should be treated with some caution because most of the
currently available data come from a single trial of
empaglifl ozin,6 and although our analyses provide little
evidence that effi cacy results diff er between individual
SGLT2 inhibitors, additional data from planned and
continuing studies of other drugs in the class1,73
(canaglifl ozin NCT01989754, NCT01032629, and
NCT02065791; dapaglifl ozin NCT01730534; ertuglifl ozin
NCT01986881) are needed to substantiate these results.
Although the capacity to draw conclusions about the longterm
eff ects of SGLT2 inhibitors as a class is still limited by
the available data, our overview fi ndings suggest that
accumulating data will lend support to SGLT2 inhibitors as
the fi rst drug class targeting glycaemia to deliver
cardiovascular protection and that SGLT2 inhibition will
become a mainstay of treatment for patients with type 2
diabetes at high risk of cardiovascular events.