Silvio E Inzucchi, Xi Tan, Yuanjie Liang, Larisa Yedigarova, Lin Xie, Adam de Havenon
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Abstract
Introduction: Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) have demonstrated cardiovascular benefits in trials involving high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), while dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors (DPP-4is) have not. However, DPP-4is are still commonly prescribed in patients with T2D and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). This study compared time to occurrence of cardiovascular events, health care resource utilization (HCRU), and medical costs in patients with T2D and ASCVD who initiated once-weekly semaglutide vs a DPP-4i.
Methods: Two separate observational cohort analyses were conducted using Optum's de-identified Clinformatics® Data Mart Database (CDM) and Komodo Healthcare Map™ (January 1, 2018 to September 30, 2022). Patients had T2D and ASCVD and received semaglutide or a DPP-4i. Baseline characteristics were balanced using inverse probability of treatment weighting.
Results: After weighting, the CDM analysis included 14,461 semaglutide users and 38,630 DPP-4i users and the Komodo Healthcare Map analysis included 48,303 semaglutide users and 109,179 DPP-4i users. In CDM, semaglutide users had significantly decreased risk of stroke (hazard ratio [HR], 0.54), myocardial infarction (HR 0.64), and their composite (HR 0.59) vs DPP-4is. Semaglutide users also had fewer ASCVD-related and all-cause hospitalizations and outpatient visits and lower ASCVD-related and all-cause hospitalization and total medical costs. Results from Komodo Health were generally consistent with those from CDM.
Conclusion: Semaglutide users had significantly reduced risk of cardiovascular outcomes, HCRU, and medical costs compared with DPP-4is. This corroborates results from prior studies of once-weekly GLP-1 RAs and reinforces the important role of semaglutide treatment for patients with T2D and ASCVD. Graphical abstract available for this article.
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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.