Enrolment criteria for diabetes cardiovascular outcome trials do not inform on generalizability to clinical practice: The case of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists.
Veronica SciannameoPaola BerchiallaEmanuela OrsiOlga LamacchiaSusanna MoranoFabrizio QuerciAgostino ConsoliAngelo AvogaroGian Poalo Fadininull nullPublished in: Diabetes, obesity & metabolism (2020)
A very small proportion of real-world patients constitute true CVOT-like populations. These findings question whether any meaningful information can be drawn from applying trial enrolment criteria to real-world T2D patients.