A large RCT finds peri-operative exenatide does not reduce death or organ failure after CABG or aortic valve replacement. PICO summary and expert commentary.
Browsing: Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular outcomes, heart failure, cardio-renal protection, hypertension, and lipid-lowering trials in diabetes and endocrinology.
A prespecified SOUL trial analysis tested whether baseline SGLT2 inhibitor use modified oral semaglutide’s cardiovascular benefit in type 2 diabetes. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A randomised crossover trial found 60 g/day of mixed nuts for 16 weeks lowered apolipoprotein B and VLDL and LDL particle numbers in older adults with overweight or obesity. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A post-hoc pooled analysis of three phase 3 trials testing tafolecimab 450 mg every four weeks for LDL-C lowering in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes and hypercholesterolemia. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A small acute mechanistic crossover study testing whether exenatide-glucagon co-infusion raises myocardial glucose uptake and a diastolic strain-rate marker in eight adults with type 2 diabetes. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A double-blind placebo-controlled crossover study finds metformin attenuates the postprandial blood pressure fall and reduces postprandial hypotension events in type 2 diabetes, alongside higher GLP-1, slower gastric emptying, and a faster heart rate. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A secondary analysis of the COORDINATE-Diabetes trial found that up to one-third of patients with Type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease stopped their SGLT-2i or GLP-1RA within 12 months, with cost and side effects among the cited reasons. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A secondary analysis of the VA NEPHRON-D cohort found that higher baseline urinary EGF and uromodulin were independently associated with a lower risk of diabetic kidney disease progression. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A FOURIER subgroup analysis of 197 participants asks whether evolocumab cuts cardiovascular events in type 1 diabetes with established ASCVD. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A prespecified STRIDE subgroup analysis examined whether once-weekly semaglutide 1.0 mg improves walking distance consistently across diabetes characteristics in 792 adults with symptomatic PAD and type 2 diabetes. PICO summary and expert commentary.