Once-Daily Oral Semaglutide Versus Injectable GLP-1 RAs in People with Type 2 Diabetes Inadequately Controlled on Basal Insulin: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis

Introduction The relative efficacy and safety of once-daily oral semaglutide vs. injectable glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) in subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2D) inadequately controlled on basal insulin were assessed using network meta-analysis (NMA). Methods A systematic literature review (SLR) was performed to identify randomised controlled trials of GLP-1 RAs in this population. Data at 26 ± 4 weeks were extracted for efficacy and safety outcomes feasible for the NMA: change from baseline in glycated haemoglobin ($ HbA_{1c} $), weight and blood pressure; $ HbA_{1c} $ target levels (< 7.0% and ≤ 6.5%); composite endpoint; incidence of nausea, vomiting or diarrhoea. Comparators of interest were all licensed doses of dulaglutide, exenatide, liraglutide, lixisenatide and once-weekly injectable semaglutide. Results The NMA included seven trials. Once-daily oral semaglutide 14 mg was associated with significantly greater $ HbA_{1c} $ reductions vs. most comparators (treatment differences: − 0.42 to − 1.32%); differences vs. once-weekly injectable semaglutide (0.5 mg and 1 mg doses) were not statistically significant. Once-daily oral semaglutide 14 mg was associated with significantly greater weight reductions vs. exenatide 2 mg and lixisenatide 20 μg (− 2.21 and − 2.39 kg respectively); non-statistically significant weight reductions in favour of once-daily oral semaglutide 14 mg were observed vs. all other comparators except once-weekly injectable semaglutide 1 mg. Similar trends were observed for the proportion of subjects achieving $ HbA_{1c} $ < 7.0% and ≤ 6.5% and the composite endpoint. Once-daily oral semaglutide 14 mg was associated with similar odds of experiencing nausea, vomiting or diarrhoea vs. all comparators. Conclusion Once-daily oral semaglutide 14 mg, as an add-on to basal insulin, is an efficacious treatment for reducing $ HbA_{1c} $ and weight and meeting glycaemic targets at 26 ± 4 weeks. Once-daily oral semaglutide 14 mg also offers the option of an oral treatment with similar or better efficacy and similar tolerability vs. most injectable GLP-1 RAs..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

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Diabetes therapy - 12(2021), 5 vom: 16. März, Seite 1325-1339

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Englisch

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Chubb, Barrie [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Palvi [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Jatin [VerfasserIn]
Nuhoho, Solomon [VerfasserIn]
Kallenbach, Klaus [VerfasserIn]
Orme, Michelle [VerfasserIn]

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Basal insulin
GLP-1
Glycaemic control
Network meta-analysis
Semaglutide
Systematic review
Type 2 diabetes

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10.1007/s13300-021-01034-w

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OLC2125299429