SUSTAIN‐6 was actually a phase III pre‐approval study with a much smaller population than LEADER, but the study design and patient population were similar to LEADER. SUSTAIN‐6 randomized 3297 patients with type 2 diabetes and high CV risk to semaglutide 0.5 to 1.0 mg once weekly or placebo, and assessed CV outcomes after 2.1 years.75 Semaglutide significantly reduced the three‐point MACE by 26%, an effect that was mainly driven by a 39% reduction of non‐fatal stroke. The EXSCEL trial randomized 14 752 patients with type 2 diabetes at high CV risk to once‐weekly exenatide or placebo and, after 3.3 years, exenatide showed a numerical but non‐significant reduction of the three‐point MACE (HR 0.91, 95% CI 0.83‐1.00; P = 0.061). In an intention‐to‐treat analysis there was a significant reduction in all‐cause mortality by 14% (P = 0.016), which was considered exploratory because the primary endpoint did not show superiority.76