Diabetes Mellitus Type 2CVD-REALNCT02993614
Comparative Effectiveness of Cardiovascular Outcomes in New Users of SGLT-2 Inhibitors
An observational study of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, run by AstraZeneca at 17 sites in 17 countries.
Trial summary
CVD-REAL is a multinational, observational cohort study in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus evaluating the comparative effectiveness of initiating treatment with a sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor versus another glucose-lowering drug. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any age
- Conditions the study is for
- Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
- How many people
- 99,999 participants
- Where
- 17 sitesin 17 countries
- Study dates
- 30 Nov 2017to 17 Dec 2020
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Study population: New users of SGLT--2i and other glucose lowering drugs respectively
Who may be able to join
- New user receiving or dispensed prescription of SGLT-2i medication or other glucose lowering drug, oral as well as injectable, including fixed-dose combination (FDC) products containing these medication groups
- T2DM diagnosis on or prior to the index date
- ≥ 18 years old at index date
- > 1 year data history in the database prior to the index date
Who cannot join
- Patients with a T1DM diagnosis
- Patients with gestational diabetes within 1 year before index date
Trial locations and contacts
17 sites in 17 countries.
17 sites in 17 countries
About this study
Official title: Characteristics and Cardiovascular and Mortality Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Initiating Treatment With Sodium-glucose Co-transporter-2 Inhibitors (SGLT-2i) and Other Glucose Lowering Drugs
CVD-REAL is a multinational, observational cohort study in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus evaluating the comparative effectiveness of initiating treatment with a sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor versus another glucose-lowering drug. This study will compare the risk of all-cause mortality and clinically relevant cardiovascular (CV) outcomes respectively in patients who are new users of SGLT-2 inhibitors with those who are new users of other glucose-lowering drugs. CVD-REAL is aiming to collect data from approximately 4 million patients overall, from twelve countries across three major world regions.
Read the detailed description
Type 2 diabetes mellitus remains a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease with an estimated 425 million adults worldwide having diabetes in 2017, with type 2 diabetes mellitus accounting for about 90% of the cases. Recent evidence indicates that certain glucose-lowering therapies are associated with reduction in cardiovascular outcomes. There is, therefore, an urgent need to improve the understanding of the impact of newer classes of glucose-lowering therapies, such as dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors on cardiovascular outcomes in clinical practice.
CVD-REAL is a comparative effectiveness study that aims to compare new users of SGLT-2 inhibitors with new users of other glucose-lowering drugs with regard to the risk of all-cause mortality and clinically relevant CV outcomes (including stroke, myocardial infarction, and hospitalization for heart failure) respectively. The study is based on data from 12 countries across four major world regions.
The study is conducted using data from claims, medical records and national health registries from twelve countries combined in two waves. CVD-REAL 1 includes Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America (USA). CVD-REAL 2 comprises Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. The study will collect data from approximately 4 million patients from the time they start treatment with a SGLT-2 inhibitor or another glucose-lowering drug (index date) to the end of the follow-up period.
The Study Population will consist of new users of SGLT-2i and other glucose lowering drugs respectively. These will be compared with all-cause mortality, hospitalization for heart failure, myocardial infarction and stroke during the follow-up period. In addition certain other cardiovascular and renal outcomes will be assessed descriptively in the two groups respectively.
The study period will range from launch of the first SGLT-2i in each of the countries and end at latest available data in each data source.
All-cause mortality and the incidence of cardiovascular events will be compared between new users of SGLT-2 inhibitors and the comparator arm using a hazard ratio (relative risk) and corresponding 95% confidence interval. The analysis will be performed using the Cox proportional hazards model or some other appropriate method.
