Superiority of Glimepiride Over Sitagliptin in Naive Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Summary

Primary Objective: To determine the superiority of glimepiride over sitagliptin in the reduction of HbA1c after 6 months of treatment in patients with monotherapy until the end of the trial. Secondary Objective: To evaluate the effect of glimepiride compared to sitagliptin in: Glucose in fasting conditions; Postprandial glucose; Percentage of patients with HbA1c \< 7% and \< 6.5%; Symptomatic Hypoglycemia; Body weight; Percentage of withdrawal and percentage of patients with rescue therapy; Safety (adverse events and serious adverse events, hypoglycemia, vital signs and laboratory results).

Timeline

Start

2009-07

Primary completion

2010-10

Completion

2010-10

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