A 12-week pilot RCT comparing an 800 kcal/day very-low calorie diet, semaglutide, and their combination in 30 adults with type 2 diabetes. PICO summary and expert commentary.
Browsing: Type 2 Diabetes
Landmark trials and recent evidence on type 2 diabetes management, glucose-lowering therapy, and outcomes.
A small single-centre study found that adding a long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist to metformin lowered BMI but did not show a significant between-group glycaemic advantage. PICO summary and expert commentary.
How patient and public involvement shaped the design of ASCEND PLUS, a decentralised RCT of oral semaglutide for cardiovascular prevention in type 2 diabetes. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A 32-week post hoc MRI substudy of 80 patients with type 2 diabetes finds semaglutide and empagliflozin each reduce cortical ADC and total kidney volume, with combination therapy lowering kidney volume most. PICO summary and expert commentary.
PIONEER 12 was a 26-week, double-blind, manufacturer-sponsored Phase IIIa trial showing oral semaglutide lowered HbA1c and body weight more than sitagliptin in a predominantly Chinese population with type 2 diabetes. PICO summary and expert commentary.
PIONEER 11, a 26-week Phase IIIa trial, found oral semaglutide monotherapy lowered HbA1c across all doses and reduced body weight at 7 mg and 14 mg versus placebo in a predominantly Chinese type 2 diabetes population. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A 12-week pilot randomised trial in 30 adults with type 2 diabetes compared a very-low calorie diet, semaglutide, and their combination on weight, body composition, and beta-cell function. PICO summary and expert commentary.
In the FLOW randomised controlled trial, weekly semaglutide reduced major kidney disease events and cardiovascular death in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A prespecified FLOW subgroup analysis tested whether semaglutide’s kidney and cardiovascular benefit held with or without baseline SGLT2 inhibitor use in type 2 diabetes and CKD. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A phase 1 trial characterising oral semaglutide pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and tolerability in 32 healthy Chinese adults. PICO summary and expert commentary.