Treatment with glucagon-like peptide receptor agonists reduces the risk for major adverse cardiovascular events among people with type 2 diabetes, indicate findings from a large meta-analysis.
A meta-analysis published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology is suggestive of a class cardioprotective effect for the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists.
The results of the Exenatide Study of Cardiovascular Event Lowering study show that the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist has a neutral cardiovascular effect, the investigators have reported at the EASD annual meeting, in Lisbon, Portugal.
The 52-week findings of the DURATION-8 trial show durable glycemic control with the combination of exenatide and dapagliflozin in patients with type 2 diabetes.