In adults with type 2 diabetes, subcutaneous semaglutide lowered MACE versus lixisenatide in a network meta-analysis.
In plain wordsIn adults with type 2 diabetes, injected semaglutide lowered serious heart and vessel events compared with lixisenatide in a pooled network analysis.
- Peptide
- Semaglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseMACE versus lixisenatide
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Lixisenatide
- Outcome group
- Cardiovascular events · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · subcutaneousAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
Sotagliflozin (HR 0.76, 95% CI 0.61-0.94), subcutaneous semaglutide, and albiglutide lowered MACE versus lixisenatide among others.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
We searched PubMed and Embase for relevant cardiovascular or renal outcome trials (CVOTs).
Bayesian network meta-analysis was conducted to produce pooled hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI).