PMID- 33463546 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210909 LR - 20231104 IS - 1558-8238 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9738 (Print) IS - 0021-9738 (Linking) VI - 131 IP - 2 DP - 2021 Jan 19 TI - Pharmacological treatment of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes. LID - 142243 [pii] LID - 10.1172/JCI142243 [doi] LID - e142243 AB - Diabetes mellitus is a major public health problem, affecting about 10% of the population. Pharmacotherapy aims to protect against microvascular complications, including blindness, end-stage kidney disease, and amputations. Landmark clinical trials have demonstrated that intensive glycemic control slows progression of microvascular complications (retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy). Long-term follow-up has demonstrated that intensive glycemic control also decreases risk of macrovascular disease, albeit rigorous evidence of macrovascular benefit did not emerge for over a decade. The US FDA's recent requirement for dedicated cardiovascular outcome trials ushered in a golden age for understanding the clinical profiles of new type 2 diabetes drugs. Some clinical trials with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1) receptor agonists reported data demonstrating cardiovascular benefit (decreased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events and hospitalization for heart failure) and slower progression of diabetic kidney disease. This Review discusses current guidelines for use of the 12 classes of drugs approved to promote glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. The Review also anticipates future developments with potential to improve the standard of care: availability of generic dipeptidylpeptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitors and SGLT2 inhibitors; precision medicine to identify the best drugs for individual patients; and new therapies to protect against chronic complications of diabetes. FAU - Taylor, Simeon I AU - Taylor SI FAU - Yazdi, Zhinous Shahidzadeh AU - Yazdi ZS FAU - Beitelshees, Amber L AU - Beitelshees AL LA - eng GR - P30 DK072488/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK118942/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 DK098107/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - United States TA - J Clin Invest JT - The Journal of clinical investigation JID - 7802877 RN - 0 (Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV Inhibitors) RN - 0 (GLP1R protein, human) RN - 0 (Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor) RN - 0 (Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors) SB - IM MH - Diabetes Complications/*drug therapy/metabolism MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*drug therapy/metabolism/pathology MH - Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV Inhibitors/*therapeutic use MH - Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor/agonists/metabolism MH - Glycemic Control MH - Heart Failure/*drug therapy/etiology/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Hyperglycemia/*drug therapy/pathology MH - Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors/*therapeutic use PMC - PMC7810496 COIS- Conflict of interest: SIT serves as a paid consultant for Ionis Pharmaceuticals; was previously employed by Bristol Myers Squibb, where he contributed to R&D on saxagliptin and dapagliflozin; and is an inventor on patents covering (a) the use of metreleptin as a treatment for lipodystrophy (US8318666B2) and (b) the use of fusion proteins containing fibronectin-derived serum albumin binding domains to extend the pharmacokinetics of therapeutic proteins (US9540424B2). EDAT- 2021/01/20 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/10 06:00 PMCR- 2022/01/19 CRDT- 2021/01/19 08:41 PHST- 2021/01/19 08:41 [entrez] PHST- 2021/01/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 142243 [pii] AID - 10.1172/JCI142243 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Invest. 2021 Jan 19;131(2):e142243. doi: 10.1172/JCI142243.