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ArticleDiabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders2017

Relationship Between Duration of Type 2 Diabetes and Effectiveness of DPP-4 Inhibitor Versus Sulfonylurea as Add-on Therapy: A Post Hoc Analysis.

Helmut Brath, Päivi M Paldánius, Giovanni Bader, Chantal Mathieu

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Article in Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Helmut BrathHealth Center South, Vienna, Austria. helmut.brath@gmail.com.
Päivi M PaldániusNovartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Giovanni BaderNovartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Chantal MathieuCatholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Novartis (Switzerland) · CHKU Leuven · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTo assess the impact of duration of type 2 diabetes on glucose-lowering effectiveness of the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor vildagliptin versus sulfonylureas (SUs) in a real-life setting.

methodsData were extracted from the large 1-year, observational EDGE study (N = 45,868). Patients receiving either DPP-4 inhibitor or any SU as add-on to monotherapy were selected (N = 36,164). Impact of the disease duration on change in glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels was evaluated by using a linear multiple regression model. Descriptive statistics assessed the proportion of patients achieving the composite endpoint (HbA1c <7.0%; 53.0 mmol/mol without hypoglycemia or weight gain), stratified by diabetes duration.

resultsAt baseline, the overall mean (±SD) type 2 diabetes duration was 5.4 ± 5.24 years, and HbA1c was 8.2 ± 1.33% (66.0 ± 14.5 mmol/mol). HbA1c lowering was directly proportional to the baseline HbA1c (-0.69 per unit; 95% CI -0.696, -0.681; p < 0.0001) and inversely proportional to the disease duration (0.01 per year; 95% CI 0.01, 0.013). There was an increased loss of β-cell function (less pronounced HbA1c drop with increasing disease duration) in patients treated with SU-based regimens (0.025; 95% CI 0.022, 0.027) compared with vildagliptin-based regimens (0.005; 95% CI 0.003, 0.007), with the mean adjusted difference being 0.10 (95% CI -0.122, -0.092; p < 0.0001). Consistently, a higher proportion of patients achieved the composite endpoint with vildagliptin over the diabetes duration (less than 2 to more than 10 years).

conclusionVildagliptin demonstrated less dependency on the duration of type 2 diabetes, whereas the effectiveness of SUs diminished faster with increasing duration of the disease in a real-life setting.

fundingNovartis Pharma AG.

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Diabetes durationGlycemicHbA1cReal-lifeSulfonylureaType 2 diabetesVildagliptin

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PMCPMC5544613
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