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SynthesisDiabetes, obesity & metabolism2018

Direct head-to-head comparison of glycaemic durability of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and sulphonylureas in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A meta-analysis of long-term randomized controlled trials.

Kang Chen, Deying Kang, Miao Yu, Ruya Zhang, Ye Zhang, Guojuan Chen, Yiming Mu

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Synthesis in Diabetes, obesity & metabolism, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Kang ChenDepartment of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Deying KangDepartment of Evidence-based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Miao YuDepartment of Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology, Ministry of Health, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Diabetes Research Centre of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Ruya ZhangMedical Affairs, MSD China Holding Company, Shanghai, China.
Ye ZhangMedical Affairs, MSD China Holding Company, Shanghai, China.
Guojuan ChenMedical Affairs, MSD China Holding Company, Shanghai, China.
Yiming MuDepartment of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3344-3540
Technology Holding (United States) · USChinese PLA General Hospital · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNSichuan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to compare the long-term glycaemic durability of dipeptidyl-peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors vs that of sulphonylureas (SUs) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), in terms of the changes in glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels from an intermediate time point (26 or 52 weeks) to 104 weeks of treatment. The Medline (PubMed), Embase (Ovid), and CENTER (Cochrane Library) databases were searched for relevant RCTs. Eight RCTs were included. Compared with SUs, DPP-4 inhibitors were associated with significantly smaller increases in the HbA1c level from 24 to 28 weeks to 104 weeks (mean difference [MD]: -0.16%, 95% confidence interval [CI]: -0.21 to -0.11; P < .001) and from 52 weeks to 104 weeks (MD -0.06%, 95% CI -0.10 to -0.02; P = .001). No significant heterogeneities were detected among the included comparisons (I

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Blood GlucoseDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV InhibitorsFemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansHypoglycemic AgentsMaleMiddle AgedRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSulfonylurea CompoundsTime FactorsBlood GlucoseDipeptidyl-Peptidase IV InhibitorsGlycated HemoglobinHypoglycemic AgentsSulfonylurea Compoundsdipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitorsglycaemic durabilityglycated haemoglobinmeta-analysissulphonylureas

Identifiers

PMID29095568
PMCPMC5873267
OpenAlexW2767074347

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