Cited by 164Diabetes Treatment and ManagementHeart Failure Treatment and ManagementCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

Linagliptin effects on heart failure and related outcomes in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus at high cardiovascular and renal risk in CARMELINA

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McGuire, Darren K., Alexander, John H., Johansen, Odd Erik, Perkovic, Vlado, Rosenstock, Julio, Cooper, Mark E., Wanner, Christoph, Kahn, Steven E. +10 more·2019·Circulation

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Background: Individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus are at increased risk for heart failure (HF), particularly those with coexisting atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and/or kidney disease. Some but not all dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors have been associated with increased HF risk. We performed secondary analyses of HF and related outcomes with the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor linagliptin versus placebo in CARMELINA (The Cardiovascular and Renal Microvascular Outcome Study With Linagliptin), a cardiovascular outcomes trial that enrolled participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and/or kidney disease. Methods: Participants in 27 countries with type 2 diabetes mellitus and concomitant atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and/or kidney disease were randomized 1:1 to receive once daily oral linagliptin 5 mg or placebo, on top of standard of care. All hospitalization for HF (hHF), cardiovascular outcomes, and deaths were prospectively captured and centrally adjudicated. In prespecified and post hoc analyses of HF and related events, Cox proportional hazards models adjusting for region and baseline history of HF were used. Recurrent hHF events were analyzed using a negative binomial model. In a subset of participants with left ventricular ejection fraction captured within the year before randomization, HF-related outcomes were assessed in subgroups stratified by left ventricular ejection fraction > or ≤50%. Results: CARMELINA enrolled 6979 participants (mean age, 65.9 years; estimated glomerular filtration rate, mL/min per 1.73m 2 ; hemoglobin A1c, 8.0%; 62.9% men; diabetes mellitus duration, 14.8 years), including 1873 (26.8%) with a history of HF at baseline. Median follow-up was 2.2 years. Linagliptin versus placebo did not affect the incidence of hHF (209/3494 [6.0%] versus 226/3485 [6.5%], respectively; hazard ratio [HR], 0.90; 95% CI, 0.74–1.08), the composite of cardiovascular death/hHF (HR, 0.94; 95% CI, 0.82–1.08), or risk for recurrent hHF events (326 versus 359 events, respectively; rate ratio, 0.94; 95% CI, 0.75–1.20). There was no heterogeneity of linagliptin effects on hHF by history of HF at baseline, baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate or urine albumin-creatinine ratio, or prerandomization left ventricular ejection fraction. Conclusions: In a large, international cardiovascular outcome trial in participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus and concomitant atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and/or kidney disease, linagliptin did not affect the risk of hHF or other selected HF-related outcomes, including among participants with and without a history of HF, across the spectrum of kidney disease, and independent of previous left ventricular ejection fraction. Clinical Trial Registration: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov . Unique identifier: NCT01897532.

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McGuire, D. K., Alexander, J. H., Johansen, O. E., Perkovic, V., Rosenstock, J., Cooper, M. E., Wanner, C., Kahn, S. E., Toto, R. D., Zinman, B., Baanstra, D., Pfarr, E., Schnaidt, S., Meinicke, T., George, J. T., von Eynatten, M., Marx, N., & On behalf of the CARMELINA Investigators
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
  • Duke University (US)
  • Boehringer Ingelheim (Norway) (NO)
  • UNSW Sydney (AU)
  • Dallas Diabetes Research Center (US)
  • Monash University (AU)
  • Universitätsklinikum Würzburg (DE)
  • University of Washington (US)
  • Mount Sinai Hospital (CA)
  • Boehringer Ingelheim (Netherlands) (NL)
  • Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany) (DE)
  • Boehringer Ingelheim International, Ingelheim, Germany (J.T.G., M.v.E.).
  • Universitätsklinikum Aachen (DE)
Corresponding author
McGuire, Darren K.
Venue
Circulation
Published
2019-01-15
Volume
139
Issue
3
Pages
351-361
ISSN
  • 0009-7322 (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4539
OpenAlex
W2900102850
Cited by
164
References
22
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 51 · 2019: 37 · 2018: 1
FWCI
25.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Circulation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • SZTE Publicatio Repozitórium (University of Szeged) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
Keywords
linagliptin, heart failure, type 2 diabetes, DPP-4 inhibitors, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, cardiovascular outcomes, heart failure hospitalization, left ventricular ejection fraction, cardiovascular mortality, heart failure recurrence, renal outcomes, cardiovascular risk stratification
MeSH terms
Linagliptin, Aged, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Double-Blind Method, Female, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Heart Failure, Glycated Hemoglobin, Humans, Kidney, Kidney Diseases, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Time Factors, Biomarkers, Prevalence, Treatment Outcome, Risk Assessment, Atherosclerosis, Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV Inhibitors

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