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From: Rationale, design and baseline characteristics of a 4-year (208-week) phase III trial of empagliflozin, an SGLT2 inhibitor, versus glimepiride as add-on to metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with insufficient glycemic control

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Study design. * Glimepiride was initiated at 1 mg/day, with the recommendation to uptitrate if fasting plasma glucose levels (assessed by home monitoring) were >110 mg/dL, to 2 mg/day at week 4, to 3 mg/day at week 8, and to a maximum of 4 mg/day at week 12. Uptitration can be withheld if it would place the patient at risk of hypoglycemia. Glimepiride dose can be downtitrated at any time to prevent recurrent hypoglycemia.

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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