Matching by propensity scores will be used to balance the potential confounding covariates between the SGLT-2i group and the reference group to ensure that the two groups are as similar as possible at baseline.To achieve sufficient power, a meta-analysis will be applied to integrate the point estimates from each of the individual database analyses and calculate an overall weighted estimate and corresponding 95% CI.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
- Medical subject headings
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
CVD REAL1 Incidence of hospitalization for heart failure. / CVD REAL 2 All-cause mortality
Heart failure events obtained from general practice or hospital records, electronic health records or national health registers; All-cause mortality obtained from linkeage to death national registers
Measured: From index date up to latest available data of first prescription of an SGLT-2i or a new oGLD in each of the countries ranging from Sep 11 (UK) until Apr 15 (IL) until the last date of data collection or outcome ranging from Sep 15 (US) to Nov 17 (SG)
Secondary outcomes (1)
CVD REAL1 All-cause mortality; CVD REAL 2: Hospitalization for heart failure (HHF), stroke, myocardial infarction (MI) and including composite endpoints
Events obtained from general practice or hospital records, electronic health records and national health registers. All cause mortality obtained from linkeage to death national registers
Measured: From index date up to latest available data of first prescription of an SGLT-2i or a new oGLD in each of the countries ranging from Sep 11 (UK) until Apr 15 (IL) until the last date of data collection or outcome ranging from Sep 15 (US) to Nov 17 (SG)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted15 Dec 2016 (estimated)
- Study start30 Nov 2017
- Primary completion17 Dec 2020
- Study completion17 Dec 2020
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (5)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Diabetes Mellitus Type 2Studies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by AstraZenecaThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 99,999 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- AstraZeneca
- Sponsor type
- Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02993614
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- D1690R00015
- Acronym
- CVD-REAL
- Status last verified
- Feb 2021
- First submitted
- 13 Dec 2016
- Last updated
- 18 Feb 2021
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Khunti K, Kosiborod M, Kim DJ, Kohsaka S, Lam CSP, Goh SY, Chiang CE, Shaw JE, Cavender MA, Tangri N, Franch-Nadal J, Holl RW, Jorgensen ME, Norhammar A, Eriksson JG, Zaccardi F, Karasik A, Magliano DJ, Thuresson M, Chen H, Wittbrodt E, Bodegard J, Surmont F, Fenici P; CVD-REAL Investigators and Study Group. Cardiovascular outcomes with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors vs other glucose-lowering drugs in 13 countries across three continents: analysis of CVD-REAL data. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2021 Jul 31;20(1):159. doi: 10.1186/s12933-021-01345-z.
PubMed 34332558Nicolucci A, Candido R, Cucinotta D, Graziano G, Rocca A, Rossi MC, Tuccinardi F, Manicardi V. Generalizability of Cardiovascular Safety Trials on SGLT2 Inhibitors to the Real World: Implications for Clinical Practice. Adv Ther. 2019 Oct;36(10):2895-2909. doi: 10.1007/s12325-019-01043-z. Epub 2019 Aug 13.
PubMed 31410779Cavender MA, Norhammar A, Birkeland KI, Jorgensen ME, Wilding JP, Khunti K, Fu AZ, Bodegard J, Blak BT, Wittbrodt E, Thuresson M, Fenici P, Hammar N, Kosiborod M; CVD-REAL Investigators and Study Group. SGLT-2 Inhibitors and Cardiovascular Risk: An Analysis of CVD-REAL. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Jun 5;71(22):2497-2506. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.01.085.
PubMed 29852973Kosiborod M, Lam CSP, Kohsaka S, Kim DJ, Karasik A, Shaw J, Tangri N, Goh SY, Thuresson M, Chen H, Surmont F, Hammar N, Fenici P; CVD-REAL Investigators and Study Group. Cardiovascular Events Associated With SGLT-2 Inhibitors Versus Other Glucose-Lowering Drugs: The CVD-REAL 2 Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Jun 12;71(23):2628-2639. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.03.009. Epub 2018 Mar 11.
PubMed 29540325Kosiborod M, Cavender MA, Fu AZ, Wilding JP, Khunti K, Holl RW, Norhammar A, Birkeland KI, Jorgensen ME, Thuresson M, Arya N, Bodegard J, Hammar N, Fenici P; CVD-REAL Investigators and Study Group*. Lower Risk of Heart Failure and Death in Patients Initiated on Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors Versus Other Glucose-Lowering Drugs: The CVD-REAL Study (Comparative Effectiveness of Cardiovascular Outcomes in New Users of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors). Circulation. 2017 Jul 18;136(3):249-259. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.029190. Epub 2017 May 18.
