Efficacy and Safety of Vildagliptin in Combination With Pioglitazone in Drug Naive Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Summary

Many people with type 2 diabetes cannot maintain target blood glucose levels when taking a single oral drug. The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and effectiveness of the combination of vildagliptin, an unapproved drug, and pioglitazone in lowering overall blood glucose levels in people with type 2 diabetes who have not previously been treated with drug therapy to lower their blood sugar.

Timeline

Start

2005-01

Primary completion

2006-01

Completion

2006-01

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Both low-dose and high-dose combinations were significantly more efficacious than pioglitazone alone (p = 0.039 and p < 0.001 respectively). PMID 17300593 ↗

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.
• Rosenstock J, Kim SW, Baron MA, Camisasca RP, Cressier F, Couturier A, Dejager S. Efficacy and tolerability of initial combination therapy with vildagliptin and pioglitazone compared with component monotherapy in patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2007 Mar;9(2):175-85. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2006.00698.x.

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