A GLP-1 receptor agonist approved for type 2 diabetes and chronic weight management.
AIM: To investigate the effects of semaglutide versus comparators on major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE: cardiovascular [CV] death, nonfatal myocardial infarction [MI] and nonfatal stroke) and hospitalization for heart failure (HF) in the SUST…
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) are recommended for glycaemic management in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Oral semaglutide, the first oral GLP-1RA, has recently been approved for clinical use, based on the results of the r…
Over recent decades, an improved understanding of the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and glucose regulation has led to innovative research and new treatment paradigms. The discovery of the gut peptide glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-…
As the medical utility of injectable therapeutic peptides is expanding, so is the challenge of developing technologies that allow the administration of such molecules via alternative routes, considering that chronic patients requiring treatment with…
INTRODUCTION: The Diabetes Injection Device Preference Questionnaire (DID-PQ) was designed to assess patient preference between two non-insulin injection devices. In a recent crossover study, people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) completed the DID-PQ aft…
BACKGROUND: The Food and Drug Administration has approved several pharmacotherapies for the treatment of obesity. This study assesses the cost-effectiveness of six pharmacotherapies and lifestyle intervention for people with mild obesity (body mass i…
INTRODUCTION: Once-weekly semaglutide has been associated with greater reductions in glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and body weight than sitagliptin and dulaglutide in the SUSTAIN 2 and 7 clinical trials, respectively. These trials also assessed the pro…
WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) may confer a range of benefits for people with type 2 diabetes (T2D), which is reflected through their position within diabetes treatment guidelines. The objective of…
BACKGROUND: Considering the global burden of diabetes and associated cardiovascular disease, an urgent need exists for the best treatment, which should be based on the best available evidence. We examined the association between glucose-lowering medi…
The effect of dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist (RA) tirzepatide on gastric emptying (GE) was compared to that of GLP-1RAs in non-clinical and clinical studies. GE was assesse…
Semaglutide is an oral glucagon-like peptide receptor agonist approved in 2019 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It is marketed under the brand name Rybelsus and was approved to be used in conjunction with lifestyle modifications to treat ind…
Beginning in December 2008, under the auspices of Food and Drug Administration, numerous controlled clinical trial were planned, and in part completed, concerning the cardiovascular (CV) effects of hypoglycaemic drug in patients with Type 2 diabetes…
: The 'glutides,' which stimulate the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor to stimulate insulin secretion, are used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Semaglutide is the first glutide to be developed in an oral form. The PIONEER series of clini…
INTRODUCTION: International guidelines recommend treatment with a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor or glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist for treatment intensification in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients with pro…
INTRODUCTION: In the head-to-head trial (SUSTAIN 7), the novel, injectable, once-weekly GLP-1 analogue semaglutide showed superiority in both glycemic outcomes and body weight reduction, compared with once-weekly dulaglutide in the treatment of type…
OBJECTIVE: The obesity epidemic is a public health concern, warranting further research into pharmacological treatments for weight management (WM) as an adjunct to lifestyle interventions. The Semaglutide Treatment Effect in People with obesity (STEP…
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), the visceral fat depot of the heart, is a modifiable cardio-metbolic risk factor and therapeutic target. Semaglutide and dulaglutide, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, are indicat…
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: In spite of the evidence that inadequately controlled glycemia is associated with worse clinical outcomes, cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD) is not well controlled in a majority of patients. The objective of this report i…