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Incretin‐based drugs and risk of lung cancer among individuals with type 2 diabetes
Author(s) -
Rouette J.,
Yin H.,
Yu O. H. Y.,
Bouganim N.,
Platt R. W.,
Azoulay L.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1111/dme.14287
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , dipeptidyl peptidase 4 , incretin , type 2 diabetes , lung cancer , diabetes mellitus , oncology , proportional hazards model , glucagon like peptide 1 receptor , population , sitagliptin , cohort study , endocrinology , receptor , confidence interval , agonist , environmental health
Aim To assess whether dipeptidyl peptidase‐4 inhibitors and glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists are associated with an increased lung cancer risk among individuals with type 2 diabetes. Methods We conducted a population‐based cohort study using the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink. We identified 130 340 individuals newly treated with antidiabetes drugs between January 2007 and March 2017, with follow‐up until March 2018. We used a time‐varying approach to model use of dipeptidyl peptidase‐4 inhibitors and glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists compared with use of other second‐ or third‐line antidiabetes drugs. We used Cox proportional hazards models to estimate the adjusted hazard ratios, with 95% CIs, of incident lung cancer associated with use of dipeptidyl peptidase‐4 inhibitors and glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists, separately, by cumulative duration of use, and by time since initiation. Results A total of 790 individuals were newly diagnosed with lung cancer (median follow‐up 4.6 years, incidence rate 1.5/1000 person‐years, 95% CI 1.4–1.6). Compared with use of second‐/third‐line drugs, use of dipeptidyl peptidase‐4 inhibitors and glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists was not associated with an increased lung cancer risk (hazard ratio 1.07, 95% CI 0.87–1.32, and hazard ratio 1.02, 95% CI 0.68–1.54, respectively). There was no evidence of duration–response relationships. Conclusions In individuals with type 2 diabetes, use of incretin‐based drugs was not associated with increased lung cancer risk.