In patients with diabetes and microalbuminuria, exenatide lowered urinary albumin compared with glimepiride.
In plain wordsIn patients with diabetes and microalbuminuria, exenatide lowered urine albumin more than glimepiride.
- Peptide
- Exenatide (exendin-4)
- Outcome
- Decrease24-hour urinary albumin
- Study
n = 31
- Comparator
- glimepiride
- Outcome group
- Kidney function · Kidney and urinary
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · 16 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
After 16 weeks of treatment, 24-hour urinary albumin, urinary TGF-β(1) and type IV collagen in group Exe were significantly lower than those of group Glm (p < 0.01), while glycemic control had no statistical difference between the two groups.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
31 type 2 diabetic patients with microalbuminuria were randomly allocated to receive exenatide (group Exe, n = 13) or glimepiride treatment (group Glm, n = 18) for 16 weeks.