Do SGLT2 inhibitors prevent preclinical diabetic retinopathy? A Prospective Pilot Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study

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PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of metformin alone and combined treatment with metformin and an SGLT2 inhibitor on retinal microvascular morphology using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in isolated type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients with HbA1c above the expected target (>7%).

METHODS: Fifty patients with isolated DM, 7%<HbA1c<8%, without diabetic retinopathy (DR) using 500mg metformin ×2 for glycemic control were included in the study. OCTA and BMI measurements were obtained at the first evaluation. Treatment was changed to metformin 1000mg ×2. Patients who did not develop side effects due to the metformin were defined as the metformin-tolerant group (group-1). Patients who developed side effects were defined as the metformin-intolerant group (group-2), and their treatment was changed to metformin 500mg ×2 and empagliflozin 10mg. The second evaluation was performed three months after the last treatment change.

RESULTS: HbA1c was lower on the second evaluation in both groups (P<0.001, in both). On the second evaluation in group-1, a decrease was found in superficial perifoveal and deep parafoveal macular vascular plexus densities (P: 0.040 and P: 0.020, respectively). No statistically significant difference was observed in group-2.

CONCLUSION: SGLT2 inhibitors may contribute to preventing the development of preclinical DR. In patients with metformin intolerance, adding SGLT2 inhibitors may be a reasonable choice to protect the retina.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Journal francais d'ophtalmologie - 44(2021), 8 vom: 15. Okt., Seite 1159-1167

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sabaner, M C [VerfasserIn]
Duman, R [VerfasserIn]
Dogan, M [VerfasserIn]
Akdogan, M [VerfasserIn]
Vurmaz, A [VerfasserIn]
Bozkurt, E [VerfasserIn]
Beysel, S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Angiographie par tomographie par cohérence optique
Diabète sucré
Diabetes mellitus
Inhibiteur de SGLT2
Intolérance à la metformine
Journal Article
Metformin intolerance
Optical coherence tomography angiography
Preclinical diabetic retinopathy
Rétinopathie diabétique préclinique
SGLT2 inhibitor
Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors

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Date Completed 29.09.2021

Date Revised 29.09.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jfo.2021.01.005

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM327898720