"Did you mean, "decrease"?  I can't see how an increase in HbA1c is a good thing if it's over 7."

No, I meant increase.  Please check for yourself....November of 2019 AHA webcast slide presentation, near the very end of the slide deck.  I found the results of the post AHA presentation to be somewhat contradictory, given the press release that states they are pursuing patents with respect to RVX 208 used in conjunction with SGLT2i and Hemoglobin A1c reduction.  But there you go.  I am not a scientist.  That's why I said I look forward to their publication.  To provide the clarification needed to reconcile the BETonMACE results with the patent appilcation.  I should have been clearer in my original post.