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. 2024 Feb 10;23:63. doi: 10.1186/s12933-024-02147-9

Table 1.

Prevalence of patients meeting the criteria for metabolic syndrome in the SURPASS clinical trial program

Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors Tirzepatide 5 mg Tirzepatide 10 mg Tirzepatide 15 mg Comparator
Baseline Primary Endpoint Baseline Primary Endpoint Baseline Primary Endpoint Baseline Primary Endpoint
SURPASS-1 monotherapy, N 105 103 93 95
 ≥ 3 Risk Factors 77 (73.3) 58 (55.2) 69 (67.0) 49 (47.6) 70 (75.3) 36 (38.7) 73 (76.8) 68 (71.6)
WC > 102 cm (M), > 89 cm (F) 76 (72.4) 63 (60.0) 67 (65.0) 47 (45.6) 61 (65.6) 46 (49.5) 64 (67.4) 61 (64.2)
FSG ≥ 100 mg/dL or HbA1c ≥ 5.7% 105 (100.0) 83 (79.0) 103 (100.0) 84 (81.6) 93 (100.0) 60 (64.5) 95 (100.0) 94 (98.9)
SBP > 130 mmHg or DBP > 85 mmHg 50 (47.6) 40 (38.1) 45 (43.7) 29 (28.2) 44 (47.3) 26 (28.0) 41 (43.2) 41 (43.2)
Triglycerides > 150 mg/dL 52 (49.5) 37 (35.2) 52 (50.5) 31 (30.1) 45 (48.4) 23 (24.7) 53 (55.8) 48 (50.5)
HDL < 40 mg/dL (M), < 50 mg/dL (F) 62 (59.0) 53 (50.5) 51 (49.5) 50 (48.5) 55 (59.1) 47 (50.5) 55 (57.9) 56 (58.9)
SURPASS-2 add-on to MET vs SEMA 1 mg, N 415 387 389 414
 ≥ 3 Risk Factors 341 (82.2) 227 (54.7) 336 (86.8) 199 (51.4) 328 (84.3) 161 (41.4) 344 (83.1) 266 (64.3)
WC > 102 cm (M), > 89 cm (F) 345 (83.1) 272 (65.5) 326 (84.2) 244 (63.0) 326 (83.8) 234 (60.2) 349 (84.3) 278 (67.1)
FSG ≥ 100 mg/dL or HbA1c ≥ 5.7% 415 (100.0) 345 (83.1) 387 (100.0) 263 (68.0) 389 (100.0) 235 (60.4) 414 (100.0) 358 (86.5)
SBP > 130 mmHg or DBP > 85 mmHg 230 (55.4) 165 (39.8) 244 (63.0) 148 (38.2) 206 (53.0) 139 (35.7) 234 (56.5) 187 (45.2)
Triglycerides > 150 mg/dL 227 (54.7) 159 (38.3) 211 (54.5) 132 (34.1) 209 (53.7) 120 (30.8) 225 (54.3) 193 (46.6)
HDL < 40 mg/dL (M), < 50 mg/dL (F) 230 (55.4) 183 (44.1) 216 (55.8) 170 (43.9) 229 (58.9) 176 (45.2) 239 (57.7) 201 (48.6)
SURPASS-3 add-on to MET ± SGLT2i vs iDeg, N 308 291 292 313
 ≥ 3 Risk Factors 245 (79.5) 184 (59.7) 249 (85.6) 139 (47.8) 249 (85.3) 145 (49.7) 242 (77.3) 248 (79.2)
WC > 102 cm (M), > 89 cm (F) 255 (82.8) 212 (68.8) 248 (85.2) 170 (58.4) 252 (86.3) 173 (59.2) 253 (80.8) 263 (84.0)
FSG ≥ 100 mg/dL or HbA1c ≥ 5.7% 308 (100.0) 269 (87.3) 291 (100.0) 220 (75.6) 292 (100.0) 211 (72.3) 313 (100.0) 297 (94.9)
SBP > 130 mmHg or DBP > 85 mmHg 185 (60.1) 131 (42.5) 173 (59.5) 109 (37.5) 180 (61.6) 112 (38.4) 201 (64.2) 192 (61.3)
