Eli Lilly has announced top line results from REWIND, a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial designed to study dulaglutide (Trulicity). The cardiovascular outcomes trial, which had a median follow-up period of more than 5 years, evaluated cardiovascular outcomes in nearly 10,000 patients with type 2 diabetes.
The primary endpoint of REWIND was time until the first occurrence of a major adverse cardiovascular event. Patients who received dulaglutide had a significantly reduced incidence of these events, compared with placebo, meeting the primary trial endpoint. No specific results were announced.
REWIND was distinct in that it had limited participation from people with established cardiovascular disease, which allowed dulaglutide’s effect to be measured in a broad population of people with type 2 diabetes, Eli Lilly said in their press release.
Dulaglutide is a GLP-1 receptor agonist, and trial participants received a 1.5-mg dose once a week.
Full results of the REWIND trial will be presented at the annual scientific sessions of the American Diabetes Association in June 2019.