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. 2019 Jun 25;79(10):1135–1146. doi: 10.1007/s40265-019-01148-3

Table 2.

Efficay of oral dapagliflozin 10 mg once daily as add-on to existing antidiabetic therapy in randomized, double-blind, multicentre, phase 3 trials and extensions in patients with T2D and high-risk of cardiovascular complications

Study Duration (weeks) Treatment (no. of pts) Adjusted mean change from BL [BL] 3-item responsea (% of pts)
HbA1c (%) FPG (mmol/L) Bodyweight (kg) SBP (mmHg)
In pts with hypertension on ACEi or ARB therapy
 Weber et al. [15] 12 DAPA (302) − 0.6***b,c [8.1] − 0.7c [8.8] − 1.0c [86] − 10.4**b,c [150]
PL (311) − 0.1b,c [8.0] + 0.4c [8.9] − 0.3c [84] − 7.3b,c [150]
In pts with hypertension on combination antihypertensive therapy
 Weber et al. [16] 12 DAPA (225) − 0.63***b,c [8.1] − 1.0c [9.0] − 1.44c [88] − 11.9**b,c [151]
PL (224) − 0.02b,c [8.0] + 0.2c [8.9] − 0.59c [90] − 7.6b,c [151]
In pts with CVD
 Leiter et al. [17] 24 DAPA (480) − 0.3**b [8.0] − 0.8** [9.0] − 2.5** [95] − 1.9** [135] 10**b
PL (482) + 0.1b [8.1] + 0.6 [9.2] − 0.6 [93] + 0.9 [135] 1.9b
52 DAPA − 0.5 − 0.9 − 3.2 − 3.6 10.6
PL 0.0 + 0.2 − 1.1 − 0.9 3.1
 Cefalu et al. [18] 24 DAPA (455) − 0.38***b [8.2] − 0.57* [8.9] − 2.6*** [93] − 2.99* [133] 12***b
PL (459) + 0.08b [8.1] + 0.35 [8.8] − 0.3 [94] − 1.0 [133] 1b
52 DAPA − 0.44 − 0.96 − 2.9 − 3.40 7
PL + 0.22 − 0.01 − 0.3 + 0.18 0.7

No statistical comparisons are available for extension studies

ACEi angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB angiotensin receptor blocker, BL baseline, CVD cardiovascular disease, DAPA dapagliflozin, FPG fasting plasma glucose, HbA1c glycated haemoglobin, PL placebo, pts patients, SBP systolic blood pressure

*p < 0.05, **p ≤ 0.001, ***p < 0.0001 vs. PL

aDefined as the proportion of pts achieving combined reduction in HbA1c of ≥ 5.5%, bodyweight of ≥ 3% and SBP of ≥ 3 mmHg

bCoprimary endpoint

cHierarchical testing was used for the coprimary (mean change in seated SBP followed by mean change in HbA1c) and secondary endpoints