Journal
DIABETES & VASCULAR DISEASE RESEARCH
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/14791641221106866
Keywords
Type 2 diabetes; glycemic variability; meta-analysis; glucagon-like peptide 1 agonist; sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor; dipeptidyl-peptidase 4 inhibitor
Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korean government (Ministry of Science and ICT, MICT) [NRF2021R1F1A1062044]
- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Education [2021R1A6A1A03044296]
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This study aimed to assess the impact of different hypoglycemic agents on HbA1c levels and glycemic variability in patients with type 2 diabetes. The findings showed that GLP-1 RAs were most effective in reducing HbA1c and glycemic variability, highlighting their potential clinical application.
While hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is commonly used to monitor therapy response in type 2 diabetes (T2D), GV is emerging as an essential additional metric for optimizing glycemic control. Our goal was to learn more about the impact of hypoglycemic agents on HbA1c levels and GV in patients with T2D. A systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) of randomized controlled trials were performed to assess the effects of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), sodium-glucose cotransporter (SGLT)-2 inhibitors, dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-4 inhibitors, sulfonylurea and thiazolidinediones on Mean Amplitude of Glycemic Excursions (MAGE) and HbA1c. Searches were performed using PubMed and EMBASE. A random-effect model was used in the NMA, and the surface under the cumulative ranking was used to rank comparisons. All studies were checked for quality according to their design and also for heterogeneity before inclusion in this NMA. The highest reduction in MAGE was achieved by GLP-1 RAs (SUCRA 0.83), followed by DPP-4 inhibitors (SUCRA: 0.72), and thiazolidinediones (SUCRA: 0.69). In terms of HbA1c reduction, GLP-1 RAs were the most effective (SUCRA 0.81), followed by DPP-4 inhibitors (SUCRA 0.72) and sulfonylurea (SUCRA 0.65). Our findings indicated that GLP-1 RAs have relatively high efficacy in terms of HbA1c and MAGE reduction when compared with other hypoglycemic agents and can thus have clinical application. Future studies with a larger sample size and appropriate subgroup analyses are warranted to completely understand the glycemic effects of these agents in various patients with T2D. The protocol for this systematic review was registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (CRD42021256363).
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