GLP-1 receptor agonists × kidney outcomes

TrialThe New England journal of medicine2017

Liraglutide and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes.

Johannes F E Mann et al.PubMed ↗Publisher ↗

  • Liraglutidelooks good hereLower new onset of persistent macroalbuminuria, lower renal outcome.Randomised, large.

What the trial testedrandomised · 9,340 people · 2017

Randomised vs placebo

Lowered new onset of persistent macroalbuminuria

−26%−40% to −9%

liraglutide vs placebo

Bigger than 6 in 10 on the map

As reported

HR 0.74, 95% CI 0.60–0.91

Not counted

Lowered renal outcome

−22%−33% to −8%

liraglutide vs placebo

6 in 100 instead of 7

Bigger than 5 in 10 on the map

As reported

HR 0.78, 95% CI 0.67–0.92

Who was studied, and how

9,341people in the A Long-term, Multi-centre, International, Randomised Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial to Determine Liraglutide Effects on Cardiovascular Events trial, from 2010
9,340of them with kidney disease, in this paper

The trial randomly assignedassigned by chance

liraglutide
placebo

Lowered new onset of persistent macroalbuminuria−26%

Lowered renal outcome−22%

randomised

the abstract, start to end

patients vs. 337 of 4672; hazard ratio, 0.78; 95% confidence interval [CI],

(161 vs. 215 patients; hazard ratio, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.60 to 0.91;

← favours treatmentfavours comparator →
could be chance
Renal outcomeliraglutide vs placebo
HR 0.780.67–0.92
New onset of persistent macroalbuminurialiraglutide vs placebo
HR 0.740.60–0.91
GLP-1 receptor agonistsKidney outcomes

GLP-1 receptor agonists × kidney outcomeshelps?mixed

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