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Effects of new hypoglycemic drugs on patients with heart failure: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Song R, Liu F, Shi X, Sun S, Chen J, Gao H

Postgraduate medical journal, 2025

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Abstract

BACKGROUND

Currently, there is no relevant study comparing sodium-dependent glucose transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i), glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA), and dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitor (DPP4i) head to head to evaluate their comprehensive impact on heart failure patients.

METHODS

We conducted a comprehensive literature search across multiple databases. Utilizing the risk of bias tool from the Cochrane Collaboration, the methodological quality of included studies was critically assessed and potential publication bias was examined via funnel plots.

RESULTS

All results are presented as mean difference; 95% confidence interval (MD; 95% CI). The network meta-analysis indicated that in regards to left ventricular function, there is a big difference in the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of Empagliflozin 25 mg (13.64; 0.26, 27.01) compared to Canagliflozin 100 mg; and significant differences in the left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV) and left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVESV) of Dapagliflozin 10 mg (-0.76; -1.27, -0.25 and -0.95; -1.86, -0.05), Vildagliptin 50 mg (-1.05; -1.47, -0.63 and -1.12; -2.19, -0.05), and Sitagliptin 100 mg (-1.34; -2.31, -0.38 and -1.89; -3.50, -0.27) compared to Empagliflozin 10 mg. In terms of the quality of life, there are significant differences in the N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and the Quality of life score of Sitagliptin 100 mg (408.08; 213.59, 602.57 and 3.74; 1.57, 5.92)…

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