In youth with type 2 diabetes, exenatide reduced glycated hemoglobin versus placebo at 24 weeks.
In plain wordsIn youth with type 2 diabetes, exenatide reduced glycated hemoglobin versus placebo.
- Peptide
- Exenatide (exendin-4)
- Outcome
- DecreaseGlycated hemoglobin
- Study
n = 72
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Glycemic control · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- 2 mg once weekly · 24 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- HbA1c least squares mean change
- −0.36%
- exenatide
- HbA1c least squares mean change
- 0.49%
- placebo
- Between-group difference
- −0.85%
- exenatide versus placebo
Source sentences
At 24 weeks, the least squares mean change in glycated hemoglobin was -0.36% for the exenatide and +0.49% for the placebo groups (between-group difference, -0.85%; 95% CI -1.51, -0.19; P = 0.012).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Participants (aged 10 to <18 years) were randomized (5:2) to once-weekly exenatide 2 mg or placebo, respectively.
The primary efficacy end point was change in glycated hemoglobin from baseline to week 24.