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Table 4 Incidence of adverse events >5% in any treatment group in any study

From: Treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes with exenatide once weekly versus oral glucose-lowering medications or insulin glargine: achievement of glycemic and cardiovascular goals

 

DURATION-4*

DURATION-2†

DURATION-3‡

 

ExQW

Met

Sita

Pio

ExQW

Sita

Pio

ExQW

IG

 

(N = 248)

(N = 246)

(N = 163)

(N = 163)

(N = 160)

(N = 166)

(N = 165)

(N = 233)

(N = 223)

Arthralgia (%)

5

1

2

3

3

5

2

4

3

Back pain (%)

2

6

3

4

4

4

3

4

2

Constipation (%)

9

3

3

2

6

2

1

3

2

Diarrhea (%)

11

13

6

4

18

10

7

9

4

Dyspepsia (%)

7

3

2

5

4

4

2

3

1

Fatigue (%)

1

0

1

1

6

0

3

3

<1

Headache (%)

8

12

9

8

9

9

4

10

7

Hypertension (%)

1

1

2

7

3

3

1

2

3

Injection site nodule (%)

11

10

7

4

3

1

1

6

0

Injection site pruritus (%)

4

2

1

1

5

5

1

1

<1

Nasopharyngitis (%)

8

5

10

9

4

2

3

13

18

Nausea (%)

11

7

4

4

24

10

5

13

1

Peripheral edema (%)

0

<1

1

7

1

3

8

0

0

Sinusitis (%)

<1

<1

0

2

3

1

7

1

2

Urinary tract infection (%)

1

2

1

1

6

5

4

1

<1

Upper-respiratory tract infection (%)

3

3

1

2

4

9

10

2

1

Vomiting (%)

5

3

2

3

11

2

3

4

1

  1. ND, not determined.
  2. Data are% of intent-to-treat population.
  3. *†‡D iabetes Therapy U tilization: R esearching Changes in A 1C, Weight and Other Factors T hrough I ntervention with Exenatide O nce-W eekly-4, -2, -3 [23–25].