Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23166441›Full record

Trial reportVascular health and risk management2012

Treatment with exenatide once weekly or twice daily for 30 weeks is associated with changes in several cardiovascular risk markers.

Elaine Chiquette, Peter P Toth, Gilbert Ramirez, Michael Cobble, Robert Chilton

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Vascular health and risk management, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Cardiovascular effects of anti-diabetes drugs.Expert opinion on drug safety · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Elaine ChiquetteAmylin Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA, USA. elaine.chiquette@amylin.com
Peter P Toth
Gilbert Ramirez
Michael Cobble
Robert Chilton
Atotech (United States) · USFlorida International University · USPeoria campus of the University of Illinois System · USThe University of Texas at San Antonio · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCyslipidemia and type 2 diabetes are two of the most significant risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease. Measurement of lipoprotein subclasses provides important information about derangements in lipid metabolism and helps refine cardiovascular risk assessment. Exenatide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist, improved glycemic control, obesity, hypertension, and dyslipidemia in patients with type 2 diabetes in clinical trials.

methodsIn the DURATION-1 trial, patients with type 2 diabetes were treated with exenatide once weekly or twice daily for 30 weeks. This post hoc analysis evaluated the impact of exenatide on lipoprotein subclasses in 211 DURATION-1 patients using vertical auto profile methodology and the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences general linear model adjusted for glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA(1c)) and weight.

resultsBaseline lipids and high sensitivity C-reactive protein were normal overall based on the standard lipid panel. Once-weekly exenatide reduced apolipoprotein B and the apolipoprotein B to apolipoprotein A1 ratio (P < 0.05), independent of glycemic improvement and weight loss. A significant shift in lipoprotein pattern away from small, dense low-density lipoprotein-4 cholesterol was also observed (P < 0.05). Exenatide once weekly increased high-density lipoprotein-2 cholesterol, even after adjustment for changes in HbA(1c) and weight (P < 0.05). Triglycerides, very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and high sensitivity C-reactive protein were reduced with both the once-weekly and twice-daily exenatide regimens (P < 0.05).

conclusionIn this post hoc analysis, exenatide significantly improved a number of cardiovascular risk markers. Continuous exenatide exposure with exenatide once weekly elicited a greater response than did immediate-release exenatide twice daily, generally independent of glycemic improvement and weight loss. Thus, in addition to improving glycemic control, exenatide induced favorable changes in lipid and lipoprotein metabolism and decreased systemic inflammation.

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ApolipoproteinsBiomarkersBody WeightCardiovascular DiseasesC-Reactive ProteinDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2ExenatideFemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansHypoglycemic AgentsLipoproteinsMaleMiddle AgedPeptidesRisk FactorsApolipoproteinsBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinExenatideGlycated HemoglobinHypoglycemic AgentsLipoproteinsPeptidesVenomsdyslipidemiaglucagon-like protein-1 receptor agonistincretin mimetictype 2 diabetes mellitus

Identifiers

PMID23166441
PMCPMC3500143
OpenAlexW2093104618

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