Descriptive only

Heart failure events

Heart failure with left ventricular ejection fraction above 40 percent

longest follow-upCause specific hazardsDoses of a drug pooledHazard ratio

Randomized trials

Treatments

Participants

Trial arms

In plain language

No network meta-analysis was fitted here. The protocol requires at least two trials forming a connected network; this outcome has 1 trial. The trial data below are shown as reported.

Network of trials

Each circle is a treatment; each line joins treatments that were randomized against each other in at least one trial.

Node area shows participants; line width shows trials comparing two treatments directly. Blue: GLP-1 receptor agonist containing treatments; grey: comparators. Hover over or tab to a node or line for details.

Baseline characteristics of the trials

The baseline value of each effect modifier or prognostic factor that applies here, per trial: mean or percent over arms, weighted by the number randomized. A note under a value names a stand in (a median for a mean, 100 minus the male share, Asian subgroup rows, an all Asian site list); "not reported" means no source of the trial prints it.

Baseline effect modifiers and prognostic factors per trial
Trial	Left ventricular ejection fraction (percent) prognostic factor; 1 of 1
STEP HFpEF DM S000161	56.01 median

Comparability of the trials

Checked across designs (the set of treatments each trial compares) for eligibility, outcome definition and assessment, and the baseline factors above. Flags point to possible intransitivity; notes describe variation that is not tied to design.

No comparability concerns were found.

Comparability items per trial
Trial	time weeks	analysis set	definition	instrument	adjudicated	proportion method	intercurrent events (discontinuation)	intercurrent events (rescue)	blinding	funding	start year	Eligibility
STEP HFpEF DM	57	full_analysis	adjudicated hospitalization or urgent visit with intravenous therapy for heart failure	not stated	yes	not stated	not stated	not stated	double_blind	industry	2021	age 18 or older; heart failure with LVEF 45% or more; BMI 30 or more; type 2 diabetes with HbA1c 10% or less

Trial data

What each trial contributes. Arm rows give the arm value with its standard error, or events over participants; contrast rows give the hazard ratio on the analysis scale (log) against the trial's first row. Flags mark converted, combined or approximated inputs.

Trial data entering this analysis
Trial	Arm	Treatment	Week	Data	Value	SE	Events / N	Flags	Source
STEP HFpEF DM	A1	SEMA_SC	57	contrast, hr	-0.916	0.463			R0020223:Table 2
STEP HFpEF DM	A2	PLACEBO	57	contrast, hr					R0020223:Table 2

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