scholarly journals Efficacy of dulaglutide: an evidence-based review of its potential indications

2021 ◽  
pp. 18-30
Author(s):  
E. V. Biryukova ◽  
I. V. Solovyeva

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is the biggest noncontagious epidemic in human history. This review is addressing an urgent challenge of modern healthcare - the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2). Key attention is paid to the prevention of the development and progression of type 2 diabetes complications and the need to manage risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), which are the leading cause of high mortality rates in people with type 2 diabetes. The clinical trials (CT) of recent decades contributed to the build-up of a solid evidence base on the effect of various antihyperglycemic drugs on the development of diabetic complications and outcomes in patients with T2DM. Also, the emergence of innovative classes of antihyperglycemic drugs have significantly expanded the potential of T2DM therapy. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are a class of glucose-lowering drugs that affect many pathogenetic mechanisms of T2DM and have a high safety profile. Creation of extended-release forms of GLP-1 RAs is an important step in the treatment of T2DM. Dulaglutide (Trulicity) has become the first GLP-1 RA for the treatment of T2DM (2016) authorized in Russia that can be used once weekly without regard to timing of food ingestion, which contributes to high compliance with treatment. The evidence base on the efficacy and safety of dulaglutide is continuously expanding. The authors paid attention to the issues of cardiovascular safety of the administration of dulaglutide, discussed the main results of REWIND study, and brought up a problem about the expediency of an earlier initiation of primary prevention of cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes. The results of the REWIND study made it possible to recommend the inclusion of GLP-1 RAs into the therapy of patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors with a view to get additional advantages in terms of life prognosis.

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Corigliano, G.

Metformin was introduced in the market about 60 years ago and is definitely the most used drug in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus at the moment. In fact, it has insulin-sensitizing properties, through which it provides not only doubtless glucose lowering effects but also some protection against ADRD and cancer and especially significant cardiovascular benefits. We hereby briefly review the literature behind the above mentioned extra-glycemic effects and, based on expected additional benefits, suggest to refrain from delaying metformin utilization in addition to first class drugs like inhibitors of type 2 sodiumglucose cotransport (SGLT-2i) and /or glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP1-RA) in people at high cardiovascular risk with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes. KEY WORDS metformin; diabetes mellitus; cardiovascular disease; ADRD; cancer


2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 73-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Prattichizzo ◽  
Lucia La Sala ◽  
Lars Rydén ◽  
Nikolaus Marx ◽  
Marc Ferrini ◽  
...  

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease, and many patients with diabetes have prevalent cardiovascular complications. Recent cardiovascular outcome clinical trials suggest that certain new glucose-lowering drugs are accompanied by additional cardioprotective properties. Indeed, selected glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists have a proved cardiovascular benefit in terms of a reduced incidence of ischaemic events, while sodium/glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors have also shown significant protection, with a striking effect on heart failure and renal endpoints. These findings have been integrated in recent guidelines which now recommend prescribing (when initial metformin monotherapy fails) a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist or a sodium/glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor with clinical trial-confirmed benefit in patients with diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and a sodium/glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor in such patients with heart failure or chronic kidney disease at initial stages. Furthermore, the new 2019 European Society of Cardiology guidelines in collaboration with the European Association for the Study of Diabetes recommend a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist or a sodium/glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor in treatment-naive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with pre-existing cardiovascular disease or at high cardiovascular risk. Future research will disentangle the mechanisms underpinning these beneficial effects and will also establish to what extent these results are generalisable to the whole diabetes population. In the meantime, available evidence should prompt a wide diffusion of these two classes of drugs among patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Here, we briefly summarise recent findings emerging from cardiovascular outcome clinical trials, discuss their impact on treatment algorithms and propose new possible approaches to improve our knowledge further regarding the cardiovascular effect of glucose-lowering medications.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J MacIsaac

Results from cardiovascular outcomes trials (CVOTs) in people with Type 2 diabetes (T2D), such as the Researching Cardiovascular Events with a Weekly Incretin in Diabetes (REWIND) study with dulaglutide, have led to a shift toward glucose lowering therapies that provide broad benefits, including cardiovascular (CV) risk reduction and renoprotection. Dulaglutide reduces atherosclerotic CV outcomes (hazard ratio 0.88; 95% CI: 0.79–0.99) and composite kidney outcomes (hazard ratio 0.85; 95% CI: 0.77–0.93) in people with T2D with high risk or established CV disease. The cardiologists’ role has now expanded to include not only screening for T2D and treating risk factors, but also recommending or incorporating glucose-lowering agents with proven CV benefit into the care of their patients with T2D.


2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-48
Author(s):  
Andrey Alexeevich Aleksandrov

The gastrointestinal tract produces hormones that influence glucose-induced pancreatic insulin secretion. One of them is glucagon-like peptide 1.Its synthetic analog, liraglutide, has properties that promote metabolic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and have beneficial effecton the risk factors of cardiovascular complications.


2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-217
Author(s):  
A. Yu. Babenko ◽  
Yu. A. Kononova ◽  
M. V. Martjanova ◽  
A. V. Simanenkova ◽  
M. A. Kokina ◽  
...  

Due to the high efficiency of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists therapy in only a part of patients, the search for predictors of response to the treatment is a relevant problem. Purpose. The purpose is to compare the efficacy of liraglutide and exenatide therapy in obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to evaluate the predictors of response to glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), weight and lipids reduction. Material and methods. The study included 47 patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity who received GLP-1 receptor agonists therapy. 26 patients were treated with liraglutide, 21 patients were treated with exenatide. We measured the parameters of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, the levels of hormones involved in glucose and lipids metabolism and in appetite regulation. Blood pressure was measured. These parameters were evaluated at baseline and after 24 weeks of treatment. Results. Patients receiving exenatide therapy showed a tendency towards more frequent HbA1c level reduction by 1% or more (60% versus 30.4%, p = 0.07). The effects of liraglutide and exenatide on weight and waist circumference were comparable. When assessing the predictors of response to the therapy, a more pronounced decrease in HbA1c level (by 1% or more) was in the patients with a higher initial HbA1c level (8.7 (8.2; 9.7) versus 8.2 (6.9; 8.7)%, p = 0.04), as well as with a higher initial GLP-1 level (0.12 (0.05; 0.17) versus 0.040 (0.01; 0.09) ng/ml.) A more significant decrease in the triglycerides (TG) level was detected in patients with a higher level of glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP) before therapy (409 (316.0; 431.4) pg/ml in patients who reduced TG level by 30% or more and 331.5 (324.9; 367.1) pg/ml in patients with a lower decrease in TG level). Among the studied parameters, no predictors of body mass reduction were revealed. Conclusion. Measurement of HbA1c, GLP-1, GIP level may be useful to predict the efficacy of GLP-1 receptor agonists therapy.


2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 202-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spyridon N. Karras ◽  
Eleni Rapti ◽  
Theocharis Koufakis ◽  
Angeliki Kyriazou ◽  
Dimitrios G. Goulis ◽  
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