Effect of Liraglutide on Blood Glucose Control in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

Summary

This trial is conducted in Europe. The trial is designed to show the effect of treatment with liraglutide or placebo on blood glucose control after 14 weeks in subjects with type 2 diabetes. Liraglutide or placebo is administered by injection once daily in the evening. The trial is a multi-national trial with treatment concealed to participating subjects, investigators and the sponsor. Treatment allocation is random with equal chance of being assigned to each group.

Timeline

Start

2005-01

Primary completion

2005-10

Completion

2005-10

Publications

• Results Vilsboll T, Brock B, Perrild H, Levin K, Lervang HH, Kolendorf K, Krarup T, Schmitz O, Zdravkovic M, Le-Thi T, Madsbad S. Liraglutide, a once-daily human GLP-1 analogue, improves pancreatic B-cell function and arginine-stimulated insulin secretion during hyperglycaemia in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabet Med. 2008 Feb;25(2):152-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02333.x. Epub 2008 Jan 14.
• Results Courreges JP, Vilsboll T, Zdravkovic M, Le-Thi T, Krarup T, Schmitz O, Verhoeven R, Buganova I, Madsbad S. Beneficial effects of once-daily liraglutide, a human glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue, on cardiovascular risk biomarkers in patients with Type 2 diabetes. Diabet Med. 2008 Sep;25(9):1129-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2008.02484.x. No abstract available.
• Results Vilsboll T, Zdravkovic M, Le-Thi T, Krarup T, Schmitz O, Courreges JP, Verhoeven R, Buganova I, Madsbad S. Liraglutide, a long-acting human glucagon-like peptide-1 analog, given as monotherapy significantly improves glycemic control and lowers body weight without risk of hypoglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2007 Jun;30(6):1608-10. doi: 10.2337/dc06-2593. Epub 2007 Mar 19. No abstract available.
• Results Horowitz M, Vilsboll T, Zdravkovic M, Hammer M, Madsbad S. Patient-reported rating of gastrointestinal adverse effects during treatment of type 2 diabetes with the once-daily human GLP-1 analogue, liraglutide. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2008 Jul;10(7):593-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2008.00861.x. Epub 2008 Apr 22. No abstract available.
• Results Jensen TM, Saha K, Steinberg WM. Is there a link between liraglutide and pancreatitis? A post hoc review of pooled and patient-level data from completed liraglutide type 2 diabetes clinical trials. Diabetes Care. 2015 Jun;38(6):1058-66. doi: 10.2337/dc13-1210. Epub 2014 Dec 12.

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