of patients receiving dapagliflozin compared with 0.9% of
patients receiving placebo [27]. Data from a similar pooled
analysis also showed that dapagliflozin treatment was associated
with a slight increase (up to 5.7%) in urinary tract
infections compared with placebo (3.7%) [28]. As with previous
studies, most cases of genital infection and urinary
tract infection in this investigation were mild to moderate in
severity and responded to antimicrobial treatment based on
clinical judgement and local standards of care. In the present
study, the proportions of patients reporting urinary tract and
genital infections in both groups decreased with time. These
events have also been observed with other SGLT2 inhibitors
[7,21,29–31] and have seldom led to discontinuation in trials