PMID- 26768240 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161012 LR - 20161230 IS - 1545-326X (Electronic) IS - 0066-4219 (Linking) VI - 67 DP - 2016 TI - Cardiovascular Effects of Incretin-Based Therapies. PG - 245-60 LID - 10.1146/annurev-med-050214-013431 [doi] AB - The incretin-based therapies, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogs, are important new classes of therapy for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). These agents prolong the action of the incretin hormones, GLP-1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), by inhibiting their breakdown. The incretin hormones improve glycemic control in T2DM by increasing insulin secretion and suppressing glucagon levels. The cardiovascular (CV) effects of the incretin-based therapies have been of substantial interest since 2008, when the US Food and Drug Administration began to require that all new therapies for diabetes undergo rigorous assessment of CV safety through large-scale CV outcome trials. This article reviews the most recent CV outcome trials of the DPP-4 inhibitors (SAVOR-TIMI 53, EXAMINE, and TECOS) as evidence that the incretin-based therapies have acceptable CV safety profiles for patients with T2DM. The studies differ with regard to patient population, trial duration, and heart failure outcomes but show similar findings for CV death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, and stroke, as well as hospitalization for unstable angina. FAU - White, William B AU - White WB AD - Division of Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, Calhoun Cardiology Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut 06032; email: wwhite@uchc.edu. FAU - Baker, William L AU - Baker WL AD - University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, Connecticut 06269; email: william.baker_jr@uconn.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - United States TA - Annu Rev Med JT - Annual review of medicine JID - 2985151R RN - 0 (Dipeptides) RN - 0 (Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) RN - 0 (Incretins) RN - 0 (Piperidines) RN - 56HH86ZVCT (Uracil) RN - 89750-14-1 (Glucagon-Like Peptide 1) RN - 9GB927LAJW (saxagliptin) RN - JHC049LO86 (alogliptin) RN - PJY633525U (Adamantane) RN - TS63EW8X6F (Sitagliptin Phosphate) SB - IM MH - Adamantane/adverse effects/analogs & derivatives MH - Cardiovascular Diseases/*complications MH - Cardiovascular System/*drug effects MH - Clinical Trials as Topic MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/*drug therapy MH - Dipeptides/adverse effects MH - Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV Inhibitors/*pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Glucagon-Like Peptide 1/agonists/*pharmacology MH - Heart Failure/chemically induced MH - Humans MH - Hypoglycemic Agents/*pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Incretins/adverse effects/metabolism/*pharmacology MH - Piperidines/adverse effects MH - Sitagliptin Phosphate/adverse effects MH - Uracil/adverse effects/analogs & derivatives OTO - NOTNLM OT - cardiovascular safety outcome trials OT - dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors OT - glucagon-like peptide OT - type 2 diabetes mellitus EDAT- 2016/01/16 06:00 MHDA- 2016/10/13 06:00 CRDT- 2016/01/16 06:00 PHST- 2016/01/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/01/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/10/13 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1146/annurev-med-050214-013431 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Annu Rev Med. 2016;67:245-60. doi: 10.1146/annurev-med-050214-013431.