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Mounjaro™ (tirzepatide) injection
2.5 mg/5 mg/7.5 mg/10 mg/12.5 mg/15 mg
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Why did Lilly measure the proportion of participants achieving HbA1c levels of <7%, ≤6.5%, and <5.7%?
The HbA1c levels were chosen based on select guidelines and definitions of glycemic classification.
SURPASS Study HbA1c Values
A HbA1c (glycated hemoglobin) of <7% is the recommended target for most people with diabetes mellitus (DM) in the American Diabetes Association/European Association for the Study of Diabetes (ADA/EASD) guidelines.1,2
A HbA1c of ≤6.5% is recommended target for most people with DM in the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College of Endocrinology (AACE/ACE) guidelines.3
A HbA1c <5.7% is considered a normal HbA1c level, or the level seen in people without DM.4
References
1American Diabetes Association. Standards of medical care in diabetes—2021. Diabetes Care. 2021;44(suppl 1):S1-S232. https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/44/Supplement_1
2Davies MJ, D'Alessio DA, Fradkin J, et al. Management of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes, 2018. A consensus report by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). Diabetes Care. 2018;41(12):2669-2701. https://doi.org/10.2337/dci18-0033
3Garber AJ, Handelsman Y, Grunberger G, et al. Consensus statement by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology on the comprehensive type 2 diabetes management algorithm-2020 executive summary. Endocr Pract. 2020;26(1):107-139. https://doi.org/10.4158/CS-2019-0472
4Understanding A1C. American Diabetes Association website. https://www.diabetes.org/a1c. Accessed November 22, 2021.
Date of Last Review: November 22, 2021