Comparison of NN5401 With Biphasic Insulin Aspart 30 in Type 2 Diabetes

Summary

This trial is conducted in Asia, Europe and Oceania. The aim of this clinical trial is to compare NN5401 (insulin degludec/insulin aspart) with biphasic insulin aspart 30 in subjects with type 2 diabetes.

Timeline

Start

2009-11-05

Primary completion

2010-08-23

Completion

2010-08-23

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper IDegAsp achieving the prespecified noninferiority margin for mean change in HbA1c (estimated treatment difference [ETD] -0.03% points [95% CI -0.18 to 0.13]). PMID 24812432 ↗

Publications

• Background Evans M, Gundgaard J, Hansen BB. Cost-Effectiveness of Insulin Degludec/Insulin Aspart Versus Biphasic Insulin Aspart in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes from a Danish Health-Care Perspective. Diabetes Ther. 2016 Dec;7(4):809-823. doi: 10.1007/s13300-016-0195-6. Epub 2016 Aug 23.
• Results Fulcher GR, Christiansen JS, Bantwal G, Polaszewska-Muszynska M, Mersebach H, Andersen TH, Niskanen LK; BOOST: Intensify Premix I Investigators. Comparison of insulin degludec/insulin aspart and biphasic insulin aspart 30 in uncontrolled, insulin-treated type 2 diabetes: a phase 3a, randomized, treat-to-target trial. Diabetes Care. 2014 Aug;37(8):2084-90. doi: 10.2337/dc13-2908. Epub 2014 May 8.
• Results Christiansen JS, Niskanen L, Rasmussen S, Johansen T, Fulcher G. Lower rates of hypoglycemia during maintenance treatment with insulin degludec/insulin aspart versus biphasic insulin aspart 30: a combined analysis of two Phase 3a studies in type 2 diabetes. J Diabetes. 2016 Sep;8(5):720-8. doi: 10.1111/1753-0407.12355. Epub 2016 Mar 6.
• Results Haluzik M, Fulcher G, Pieber TR, Bardtrum L, Tutkunkardas D, Rodbard HW. The co-formulation of insulin degludec and insulin aspart lowers fasting plasma glucose and rates of confirmed and nocturnal hypoglycaemia, independent of baseline glycated haemoglobin levels, disease duration or body mass index: A pooled meta-analysis of phase III studies in patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2018 Jul;20(7):1585-1592. doi: 10.1111/dom.13261. Epub 2018 Mar 25.
• Results Fulcher G, Mehta R, Fita EG, Ekelund M, Bain SC. Efficacy and Safety of IDegAsp Versus BIAsp 30, Both Twice Daily, in Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Post Hoc Analysis of Two Phase 3 Randomized Controlled BOOST Trials. Diabetes Ther. 2019 Feb;10(1):107-118. doi: 10.1007/s13300-018-0531-0. Epub 2018 Nov 24.
• Yang W, Akhtar S, Franek E, Haluzik M, Hirose T, Kalyanam B, Kar S, Wu T, Gogas Yavuz D, Unnikrishnan AG. Postprandial Glucose Excursions in Asian Versus Non-Asian Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Post Hoc Analysis of Baseline Data from Phase 3 Randomised Controlled Trials of IDegAsp. Diabetes Ther. 2022 Feb;13(2):311-323. doi: 10.1007/s13300-021-01196-7. Epub 2022 Jan 19.

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