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In a cohort of 12, patients with T2DM and high CV risk, metformin use was associated with lower rates of all-cause mortality, including after adjustment for clinical variables and biomarkers, but not lower rates of the composite endpoint of CV death, MI, or ischemic stroke.
This association was most apparent in patients without prior HF or moderate to severe CKD. Subsequent meta-analyses including the present study have not confirmed the benefit.
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These findings are highly relevant for everyday clinical practice, considering the prevalence of CVD in diabetic patients and the need for specific therapies for the majority of patients with HFpEF. The clinical data further point toward different cardioprotective mechanisms of SGLT2i and GLP1-RA but leave many questions unanswered.
Here, we discuss different hypotheses and potential mechanisms for cardioprotection based on the results from experimental studies, which provide the evidence for direct drug effects on the heart independent of glucose management and not restricted to patients with T2D. Metformin was introduced into the pharmaceutical market in and belongs to the biguanide class, cardiofascular which several compounds were retracted from the market because of the severe side effect lactic acidosis Harrington et al.
The FDA classified HF as a contraindication to metformin therapy up towhich stands against broad evidence from clinical trials Eurich et al. Today, a broad evidence has proven the beneficial effect of metformin as a gold standard for the therapy aand T2D, due to its good tolerability, weight-lowering effect and low risk of hypoglycaemia Apovian et al.
Different studies revealed that lactic acidosis is barely occurring with metformin reviewed in Misbin, The antidiabetic mechanism of metformin is dependent on the inhibition of gluconeogenesis and glucose output in cardiovasculaar liver Foretz et al.
Recent studies demonstrated that the increased release of glucagon-like peptide-1 GLP1 from enterocytes and enteroendocrine cells in the carsiovascular is an important mechanism for the glucose-lowering effect of metformin Glossmann and Lutz, An immunometabolism-based beneficial effect of metformin may also contribute to the improved outcome in non-diabetic HF patients Rena and Lang, Apart from its effect on diabetes and the heart, metformin treatment was shown to extend the lifespan in mice, highlighting a potential anti-aging effect of the drug Martin-Montalvo et al.
However, this effect was not found in other species Glossmann and Lutz, Further results for a potential anti-aging effect of metformin may be expected from the Targeting Aging with Metformin TAME trial, which specifically investigates the effect of metformin on the onset of aging-related diseases MI, congestive HF, stroke, cancer, dementia, deathhowever, the trial was not yet listed in ClinicalTrials.
gov as of May Patients with a recent MI, HF or angina pectoris were excluded. In comparison to other intensive glucose-lowering groups treated with insulin, chlorpropamide or glibenclamide, metformin was superior with respect to diabetes-related endpoints sudden death, death from hypo- or hyperglycaemia, fatal or non-fatal MI, angina, HF, stroke, renal failure, amputation, vitreous hemorrhage, retinopathy requiring photocoagulation, blindness in one eye, or cataract extractionall-cause mortality and stroke.
In addition, metformin treatment was associated with a lower, but non-significant, risk of MI events compared to other intensive glucose-lowering therapies. The beneficial effects of metformin on diabetes-related endpoints, MI and all-cause death were still present after year follow-up without attempts to maintain the previously assigned therapy Holman et al.
Notably, no differences in HbA1c were remaining between metformin and other groups after year follow-up. In T2D patients with a history of CAD, treatment with metformin, compared to glipizide, was associated with lowered re-occurrence of major cardiovascular events MI, stroke, coronary angioplasty, coronary artery bypass graft, cardiovascular death, and death from any cause Hong et al.
The REMOVAL trial, a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study, investigated the effect of metformin on the reduction of insulin requirements and the progression of CAD in T1D patients Petrie et al.
The maximal carotid intima-media thickness cIMT, a correlative parameter for atherosclerosis was significantly reduced in patients treated with metformin, but only trends toward lower mean cIMT progression and insulin requirements were observed. Metformin treatment for 3 years led to the reduction of bodyweight and LDL cholesterol as well as the increase of the estimated glomerular filtration rate eGFR in the patients Petrie et al.
Lowering of HbA1c was initially observed after 3 months, but no differences were remaining 12 months after treatment Petrie et al.
These findings indicate a use of metformin to improve CVD risk management in both T1D and T2D, but do not support a beneficial effect on glycaemic control in T1D patients. A limiting aspect for the evaluation of metformin on cardiovascular outcome in T2D patients represents the reproducibility as well as the number and size of specific clinical trials Boussageon et al.
