In metformin-treated adults with type 2 diabetes, severe hypoglycemia occurred in 6 participants (0.5%) with liraglutide, across four arms (p<0.05).
In plain wordsIn adults with type 2 diabetes taking metformin, severe low blood sugar occurred in 0.5% of those given liraglutide, compared across four drug groups.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- Not applicableSevere hypoglycemia events
- Study
n = 4,830
- Comparator
- Glargine U100, glimepiride, sitagliptin (added to metformin)
- Outcome group
- Adverse events · Endocrine and hormones
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · 5.0 ± 1.3 years (mean ± SD)As given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Severe hypoglycemia
- 6 participants
- liraglutide
- Severe hypoglycemia
- 0.5%
- liraglutide
Source sentences
While participants were taking their assigned medications, severe hypoglycemia occurred in 10 (0.8%), 16 (1.3%), 6 (0.5%), and 4 (0.3%), (p<0.05) and hypoglycemic symptoms in 659 (54.2%), 833 (68.3%), 375 (32.4%), and 361 (29.1%) of participants following randomization to glargine, glimepiride, lira…
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Randomized, controlled trial of 5,047 participants with T2DM of <10 years' duration, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) 6.8-8.5% (50.8-69.4 mmol/mol).
Randomization to addition of glargine U100, glimepiride, liraglutide, or sitagliptin over 5.0 ± 1.3 (mean ± SD) years.