Efficacy and Safety of Diamyd® in Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes

Summary

This is a randomized, placebo-controlled phase II study to investigate if a prime and boost of 20ug Diamyd® (rhGAD65 formulated in Alhydrogel®), administered subcutaneously four weeks apart, is safe and can preserve beta cell function in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes with a diabetes duration less than 18 months at intervention.

Timeline

Start

2005-01

Primary completion

2007-10

Completion

2007-12

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper The study treatment had no significant effect on change in fasting C-peptide level after 15 months (the primary end point). PMID 18843118 ↗

Publications

• Ludvigsson J, Cheramy M, Axelsson S, Pihl M, Akerman L, Casas R; Clinical GAD-Study Group in Sweden. GAD-treatment of children and adolescents with recent-onset type 1 diabetes preserves residual insulin secretion after 30 months. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2014 Jul;30(5):405-14. doi: 10.1002/dmrr.2503.
• Ludvigsson J, Hjorth M, Cheramy M, Axelsson S, Pihl M, Forsander G, Nilsson NO, Samuelsson BO, Wood T, Aman J, Ortqvist E, Casas R. Extended evaluation of the safety and efficacy of GAD treatment of children and adolescents with recent-onset type 1 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial. Diabetologia. 2011 Mar;54(3):634-40. doi: 10.1007/s00125-010-1988-1. Epub 2010 Nov 30.
• Ludvigsson J, Faresjo M, Hjorth M, Axelsson S, Cheramy M, Pihl M, Vaarala O, Forsander G, Ivarsson S, Johansson C, Lindh A, Nilsson NO, Aman J, Ortqvist E, Zerhouni P, Casas R. GAD treatment and insulin secretion in recent-onset type 1 diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2008 Oct 30;359(18):1909-20. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0804328. Epub 2008 Oct 8.

Drugs

Indications