Direct head‐to‐head comparison of glycaemic durability of dipeptidyl peptidase‐4 inhibitors and sulphonylureas in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A meta‐analysis of long‐term randomized controlled trials

We performed a meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to compare the long‐term glycaemic durability of dipeptidyl‐peptidase 4 (DPP‐4) inhibitors vs that of sulphonylureas (SUs) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), in terms of the changes in glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels from an intermediate time point (26 or 52 weeks) to 104 weeks of treatment. The Medline (PubMed), Embase (Ovid), and CENTER (Cochrane Library)...