Cardiovascular risk of sitagliptin in treating patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Cardiovascular risk of sitagliptin in treating patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Biosci Rep. 2019 Jul 01;: Authors: Zeng DK, Xiao Q, Li FQ, Tang YZ, Jia CL, Tang XW Abstract Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have a very high risk of cardiovascular related events, and reducing complications is an important evaluation criterion of efficacy and safety of hypoglycemic drugs. Previous studies have shown that the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP4i), such as sitagliptin, might reduce the incidence of major cardiovascular events (MACE). However, the safety and efficacy of sitagliptin remains controversial, especially the safety for cardiovascular related events. Here, a systematic review was conducted to assess the cardiovascular safety of sitagliptin in T2DM patients. The literature research dating up to October 2018 was performed in the electronic database. The clinical trials about sitagliptin for T2DM patients were included. Two reviewers independently screened literature according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The primary outcome was the MACE, and the secondary outcome was all-cause mortality. Finally, 32 clinical trials composed of 16082 T2DM patients were included in this meta-analysis. The results showed that: there was no significant difference between sitagliptin group and the control group on MACE (odds ratio (OR)=0.85, 95% confidence intervals (CIs)=0.63-1.15), myocardial infarction (OR=0.66, 95...
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