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Vicente Hidalgo Rodrigues Fernandes1, Fernando R P Chaves1, Alexandre A S Soares1
1State University of Campinas Medical School, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Aim:
In patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) a progressive thinning in the central retinal thickness (CRT) is mainly related to neuroretinal degeneration and occurs before the decline in visual acuity or capillary density. We investigated the change in CRT by optical coherence tomography (OCT) in T2DM patients after 12 weeks of treatment with dapagliflozin or glibenclamide.
Methods:
Ninety-seven patients (57 ± 7 years) with T2DM and clinical or subclinical atherosclerosis were randomized 1:1 to dapagliflozin (10 mg/day) or glibenclamide (5 mg/day) on top of metformin XR 1.5 g/day. OCT was obtained in all patients enrolled in the study, both at the time of randomization and at the end of the study.
Results:
Baseline and post-treatment values of fasting glucose and glycated hemoglobin were equivalent in the two arms. There was no difference in change in diabetic retinopathy status after therapy. The center subfield thickness changed by +2(6)μm in the dapagliflozin group and by -1(7) μm in the glibenclamide group (P = 0.001).
Conclusion:
A short-term treatment with dapagliflozin may increase CRT as compared with equivalent glycemic control with glibenclamide.
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