PubMed 28522450
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 18 Feb 2021. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Characteristics and Cardiovascular and Mortality Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Initiating Treatment With Sodium-glucose Co-transporter-2 Inhibitors (SGLT-2i) and Other Glucose Lowering Drugs
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02993614
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CVD-REAL / D1690R00015
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 99,999 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- AstraZenecaIndustry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Study start
- 30 Nov 2017 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 17 Dec 2020 (actual)
- Study completion
- 17 Dec 2020 (actual)
- First posted
- 15 Dec 2016 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
CVD-REAL is a multinational, observational cohort study in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus evaluating the comparative effectiveness of initiating treatment with a sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor versus another glucose-lowering drug. This study will compare the risk of all-cause mortality and clinically relevant cardiovascular (CV) outcomes respectively in patients who are new users of SGLT-2 inhibitors with those who are new users of other glucose-lowering drugs. CVD-REAL is aiming to collect data from approximately 4 million patients overall, from twelve countries across three major world regions.
Detailed description
Type 2 diabetes mellitus remains a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease with an estimated 425 million adults worldwide having diabetes in 2017, with type 2 diabetes mellitus accounting for about 90% of the cases. Recent evidence indicates that certain glucose-lowering therapies are associated with reduction in cardiovascular outcomes. There is, therefore, an urgent need to improve the understanding of the impact of newer classes of glucose-lowering therapies, such as dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors on cardiovascular outcomes in clinical practice.
CVD-REAL is a comparative effectiveness study that aims to compare new users of SGLT-2 inhibitors with new users of other glucose-lowering drugs with regard to the risk of all-cause mortality and clinically relevant CV outcomes (including stroke, myocardial infarction, and hospitalization for heart failure) respectively. The study is based on data from 12 countries across four major world regions.
The study is conducted using data from claims, medical records and national health registries from twelve countries combined in two waves. CVD-REAL 1 includes Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America (USA). CVD-REAL 2 comprises Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. The study will collect data from approximately 4 million patients from the time they start treatment with a SGLT-2 inhibitor or another glucose-lowering drug (index date) to the end of the follow-up period.
The Study Population will consist of new users of SGLT-2i and other glucose lowering drugs respectively. These will be compared with all-cause mortality, hospitalization for heart failure, myocardial infarction and stroke during the follow-up period. In addition certain other cardiovascular and renal outcomes will be assessed descriptively in the two groups respectively.
The study period will range from launch of the first SGLT-2i in each of the countries and end at latest available data in each data source.
All-cause mortality and the incidence of cardiovascular events will be compared between new users of SGLT-2 inhibitors and the comparator arm using a hazard ratio (relative risk) and corresponding 95% confidence interval. The analysis will be performed using the Cox proportional hazards model or some other appropriate method.
