Stephen C Bain, Nicolas Belmar, Søren T Hoff, Mansoor Husain, Søren Rasmussen, Tina Vilsbøll, Mark C Petrie
{"title":"Cardiovascular, Metabolic, and Safety Outcomes with Semaglutide by Baseline Age: Post Hoc Analysis of SUSTAIN 6 and PIONEER 6.","authors":"Stephen C Bain, Nicolas Belmar, Søren T Hoff, Mansoor Husain, Søren Rasmussen, Tina Vilsbøll, Mark C Petrie","doi":"10.1007/s13300-024-01659-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The high risk of cardiovascular events in people with type 2 diabetes increases with age. The cardiovascular effects of once-weekly subcutaneous and once-daily oral semaglutide versus placebo in people with type 2 diabetes at high cardiovascular risk were investigated in the SUSTAIN 6 and PIONEER 6 cardiovascular outcomes trials, respectively. It is unknown whether the effects of semaglutide are age dependent.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This post hoc analysis evaluated cardiovascular, metabolic, and safety outcomes with semaglutide versus placebo in age subgroups (≤ 60; > 60 to ≤ 65; > 65 to ≤ 70; and > 70 years) pooled from SUSTAIN 6 and PIONEER 6. Major adverse cardiovascular events (composite of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, and nonfatal stroke), changes from baseline in glycated hemoglobin A<sub>1c</sub> (HbA<sub>1c</sub>) and body weight, and adverse events were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Semaglutide reduced major adverse cardiovascular events and its components versus placebo across age subgroups (most hazard ratios < 1.0; p<sub>interaction</sub> > 0.05). The treatment difference in HbA<sub>1c</sub> reduction was greater in those aged ≤ 60 years than in older subgroups (p<sub>interaction</sub> = 0.01). Reductions in body weight with semaglutide versus placebo were consistent across age subgroups (p<sub>interaction</sub> = 0.124). Serious adverse events or severe hypoglycemic episodes did not differ between semaglutide and placebo across age subgroups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Semaglutide consistently reduced major adverse cardiovascular events and body weight versus placebo across age subgroups; its safety profile did not differ with age. These results suggest that relaxing HbA<sub>1c</sub> targets based solely on age may not always be required for people with type 2 diabetes.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>SUSTAIN 6 (NCT01720446) and PIONEER 6 (NCT02692716) are registered at ClinicalTrials.gov.</p>","PeriodicalId":11192,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes Therapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Diabetes Therapy","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13300-024-01659-7","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Introduction: The high risk of cardiovascular events in people with type 2 diabetes increases with age. The cardiovascular effects of once-weekly subcutaneous and once-daily oral semaglutide versus placebo in people with type 2 diabetes at high cardiovascular risk were investigated in the SUSTAIN 6 and PIONEER 6 cardiovascular outcomes trials, respectively. It is unknown whether the effects of semaglutide are age dependent.
Methods: This post hoc analysis evaluated cardiovascular, metabolic, and safety outcomes with semaglutide versus placebo in age subgroups (≤ 60; > 60 to ≤ 65; > 65 to ≤ 70; and > 70 years) pooled from SUSTAIN 6 and PIONEER 6. Major adverse cardiovascular events (composite of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, and nonfatal stroke), changes from baseline in glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and body weight, and adverse events were analyzed.
Results: Semaglutide reduced major adverse cardiovascular events and its components versus placebo across age subgroups (most hazard ratios < 1.0; pinteraction > 0.05). The treatment difference in HbA1c reduction was greater in those aged ≤ 60 years than in older subgroups (pinteraction = 0.01). Reductions in body weight with semaglutide versus placebo were consistent across age subgroups (pinteraction = 0.124). Serious adverse events or severe hypoglycemic episodes did not differ between semaglutide and placebo across age subgroups.
Conclusion: Semaglutide consistently reduced major adverse cardiovascular events and body weight versus placebo across age subgroups; its safety profile did not differ with age. These results suggest that relaxing HbA1c targets based solely on age may not always be required for people with type 2 diabetes.
Trial registration: SUSTAIN 6 (NCT01720446) and PIONEER 6 (NCT02692716) are registered at ClinicalTrials.gov.
期刊介绍:
Diabetes Therapy is an international, peer reviewed, rapid-publication (peer review in 2 weeks, published 3–4 weeks from acceptance) journal dedicated to the publication of high-quality clinical (all phases), observational, real-world, and health outcomes research around the discovery, development, and use of therapeutics and interventions (including devices) across all areas of diabetes. Studies relating to diagnostics and diagnosis, pharmacoeconomics, public health, epidemiology, quality of life, and patient care, management, and education are also encouraged.
The journal is of interest to a broad audience of healthcare professionals and publishes original research, reviews, communications and letters. The journal is read by a global audience and receives submissions from all over the world. Diabetes Therapy will consider all scientifically sound research be it positive, confirmatory or negative data. Submissions are welcomed whether they relate to an international and/or a country-specific audience, something that is crucially important when researchers are trying to target more specific patient populations. This inclusive approach allows the journal to assist in the dissemination of all scientifically and ethically sound research.