Impact of Dapagliflozin as Add-on Therapy on Glycemic Status and Quality of Life in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

This interventional randomized clinical study was conducted from May to December 2022, at the National Diabetic Centre for treatment and research/ Mustansiriyah University/ Baghdad/ Iraq. Ethical approval from the diabetic center and college of pharmacy/ Mustansiriyah University, was taken prior to the study initiation. All investigations/ procedures carried out in this study involving human participants were in accordance with the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Participants Recruitment Patients enrolled in the study with the following criteria: T2DM patients, age between 18-70 years, on a combination of OADs (sulfonylurea + metformin + gliptin) for at least 8 weeks before enrolment. Patients involved had an elevated glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) \[7%-12.0%\] at the time of enrollment. Patients who met the inclusion criteria and agreed to the study protocol were recruited, a written consent was obtained from all participants before starting the study. All patients involved were received Dapagliflozin 5mg once daily for 16 weeks. Sulfonylurea could be down-titrated only once during the treatment period to mitigate the risk of recurrent hypoglycemic events at the discretion of the investigator. Initially, 45 participant who met the criteria involved in the study and finished all the baseline requirement. At the end of the study, five cases recruited and the most with the commonest reasons for discontinuation being non-adherent with the study medication (1 case), non-compliance with the appointment (2 cases) and adverse events (2 cases of genitourinary infection). A total of 40 patients were completed the study.