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AIMS: To assess whether early measures of fasting blood glucose predict later glycaemic response with once-weekly dulaglutide in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS: Post hoc analyses were conducted separately for two phase 3 studies (AWARD-5 and AWARD-1) in patients assigned to once-weekly dulaglutide. Week 2 fasting blood glucose was used as a predictor variable, and glycaemic treatment response was defined by HbA1c response based on a composite efficacy endpoint. The association between fasting blood glucose and the glycaemic response was analysed using chi-square tests. RESULTS: There was a strong association between fasting blood glucose < 7.9 mmol/l at week 2 and achieving the HbA1c composite efficacy endpoint at week 26 (P < 0.01). Higher fasting blood glucose at week 2, however, did not predict absence of glycaemic response and requires further assessment. CONCLUSIONS: Fasting blood glucose measured at 2 weeks may be an early and useful predictor of glycaemic response to once-weekly dulaglutide treatment.
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Glicemia/análise , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/diagnóstico , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamento farmacológico , Jejum/sangue , Peptídeos Semelhantes ao Glucagon/análogos & derivados , Hipoglicemiantes/administração & dosagem , Fragmentos Fc das Imunoglobulinas/administração & dosagem , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/administração & dosagem , Glicemia/efeitos dos fármacos , Glicemia/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/sangue , Esquema de Medicação , Feminino , Peptídeos Semelhantes ao Glucagon/administração & dosagem , Peptídeos Semelhantes ao Glucagon/efeitos adversos , Humanos , Hipoglicemiantes/efeitos adversos , Fragmentos Fc das Imunoglobulinas/efeitos adversos , Masculino , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Prognóstico , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/efeitos adversos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Preclinical studies suggest that incretin-based therapies may be beneficial for the bone; however, clinical data are largely lacking. We assessed whether the differential effects of these therapies on body weight differed with respect to their effect on bone mineral density (BMD) and markers of calcium homeostasis in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Sixty-nine metformin-treated patients with T2D were randomized to exenatide twice daily (n = 36) or insulin glargine once daily (n = 33). Total body BMD, measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and serum markers of calcium homeostasis were assessed before and after 44-week treatment. Exenatide or insulin glargine treatment decreased body weight by 6%. Endpoint BMD was similar in both groups after 44-week therapy (LSmean ± s.e.m. between-group difference -0.002 ± 0.007 g/cm(2) ; p = 0.782). Fasting serum alkaline phosphatase, calcium and phosphate remained unaffected. Forty-four-week treatment with exenatide or insulin glargine had no adverse effects on bone density in patients with T2D, despite differential effects on body weight.