Newer Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Are Associated With Improved Glycemic Control in US Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Population-Level Time Series Analysis

🎖️ Top 10% JournalFeb 13, 2025Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

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A higher percentage of patients taking newer GLP-1 receptor agonists is associated with improved population-level glycemic control.

Patients on newer GLP-1 receptor agonists showed a lower average hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c).
After 5 months of treatment, a higher proportion of patients had HbA1c levels below 7.0%.
After 2 months of treatment, a higher proportion of patients achieved HbA1c levels below 8.0%.
Glycemic control has been improving at the population level since the approval of the first newer GLP-1 RA, dulaglutide.
This improvement trend continued even after the COVID-19 emergency declaration.

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OBJECTIVES: The population-level impact of newer glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) treatments on patients with type 2 diabetes remains unclear. Therefore, this study investigated the association of newer GLP-1 RAs with population-level diabetes-related outcomes in US adults with type 2 diabetes.

METHODS: This was a noninterventional, retrospective analysis of administrative insurance claims data obtained from Optum's deidentified Clinformatics® Data Mart Database between January 2004 and December 2022. Individual patient data were aggregated into monthly time series at the population level. Associations between the proportion of patients on newer GLP-1 RAs of interest (dulaglutide, once-weekly or oral semaglutide, and tirzepatide) and average hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), HbA1c <7.0%, and HbA1c <8.0% were assessed using time series regressions. Time-based trends in population-level outcomes were assessed using interrupted time series analyses. All analyses were adjusted for potential confounders.

RESULTS: Time series regression analyses demonstrated that a higher proportion of patients taking newer GLP-1 RAs was associated with a lower average HbA1c and a higher proportion of patients with HbA1c <7.0% (after 5 months of treatment) and <8.0% (after 2 months of treatment). Results from the interrupted time series analyses demonstrated that population-level glycemic control has been improving since the first newer GLP-1 RA (dulaglutide) was approved. This trend has persisted, even after the COVID-19 emergency declaration.

CONCLUSIONS: A higher percentage of patients receiving newer GLP-1 RAs was associated with significantly improved population-level glycemic control. The newer GLP-1 RA period displayed improved population-level glycemic control compared with the older GLP-1 RA period.

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