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Cardiovascular outcomes with SGLT2 inhibitors versus DPP4 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists in patients with heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction

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Gonzalez, Jimmy, Bates, Benjamin A., Setoguchi, Soko, Gerhard, Tobias, Dave, Chintan V.·2023·Cardiovascular Diabetology

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Background: No study has compared the cardiovascular outcomes for sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) head-to-head against other glucose-lowering therapies, including dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor (DDP4i) or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA)—which also have cardiovascular benefits—in patients with heart failure with reduced (HFrEF) or preserved (HFpEF) ejection fraction. Methods: Medicare fee-for-service data (2013–2019) were used to create four pair-wise comparison cohorts of type 2 diabetes patients with: (1a) HFrEF initiating SGLT2i versus DPP4i; (1b) HFrEF initiating SGLT2i versus GLP-1RA; (2a) HFpEF initiating SGLT2i versus DPP4i; and (2b) HFpEF initiating SGLT2i versus GLP-1RA. The primary outcomes were (1) hospitalization for heart failure (HHF) and (2) myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke hospitalizations. Adjusted hazards ratios (HR) and 95% CIs were estimated using inverse probability of treatment weighting. Results: Among HFrEF patients, initiation of SGLT2i versus DPP4i (cohort 1a; n = 13,882) was associated with a lower risk of HHF (adjusted Hazard Ratio [HR (95% confidence interval)], 0.67 (0.63, 0.72) and MI or stroke (HR: 0.86 [0.75, 0.99]), and initiation of SGLT2i versus GLP-1RA (cohort 1b; n = 6951) was associated with lower risk of HHF (HR: 0.86 [0.79, 0.93]), but not MI or stroke (HR: 1.02 [0.85, 1.22]). Among HFpEF patients, initiation of SGLT2i versus DPP4i (cohort 2a; n = 17,493) was associated with lower risk of HHF (HR: 0.65 [0.61, 0.69]) but not MI or stroke (HR: 0.90 [0.79, 1.02]), and initiation of SGLT2i versus GLP-1RA (cohort 2b; n = 9053) was associated with lower risk of HHF (0.89 [0.83, 0.96]), but not MI or stroke (HR: 0.97 [0.83, 1.14]). Results were robust across range of secondary outcomes (e.g., all-cause mortality) and sensitivity analyses. Conclusions: Bias from residual confounding cannot be ruled out. Use of SGLT2i was associated with reduced risk of HHF against DPP4i and GLP-1RA, reduced risk of MI or stroke against DPP4i within the HFrEF subgroup, and comparable risk of MI or stroke against GLP-1RA. Notably, the magnitude of cardiovascular benefit conferred by SGLT2i was similar among patients with HFrEF and HFpEF.

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  • SGLT2is and GLP-1RAs have demonstrated benefits in preventing deleterious cardiorenal endpoints among individuals with type 2 diabetes.

    “In recent years, sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor antagonists (GLP-1RAs) have demonstrated benefits in preventing deleterious cardiorenal endpoints among individuals with type 2 diabetes, shifting disease management from a glucocentric approach to one that prioritises long-term cardiorenal health [5–7].”

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    The Introduction (page not provided) reports cardiovascular benefits of both drug classes, and the Results report lower heart-failure hospitalization risk with SGLT2 inhibitors in older adults with type 2 diabetes and heart failure. The paper does not report prevention of renal endpoints; its own study population is also narrower than people with type 2 diabetes generally. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Gonzalez, J., Bates, B. A., Setoguchi, S., Gerhard, T., & Dave, C. V.
Affiliations
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
Corresponding author
Dave, Chintan V.
Venue
Cardiovascular Diabetology
Published
2023-03-10
Volume
22
Issue
1
Pages
54-54
ISSN
1475-2840 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4323920855
Cited by
32
References
40
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 6
FWCI
6.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Cardiovascular Diabetology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Rutgers University Community Repository (Rutgers University) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL163163)
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (P30ES005022)
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
SGLT2 inhibitors, DPP-4 inhibitors, GLP-1 receptor agonists, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, type 2 diabetes, heart failure hospitalization, myocardial infarction, stroke, cardiovascular outcomes, glucose-lowering therapy, fee-for-service Medicare, inverse probability of treatment weighting, head-to-head comparison, real-world evidence
MeSH terms
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor, Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors, Aged, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Medicare, Heart Failure, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Myocardial Infarction, Stroke Volume, United States, Stroke, Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV Inhibitors

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