Study type

Study topic

Human medicinal product
Disease /health condition

Study type

Non-interventional study

Scope of the study

Disease epidemiology
Drug utilisation
Other

If ‘other’, further details on the scope of the study

Study of association of socioeconomic parameters with treatment decision

Data collection methods

Secondary use of data
Non-interventional study

Non-interventional study design

Other

Non-interventional study design, other

Multi-country, multi-site study
Study drug and medical condition

Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) code

(A10BK) Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors
Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors
(A10BH) Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors
Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors
(A10BJ) Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogues
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogues

Medical condition to be studied

Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Population studied

Short description of the study population

The study population included patients aged 18 years or older diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) initiated treatment with empagliflozin or other SGLT2i, DPP4i or GLP-1 RA between August 2019 and January 2021 in European countries.
Inclusion criteria:
1. Written informed consent prior to participation
2. Female and male patients age ≥18 years
3. Patients with T2D diagnosis
4. Patients who have been initiated (first ever use) with empagliflozin or other SGLT2i, DPP4i or GLP-1 RA between September 2018 and December 2018 (study index date 1)
5. Patients who have been naive to treatment with empagliflozin or other SGLT2i, DPP4i or GLP-1 RA at study index date 1

Exclusion criteria:
1. Patients age <18 years
2. Patients diagnosis of other types of diabetes than T2D
3. Patients who do not provide written consent to the terms of the study.

Age groups

Adults (18 to < 46 years)
Adults (46 to < 65 years)
Adults (65 to < 75 years)
Adults (75 to < 85 years)
Adults (85 years and over)

Special population of interest

Other

Special population of interest, other

Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Estimated number of subjects

4000
Study design details

Main study objective

To describe and compare T2D patients' baseline characteristics when initiating either empagliflozin - or other SGLT2i, DPP4i or GLP1a on top of current antidiabetic treatment by different HCP specialties in CEE countries

Outcomes

T2D patients’ baseline characteristics when initiating either empagliflozin - or other SGLT2i, DPP4i or GLP1a on top of current antidiabetic treatment by different HCP specialties in CEE countries., Burden of comorbidities (prevalence of CVD, CKD and CVD/CKD risk factors) (index date 1) - Actual treatment use (index date 1) in patients with/without established CVD - Association of socioeconomic parameters with treatment decisions (index date 1) - Discontinuation rate of actual treatment (index date 2), reasons for discontinuation and average treatment duration for GLP1a, DPP4i and SGLT2

Data analysis plan

All analyses in this study are descriptive; results are to be interpreted in an explorative manner. For categorical variables summary tabulations of the number and percentage within each category (with a category for missing data) of the parameter will be presented. For continuous variables number of values, mean, standard deviation, minimum, median, maximum and number of missing values will be presented. Incidence rates and 95% CI will be given when appropriate.
Documents
Study results
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