scholarly journals The effect of sodium‐glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and glucagon‐like peptide 1 agonists on cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 406-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit K. Dey ◽  
Jacob Groenendyk ◽  
Nehal N. Mehta ◽  
Evgenia Gourgari
2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (11) ◽  
pp. 1850-1865

Background: Cardiovascular (CV) and renal comorbidities are common among type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients, and significantly increase the cost and burden of care. Both sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) improve key outcomes including major CV events, hospitalization for heart failure, and renal outcomes, albeit to varying degrees in different T2D populations. Materials and Methods: The authors reviewed evidence from GLP-1 RA and SGLT2i CV outcomes trials and real-world studies in Thailand and elsewhere. Results: The authors formulated recommendations to guide selection of anti-diabetes medication based on patients’ clinical characteristics and CV or renal risk profile. Conclusion: These recommendations could help guide management of CV/renal comorbidities and risk alongside glucose-lowering therapy for individual patients. Keywords: Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Cardiovascular diseases; Chronic kidney disease; Clinical outcomes; SGLT2i; GLP-1 RA


Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simran Grewal ◽  
Ninad Zaman ◽  
Louis Borgatta ◽  
Matthew Nudy ◽  
Brandon Peterson

Introduction: Recent evidence suggests glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) reduce adverse cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. The objective of this study is to analyze randomized controlled trials (RCTs) testing GLP-1 RA’s effects on CVD among participants with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Methods: RCTs comparing GLP-1 RA versus placebo among participants with T2DM were identified using PubMed and Cochrane databases. The endpoints of this analysis included major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE; a composite of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI), and nonfatal stroke), and the individual components of MACE. The primary analysis calculated risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for each endpoint. Heterogeneity for each endpoint was calculated using Chi 2 and I 2 tests. For any endpoint with significant heterogeneity, a meta-regression was performed using baseline hemoglobin A1C (A1C) in each RCT as the moderator and a R 2 value was calculated. Results: 7 RCTs (N = 56,004) were identified with 174,163 patient years of follow-up. GLP-1 RA reduced MACE [RR 0.89, 95% CI 0.83-0.95], cardiovascular death [RR 0.88, 95% CI 0.81-0.95], and nonfatal stroke [RR 0.85, 95% CI 0.77-0.94]. There was no significant heterogeneity among these RCTs (Figure 1). GLP-1 RA did not reduce nonfatal MI [RR 0.91, 95% CI 0.82-1.02]. However, there was significant heterogeneity among these RCTS (Chi 2 =12.94, p=0.04, I 2 =54%). When accounting for A1C in the regression model, there was no longer significant heterogeneity for this endpoint (p=0.23, I 2 =27%). A relationship between A1C and GLP-1 RA’s effect on nonfatal MI (R 2 =0.64, Figure 1) was observed when performing the meta-regression. Conclusion: GLP-1 RA reduced MACE, cardiovascular death, and nonfatal stroke in patients with T2DM with minimal heterogeneity among RCTs. GLP-1 RA did not reduce nonfatal MI, however there may be an association between A1C and GLP-1 RA’s effect on nonfatal MI.


Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (12) ◽  
pp. 1205-1218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Shahzeb Khan ◽  
Gregg C. Fonarow ◽  
Darren K. McGuire ◽  
Adrian F. Hernandez ◽  
Muthiah Vaduganathan ◽  
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With worsening epidemiological trends for both the incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and heart failure (HF) worldwide, it is critical to implement optimal prevention and treatment strategies for patients with these comorbidities, either alone or concomitantly. Several guidelines and consensus statements have recommended glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitors as add-ons to lifestyle interventions with or without metformin in those at high atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk. However, these recommendations are either silent about HF or fail to differentiate between the prevention of HF in those at risk versus the treatment of individuals with manifest HF. Furthermore, these documents do not differentiate among those with different HF phenotypes. This distinction, even though important, may not be critical for sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitors in view of the consistent data for benefit for both atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease– and HF-related outcomes that have emerged from the regulatory-mandated cardiovascular outcome trials for all sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitors and the recent DAPA-HF trial (Dapagliflozin in Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction)demonstrating the benefit of dapagliflozin on HF-related outcomes in patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction with or without T2DM. However, the distinction may be crucial for glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and other antihyperglycemic agents. Indeed, in several of the new statements, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists are suggested treatment not only for patients with T2DM and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, but also in those with manifest HF, despite a lack of evidence for the latter recommendation. Although glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists may be appropriate to use in patients at risk for HF, mechanistic insights and observations from randomized trials suggest no clear benefit on HF-related outcomes and even uncertainty regarding the safety in those with HF with reduced ejection fraction. Conversely, theoretical rationales suggest that these agents may benefit patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction. Considering that millions of patients with T2DM have HF, these concerns have public health implications that necessitate the thoughtful use of these therapies. Achieving this aim will require dedicated trials with these drugs in both patients who have HF with reduced ejection fraction and HF with preserved ejection fraction with T2DM to assess their efficacy, safety, and risk-benefit profile.


2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-36
Author(s):  
Tat'yana Morgunova ◽  
Valentin Fadeev

This article is dedicated to the problem of glycaemic durability of drugs used in treatment of type 2 diabetes. The results of studies comparing durability of glycemic control as monotherapy or in combination of metformin with different drugs: dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, sulfonylurea, inhibitors of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 are shown. The article discusses the results of original research and meta-analysis.


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