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SynthesisDiabetes, obesity & metabolism2016

Impact of diabetes duration on achieved reductions in glycated haemoglobin, fasting plasma glucose and body weight with liraglutide treatment for up to 28 weeks: a meta-analysis of seven phase III trials.

J Seufert, T Bailey, S Barkholt Christensen, M A Nauck

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Synthesis in Diabetes, obesity & metabolism, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

J SeufertDivision of Endocrinology and Diabetology Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
T BaileyAMCR Institute Inc, Escondido, CA, USA.
S Barkholt ChristensenNovo Nordisk HQ, Bagsvaerd, Denmark.
M A NauckDivision of Diabetology Medical Department, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
AMCR Institute · USNovo Nordisk (Denmark) · DKSt. Josef-Hospital · DEUniversity Medical Center Freiburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This meta-analysis of seven randomized, placebo-controlled studies (total 3222 patients) evaluated whether type 2 diabetes (T2D) duration affects the changes in blood glucose control and body weight that can be achieved with liraglutide and placebo. With liraglutide 1.2 mg, shorter diabetes duration was associated with a significantly greater, but clinically non-relevant, difference in glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) reduction (p < 0.05), i.e. a 0.18% (1.96 mmol/mol) reduction in HbA1c per 10 years shorter diabetes duration. With liraglutide 1.8 mg, shorter diabetes duration was associated with a small but statistically significant trend for greater fasting plasma glucose (FPG) reduction (p < 0.05), i.e. a 0.38 mmol/l reduction in FPG per 10 years shorter diabetes duration. Neither the liraglutide 1.8 mg nor placebo results showed a significant association between HbA1c and diabetes duration and neither the liraglutide 1.2 mg nor placebo results showed a significant association between FPG and diabetes duration. Likewise, neither liraglutide nor placebo showed a significant association between change in weight and diabetes duration. These results suggest diabetes duration has a clinically negligible effect on achievable blood glucose control and weight outcomes with liraglutide and placebo in patients with T2D.

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Clinical Trials, Phase III as TopicAdolescentAdultBlood GlucoseBody WeightChildChild, PreschoolDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Dose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Administration ScheduleFastingGlycated HemoglobinHumansHypoglycemic AgentsInfantLiraglutideBlood GlucoseGlycated HemoglobinHypoglycemic AgentsLiraglutidediabetes durationFPGHbA1cweight

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PMID26679282
PMCPMC5324626
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What Socratic holds

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