A Cohort Study of Exposure to Antihyperglycemic Therapy and Survival in Patients with Lung Cancer

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Edvardas DanilaGiedre Smailyte

Abstract

We evaluated the effect of antihyperglycemic therapy on the survival of patients with lung cancer (LC). The analysis included patients with LC and concomitant type 2 diabetes. 15,929 patients were classified into five groups: metformin users, insulin users, metformin and insulin users, sulphonylurea users and non-diabetic group. A multivariate analysis showed that exposure to either metformin or to insulin was associated with a lower risk of LC-specific mortality, and this approached statistical significance (HR 0.82, 95% CI 0.72-92 for metformin and HR 0.65, 95% CI 0.44-95 for insulin). When deaths from all causes were considered, only metformin exposure was associated with a significantly lower risk of death (HR 0.82, 95% CI 0.73-0.92). Users of sulphonylurea were at a higher risk of LC-specific and overall mortality (HRs 1.19, 95% CI 0.99-1.43 and 1.22, 95% CI 1.03-1.45). Our study shows a positive effect of metformin on the survival of patients with LC. Moreover, our results show that exposure to insulin was associated with a lower risk of LC-specific mortality, but not with deaths from all causes. The study results suggested that users of sulphonylurea may be at a higher risk of LC-specific and overall mortality.

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