ReviewCurrent opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity2017
An update on sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors for the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
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- Comparative Effects of Antidiabetic Drugs on Body Composition: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2026Pooled it
- The Effects of SGLT2 Inhibitors on Muscle Health in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Pharmacology research & perspectives · 2026Pooled it
- Sex differences in trial representation and the cardiovascular effectiveness of newer glucose-lowering agents in patients with and without type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cardiovascular outcome trials.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of Hypoglycemic Drugs on Patients with Heart Failure with or without T2DM: A Bayesian Network Meta-analysis.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Update on the Efficacy and Safety of Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitors in Patients with Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- The Efficacy and Safety of Sodium Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors for Patients with Anticancer Therapy: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies.Global heart · 2025Pooled it
- Racial, ethnic and regional differences in the effect of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists on cardiovascular and renal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cardiovascular outcome trials.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Dose-dependent renoprotection efficacy of sglt2 inhibitors in type 2 diabetes: systematic review and network meta-analysis.Acta diabetologica · 2023 · on this mapPooled it
- The Effects of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2-Inhibitors on Steatosis and Fibrosis in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease or Steatohepatitis and Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Pooled it
- Comparative efficacy and safety of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors for renal outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Renal failure · 2023 · on this mapPooled it
- Associations of antidiabetic drugs with diabetic retinopathy in people with type 2 diabetes: an umbrella review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of tele-guidance for physiotherapy in older patients with type 2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2025Trial
- SGLT2 inhibition improves PI3Kα inhibitor-induced hyperglycemia: findings from preclinical animal models and from patients in the BYLieve and SOLAR-1 trials.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2024Trial
- Efficacy and safety of ertugliflozin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and established cardiovascular disease using insulin: A VERTIS CV substudy.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2021 · on this mapTrial
- Irisin upregulation as a contributory mechanism for the therapeutic benefits of SGLT-2 inhibitors.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2026Review
- Immunometabolic Effects of SGLT2 Inhibitors on the Th17/Treg Axis: Mechanisms, Evidence, and Implications for Therapeutic Repurposing.Molecular biology reports · 2026Review
- The Role of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors on Peripheral Nerves and Skeletal Muscle Function in Type 2 Diabetes.Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies · 2026Review
- Treatment with dapagliflozin and empagliflozin reduces concentrations of N4-acetylcytidine in plasma, a biomarker associated with vascular damage.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2026Article
- From molecules to the clinic-pathophysiology of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and their emerging role in urology: A comprehensive review from the European Association of Urology Section of Endourology.Asian journal of urology · 2026Review
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Abstract
purpose of reviewSodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are the newest class of oral antihyperglycemic agents that have been approved for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Over the past year, there have been significant developments in both the safety and efficacy of this class of medications that are presented in this review. RECENT
findingsApart from data on the glucose-lowering effect of SGLT2 inhibitors, other metabolic benefits have been demonstrated for this class of medications. Moreover, there have been three Food and Drug Administration Drug Safety Communications issued in 2015 that have led to additional drug labeling. The basic mechanism of action, indications, glucose-lowering benefits, other metabolic benefits, and adverse side-effects of SGLT2 inhibitors are presented in this review. SUMMARY: SGLT2 inhibitors are medications that have a unique mechanism of action and that lower glucose independent of insulin. Given the recent findings on efficacy and benefits, these agents are rapidly establishing their role in the treatment of diabetes. Especially in patients with type 2 diabetes not willing or not ready to start insulin, SGLT2 inhibitors may be another option in those patients requiring additional glucose lowering and in those with acceptable risk factor profiles. Although there appears to be some positive benefits in cardiovascular endpoints, more research on the long-term outcomes in people taking SGLT2 inhibitors is warranted.
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