Randomized clinical trial evaluating empagliflozin

Study nameSampleDurationOutcomeAdverse drug eventsReference
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Cardiovascular Outcome Event Trial in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients (EMPA-REG OUTCOME) Trial7,020 participants3.1 yearsReduced incidence of cardiovascular-related fatalities, non-lethal heart attacks, or non-lethal strokes within the empagliflozin groupUrinary tract infection, genital infectionHypoglycemia, acute renal failure, diabetic ketoacidosis, volume depletion, fracture[60]
Empagliflozin Outcome Trial in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and a Reduced Ejection Fraction (EMPEROR-Reduced) Trial3,730 participants1.4 yearsFewer instances of heart failure hospitalizations and a decelerated decline in the estimated glomerular filtration rate were observed in the empagliflozin groupVolume depletion, hypotension, urinary tract infection, genital infectionFracture, lower limb amputation, hypoglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis[63]
Empagliflozin Outcome Trial in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (EMPEROR-Preserved) Trial5,988 participants2.2 yearsEmpagliflozin lowered the combined likelihood of cardiovascular death or hospitalization due to heart failure in individuals with heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction, regardless of whether they had diabetes or notHypotension, symptomatic hypotension, urinary tract infection, genital infection, fractureLower limb amputation, ketoacidosis, hypoglycemia, acute renal failure[64]
KCT0006157152 participants24 weeksEmpagliflozin exhibited more pronounced reductions in HbA1c levels and greater weight loss in patients with type 2 diabetes who had insufficient glycaemic control despite being treated with metformin, sulfonylurea, and a dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor (DPP-4i)--[65]
NCT01177813899 participants24 weeksEmpagliflozin offered a well-tolerated and effective approach to lowering HbA1c levels in patients with type 2 diabetes who had not been previously treated with medicationsUrinary tract infectionHypoglycemia, dyslipidemia, genital infection[66]
NCT011678811,549 participants104 weeksEmpagliflozin could serve as an efficient and well-tolerated choice for second-line treatment in individuals with type 2 diabetes who have not attained satisfactory glycemic control with metformin aloneUrinary tract infection, genital infectionFracture, hypoglycemia, dyslipidemia, hypertension[67]