Critiques of the UKPDS34 trial include the lack of a double-blind design, and no placebo treatment in the control group. In addition, some carduovascular could not confirm the cardioprotective cardiovzscular of metformin in T2D patients, although including data from the UKPDS34 trial Griffin et al.
The re-analysis of the CVOT data with respect to metformin would provide randomized, placebo-controlled evidence. Metformin use was associated with lower rates of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular death but not lower rates of 3P-MACE Bergmark et al.
In the propensity score-matched analysis 2, pairs of patientssimilar results were obtained. This observation cardkovascular most apparent in patients without prior HF or moderate to severe CKD.
various comparators including sulfonylureas, SU Bergmark et al. placebo was reported Han et al. Moreover, Han et al. The already mentioned meta-analysis by Han et al. included the use of metformin in non-diabetic patients, but did not reveal a reduction in cardiovascular events HR: 0.
Evidence for a positive effect of metformin in a non-diabetic population with CAD is provided by the MET-REMODEL trial. Metformin treatment for 12 months led to the reduction in LV mass, bodyweight, subcutaneous adipose tissue, blood pressure and NT-proBNP levels Table 2. Importantly, the reduction in LV mass is unlikely caused by the reduction of blood glucose level Rajagopalan and Rashid, However, most studies in non-diabetic patients reported that metformin treatment had no or only moderately lowering effects on HbA1c levels Lexis et al.
Metfoormin, some studies investigating the effect of metformin on atherosclerosis in non-diabetic patients show different results. Atherosclerosis progression was measured by cIMT, carotid plaque score, and other surrogate markers of CVD and T2D.
The trial confirmed the reduction of bodyweight, waist circumference, body fat, level of insulin and tissue plasminogen activator as well as moderately lowered HbA1c for patients treated with metformin, compared to placebo.
However, several surrogate markers of cardiovascular disease, including primary outcome cIMT, and carotid score, and secondary outcome cholesterol levels HDL, non-HDLtriglycerides, C-reactive protein CRPand fasting glucose were not affected by metformin.
These data are different from those reported in T2D patients, showing reductions in cIMT and total cholesterol levels by metformin in two previous studies Katakami et al. In the study by Katakami et al. The effect might be attributed to the absence of statin treatment in the study population Lexis and van der Horst, Treatment was initiated at the time of hospitalization in patients with ST-elevation MI STEMIwho underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention PCI.
Metformin had no influence on the LV function, NT-proBNP levels or MACE during the 4-month study period Lexis et al. The results revealed that short-term metformin pre-treatment, although safe, did not seem to be an effective strategy to reduce periprocedural myocardial injury.
Taken together, these studies underline the efficacy of standard care for non-diabetic patients. Based on the available data, it appears that further metformin medication may induce a relatively small benefit for cardiovascular outcome in non-diabetic patients.
Therefore, further evidence is needed to clarify whether metformin has cardiovascular benefit in non-diabetes patients with high cardiovascular risk.
The VA-IMPACT Investigation of Metformin in Pre-Diabetes on Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular OuTcomes, NCTa randomized, placebo-controlled and double-blind study with a total of 7, pre-diabetic patients with established CAD will expand our knowledge.
The completion of the study is expected for During the last years, clinical trials provided strong evidence for a cardioprotective effect of GLP1-RA in T2D cardiovadcular Table 1.
GLP1 is a peptide hormone secreted by the intestine in response to food intake. Through its incretin-like activity, the peptide potentiates insulin secretion while inhibiting glucagon release Drucker, GLP1 served as a lead structure for the development of stabilized variants of GLP1-RA to overcome the short plasma half-life of the peptide for therapeutic application Nauck and Meier, The effect of GLP1-RA on insulin levels is glucose dependent, which strongly limits the risk of hypoglycaemia Meloni et al.
In addition, GLP1-RA induce weight loss through the reduction of food intake which is relevant for risk reduction in overweight uealth Drucker, Liraglutide, a GLP1-RA, has been approved for treatment of T2D in by the European Medicines Agency EMAand in by the FDA and for the treatment of obesity in FDA and EMA Iepsen et al.
Liraglutide requires daily injection, whereas prolonged half-life and once-weekly dosing was achieved for newer analogs albiglutide, dulaglutide, and semaglutide.
Semaglutide is further available as an orally-available formulation Jensen et al. In all GLP1-RA CVOTs, the cardiovascular safety was confirmed, and positive outcomes were observed based on the reduction in either 3P-MACE, cardiovascular mortality, or all-cause mortality, albeit to varying degrees for different GLP1-RA Table 1.
