Safety and Tolerability of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Utilizing Data from the Exenatide Clinical Trial Development Program

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Peng, Hui ^a,b,c   Want, Laura L ^a   Aroda, Vanita R ^a,c  

^a MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Exenatide; GLP 1 receptor agonists; Incretin; Pancreatitis; Safety

Indexed keywords

EXENDIN 4; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; TUMOR MARKER; ANTIBODY; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INJECTION SITE NODULE; INJECTION SITE PRURITUS; INJECTION SITE REACTION; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE-1 RECEPTOR; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS;

EID: 84962439045     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-016-0728-4     Document Type: Review

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