Matching by propensity scores will be used to balance the potential confounding covariates between the SGLT-2i group and the reference group to ensure that the two groups are as similar as possible at baseline.To achieve sufficient power, a meta-analysis will be applied to integrate the point estimates from each of the individual database analyses and calculate an overall weighted estimate and corresponding 95% CI.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- New users of SGLT--2i and other glucose lowering drugs respectively
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- New user receiving or dispensed prescription of SGLT-2i medication or other glucose lowering drug, oral as well as injectable, including fixed-dose combination (FDC) products containing these medication groups
- T2DM diagnosis on or prior to the index date
- ≥ 18 years old at index date
- > 1 year data history in the database prior to the index date
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Patients with a T1DM diagnosis
- Patients with gestational diabetes within 1 year before index date
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
CVD REAL1 Incidence of hospitalization for heart failure. / CVD REAL 2 All-cause mortality
Time frame: From index date up to latest available data of first prescription of an SGLT-2i or a new oGLD in each of the countries ranging from Sep 11 (UK) until Apr 15 (IL) until the last date of data collection or outcome ranging from Sep 15 (US) to Nov 17 (SG)
Heart failure events obtained from general practice or hospital records, electronic health records or national health registers; All-cause mortality obtained from linkeage to death national registers
1 secondary outcome
CVD REAL1 All-cause mortality; CVD REAL 2: Hospitalization for heart failure (HHF), stroke, myocardial infarction (MI) and including composite endpoints
Time frame: From index date up to latest available data of first prescription of an SGLT-2i or a new oGLD in each of the countries ranging from Sep 11 (UK) until Apr 15 (IL) until the last date of data collection or outcome ranging from Sep 15 (US) to Nov 17 (SG)
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 18 Feb 2021.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 34332558Khunti K, Kosiborod M, Kim DJ, Kohsaka S, Lam CSP, Goh SY, Chiang CE, Shaw JE, Cavender MA, Tangri N, Franch-Nadal J, Holl RW, Jorgensen ME, Norhammar A, Eriksson JG, Zaccardi F, Karasik A, Magliano DJ, Thuresson M, Chen H, Wittbrodt E, Bodegard J, Surmont F, Fenici P; CVD-REAL Investigators and Study Group. Cardiovascular outcomes with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors vs other glucose-lowering drugs in 13 countries across three continents: analysis of CVD-REAL data. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2021 Jul 31;20(1):159. doi: 10.1186/s12933-021-01345-z.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 31410779Nicolucci A, Candido R, Cucinotta D, Graziano G, Rocca A, Rossi MC, Tuccinardi F, Manicardi V. Generalizability of Cardiovascular Safety Trials on SGLT2 Inhibitors to the Real World: Implications for Clinical Practice. Adv Ther. 2019 Oct;36(10):2895-2909. doi: 10.1007/s12325-019-01043-z. Epub 2019 Aug 13.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 29852973Cavender MA, Norhammar A, Birkeland KI, Jorgensen ME, Wilding JP, Khunti K, Fu AZ, Bodegard J, Blak BT, Wittbrodt E, Thuresson M, Fenici P, Hammar N, Kosiborod M; CVD-REAL Investigators and Study Group. SGLT-2 Inhibitors and Cardiovascular Risk: An Analysis of CVD-REAL. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Jun 5;71(22):2497-2506. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.01.085.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 29540325Kosiborod M, Lam CSP, Kohsaka S, Kim DJ, Karasik A, Shaw J, Tangri N, Goh SY, Thuresson M, Chen H, Surmont F, Hammar N, Fenici P; CVD-REAL Investigators and Study Group. Cardiovascular Events Associated With SGLT-2 Inhibitors Versus Other Glucose-Lowering Drugs: The CVD-REAL 2 Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Jun 12;71(23):2628-2639. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.03.009. Epub 2018 Mar 11.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 28522450Kosiborod M, Cavender MA, Fu AZ, Wilding JP, Khunti K, Holl RW, Norhammar A, Birkeland KI, Jorgensen ME, Thuresson M, Arya N, Bodegard J, Hammar N, Fenici P; CVD-REAL Investigators and Study Group*. Lower Risk of Heart Failure and Death in Patients Initiated on Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors Versus Other Glucose-Lowering Drugs: The CVD-REAL Study (Comparative Effectiveness of Cardiovascular Outcomes in New Users of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors). Circulation. 2017 Jul 18;136(3):249-259. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.029190. Epub 2017 May 18.
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- Redacted CSR SynopsisLink provided by the sponsor.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
17 sites in 17 countries: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, run by AstraZeneca at 17 sites in 17 countries.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Feb 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 17 sites in United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland and 12 more countries. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
CVD REAL1 Incidence of hospitalization for heart failure. / CVD REAL 2 All-cause mortality (time frame: From index date up to latest available data of first prescription of an SGLT-2i or a new oGLD in each of the countries ranging from Sep 11 (UK) until Apr 15 (IL) until the last date of data collection or outcome ranging from Sep 15 (US) to Nov 17 (SG)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02993614, which also lists 5 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 18 Feb 2021.