In routine-care patients with type 2 diabetes, 33% reported side effects, mainly gastrointestinal, during exenatide treatment.
In plain wordsIn patients with diabetes receiving routine care, 33% reported side effects, mainly digestive symptoms, during exenatide treatment.
- Peptide
- Exenatide (exendin-4)
- Outcome
- Not applicableSide effects
- Study
n = 284
- Outcome group
- Adverse events · Whole body
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Measurements
- Side effects
- 33%
- safety cohort
- Patients with side effects
- 93 patients
- safety cohort
Source sentences
Side effects, mainly of gastrointestinal origin, were reported in 33% (93/284 patients in the safety cohort).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The study objective was to analyze, in everyday practice, the long-term metabolic effects of exenatide (for 9 and 12 months) in patients with type 2 diabetes not responding to treatments with metformin and sulphonylurea at maximum dosages.
Two patient cohorts were analyzed for effectiveness, with data available at 9 (n=90) and 12 (n=94) months of follow-up.