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Tirzepatide versus Semaglutide Once Weekly in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.

The New England journal of medicine ·

Human

Abstract summarized · Quality not appraised
Studied
Randomized comparison of three tirzepatide doses with semaglutide 1 mg for blood sugar control.
Who / model
1879 people with type 2 diabetes followed for 40 weeks.
Studied dose & schedule
Dose and schedule have not yet been extracted for this summary.
Found
The primary outcome, long-term blood sugar measured by glycated hemoglobin, fell 2.01, 2.24 and 2.30 percentage points across increasing tirzepatide doses, versus 1.86 with semaglutide. Weight loss was greater by 1.9, 3.6 and 5.5 kg, respectively. Digestive adverse events were common. Serious adverse events occurred in 5 to 7% versus 3%.
Limits
The trial used an open-label design.

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Original publication ↗ · DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2107519

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