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Clinical potential of lixisenatide once daily treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus

Overview of attention for article published in Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, June 2013
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Title
Clinical potential of lixisenatide once daily treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Published in
Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, June 2013
DOI 10.2147/dmso.s45379
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Andreas B Petersen, Mikkel Christensen

Abstract

The glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 receptor agonist lixisenatide (Lyxumia(®)) was approved for marketing by the European Medicines Agency in February 2013 and has been evaluated in a clinical study program called GetGoal. Lixisenatide activates the GLP-1 receptor and thereby exercises the range of physiological effects generated by GLP-1, which consist of increased insulin secretion, inhibition of glucagon secretion, and decreased gastrointestinal motility alongside the promotion of satiety. In the GetGoal study program, lixisenatide demonstrated significant reductions in glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and fasting and postprandial plasma glucose compared with placebo. The effect on glycemia was evident, with both monotherapy and in combination with insulin and various oral antidiabetic agents. Furthermore, a general trend towards reduced bodyweight was reported. In head-to-head trials with the other GLP-1 receptor agonists (exenatide and liraglutide) on the market, lixisenatide demonstrated a superior effect with respect to reduction in postprandial plasma glucose and had a tendency towards fewer adverse events. However, lixisenatide seemed to be less efficient or at best, equivalent to exenatide and liraglutide in reducing HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose, and bodyweight. The combination of a substantial effect on postprandial plasma glucose and a labeling with once daily administration separates lixisenatide from the other GLP-1 receptor agonists. The combination of basal insulin, having a lowering effect on fasting plasma glucose, and lixisenatide, curtailing the postprandial glucose excursions, makes sense from a clinical point of view. Not surprisingly, lixisenatide is undergoing clinical development as a combination product with insulin glargine (Lantus(®)). At present the main place in therapy of lixisenatide seems to be in combination with basal insulin. A large multicenter study will determine the future potential of lixisenatide in preventing cardiovascular events and mortality, in patients with type 2 diabetes and recent acute coronary syndrome.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 2%
Greece 1 2%
Brazil 1 2%
Unknown 57 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 15%
Student > Bachelor 9 15%
Researcher 9 15%
Student > Postgraduate 7 12%
Student > Master 5 8%
Other 9 15%
Unknown 12 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 26 43%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 3%
Neuroscience 2 3%
Other 4 7%
Unknown 17 28%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 October 2019.
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