Efficacy and Safety of Linagliptin in Elderly Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Summary

The objective of the current study is to investigate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of linagliptin (5 mg / once daily) compared to placebo given for 24 weeks as add-on therapy to stable treatment in elderly patients with T2DM with insufficient glycaemic control

Timeline

Start

2010-03

Primary completion

2011-06

Completion

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Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper At week 24, placebo-adjusted mean change in HbA1c with linagliptin was -0·64% (95% CI -0·81 to -0·48, p<0·0001). PMID 23948125 ↗

Publications

• Lajara R, Aguilar R, Hehnke U, Woerle HJ, von Eynatten M. Efficacy and safety of linagliptin in subjects with long-standing type 2 diabetes mellitus (>10 years): evidence from pooled data of randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III trials. Clin Ther. 2014 Nov 1;36(11):1595-605. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2014.07.020. Epub 2014 Sep 16.
• McGill JB, Barnett AH, Lewin AJ, Patel S, Neubacher D, von Eynatten M, Woerle HJ. Linagliptin added to sulphonylurea in uncontrolled type 2 diabetes patients with moderate-to-severe renal impairment. Diab Vasc Dis Res. 2014 Jan;11(1):34-40. doi: 10.1177/1479164113507068. Epub 2013 Oct 29.
• Barnett AH, Huisman H, Jones R, von Eynatten M, Patel S, Woerle HJ. Linagliptin for patients aged 70 years or older with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled with common antidiabetes treatments: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2013 Oct 26;382(9902):1413-23. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61500-7. Epub 2013 Aug 13.

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