Saxagliptin and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Saxagliptin and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
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DOI:
10.1056/nejmoa1307684
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发表时间:
2013-10-03
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
Simmons, D.
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作者:
Scirica, Benjamin M.;Bhatt, Deepak L.;Simmons, D.
BackgroundThe cardiovascular safety and efficacy of many current antihyperglycemic agents, including saxagliptin, a dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor, are unclear.MethodsWe randomly assigned 16,492 patients with type 2 diabetes who had a history of, or were at risk for, cardiovascular events to receive saxagliptin or placebo and followed them for a median of 2.1 years. Physicians were permitted to adjust other medications, including antihyperglycemic agents. The primary end point was a composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or ischemic stroke.ResultsA primary end-point event occurred in 613 patients in the saxagliptin group and in 609 patients in the placebo group (7.3% and 7.2%, respectively, according to 2-year Kaplan-Meier estimates; hazard ratio with saxagliptin, 1.00; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.89 to 1.12; P=0.99 for superiority; P