A Study to Compare Taspoglutide and Insulin Glargine in Insulin-Naïve Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Inadequately Controlled on Metformin and Sulfonylurea Combination Therapy
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01051011 |
Recruitment Status :
Terminated
(high discontinuation rates mainly due to GI tolerability and implementation of risk mitigation plan to address hypersensitivity reactions)
First Posted : January 18, 2010
Last Update Posted : November 2, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 | Drug: insulin glargine Drug: metformin Drug: taspoglutide | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 370 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Multi-center, Randomized, Open-label, Active-controlled Study to Compare the Safety, Tolerability and Effect on Glycemic Control of Taspoglutide Versus Insulin Glargine in Insulin-naive Type 2 Diabetic Patients Inadequately Controlled With Metformin and Sulphonylurea Combination Therapy. |
Study Start Date : | January 2010 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2010 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2010 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1 |
Drug: metformin
as prescribed Drug: taspoglutide 10mg sc weekly, 24 (-52) weeks |
Experimental: 2 |
Drug: metformin
as prescribed Drug: taspoglutide 10mg sc weekly the 1st 4 weeks followed by 20mg sc weekly, 24 (-52) weeks |
Active Comparator: 3 |
Drug: insulin glargine
initial dose 10 international units (IU) sc daily, titrated according to the mean FPG, 24 (-52) weeks Drug: metformin as prescribed |
- Glycemic control assessed by HbA1c [ Time Frame: week 24 ]
- Fasting plasma glucose, incidence of hypoglycemia, proportion of patients achieving target HbA1c [ Time Frame: week 24 ]
- Body weight, lipid profile (triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL and HDL cholesterol, LDL/HDL ratio) [ Time Frame: week 24 ]
- Safety and tolerability: Adverse events (including hypoglycemia), vital signs, laboratory parameters [ Time Frame: throughout study, laboratory assessments weeks 12, 24, 32 and 52 ]
- Meal tolerance test (in a subset of patients): Glucose, insulin, C-peptide, glucagon values [ Time Frame: week 24 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- adult patients, 18-75 years of age
- type 2 diabetes mellitus, treated with stable dose of metformin and sulfonylurea for >/= 12 weeks prior to screening
- HbA1c 7-10% at screening
- body weight stable (+/-5%) for >/= 12 weeks prior to screening
- fasting C-peptide >/=1ng/ml
- treatment-naïve for insulin
Exclusion Criteria:
- diagnosis or history of type 1 diabetes mellitus or secondary forms of diabetes
- acute metabolic diabetic complications or evidence of clinically significant diabetic complications
- clinically symptomatic gastrointestinal disease
- history of chronic pancreatitis or acute idiopathic pancreatitis
- >3 episodes of severe hypoglycemia within 6 months prior to screening
- miocardial infarcion, unstable angina pectoris, coronary artery bypass surgery, post-transplantation cardiomyopathy or stroke within 6 months prior to screening
- any treatment with exenatide, exendin analogues, GLP-1 or its analogues

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01051011

Study Director: | Clinical Trials | Hoffmann-La Roche |
Responsible Party: | Hoffmann-La Roche |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01051011 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
ZC22565 |
First Posted: | January 18, 2010 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 2, 2016 |
Last Verified: | November 2016 |
Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Endocrine System Diseases Metformin Insulin Glargine |
Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Hypoglycemic Agents Physiological Effects of Drugs Incretins Hormones Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists |