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Has anyone dealt with non-invasive mash biomarkers?

quinn_sf Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 2:16 PM 14 replies 668 viewsPage 2 of 3
BenResearch_OR
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Apr 30, 2026 at 3:23 PM#6
Dr.PainCLE said:
ATTAIN trial (survodutide) context for liver and MASH: survodutide, a GLP-1/glucagon dual agonist, showed -18.7% body weight at 46 weeks in the Phase…

NASH/MAFLD therapeutic landscape and liver and MASH: GLP-1 agonists are emerging as potential first-line NASH therapy. The Phase 2b data for semaglutide showed 59% NASH resolution (vs 17% placebo) with 43% achieving fibrosis improvement[1].

Mechanism: GLP-1R activation reduces hepatic lipogenesis, increases fatty acid oxidation, reduces hepatic inflammation, and may directly reduce hepatic stellate cell activation (fibrosis pathway).

With resmetirom (thyroid hormone receptor agonist) recently approved for NASH, the field is evolving rapidly. Combination approaches (GLP-1 + resmetirom) are being explored.

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[1] Newsome PN, et al. N Engl J Med. 2021;384(12):1113-1124.
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Apr 30, 2026 at 3:49 PM#7
quinn_sf said:
ALT was mildly raised at baseline, normalised at month five, and I now have no idea whether anything happened to the fibrosis that actually matters.

Liver imaging follow-up for liver and MASH: FibroScan at baseline showed CAP score 339 dB/m (moderate steatosis) and stiffness 8.8 kPa (possible fibrosis). Diagnosed with NAFLD.

After 13 months: CAP dropped to 232 dB/m (minimal steatosis) and stiffness normalized to 6 kPa. Hepatologist says the liver is essentially healing itself as the metabolic stress resolves.

GLP-1 agonists may become first-line NASH therapy. The Phase 3 data on semaglutide for NASH is very promising.

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Apr 30, 2026 at 4:15 PM#8
BenResearch_OR said:
NASH/MAFLD therapeutic landscape and liver and MASH: GLP-1 agonists are emerging as potential first-line NASH therapy.

Coming at BenResearch_OR’s question from a different direction. The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked. Narrow it and it becomes tractable; leave it broad and the thread will produce nine confident and incompatible replies.

Ask again with the specifics and you will get a better answer than this one.

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Apr 30, 2026 at 4:41 PM#9

One thing that is still open after wendy_avl’s answer:

Was that from a primary source or from a summary of one?

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Apr 30, 2026 at 6:48 PM#10

OP back with an update, since a thread like this is useless without one.

Closing the loop. The answer turned out to depend on the detail I had left out of the opening post, which is a lesson about how to ask rather than about the subject.

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