In insulin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity, fourteen discontinued exenatide before 3 months because of side effects.
In plain wordsIn insulin-treated patients with diabetes and obesity, fourteen discontinued exenatide before 3 months because of side effects.
- Peptide
- Exenatide (exendin-4)
- Outcome
- Not applicableEarly discontinuation due to side effects
- Study
n = 174
- Outcome group
- Adverse events · Whole body
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · before 3 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Early discontinuation due to side effects
- 14 patients
- before 3 months of initiation
Source sentences
Fourteen patients discontinued exenatide before 3 months of initiation, because of side effects, and were excluded.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
This prospective study included 174 consecutive patients with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes and obesity initiated on exenatide in our out-patient, between October 2007 and November 2008.
Data were analysed on remaining 160 people all of whom completed 6 months and 57 completed 12 months treatment.