Day 147 (n=45) DEXA scans to assess body composition.

Results of DEXA scan assessments of body composition in older subjects with obesity:
At Day 84, enobosarm 3mg treatment compared to placebo resulted in an absolute increase in lean mass (0.05 kg enobosarm vs -1.54 kg placebo) and absolute decrease in fat mass (-1.48 kg enobosarm vs placebo -0.35 kg).

At Day 147, enobosarm 3mg treatment compared to placebo resulted an absolute increase in lean mass (-0.79 kg enobosarm vs -1.77 kg placebo) and absolute decrease in fat mass (-2.05 kg enobosarm vs -0.05 kg placebo).

At Day 147, enobosarm 3mg treated subjects compared to placebo had greater total weight loss by DEXA scan (-2.93 kg for enobosarm and -2.11 kg for placebo).

Enobosarm was generally well-tolerated with no increase in gastrointestinal side effects.