In a UK diabetes model, semaglutide 1 mg increased quality-adjusted life expectancy by 0.05 QALYs versus dulaglutide 3 mg.
In plain wordsIn computer models, semaglutide increased quality-adjusted life expectancy compared with dulaglutide 3 mg.
- Peptide
- Semaglutide
- Outcome
- IncreaseQuality-adjusted life expectancy versus dulaglutide 3 mg
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Dulaglutide 3 mg
- Outcome group
- Quality of life · Whole body
Source sentences
Semaglutide 1 mg was associated with improvements in quality-adjusted life expectancy of 0.05 and 0.04 quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) vs. dulaglutide 3 mg and 4.5 mg, respectively, due to a reduced incidence of diabetes-related complications with semaglutide.
4 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The IQVIA CORE Diabetes Model (v9.0) was used to project outcomes over patients' lifetimes.
Baseline cohort characteristics were sourced from SUSTAIN 7, with changes in HbA1c and body mass index applied as per the ITC.
Modelled patients received semaglutide or dulaglutide for 3 years, after which treatment was intensified to basal insulin.
Costs (expressed in 2020 pounds sterling [GBP]) were accounted from a healthcare payer perspective.
In this study, Semaglutide was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Semaglutide.