In T2D patients with cardiovascular disease or risk factors, dulaglutide reduced the primary composite cardiovascular outcome versus placebo.
In plain wordsIn T2D patients with cardiovascular disease or risk factors, dulaglutide reduced the combined cardiovascular outcome compared with placebo.
- Peptide
- Dulaglutide (Trulicity)
- Outcome
- DecreaseMajor adverse cardiovascular events
- Study
n = 9,901
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Cardiovascular events · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- 1.5 mg weekly · subcutaneous · Median follow-up 5.4 yearsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Primary outcome
- 12%
- dulaglutide
- Primary outcome
- 13.4%
- placebo
- Hazard ratio
- 0.88 ratio
- dulaglutide versus placebo
- Primary outcome
- 594 participants
- dulaglutide
- Primary outcome
- 663 participants
- placebo
- Incidence rate
- 2.4 per 100 person-years
- dulaglutide
- Incidence rate
- 2.7 per 100 person-years
- placebo
Source sentences
During a median follow-up of 5·4 years (IQR 5·1-5·9), the primary composite outcome occurred in 594 (12·0%) participants at an incidence rate of 2·4 per 100 person-years in the dulaglutide group and in 663 (13·4%) participants at an incidence rate of 2·7 per 100 person-years in the placebo group (ha…
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The primary outcome was the first occurrence of the composite endpoint of non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke, or death from cardiovascular causes (including unknown causes), which was assessed in the intention-to-treat population.
Men and women aged at least 50 years with type 2 diabetes who had either a previous cardiovascular event or cardiovascular risk factors were randomly assigned (1:1) to either weekly subcutaneous injection of dulaglutide (1·5 mg) or placebo.