GLP-1 receptor agonists × all-cause mortality

TrialJAMA2016

Effects of Liraglutide on Clinical Stability Among Patients With Advanced Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Kenneth B Margulies et al.PubMed ↗Full text ↗Publisher ↗

  • Liraglutideno clear effectNo clear effect on deaths, no clear effect on rehospitalizations for heart failure.Nothing cleared the noise.

What the trial testedas reported · 300 people · 2016

Range includes no effect

No clear effect on deaths

1.1×0.6× to 2.1×

liraglutide vs placebo

12 in 100 instead of 11

Bigger than 3 in 10 for all-cause mortality

As reported

HR 1.10, 95% CI 0.57–2.14

Range includes no effect

No clear effect on rehospitalizations for heart failure

+30%−11% to +88%

liraglutide vs placebo

Bigger than 6 in 10 for adverse events & safety

As reported

HR 1.30, 95% CI 0.89–1.88

Who was studied, and how

300people with type 2 diabetes, in this paper

The trial randomly assignedassigned by chance

liraglutide
placebo

No clear effect on deaths1.1×

No clear effect on rehospitalizations for heart failure+30%

randomised

the abstract, start to end

in the placebo group; hazard ratio, 1.10 [95% CI, 0.57-2.14]; P = .78) or rehospitalizations for heart failure (63 [41%] vs 50 [34%], respectively; hazard ratio, 1.30 [95% CI, 0.89-1.88]; P = .17)

← favours treatmentfavours comparator →
could be chance
Deathsliraglutide vs placebo
HR 1.100.57–2.14
Rehospitalizations for heart failureliraglutide vs placebo
HR 1.300.89–1.88
GLP-1 receptor agonistsAll-cause mortalityAdverse events & safety

GLP-1 receptor agonists × all-cause mortalityhelps?replicated

unlikelylikely
0.880.88 without it

GLP-1 receptor agonists × adverse events & safetyharms?mixed

unlikelylikely
0.020.02 without it
← favours treatmentfavours comparator →
this papermore certainless certain
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