Rationale, design, and organization of a randomized, controlled Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes with Sitagliptin (TECOS) in patients with type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular disease.

Sitagliptin, an oral dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, lowers blood glucose when administered as monotherapy or in combination with other antihyperglycemic agents. TECOS will evaluate the effects of adding sitagliptin to usual diabetes care on cardiovascular outcomes and clinical safety. TECOS is a...

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Những tác giả chính: Green, J, Bethel, M, Paul, S, Ring, A, Kaufman, K, Shapiro, DR, Califf, R, Holman, R
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: 2013