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. 2020 Jan 20;80(2):147–165. doi: 10.1007/s40265-019-01245-3

Table 2.

Gastrointestinal adverse events in participants in the DUAL clinical trial program

Previous treatment regimen DUAL trial Treatment group Nausea (events per 100 PYE) Diarrhea (events per 100 PYE) Vomiting (events per 100 PYE)
OAD(s) DUAL I IDegLira 20.9 23.5 10.1
Degludec 8.8 10.3 3.1
Liraglutide 54.3 39.8 23.6
DUAL IV IDegLira 11.3 10.5 5.3
Placebo 8.0 12.9 6.4
DUAL VI IDegLira 1WT 13.1 4.9 3.3
IDegLira 2WT 15.7 5.5 3.1
DUAL VIII IDegLira 4.9 6.4 2.9
IGlar U100 1.4 2.2 1.7
DUAL IX IDegLira 21.3 12.6 4.8
IGlar U100 1.9 7.6 3.8
GLP-1RA DUAL III IDegLira 7.8 12.8 2.8
Pre-trial liraglutide or exenatide 10.6 13.7 9.1
Basal insulin DUAL II IDegLira 21.8 22.8 9.8
Degludec 7.8 8.9 NR
DUAL V IDegLira 26.2 17.7 17.0
IGlar U100 2.2 7.4 3.7
DUAL VII IDegLira 30.7 19.9 10.0
IGlar U100 + IAsp (≤ 4 times) 3.4 14.2 5.9

1WT once-weekly titration, 2WT twice-weekly titration, GLP-1RA glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, IAsp insulin aspart, IDegLira insulin degludec/liraglutide, IGlar insulin glargine, NR not reported, OAD oral antidiabetic therapy, PYE participant-year exposure