FIGHT study proves type-2 diabetes therapy ineffective in the treatment of high-risk heart failure patients

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Despite improvements in blood sugar control, the therapy did not improve the clinical stability or pumping action of the heart in patients with advanced heart failure. Kenneth B. Margulies, M.D., a professor of Medicine and research director for Heart Failure and Transplantation in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, presented data from the Functional Impact of GLP-1 for Heart Failure Treatment (FIGHT) study at the Am...