drugset / Trial / NCT00397631

Initial Combination With Pioglitazone Study (0431-064)

NCT00397631 ↗

Phase 3 Completed 520 enrolled Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

A clinical study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the initial combination therapy with sitagliptin and pioglitazone in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus not on treatment with insulin or oral antihyperglycemic therapy.

Timeline

Start
2006-12-19
Primary completion
2008-06-28
Completion
2008-06-28

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry Sitagliptin 100 mg q.d. + Pioglitazone 30 mg q.d. vs Pioglitazone 30 mg q.d.; p <0.001; Mean Difference (Net) -0.89 (95% CI -1.13 to -0.65); ANCOVA NCT00397631 ↗

paper Initial combination therapy with sitagliptin and pioglitazone led to a mean reduction from baseline in A1C of -2.4% compared with -1.5% for pioglitazone monotherapy (p<0.001). PMID 21235696 ↗

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Comparator Pioglitazone Small molecule 30 mg Oral
Subject Sitagliptin Small molecule 100 mg Oral