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Effects of Empagliflozin on Symptoms, Physical Limitations and Quality of Life in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Heart Failure – Results From the EMPULSE Trial
Circulation 2022; online ahead of print doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.059725
This post hoc and prespecified analysis of the EMPULSE trial found that initiation of empagliflozin in patients hospitalised for acute heart failure (AHF) produced clinical benefit regardless of the degree of symptomatic impairment at baseline. Empagliflozin also improved symptoms, physical limitations, and quality of life – with benefits seen as early as 15 days and maintained through 90 days.
Empagliflozin and Incidence of Events Consistent With Acute Kidney Injury: Pooled Safety Analysis in >15,000 Individuals
Diabetes Obes Metab 2022;doi:10.1111/dom.14694 Ahead of print
This comprehensive analysis indicates that empagliflozin is not associated with increased risk of acute kidney injury or acute kidney failure compared with placebo treatment.
Efficacy and Safety of Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults With Overweight Or Obesity: A Meta-Analysis
Endocrine. 2022;75(3):718–24 doi: 10.1007/s12020-021-02945-1
Semaglutide QW was found to be superior to placebo in percentage change and absolute change in body weight. It also led to significant increases in proportions of patients achieving categorical weight reduction targets.
Safety and efficacy of dapagliflozin in patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: A prespecified analysis of the DAPA-CKD trial
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2021 Nov 25;gfab335. DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfab335.
This study by Wheeler et al. found that dapagliflozin numerically, but not significantly, reduced the rate of chronic decline of eGFR compared to placebo among DAPA-CKD participants with FSGS.
Efficacy and Safety of Canagliflozin Versus Glimepiride in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Inadequately Controlled With Metformin (CANTATA-SU): 52 Week Results From a Randomised, Double-blind, Phase 3 Non-inferiority Trial
Lancet 2013;382:941–50 doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60683-2
In the CANTATA-52 trial, canagliflozin was non-inferior to glimepiride for the primary endpoint of glucose-lowering at 52 weeks – and the highest dose achieved superiority.
Dapagliflozin and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes
N Engl J Med 2019;380:347–57 DOI 10.1056/NEJMoa1812389
Dapagliflozin was found to be noninferior to placebo in terms of major adverse cardiovascular events in the DECLARE-TIMI 58 trial.
Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes with Empagliflozin in Heart Failure
N Engl J Med 2020;383:1413–24 DOI 10.1056/NEJMoa2022190
Empagliflozin demonstrated a reduction in CV death, HF hospitalisation, rate of eGFR decline and risk of serious renal outcomes in patients with chronic HF and reduced ejection fraction in the EMPEROR-reduced study.
Effects of Once-Weekly Exenatide on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes
N Engl J Med 2017;377:1228–39 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1612917
The EXSCEL study showed that among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) with or without previous cardiovascular (CV) disease, the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) did not differ significantly between patients who received exenatide and those who received placebo.
Liraglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes
N Engl J Med 2016;375:311–22 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1603827
The LEADER trial demonstrated CV benefits with liraglutide, and showed that the rate of the first occurrence of death from cardiovascular (CV) causes, nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI), or nonfatal stroke among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) was lower with liraglutide than with placebo.