Darren McGuire, M.D., M.H.Sc., a Professor in UT Southwesterns Department of Internal Medicine and member of the Division of Cardiology, has played leadership roles in many of the trials over the last 15 years that have tested the cardiovascular safety of drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes
Oxidative damage to heart tissue often leads to heart disease, causing strokes, heart attacks, and other severe conditions
No head-to-head trial exists
Figure 2: Changes in body weight from baseline to the end of treatment at week 26 associated with the treatment policy estimand, in the randomly assigned treatment groups administered either 0.3 mg of cagrilintide, 0.6 mg of cagrilintide, 1.2 mg of cagrilintide, 2.5 mg of cagrilintide, 4.5 mg of cagrilintide, 3.0 mg of liraglutide, or a placebo
Clinical practices and adoption rates among providers Patient compliance and adherence Mixed sentiments abound in both the healthcare and insurance industries about actual take-up rates, with some bullish about the outlook given the hype generated both in the clinical setting and commercially