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Thiazolidinediones and Heart Failure

Singh, Sonal, Loke, Yoon K., Furberg, Curt D.·2007·Diabetes Care

Abstract

OBJECTIVE—Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) are known to increase the risk of heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes. We aimed to evaluate the magnitude of the risk of heart failure with TZDs and classify this adverse effect under the novel dose-time-susceptibility system. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—Evidence from randomized trials, controlled observational studies, anecdotal case reports, case series, and spontaneous reports in the Canadian Drug Reaction Monitoring Program (CADRMP) was analyzed in a teleo-analysis. RESULTS—A random-effects meta-analysis of three randomized controlled trials showed an odds ratio (OR) of 2.1 (95% CI 1.08–4.08; P = 0.03) for the risk of heart failure in patients randomized to TZDs compared with placebo. Four observational studies revealed an OR of 1.55 (1.33–1.80; P < 0.00001) for heart failure with TZDs. A dose-time-susceptibility analysis of 28 published reports and 214 spontaneous reports from the CADRMP database showed that heart failure was more likely to occur after several months (with median treatment duration of 24 weeks after initiation of therapy). Heart failure equally occurred at high and low doses. The adverse reaction was not limited to the elderly, with 42 of 162 (26%) of the reported cases occurring in patients aged <60 years. CONCLUSIONS—Our teleo-analysis confirms the increased magnitude of the risk of heart failure with TZDs. We estimate the number needed to harm with TZDs to be ∼50 over 2.2 years. Existing guidelines and package inserts may have to be revised to incorporate these risk characteristics of TZDs.

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Authors
Singh, S., Loke, Y. K., & Furberg, C. D.
Affiliations
  • Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist (US)
  • University of East Anglia (GB)
  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences (US)
Venue
Diabetes Care
Published
2007-08-01
Volume
30
Issue
8
Pages
2148-2153
ISSN
  • 0149-5992 (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-5548
OpenAlex
W1979369530
Cited by
262
References
31
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FWCI
3.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Diabetes Care (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Toxicology › Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Failure Treatment and Management
Keywords
thiazolidinediones, heart failure, type 2 diabetes, adverse drug reactions, number needed to harm, drug safety, spontaneous adverse drug reports, drug labeling revision
MeSH terms
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Diabetic Angiopathies, Disease Susceptibility, Heart Failure, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Odds Ratio, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Thiazolidinediones

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