Comparative effectiveness of once-weekly glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists with regard to 6-month glycaemic control and weight outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes

Sudhir Unni, Eric Wittbrodt, Junjie Ma, Marisa Schauerhamer, Jeff Hurd, Natalia Ruiz-Negrón, Carrie McAdam-Marx

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Abstract

A retrospective cohort study was conducted in patients with type 2 diabetes in an electronic medical record database to compare real-world, 6-month glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and weight outcomes for exenatide once weekly with those for dulaglutide and albiglutide. The study included 2465 patients: exenatide once weekly, n = 2133; dulaglutide, n = 201; and albiglutide, n = 131. The overall mean (standard deviation [s.d.]) age was 60 (11) years and 54% were men; neither differed among the comparison groups. The mean (s.d.) baseline HbA1c was similar in the exenatide once-weekly (8.3 [1.7]%) and dulaglutide groups (8.5 [1.5]%; P =.165), but higher in the albiglutide group (8.7 [1.7]%; P <.001). The overall mean (s.d.) HbA1c change was −0.5 (1.5)% (P <.001) and this did not differ among the comparison groups in either adjusted or unadjusted analyses. The mean (s.d.) weight change was −1.4 (4.7) kg for exenatide once weekly and −1.6 (3.7) kg for albiglutide (P =.579), but was greater for dulaglutide, at −2.7 (5.7) kg (P =.001). Outcomes were similar in subsets of insulin-naive patients with baseline HbA1c ≥7.0% or ≥9.0%. All agents significantly reduced HbA1c at 6 months, with no significant differences among agents or according to baseline HbA1c in insulin-naive subgroups.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)468-473
Number of pages6
JournalDiabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
Volume20
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • GLP-1
  • database research
  • dulaglutide
  • exenatide
  • glycaemic control
  • type 2 diabetes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Internal Medicine
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Endocrinology

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