In overweight to obese adults with type 2 diabetes, liraglutide significantly improved basal insulin action by a median 35% from baseline to end of treatment.
In plain wordsIn overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes, liraglutide improved how well the body's insulin worked at baseline conditions after 26 weeks.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- IncreaseBasal insulin action (HOMA2)
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Baseline
- Outcome group
- Glycemic control · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- 1.80 mg once daily · subcutaneous · 26 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Median change in basal insulin action
- 35%
- liraglutide
Source sentences
HOMA2 quantified a significant improvement in basal insulin action in liraglutide (35% [21%, 74%])
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Seventy overweight to obese subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2D) were randomized to receive once-daily subcutaneous administrations of SAR425899 (0.12, 0.16 or 0.20 mg), liraglutide (1.80 mg) or placebo for 26 weeks.
Metabolic indices of insulin action and secretion were assessed via Homeostasis Model Assessment (HOMA2) and oral minimal model (OMM) methods.