Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Boehringer Ingelheim, Copenhagen, Denmark.
PLoS One. 2020 Mar 4;15(3):e0229621. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229621. eCollection 2020.
We investigated changes in clinical characteristics of SGLT2i and GLP-1RA real-world initiators in Denmark before/after landmark cardiovascular outcome trials.
We compared first-time SGLT2i (25,070) and GLP-1RA (14,671) initiators to initiators of DPP-4i (n = 34,079), a class without proven cardiovascular benefits. We used linked population-based healthcare data to examine initiation incidence, medication patterns, and pre-existing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) during 2014-2017.
Nationwide incidence of SGLT2i initiators increased 3.6-fold (53/100,000 to 172/100,000 per year) vs. a 1.5-fold increase for GLP-1RA. DPP-4i initiation remained stable. From the end of 2015, SGLT2i was increasingly used as 2nd-line therapy, while medication patterns were much more stable for GLP-1RA. Among SGLT2i users, ASCVD increased slightly from 28% to 30%; age- and gender-adj. prevalence ratio (aPR) = 1.03 (95% CI:0.97-1.10). In contrast, among GLP-1RA initiators, baseline ASCVD declined from 29% to 27% (aPR: 0.90 (95% CI:0.84-0.97)), and in DPP-4i initiators from 31% to 29% (aPR: 0.91 (95% CI:0.88-0.96)).
Following the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial in 2015, SGLT2i have become increasingly used as 2nd-line treatment in everyday clinical practice, with only minor increases in patient proportions with ASCVD. For GLP-1RA, we observed more stable therapy lines and slightly decreasing ASCVD in new users despite the LEADER trial.
我们研究了丹麦在里程碑式心血管结局试验前后,SGLT2i 和 GLP-1RA 真实世界使用者的临床特征变化。
我们将首次使用 SGLT2i(25070 人)和 GLP-1RA(14671 人)的使用者与未证明具有心血管益处的 DPP-4i(n=34079 人)使用者进行比较。我们利用基于人群的医疗保健数据,在 2014-2017 年期间,调查起始使用的发生率、药物使用模式和预先存在的动脉粥样硬化性心血管疾病(ASCVD)。
SGLT2i 的起始使用的全国发生率增加了 3.6 倍(53/100000 人/年至 172/100000 人/年),而 GLP-1RA 的起始使用的发生率增加了 1.5 倍。DPP-4i 的起始使用保持稳定。从 2015 年底开始,SGLT2i 越来越多地作为二线治疗药物,而 GLP-1RA 的药物使用模式则相对稳定。在 SGLT2i 使用者中,ASCVD 从 28%略有增加至 30%;年龄和性别调整后的患病率比(aPR)为 1.03(95%可信区间:0.97-1.10)。相比之下,GLP-1RA 使用者的基线 ASCVD 从 29%下降至 27%(aPR:0.90(95%可信区间:0.84-0.97)),而 DPP-4i 使用者的基线 ASCVD 从 31%下降至 29%(aPR:0.91(95%可信区间:0.88-0.96))。
2015 年恩格列净心血管结局事件(EMPA-REG OUTCOME)试验之后,SGLT2i 已越来越多地作为日常临床实践中的二线治疗药物,尽管患者 ASCVD 的比例略有增加。对于 GLP-1RA,尽管有 LEADER 试验,但我们观察到新使用者的治疗线更加稳定,且新使用者的 ASCVD 略有下降。