A Study to Determine the Safety and Efficacy of Albiglutide in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Summary

A study to determine the safety and efficacy of albiglutide in subjects with type 2 diabetes.

Timeline

Start

2009-02

Primary completion

2012-01

Completion

2013-05

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Albiglutide was non-inferior to insulin glargine at reducing HbA1c at week 52 PMID 25208756 ↗

paper indicated non-inferiority of albiglutide to insulin glargine based on the pre-specified non-inferiority margin of 0.3% (3.3 mmol/mol, p = 0.0086). PMID 25208756 ↗

Publications

• Home PD, Ahren B, Reusch JEB, Rendell M, Weissman PN, Cirkel DT, Miller D, Ambery P, Carr MC, Nauck MA. Three-year data from 5 HARMONY phase 3 clinical trials of albiglutide in type 2 diabetes mellitus: Long-term efficacy with or without rescue therapy. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2017 Sep;131:49-60. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2017.06.013. Epub 2017 Jun 15.
• Young MA, Wald JA, Matthews JE, Scott R, Hodge RJ, Zhi H, Reinhardt RR. Clinical pharmacology of albiglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist. Postgrad Med. 2014 Nov;126(7):84-97. doi: 10.3810/pgm.2014.11.2836.
• Weissman PN, Carr MC, Ye J, Cirkel DT, Stewart M, Perry C, Pratley R. HARMONY 4: randomised clinical trial comparing once-weekly albiglutide and insulin glargine in patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled with metformin with or without sulfonylurea. Diabetologia. 2014 Dec;57(12):2475-84. doi: 10.1007/s00125-014-3360-3. Epub 2014 Sep 11.
• Young MA, Wald JA, Matthews JE, Yang F, Reinhardt RR. Effect of renal impairment on the pharmacokinetics, efficacy, and safety of albiglutide. Postgrad Med. 2014 May;126(3):35-46. doi: 10.3810/pgm.2014.05.2754.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	albiglutide	Peptide	—	Subcutaneous
Comparator	insulin glargine	Protein / enzyme biologic	—	—

Indications