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Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes

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Gæde, Peter, Lund-Andersen, Henrik, Parving, Hans-Henrik, Pedersen, Oluf·2008·New England Journal of Medicine

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Intensified multifactorial intervention - with tight glucose regulation and the use of renin-angiotensin system blockers, aspirin, and lipid-lowering agents - has been shown to reduce the risk of nonfatal cardiovascular disease among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and microalbuminuria. We evaluated whether this approach would have an effect on the rates of death from any cause and from cardiovascular causes. METHODS: In the Steno-2 Study, we randomly assigned 160 patients with type 2 diabetes and persistent microalbuminuria to receive either intensive therapy or conventional therapy; the mean treatment period was 7.8 years. Patients were subsequently followed observationally for a mean of 5.5 years, until December 31, 2006. The primary end point at 13.3 years of follow-up was the time to death from any cause. RESULTS: Twenty-four patients in the intensive-therapy group died, as compared with 40 in the conventional-therapy group (hazard ratio, 0.54; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.32 to 0.89; P=0.02). Intensive therapy was associated with a lower risk of death from cardiovascular causes (hazard ratio, 0.43; 95% CI, 0.19 to 0.94; P=0.04) and of cardiovascular events (hazard ratio, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.25 to 0.67; P<0.001). One patient in the intensive-therapy group had progression to end-stage renal disease, as compared with six patients in the conventional-therapy group (P=0.04). Fewer patients in the intensive-therapy group required retinal photocoagulation (relative risk, 0.45; 95% CI, 0.23 to 0.86; P=0.02). Few major side effects were reported. CONCLUSIONS: In at-risk patients with type 2 diabetes, intensive intervention with multiple drug combinations and behavior modification had sustained beneficial effects with respect to vascular complications and on rates of death from any cause and from cardiovascular causes. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00320008.)

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    The mortality benefit observed during the observational follow-up is attributable to the original randomized intensive therapy, despite the conventional-therapy group receiving intensified treatment after the trial and the narrowing of risk-factor differences.

    “At the end of the follow-up period, the differences in risk factors between the groups had narrowed, primarily because of intensified treatment among patients in the original conventional-therapy group (Fig. 1A).”
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    The results from this trial population of white Danish patients with type 2 diabetes and persistent microalbuminuria generalize to the broader population of at-risk patients with type 2 diabetes.

    “In at-risk patients with type 2 diabetes, intensive intervention with multiple drug combinations and behavior modification had sustained beneficial effects with respect to vascular complications and on rates of death from any cause and from cardiovascular causes.”
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    At the end of follow-up in the intensive-therapy group, 83% are reported as using insulin plus an oral hypoglycemic agent, but only 73% are reported as using insulin. Combination users must be a subset of insulin users.

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Authors
Gæde, P., Lund-Andersen, H., Parving, H.-H., & Pedersen, O.
Affiliations
  • Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen (DK)
  • Aarhus University (DK)
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2008-02-07
Volume
358
Issue
6
Pages
580-591
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W2170271198
Cited by
3,465
References
36
Citations by year
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FWCI
181.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Novo Nordisk
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
Keywords
type 2 diabetes, tight glycemic control, multifactorial intervention, microalbuminuria, cardiovascular mortality, all-cause mortality, renin-angiotensin system inhibitors, aspirin, lipid-lowering drugs, end-stage renal disease, retinal photocoagulation
MeSH terms
Aged, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Hypolipidemic Agents, Aspirin, Behavior Therapy, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cause of Death, Combined Modality Therapy, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Diabetic Neuropathies, Drug Therapy, Combination, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Middle Aged, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, Risk Factors, Kaplan-Meier Estimate

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