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Comparative Effectiveness And Safety Of Empagliflozin On Cardiovascular Mortality And Morbidity In Adults With Type 2 Diabetes, Wilbert S. Aronow, Tatyana Shamliyan Dec 2017

Comparative Effectiveness And Safety Of Empagliflozin On Cardiovascular Mortality And Morbidity In Adults With Type 2 Diabetes, Wilbert S. Aronow, Tatyana Shamliyan

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Background: Based on a single placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial, empagliflozin is licensed to reduce cardiovascular death in diabetes and comorbid cardiovascular disease. Methods: We examined the comparative effectiveness of empagliflozin on mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in type 2 diabetes. We conducted random-effects direct frequentist meta-analyses of aggregate data and appraised the quality of evidence using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology. Our search in PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, clinicaltrials.gov, and PharmaPendium up to May 2017 identified 11 meta-analyses, multiple publications, and unpublished data from 29 randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Results: Empagliflozin reduces all-cause mortality [relative …


Effect Of Evacetrapib On Cardiovascular Outcomes In Patients With High-Risk Cardiovascular Disease, Wilbert S. Aronow Jul 2017

Effect Of Evacetrapib On Cardiovascular Outcomes In Patients With High-Risk Cardiovascular Disease, Wilbert S. Aronow

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