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Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Feb 11;75(5):539–555. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.11.046

TABLE 4.

GLP1ra Cardiovascular Outcomes Trials

ELIXA (93) LEADER (94) SUSTAIN-6 (95) EXSCEL (96) HARMONY (97) REWIND (98) PIONEER 6 (92)
Lixisenatide (n = 6,068) Liraglutide (n = 9,340) Semaglutide (n = 3,297) Exenatide QW (n = 14,752) Albiglutide QW (n = 9,463) Dulaglutide QW (n = 9,901) Oral Semaglutide (n = 3,183)
Median follow-up, yrs 2.1 3.8 2.1 3.2 1.6 5.4 1.3
Mean age, yrs 60 64 54 62 64 66 66
Female, % 30 36 39 38 31 46 32
BMI, kg/m2, mean 30.2 NA NA NA 32.3 32.3 32.3
HbA1c, % 7.7 8.7 8.7 8.1 8.8 7.3 8.2
Baseline eGFR, ml/min, mean 76 75 75 76 79 75 74
eGFR <60 ml/min, % 23 23 28.5 18 23 22 27
Prior CVD, % 100 81 83 73 100 32 85
Prior HF, % 22 18 24 16 20 9 12
3P-MACE 1.02 (0.89–1.17) 0.87 (0.78–0.97) 0.74 (0.58–0.95) 0.91 (0.83–1.00) 0.78 (0.68–0.90) 0.88 (0.79–0.99) 0.79 (0.51–1.11)
 CV death 0.98 (0.78–1.22) 0.78 (0.66–0.93) 0.98 (0.65–1.48) 0.88 (0.76–1.02) 0.93 (0.73–1.19) 0.91 (0.78–1.06) 0.49 (0.27–0.92)
 Nonfatal MI 1.03 (0.87–1.22) 0.86 (0.73–1.00) 0.74 (0.51–1.08) 0.95 (0.84–1.09) 0.75 (0.61–0.90)** 0.96 (0.79–1.16) 1.18 (0.73–1.90)
 Nonfatal stroke 1.12 (0.79–1.58) 0.86 (0.71–1.06) 0.61 (0.38–0.99) 0.86 (0.70–1.07) 0.86 (0.66–1.14) 0.76 (0.61–0.95) 0.74 (0.35–1.57)
All-cause mortality 0.94 (0.78–1.13) 0.85 (0.74–0.97) 1.05 (0.74–1.50) 0.86 (0.77–0.97) 0.95 (0.79–1.16) 0.90 (0.80–1.01) 0.51 (0.31–0.84)
HHF 0.96 (0.75–1.23) 0.87 (0.73–1.05) 1.11 (0.77–1.61) 0.94 (0.78–1.13) NA 0.93 (0.77–1.12) 0.86 (0.48–1.55)
Renal events* 0.81 (0.66–0.99) 0.78 (0.67–0.92) 0.64 (0.46–0.88) 0.85 (0.73–0.98) NA 0.85 (0.77–0.93) NA

Values in parenthesis are HR (95% CI).

Values in bold are statistically significant at p < 0.05.

*

Definition varied across trials.

**

Hazard ratio for fatal or non-fatal MI.

ELIXA = Evaluation of Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes After Acute Coronary Syndrome During Treatment With AVE0010; EXSCEL = Exenatide Study of Cardiovascular Event Lowering Trial; HARMONY = Albiglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease; LEADER = Liraglutide Effect and Action in Diabetes: Evaluation of Cardiovascular Outcome Results; PIONEER-6 = Cardiovascular Safety of Oral Semaglutide in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes; REWIND = Researching cardiovascular events with a Weekly INcretin in Diabetes; SUSTAIN-6 = Trial to Evaluate Cardiovascular and Other Long-term Outcomes With Semaglutide in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes; other abbreviations as in Table 3.