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Effects of once-weekly exenatide on cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes

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Holman, Rury R., Bethel, M. Angelyn, Mentz, Robert J., Thompson, Vivian P., Lokhnygina, Yuliya, Buse, John B., Chan, Juliana C., Choi, Jasmine +10 more·2017·New England Journal of Medicine

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BACKGROUND: The cardiovascular effects of adding once-weekly treatment with exenatide to usual care in patients with type 2 diabetes are unknown. METHODS: We randomly assigned patients with type 2 diabetes, with or without previous cardiovascular disease, to receive subcutaneous injections of extended-release exenatide at a dose of 2 mg or matching placebo once weekly. The primary composite outcome was the first occurrence of death from cardiovascular causes, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or nonfatal stroke. The coprimary hypotheses were that exenatide, administered once weekly, would be noninferior to placebo with respect to safety and superior to placebo with respect to efficacy. RESULTS: In all, 14,752 patients (of whom 10,782 [73.1%] had previous cardiovascular disease) were followed for a median of 3.2 years (interquartile range, 2.2 to 4.4). A primary composite outcome event occurred in 839 of 7356 patients (11.4%; 3.7 events per 100 person-years) in the exenatide group and in 905 of 7396 patients (12.2%; 4.0 events per 100 person-years) in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.91; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.83 to 1.00), with the intention-to-treat analysis indicating that exenatide, administered once weekly, was noninferior to placebo with respect to safety (P<0.001 for noninferiority) but was not superior to placebo with respect to efficacy (P=0.06 for superiority). The rates of death from cardiovascular causes, fatal or nonfatal myocardial infarction, fatal or nonfatal stroke, hospitalization for heart failure, and hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome, and the incidence of acute pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, medullary thyroid carcinoma, and serious adverse events did not differ significantly between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with type 2 diabetes with or without previous cardiovascular disease, the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events did not differ significantly between patients who received exenatide and those who received placebo. (Funded by Amylin Pharmaceuticals; EXSCEL ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01144338 .).

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  • Patients with diabetes and high cardiovascular risk treated with liraglutide and semaglutide, but not exenatide, had lower risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction and stroke; dulaglutide reduced major adverse cardiovascular events.

    “It was then found that patients with diabetes and high cardiovascular risk that were treated with liraglutide and semaglutide, but not exenatide, had a lower risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction and stroke [66, 70, 71] and another GLP-1R agonist, dulaglutide, reduced major adverse cardiovascular events [72].”
  • Lixisenatide and extended-release exenatide were not superior to placebo with respect to the primary end point of cardiovascular outcomes.

    “However, lixisenatide and extended-release exenatide were not superior to placebo with respect to the primary end point of cardiovascular outcomes (265).”
  • No increased risk of heart failure hospitalization has been identified in the cardiovascular outcomes trials of the GLP-1 RAs lixisenatide, liraglutide, semaglutide, exenatide once weekly, albiglutide, or dulaglutide compared with placebo.

    “No increased risk of heart failure hospitalization has been identified in the cardiovascular outcomes trials of the GLP-1 RAs lixisenatide, liraglutide, semaglutide, exenatide once weekly, albiglutide, or dulaglutide compared with placebo (261,264,265,296,297).”
  • Lixisenatide and extended-release exenatide were not superior to placebo with respect to the primary end point of cardiovascular outcomes.

    “Lixisenatide and extended-release exenatide were not superior to placebo with respect to the primary end point of cardiovascular outcomes (260) and therefore are not recommended for CVD risk reduction.”
  • Metabolic syndrome, impaired fasting glucose, and impaired glucose tolerance are risk factors for atypical diabetic neuropathies.

    “Risk factors include metabolic syndrome, IFG, and IGT.638–640”

    From American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline: Developing a Diabetes Mellitus Comprehensive Care Plan-2022 Update. (2022) · cites this paper as [640]

    The Methods (Trial Population; page not supplied) describe adults with type 2 diabetes, and the Results (Changes in Risk Factors; page not supplied) concern cardiovascular risk measures. Searches for atypical diabetic neuropathies, metabolic syndrome, IFG, and IGT found no passage addressing whether they are risk factors for neuropathy. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Holman, R. R., Bethel, M. A., Mentz, R. J., Thompson, V. P., Lokhnygina, Y., Buse, J. B., Chan, J. C., Choi, J., Gustavson, S. M., Iqbal, N., Maggioni, A. P., Marso, S. P., Öhman, P., Pagidipati, N. J., Poulter, N., Ramachandran, A., Zinman, B., & Hernandez, A. F.
Affiliations
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2017-09-28
Volume
377
Issue
13
Pages
1228-1239
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W2754041380
Cited by
2,162
References
21
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FWCI
183.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5t32hl069749-20)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32-HL069749)
  • Duke Clinical Research Institute
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 › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Failure Treatment and Management
Keywords
exenatide, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular outcomes, major adverse cardiovascular events, GLP-1 receptor agonists, myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure hospitalization, acute coronary syndrome, pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, medullary thyroid carcinoma, non-inferiority
MeSH terms
Exenatide, Aged, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Double-Blind Method, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Injections, Subcutaneous, Male, Middle Aged, Peptides, Venoms, Incidence, Least-Squares Analysis, Kaplan-Meier Estimate

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