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Relationship between weight change and glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes receiving once‐weekly dulaglutide treatment
Author(s) -
Umpierrez G. E.,
Pantalone K. M.,
Kwan A. Y. M.,
Zimmermann A. G.,
Zhang N.,
Fernández Landó L.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
diabetes, obesity and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.445
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1463-1326
pISSN - 1462-8902
DOI - 10.1111/dom.12660
Subject(s) - dulaglutide , type 2 diabetes , medicine , weight change , weight loss , exenatide , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology , obesity
Aim To assess the relationship between weight change and glycated haemoglobin ( HbA1c ) change in dulaglutide‐treated patients by analysing data from six head‐to‐head phase III AWARD clinical trials. Methods At 26 weeks, the relationship between weight and HbA1c was analysed in each trial rather than by pooling data because of differences in design and background therapy. The effect of baseline characteristics was also evaluated with regard to weight and HbA1c response. Results Across the studies, 87–97% and 83–95% of patients treated with dulaglutide 1.5 and 0.75 mg, respectively, had reductions in HbA1c levels, while 57–88% and 43–84% of patients treated with dulaglutide 1.5 and 0.75 mg, respectively, experienced weight loss. The majority (55–83%) of patients receiving dulaglutide 1.5 mg experienced weight loss and HbA1c reductions, while 41–79% of patients in the dulaglutide 0.75 mg arm lost weight and had reductions in HbA1c level. A weak and inconsistent correlation was observed between the changes in weight and HbA1c (range from −0.223 to 0.267) in patients treated with dulaglutide. The baseline characteristics of gender, age, duration of diabetes, HbA1c , body weight and BMI were not related to different combinations of weight and HbA1c responses. Conclusions Dulaglutide is an effective treatment option across the type 2 diabetes treatment spectrum. Dulaglutide showed dose‐dependent effects on both weight loss and HbA1c reduction. These effects had a weak correlation and appeared to be independent.