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Trial reportDiabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association2009

Improved treatment satisfaction and weight-related quality of life with exenatide once weekly or twice daily.

J H Best, K S Boye, R R Rubin, D Cao, T H Kim, M Peyrot

Abstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  14. GLP-1 receptor agonists: an updated review of head-to-head clinical studies.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2021
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  16. GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Type 2 Diabetes and Their Role in Primary Care: An Australian Perspective.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2019
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  18. Introduction.Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy · 2018
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  20. Use of Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire in Diabetes Care: Importance of Patient-Reported Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018 · on this map
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

J H BestAmylin Pharmaceuticals Inc., San Diego, CA 92121, USA. Jennie.Best@amylin.com
K S Boye
R R Rubin
D Cao
T H Kim
M Peyrot

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsTo assess treatment satisfaction and weight-related quality of life (QOL) in subjects with Type 2 diabetes treated with exenatide once weekly (QW) or twice daily (BID).

methodsIn this 52-week randomized, multi-centre, open-label study, 295 subjects managed with diet and exercise and/or oral glucose-lowering medications received either exenatide QW or BID during weeks 1-30; thereafter, subjects receiving exenatide BID were switched to exenatide QW, with 258 total subjects receiving exenatide QW during weeks 30-52. Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire-status (DTSQ-s) and Impact of Weight on Quality of Life-Lite (IWQOL-Lite) were assessed at baseline and weeks 30 and 52. Mean group changes from baseline to week 30 were estimated by ancova; changes from week 30 to week 52 were assessed by Student's t-test.

resultsStatistically significant improvements from baseline to week 30 were observed in both treatment groups for DTSQ-s and IWQOL-Lite measures, with significantly greater reduction in perceived frequency of hyperglycaemia and greater satisfaction with continuing treatment in the QW group compared with the BID group. Effect sizes for change in DTSQ-s total scores were 0.84 QW, 0.64 BID; for IWQOL-Lite: 0.96 QW, 0.82 BID. Treatment satisfaction and QOL improved significantly between weeks 30 and 52 for those switching from BID to QW. Occurrence of adverse events did not affect patients' improvements in treatment satisfaction and QOL.

conclusionsPatients treated with exenatide QW or BID experienced significant and clinically meaningful improvements in treatment satisfaction and QOL. Patients who switched from exenatide BID to exenatide QW administration reported further significant improvements.

Indexed as

Quality of LifeDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2ExenatideFemaleHumansHypoglycemic AgentsMaleMiddle AgedObesityPatient SatisfactionPeptidesTreatment OutcomeVenomsExenatideHypoglycemic AgentsPeptidesVenoms

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PMID19573122
PMCPMC2776933

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