Seven CVOTs were performed for the GLP1-RA liraglutide LEADER; Marso et al. A comprehensive meta-analysis integrating the data from all trials was performed by Kristensen et al.
: Metformin and cardiovascular health| Comment policy | In short, a few relatively small-scale RCTs have demonstrated beneficial effects of metformin on myocardial metabolic and functional parameters Fig. However, studies examining the impact of metformin on clinical outcomes in HF are largely limited to observational studies in patients with diabetes. Overall, these observational studies seem to suggest improved cardiovascular outcomes in patients treated with metformin. Randomized outcome trials are needed to further explore these findings, in patients both with and without diabetes. In addition, the relationship between LVEF phenotype and metformin usage remains unclear at this time, which also warrants further investigation. Mechanisms by which metformin improves myocardial function in humans. As depicted, in persons with or without diabetes, metformin treatment 1 improves myocardial energetics by increasing myocardial efficiency and decreasing oxygen consumption, and 2 inhibits oxidative stress and myocardial hypertrophy, resulting in LVH regression. These beneficial effects may collectively contribute to improved myocardial function in patients with heart failure HF. However, the clinical outcomes of HF following metformin intervention remain to be determined by large scale RCTs. Metformin remains one of the most commonly used antidiabetic drugs worldwide. In addition to its antihyperglycemic effects, its beneficial cardiovascular effects are increasingly recognized. Preclinical studies over the past 2 decades have demonstrated cardioprotective roles in atherosclerosis, myocardial injury, and HF. Several RCTs have demonstrated a role for metformin in improving metabolic status and reducing atherosclerosis progression in diverse patient populations, including those with or without type 2 diabetes. A few RCTs have also demonstrated beneficial effects on cardiac metabolic and functional parameters, including in patients with HF. Further preclinical studies are needed to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of metformin. Concurrently, large-scale randomized trials are warranted to evaluate the cardiovascular outcomes of metformin use, especially in patients with a high risk of negative cardiovascular events and HF. Both Jason Z. Li and Y. Robert Li contributed to the review article topic conception, literature searching and analysis, and the writing of the manuscript. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript. Sign In or Create an Account. Search Dropdown Menu. header search search input Search input auto suggest. filter your search All Content All Journals Cardiology. 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You will receive an email when new content is published. Click Here to Manage Email Alerts. Click Here to Manage Email Alerts Back to Healio. We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice slackinc. Back to Healio. Gregory G. Published by:. Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program. Read more about type 2 diabetes. atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. We assessed the risk of publication bias by producing a funnel plot for all-cause mortality. We used RevMan version 5. After removal of duplicates, the initial electronic search identified 20, articles Fig. Following screening of titles and abstracts, we reviewed the full text of 98 articles and included ten articles reporting 13 trials of metformin. The commonest reasons for exclusion at the full text stage were the presence of an active comparator or the absence of text describing the collection of data for cardiovascular events as a study outcome or adverse event. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses PRISMA flow diagram [ 40 ]. The characteristics of included studies are shown in Table 1. Studies reported between and Six were undertaken in Northern Europe [ 12 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 ], six in North America [ 24 , 25 , 26 ] and one in Israel [ 27 ]. Three studies were open-label [ 12 , 21 , 27 ], one of which was a trial of cessation of metformin [ 27 ]. Of the ten placebo-controlled trials, six included other glucose-lowering drugs. We identified four trials including patients allocated to metformin that simply compared metformin with placebo and collected data on cardiovascular outcomes [ 19 , 24 , 25 , 26 ]. In total patients with type 2 diabetes were allocated to metformin, and a similar number to comparison groups, in the included studies. Duration of follow-up ranged from 6 to months; three studies followed patients up for more than 4 years [ 12 , 21 , 22 ]. No studies were assessed as having low risk of bias Fig. The average age of recruited participants ranged from 53 to 65 years and exceeded 60 years in two studies [ 22 , 27 ]. Risk of bias summary. Risk of bias was assessed according to the methods recommended by the Cochrane Collaboration. Question mark, unclear risk of bias; negative sign, high risk of bias; positive sign, low risk of bias. The effect of metformin on risk of all-cause mortality Fig. All outcomes, with the exception of risk of stroke, favoured metformin, with limited heterogeneity between studies, but none achieved statistical significance. Effect sizes M—H RR ranged from 0. One study, the UKPDS [ 21 ], contributed the majority of data to the summary estimates, with weights ranging from We undertook a sensitivity