University of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain; Cardiology Department, Clinical Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain; Centro de Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain.
Centro de Investigación en Red en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain; Centro de Salud de Milladoiro-Ames, Área Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
Am J Med. 2024 Aug;137(8):761-769.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.04.032. Epub 2024 May 8.
The benefits of new glucose-lowering agents on cardiovascular disease have been demonstrated in randomized clinical trials. However, more evidence is required to assess the additive value of a combined therapy based on sodium-glucose transporter inhibitors (SGLT2i) and glucagon-like peptide receptor agonists (GLP1ra) in a real-world population.
A nonconcurrent prospective study was conducted using integrated electronic medical records from primary care and hospitals obtained through "big data" technologies in a healthy area in Galicia. The study involved patients who were given SGLT2i, GLP1ra, or both treatments between January 2018 and June 2022 and were categorized as either mono- or combined therapy (SGLT2i, GLP1ra, or both). The cumulative risk for different events: hospitalization or mortality, or both, for 1) coronary artery disease, 2) heart failure, 3) cerebrovascular accident, and all-cause mortality were represented by Kaplan-Meier curves and multivariate Cox regression analysis to obtain the hazard ratio (HR) and (95% confidence interval [CI]). Validation was performed in a subpopulation with propensity score matching.
The patients (15,549) who were included were median (standard deviation) 68 (12) years old, with 41% of them being female and 46% experiencing obesity. The median (interquartile range) of follow-up was 19 (8-33) months. The Kaplan-Meier analysis determined that the cumulative risk for coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular accident events was similar among the 3 different therapy groups. However, the combined therapy vs SGLT2i reduced the risk of heart failure events (HR 0.69; 95% CI, 0.56-0.87) or all-cause mortality (HR 0.68; 95% CI, 0.54-0.86). Multivariate Cox regression analysis, after matching with a propensity score, confirmed the benefits of combined therapy regarding SGLT2i or GLP1ra monotherapy.
Compared with SGLT2i or GLP1ra alone, combined therapy SGLT2i + GLP1ra reduces heart failure risk and all-cause mortality in a real-world population.
新的降糖药物在随机临床试验中已显示出对心血管疾病的益处。然而,为了评估基于钠-葡萄糖协同转运蛋白抑制剂(SGLT2i)和胰高血糖素样肽受体激动剂(GLP1ra)的联合治疗在真实世界人群中的附加价值,还需要更多的证据。
本非同期前瞻性研究使用了加利西亚一个健康地区通过“大数据”技术从初级保健和医院获得的综合电子病历。研究纳入了 2018 年 1 月至 2022 年 6 月期间接受 SGLT2i、GLP1ra 或两种治疗的患者,并分为单药治疗(SGLT2i、GLP1ra 或两种)或联合治疗(SGLT2i+GLP1ra)。不同事件的累积风险:1)冠心病、2)心力衰竭、3)脑血管意外以及全因死亡率的住院或死亡风险,通过 Kaplan-Meier 曲线和多变量 Cox 回归分析来表示,并获得风险比(HR)和(95%置信区间[CI])。在倾向评分匹配的亚人群中进行了验证。
纳入的患者(15549 人)的中位(标准差)年龄为 68(12)岁,其中 41%为女性,46%患有肥胖症。中位(四分位距)随访时间为 19(8-33)个月。Kaplan-Meier 分析表明,3 种不同治疗组之间的冠心病和脑血管意外事件的累积风险相似。然而,与 SGLT2i 相比,联合治疗降低了心力衰竭事件(HR 0.69;95%CI,0.56-0.87)或全因死亡率(HR 0.68;95%CI,0.54-0.86)的风险。经倾向评分匹配的多变量 Cox 回归分析后,也证实了联合治疗在 SGLT2i 或 GLP1ra 单药治疗方面的获益。
与 SGLT2i 或 GLP1ra 单药治疗相比,SGLT2i+GLP1ra 联合治疗可降低真实世界人群中心力衰竭风险和全因死亡率。