What have we learnt from “real world” data, observational studies and meta-analyses

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue , 2018, Pages 47-58

  Chatterjee, Sudesna ^a   Davies, Melanie J ^a   Khunti, Kamlesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antidiabetic drug; clinical trial; cohort study; DPP IV inhibitor; GLP 1 analogue; incretin therapy

Indexed keywords

ALBIGLUTIDE; ALOGLIPTIN; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; DULAGLUTIDE; EXENDIN 4; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; INSULIN; LINAGLIPTIN; LIRAGLUTIDE; LIXISENATIDE; METFORMIN; SAXAGLIPTIN; SEMAGLUTIDE; SITAGLIPTIN; VILDAGLIPTIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATITIS; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; AGONISTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC);

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIPEPTIDYL-PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITORS; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE-1 RECEPTOR; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDES; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; LIRAGLUTIDE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85041055357     PISSN: 14628902     EISSN: 14631326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dom.13178     Document Type: Review

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