analysis replacing data from the longer term follow-up of UKPDS [ 21 ] with the original published data [ 12 ]. This led to small changes in the pooled estimates that more strongly favoured metformin for risk of stroke but more strongly favoured comparison groups for risk of myocardial infarction and peripheral vascular disease. All of the pooled estimates in the sensitivity analysis remained non-significant metformin vs control. The funnel plot Fig. Funnel plot of effect size estimates for all-cause mortality to assess risk of publication bias. Circles represent M—H RR estimates for all-cause mortality comparing metformin vs control groups. In spite of its long history, we identified only 13 studies, including just over patients with type 2 diabetes allocated to metformin, that addressed our study question, and only four randomised-controlled cardiovascular endpoint trials simply comparing metformin with placebo among patients with type 2 diabetes. Metformin monotherapy appears safe and, while there is a suggestion of benefit, there remains uncertainty about whether it reduces risk of cardiovascular disease. Metformin is the recommended first-line treatment worldwide for patients with type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, while not specifically covered in this review, there remains concern about the observed increased risk of mortality associated with the addition of metformin to sulfonylurea treatment [ 14 , 15 ]. The reports of all included trials either suggested the possibility of bias or provided insufficient information to allow risk of bias to be assessed. The one trial that appeared to exhibit low risk of bias for all but one criterion seemed to be compromised by clinically important baseline differences between study groups [ 22 ]. The majority of data for this review came from the UKPDS [ 21 ], a seminal trial concerning the effectiveness and safety of treatments for type 2 diabetes, albeit exhibiting a number of previously discussed limitations that might influence its interpretation [ 28 ]. We used a sensitive search strategy and systematically searched literature databases and reference lists of previous systematic reviews. However, we only searched three databases and may have excluded trials that are not indexed on MEDLINE or EMBASE or are unpublished. With the exception of screening of some of the full text articles, the reviewing process was undertaken by two authors independently. We undertook quality assessment but included all trials meeting our pre-specified criteria. Definitions of the different cardiovascular outcomes varied between studies, particularly for peripheral vascular disease, which included angiographic findings in Kooy et al [ 22 ] but was restricted to amputation or death because of peripheral vascular disease in Holman et al [ 21 ]. Reporting of adverse events was inconsistent; consequently, for trials in which cardiovascular events were not specified as study outcomes, it was not always clear from the text of articles whether or not these data were collected as part of the monitoring for adverse events. It was also not possible to obtain clarification from authors and so we may have excluded some studies in which relevant data had been collected. However, the number of missed events is likely to be small in studies in which cardiovascular disease was not the main focus and, hence, the impact on summary estimates and conclusions negligible. Unsurprisingly, given the influence of the UKPDS data on this analysis and the overlap of the review question and included studies, our results are broadly similar to those of previous reviews published within the last 10 years [ 14 , 15 , 29 ]. When analysis was restricted to comparisons of metformin with placebo or no drug treatment, metformin appeared to be beneficial M—H OR 0. Our results most closely mirror those of Boussageon et al [ 14 ], who reported no effect of metformin on all-cause mortality M—H RR 0. Metformin lowers glucose and, hence, reduces symptoms of hyperglycaemia. It has a good safety profile, even among patients with impaired renal function [ 31 ], is relatively well tolerated and may even reduce cancer incidence and mortality [ 32 ], although this was not confirmed in a meta-analysis of trials [ 33 ]. The number, size, quality, reporting and findings of randomised trials of metformin have resulted in continuing uncertainty regarding whether it reduces risk of diabetes-related complications, particularly cardiovascular disease. Furthermore, there is a lack of cardiovascular endpoint data directly relevant to a significant proportion of the patients with type 2 diabetes worldwide for whom metformin is the recommended first-line medication. This contrasts with the evidence now available for newer and more expensive glucose-lowering drugs, such as empagliflozin [ 34 ] and liraglutide [ 10 ], and of course for medications targeting different risk factors, for example statins. It is unlikely that patients, practitioners and ethics committees are all sufficiently close to equipoise to enable a large, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cardiovascular endpoint trial of metformin among patients with diabetes. It is also doubtful that a suitable industry, charity or government funder could be identified. While such a trial might reduce uncertainty about whether metformin is more effective than placebo, it would not inform common therapeutic dilemmas, such as which of the many available glucose-lowering drugs or combination of drugs to use, in which order to use them and for which