In youths with diabetes, dulaglutide 0.75 mg reduced HbA1c more than placebo at 26 weeks.
In plain wordsIn youths with diabetes, the lower dulaglutide dose lowered blood sugar more than placebo.
- Peptide
- Dulaglutide (Trulicity)
- Outcome
- DecreaseHbA1c change, lower dose
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Glycemic control · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- 0.75 mg once weekly · subcutaneous · 26 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- HbA1c change
- −0.6 percentage points
- 0.75-mg group
- HbA1c change
- 0.6 percentage points
- placebo
Source sentences
At 26 weeks, the mean glycated hemoglobin level had increased in the placebo group (0.6 percentage points) and had decreased in the dulaglutide groups (-0.6 percentage points in the 0.75-mg group and -0.9 percentage points in the 1.5-mg group, P<0.001 for both comparisons vs. placebo).
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The primary end point was the change from baseline in the glycated hemoglobin level at 26 weeks.
in a 1:1:1 ratio to receive once-weekly subcutaneous injections of placebo, dulaglutide at a dose of 0.75 mg, or dulaglutide at a dose of 1.5 mg.
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, 26-week trial, we randomly assigned participants (10 to 85th percentile) being treated with lifestyle modifications alone or with metformin, with or without basal insulin,