Overview of saxagliptin efficacy and safety in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease or risk factors for cardiovascular disease

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 11, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-23

  Toth, Peter P ^a,b  

^a CGH Medical Center   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors; Incretin; Saxagliptin; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLIPIZIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; METFORMIN; PLACEBO; SAXAGLIPTIN; SITAGLIPTIN; SULFONYLUREA; ADAMANTANE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIPEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; DPP4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADD ON THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MONOTHERAPY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADAMANTANE; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIPEPTIDES; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE 4; DIPEPTIDYL-PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITORS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84919789731     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/VHRM.S75215     Document Type: Review

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