A Multicenter Observational Study of Incretin-based Drugs and Heart Failure
Author(s) -
Kristian B. Filion,
Laurent Azoulay,
Robert W. Platt,
Matthew Dahl,
Colin R. Dormuth,
Kristin K. Clemens,
Nianping Hu,
J. Michael Paterson,
Laura E. Targownik,
Tanvir Chowdhury Turin,
Jacob A. Udell,
Pierre Ernst
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1506115
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , heart failure , incretin , diabetes mellitus , confidence interval , cohort study , cohort , type 2 diabetes , dipeptidyl peptidase 4 , endocrinology
There is concern that antidiabetic incretin-based drugs, including dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) analogues, can increase the risk of heart failure. Ongoing clinical trials may not have large enough samples to effectively address this issue.
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