Clinical Effectiveness of Liraglutide in Type 2 Diabetes Treatment in the Real-World Setting: A Systematic Literature Review

Diabetes Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 411-438

  Ostawal, Amrita ^a   Mocevic, Emina ^b   Kragh, Nana ^b   Xu, Weiwei ^c  

^a PHARMERIT INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^c PHARMERIT INTERNATIONAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; HbA1c; Hypoglycemia; Liraglutide; Literature review; Real world evidence; Safety; Type 2 diabetes; Weight

Indexed keywords

ALBIGLUTIDE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CANAGLIFLOZIN; DAPAGLIFLOZIN; DULAGLUTIDE; EXENDIN 4; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; LIRAGLUTIDE; PIOGLITAZONE; SAXAGLIPTIN; SITAGLIPTIN;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MONOTHERAPY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84986224274     PISSN: 18696953     EISSN: 18696961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13300-016-0180-0     Document Type: Review

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