Comparative Effectiveness of Dipeptidylpeptidase-4 Inhibitors in Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Mixed Treatment Comparison

Diabetes Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-41

  Craddy, Paul ^a   Palin, Hannah Jayne ^b   Johnson, K Ian ^b  

^a Takeda Pharmaceuticals International GmbH   (Switzerland)

^b McCann Complete Medical   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alogliptin; DPP 4 inhibitor; Glycosylated hemoglobin; Linagliptin; Mixed treatment comparison; Saxagliptin; Sitagliptin; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Vildagliptin

Indexed keywords

ALOGLIPTIN; C PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LINAGLIPTIN; METFORMIN; PIOGLITAZONE; SAXAGLIPTIN; SITAGLIPTIN; SULFONYLUREA; VILDAGLIPTIN;

BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DATA EXTRACTION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MONOTHERAPY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84905821643     PISSN: 18696953     EISSN: 18696961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13300-014-0061-3     Document Type: Review

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