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Efficacy and safety of metformin and sitagliptin-based dual and triple therapy in elderly Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes: Subgroup analysis of STRATEGY study.

ABSTRACT: AIMS/INTRODUCTION:To assess the efficacy and safety of metformin/sitagliptin-based dual/triple therapy in elderly Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This subgroup analysis included individuals aged ?65 years from the STRATEGY study, a two-stage study in which type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with unsatisfactory glycemic control on metformin were first treated with the dual combination of metformin and sitagliptin for 16 weeks (n = 681), and then, if glycemic control had not been achieved, were treated with a third add-on oral antihyperglycemic drug for another 24 weeks (n = 291). The efficacy end-point was change in glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in each stage, and the safety end-point was adverse events with a focus on hypoglycemia. RESULTS:At week 16, the change in HbA1c was -0.81% from baseline, and the percentages of patients who achieved HbA1c targets of <7% and <7.5% were 44.9 and 67.2%, respectively. After 24 weeks, a further average HbA1c reduction of -0.60% was observed with specific reductions of -0.70% with glimepiride, -0.63% with gliclazide, -0.51% with repaglinide and -0.45% with acarbose. The proportions of patients who achieved HbA1c targets of <7% and <7.5% were 65.4 and 81.3%, respectively, over the entire study. The rates of drug-related adverse events and hypoglycemia were, respectively, 4.1 and 4.3% in the dual therapy stage, and 5.2% and 7.1% in the triple therapy stage, without occurrence of severe hypoglycemia. CONCLUSIONS:In elderly Chinese type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, metformin/sitagliptin-based dual and triple oral therapy can provide clinically meaningful glycemic control and is generally well tolerated with a low incidence of hypoglycemia.

SUBMITTER: Liu X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7610099 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

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Efficacy and safety of metformin and sitagliptin-based dual and triple therapy in elderly Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes: Subgroup analysis of STRATEGY study.

Liu Xiangyang X Wang Li L Xing Ying Y Engel Samuel S SS Zeng Longyi L Yao Bin B Xu Wen W Chen Guojuan G Zhang Ye Y Zhang Ruya R Liu Shu S Weng Jianping J Ji Qiuhe Q

Journal of diabetes investigation 20200601 6

<h4>Aims/introduction</h4>To assess the efficacy and safety of metformin/sitagliptin-based dual/triple therapy in elderly Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>This subgroup analysis included individuals aged ≥65 years from the STRATEGY study, a two-stage study in which type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with unsatisfactory glycemic control on metformin were first treated with the dual combination of metformin and sitagliptin for 16 weeks (n = 681), and then ...[more]

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