ADA guidelines suggest that in patients needing insulin treatment, combination therapy with a glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP1-RA) is recommended for greater efficacy, durability of treatment effect, and weight and hypoglycemia benefit. However, when treatment with GLP1-RA needs to be intensified, switch to insulin approach is still very common. It is also known that second generation basal insulins (2BI) provide similar or improved efficacy with a better safety profile compared to first generation basal insulins (1BI). Aim of this RESTORE-G sub-study was to perform a propensity-score adjusted comparative effectiveness analysis of adding-on/switching to 2BI vs. 1BI in patients on GLP1-RA therapy (±oral hypoglycemic agents) needing intensification. Table shows sample sizes, patients characteristics and effectiveness results.
R.Napoli: Advisory Panel; Sanofi, Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk, Research Support; Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca, Speaker's Bureau; Sanofi, Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca, MSD Life Science Foundation. M.Larosa: None. A.Nicolucci: Board Member; AstraZeneca, Research Support; Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Sobi, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., AlfaSigma, Speaker's Bureau; Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly Alliance. M.Rossi: Research Support; Sanofi, Novo Nordisk, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., AlfaSigma. R.Candido: None. Restore-g study group: n/a.
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