patient. Possible, at least partial, solutions include the use of electronic health records to facilitate large, long-term, pragmatic, efficient trials comparing the effect of different treatments new and old on cardiovascular outcomes, plus the increased use of factorial trials in which an industry-sponsored new medication can be evaluated alongside older drugs such as metformin. There has been considerable hope and hype concerning the potential for precision medicine to inform treatment decisions [ 35 ], but progress is hampered by our lack of understanding about the mechanisms of action of metformin and a focus on intermediate endpoints. Publication of cardiovascular outcome data from adverse event reporting in trials of metformin would increase the data available for meta-analysis, thereby reducing the uncertainty of effect size estimates, but the small number of additional events are unlikely to lead to definitive conclusions. Although, these estimates were inflated because of participants undergoing outcome assessment while still taking metformin [ 38 ]. Indeed, metformin is now licensed in some countries for this indication. This effectively amounts to starting glucose-lowering treatment early in order to prevent the onset of diabetes and the need for glucose-lowering treatment, the aim of which is to reduce symptoms and risk of complications. Given that people at risk of diabetes do not have symptoms attributable to hyperglycaemia, the rationale for recommending metformin would be considerably strengthened if trial evidence was available demonstrating that the use of metformin in people at risk of diabetes reduced risk of complications, such as cardiovascular disease. Perhaps, therefore, there is greater interest, opportunity and need for a cardiovascular endpoint trial evaluation of metformin among people without diabetes than among those already living with the condition. While acknowledging that metformin has pleiotropic effects, if it was shown to be effective in such a trial, the near-linear relationship between HbA 1c and risk of cardiovascular disease and death [ 39 ], and the somewhat arbitrary diagnostic threshold for diabetes, might also reinforce the reputation of metformin for treating diabetes. Metformin is cheap, widely available, safe, backed by pharmaco-epidemiological and anecdotal evidence following up to 60 years of regular use in practice, and appears more likely to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease than increase it. Albeit, the latter assessment is based on a few small trials, with notable limitations, among an unrepresentative subset of patients. Newer agents that could potentially be used early in the course of the disease are now available, and are backed by data from recent rigorous cardiovascular endpoint trials. However, they remain very expensive and lack data on long-term use. Perhaps in spite of, rather than because of, the evidence, metformin is likely to remain the first-line treatment for the hyperglycaemia associated with type 2 diabetes for the foreseeable future. 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| Introduction | Here, we review the role of metformin and its potential to reduce cardiovascular events in the healthy elderly. Diabetes Obes. We have previously shown that metformin ameliorates obesity-associated hypertriglyceridemia in mice partly through the apolipoprotein A5 pathway [ 57 ]. Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Najeeb S, Zafar MS, Khurshid Z, Zohaib S, Madathil SA, Mali M, et al. Notably, sitagliptin treatment of T2D patients for 6 weeks led to reduced postprandial plasma levels of apoB, apoB48, triglyceride, VLDL and glucose Tremblay et al. Metformin and CVD Recently, metformin has been proposed as an anti-ageing drug [15]. SJG is an NIHR senior investigator. |
| Where a study on metformin and cardiovascular disease fell short – and what it can teach us | Li D, Wang D, Wang Y, Ling W, Feng X, Xia M. These findings are highly relevant for everyday clinical practice, considering the prevalence of CVD in diabetic patients and the need for specific therapies for the majority of patients with HFpEF. Rena, G. Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD is caused by smoking or air pollution and progressively limits the airflow. Knowler WC, Barrett-Connor E, Fowler SE, Hamman RF, Lachin JM, et al. Additional information Publisher's Note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. |
| Beyond type 2 diabetes, metformin may also offer heart benefits | This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. BMJ d Background Coronary artery disease CAD is the most common cardiovascular disease. In this review, we summarize the results from clinical studies evaluating the cardioprotective potential of glucose-lowering drugs including metformin, DPP4i, GLP1-RA, and SGLT2i. Harmony Outcomes and REWIND investigated the effects of albiglutide and dulaglutide, respectively, and reported the reduction of 3P-MACE incidence consistent with the benefits of liraglutide and subcutaneous semaglutide Hernandez et al. Given that people at risk of diabetes do not have symptoms attributable to hyperglycaemia, the rationale for recommending metformin would be considerably strengthened if trial evidence was available demonstrating that the use of metformin in people at risk of diabetes reduced risk of complications, such as cardiovascular disease. Current treatment guidelines recommend the use of metformin as a first-line therapy for patients with DM [ 8 ]. |
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