In a randomised trial included in a systematic review of adults with type 2 diabetes, liraglutide reduced MACE risk by 13% versus placebo.
In plain wordsIn adults with type 2 diabetes, one trial found liraglutide cut major heart events by 13% compared with placebo.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseMajor adverse cardiac events (MACE)
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Cardiovascular events · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Measurements
- MACE risk reduction
- 13%
- liraglutide vs placebo
Source sentences
A fifth RCT showed that liraglutide reduced MACE risk by 13% versus placebo.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The National Institutes of Health Medline database was searched for pooled analyses, meta-analyses, and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of DPP-4 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists that included CV endpoints.