PMID- 28474401 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180720 LR - 20221207 IS - 1463-1326 (Electronic) IS - 1462-8902 (Print) IS - 1462-8902 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 12 DP - 2017 Dec TI - A review of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and their effects on lowering postprandial plasma glucose and cardiovascular outcomes in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. PG - 1645-1654 LID - 10.1111/dom.12998 [doi] AB - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) comorbidities, with CV disease being the most common cause of death in adults with T2DM. Although glucocentric therapies may improve glycaemic control (as determined by glycated haemoglobin levels), evidence suggests that this approach alone has limited beneficial effects on CV outcomes relative to improvements in lipid and blood pressure control. This may be explained in part by the fact that current antidiabetic treatment regimens primarily address overall glycaemia and/or fasting plasma glucose, but not the postprandial plasma glucose (PPG) excursions that have a fundamental causative role in increasing CV risk. This literature review evaluates the relationship between PPG and the risk of CV disease, discusses the treatment of T2DM with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) and examines the associated CV outcomes. The literature analysis suggests that exaggerated PPG excursions are a risk factor for CV disease because of their adverse pathophysiologic effects on the vasculature, resulting in increased all-cause and CV-related mortality. Although GLP-1 RAs are well established in the current T2DM treatment paradigm, a subgroup of these compounds has a particularly pronounced, persistent and short-lived effect on gastric emptying and, hence, lower PPG substantially. However, current long-term data on CV outcomes with GLP-1 RAs are contradictory, with both beneficial and adverse effects having been reported. This review explores the opportunity to direct treatment towards controlling PPG excursions, thereby improving not only overall glycaemic control but also CV outcomes. CI - (c) 2017 The Authors. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Owens, David R AU - Owens DR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1002-1238 AD - Diabetes Research Group, Institute of Life Sciences College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK. FAU - Monnier, Louis AU - Monnier L AD - Laboratory of Human Nutrition and Atherosclerosis, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France. FAU - Hanefeld, Markolf AU - Hanefeld M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7323-1203 AD - Study Centre "Professor Hanefeld", GWT-Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20170711 PL - England TA - Diabetes Obes Metab JT - Diabetes, obesity & metabolism JID - 100883645 RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 0 (Gastrointestinal Agents) RN - 0 (Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor) RN - 0 (Glycated Hemoglobin A) RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) RN - 0 (hemoglobin A1c protein, human) SB - IM MH - Blood Glucose MH - Cardiovascular Diseases/complications/epidemiology/*prevention & control MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood/complications/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - Diabetic Angiopathies/epidemiology/*prevention & control MH - Diabetic Cardiomyopathies/epidemiology/*prevention & control MH - Gastrointestinal Agents/therapeutic use MH - Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor/*agonists/metabolism MH - Glycated Hemoglobin/analysis MH - Humans MH - Hyperglycemia/*prevention & control MH - Hypoglycemic Agents/*therapeutic use MH - Risk Factors PMC - PMC5697665 OTO - NOTNLM OT - GLP-1 analogue OT - cardiovascular disease OT - diabetes complications OT - glycaemic control macrovascular disease OT - type 2 diabetes COIS- D. R. O. received honoraria from Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi and Takeda for lectures and involvement in an advisory capacity. L. M. has nothing to declare. M. H. has served on advisory panels for Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi and Takeda; and on speakers' bureau for Bayer Health Care, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Roche, Sanofi and Takeda. EDAT- 2017/05/06 06:00 MHDA- 2018/07/22 06:00 PMCR- 2017/11/21 CRDT- 2017/05/06 06:00 PHST- 2016/12/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/04/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/04/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/05/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/07/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/05/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/11/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - DOM12998 [pii] AID - 10.1111/dom.12998 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Diabetes Obes Metab. 2017 Dec;19(12):1645-1654. doi: 10.1111/dom.12998. Epub 2017 Jul 11.