Efficacy and Safety of Vildagliptin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes With HbA1c 9-11%

Summary

This study was not conducted in the United States. The purpose of this study was to assess the safety and effectiveness of two doses of vildagliptin, an unapproved drug, in lowering overall blood glucose levels in people with type 2 diabetes who had not previously been treated with drug therapy to lower their blood sugar and whose blood sugar levels were in a specified range.

Timeline

Start

2004-03

Primary completion

2005-06

Completion

2005-06

Publications

• Pratley RE, Schweizer A, Rosenstock J, Foley JE, Banerji MA, Pi-Sunyer FX, Mills D, Dejager S. Robust improvements in fasting and prandial measures of beta-cell function with vildagliptin in drug-naive patients: analysis of pooled vildagliptin monotherapy database. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2008 Sep;10(10):931-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2007.00835.x. Epub 2007 Dec 17.
• Pratley RE, Rosenstock J, Pi-Sunyer FX, Banerji MA, Schweizer A, Couturier A, Dejager S. Management of type 2 diabetes in treatment-naive elderly patients: benefits and risks of vildagliptin monotherapy. Diabetes Care. 2007 Dec;30(12):3017-22. doi: 10.2337/dc07-1188. Epub 2007 Sep 18.

Drugs

Indications