Episodes
Friday Apr 13, 2018
Friday Apr 13, 2018
Patients with type 1 diabetes often have sub-optimal glycemic control. The gold standard of treatment is basal-bolus insulin or continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion via an insulin pump. However, only a third of patients with type 1 diabetes achieve the American Diabetes Association A1C goal <7%. There has been particular interest in using SGLT-2 inhibitors in patients with type 1 diabetes due to their ability to decrease body weight and blood pressure as well as improve glycemic control and perhaps cardiovascular outcomes. InTandem3 was a phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of sotagliflozin, a novel dual SGLT 1 and 2 inhibitor, in patients with Type 1 diabetes.
Guest Author: Diana Isaacs, Pharm.D., BCPS, BD-ADM, CDE
Music by Good Talk
Friday Oct 13, 2017
Painting a New CANVAS for SGLT-2 Inhibitors?
Friday Oct 13, 2017
Friday Oct 13, 2017
While good glycemic control has been shown to prevent microvascular complications (e.g. retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy), only a few anti-diabetic agents have been shown to reduce macrovascular complications (e.g. cardiovascular events. Empagliflozin, a sodium glucose transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, not only reduced the risk of CV events but also all-cause mortality in the EMPA-REG OUTCOME study. Based on this data, the SGLT2 inhibitors were given favorable second-line treatment status in the most recent AACE/ACE clinical practice guidelines. But do all SGLT2 inhibitors confer the same benefits… and risks? The Canagliflozin and Cardiovascular and Renal Events in Type 2 Diabetes (CANVAS) trial assessed the cardiovascular and renal benefits from long-term canagliflozin use. The results are both reassuring and unexpected.
Guest Author: Sean Lasota, Pharm.D.
Music by Good Talk
Friday Nov 11, 2016
Friday Nov 11, 2016
Approximately one in three patients with diabetes in the United States have chronic kidney disease (CKD). The Empagliflozin, Cardiovascular Outcomes, and Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes (EMPA-REG OUTCOME) trial, published in 2015, demonstrated a reduction in cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in patients treated with empagliflozin. More recent data from the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial suggests that empagliflozin may also confer significant renal protection.