Triglycerides > 150 mg/dL 166 (53.9) 120 (39.0) 155 (53.3) 91 (31.3) 163 (55.8) 101 (34.6) 155 (49.5) 129 (41.2)
HDL < 40 mg/dL (M), < 50 mg/dL (F) 153 (49.7) 135 (43.8) 171 (58.8) 118 (40.5) 163 (55.8) 125 (42.8) 154 (49.2) 150 (47.9)
SURPASS-4 ± MET ± SGLT2i ± SU vs iGlar, N 273 276 274 870
 ≥ 3 Risk Factors 227 (83.2) 159 (58.2) 242 (87.7) 163 (59.1) 237 (86.5) 141 (51.5) 727 (83.6) 717 (82.4)
WC > 102 cm (M), > 89 cm (F) 222 (81.3) 174 (63.7) 227 (82.2) 163 (59.1) 226 (82.5) 158 (57.7) 674 (77.5) 709 (81.5)
FSG ≥ 100 mg/dL or HbA1c ≥ 5.7% 273 (100.0) 227 (83.2) 276 (100.0) 227 (82.2) 274 (100.0) 193 (70.4) 869 (99.9) 843 (96.9)
SBP > 130 mmHg or DBP > 85 mmHg 169 (61.9) 134 (49.1) 180 (65.2) 155 (56.2) 179 (65.3) 138 (50.4) 590 (64.4) 609 (70.0)
Triglycerides > 150 mg/dL 154 (56.4) 112 (41.0) 146 (52.9) 92 (33.3) 151 (55.1) 92 (33.6) 451 (51.8) 416 (47.8)
HDL < 40 mg/dL (M), < 50 mg/dL (F) 156 (57.1) 130 (47.6) 182 (65.9) 130 (47.1) 168 (61.3) 124 (45.3) 509 (58.5) 466 (53.6)
SURPASS-5 add-on to insulin glargine ± MET vs PBO, N 105 105 98 113
 ≥ 3 Risk Factors 84 (80.0) 67 (63.8) 83 (79.0) 55 (52.4) 76 (77.6) 37 (37.8) 90 (79.6) 90 (79.6)
WC > 102 cm (M), > 89 cm (F) 92 (87.6) 79 (75.2) 87 (82.9) 76 (72.4) 81 (82.7) 69 (70.4) 90 (79.6) 92 (81.4)
FSG ≥ 100 mg/dL or HbA1c ≥ 5.7% 105 (100.0) 84 (80.0) 105 (100.0) 68 (64.8) 98 (100.0) 54 (55.1) 113 (100.0) 110 (97.3)
SBP > 130 mmHg or DBP > 85 mmHg 73 (69.5) 59 (56.2) 78 (74.3) 55 (52.4) 69 (70.4) 31 (31.6) 84 (74.3) 80 (70.8)
Triglycerides > 150 mg/dL 48 (45.7) 33 (31.4) 52 (49.5) 31 (29.5) 37 (37.8) 17 (17.3) 48 (42.5) 44 (38.9)
HDL < 40 mg/dL (M), < 50 mg/dL (F) 53 (50.5) 47 (44.8) 45 (42.9) 39 (37.1) 43 (43.9) 40 (40.8) 46 (40.7) 46 (40.7)

Data are n (%) at baseline and at the primary endpoint of 40 weeks (SURPASS-1, SURPASS-2 and SURPASS-5) or 52 weeks (SURPASS-3, SURPASS-4) in patients on-treatment compliant to study drug (patients taking ≥ 75% of assigned doses)

DBP: diastolic blood pressure; F: female; FSG: fasting serum glucose; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; iDeg: insulin degludec; iGlar: insulin glargine; M: male; MET: metformin; n: number of patients in the specified category; PBO: placebo; SBP: systolic blood pressure; SEMA: semaglutide; SGLT2i: sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor; SU: sulfonylurea; WC: waist circumference