Efficacy and Safety of Liraglutide Versus Placebo as add-on to Existing Diabetes Medication in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes and Moderate Renal Impairment

Summary

This trial is conducted in Europe and the United States of America (USA). The aim of this trial is to investigate the efficacy and safety of liraglutide in subjects with type 2 diabetes and moderate renal impairment. The trial medication will be add-on to the subject's stable pre-trial OAD and/or insulin regimen.

Timeline

Start

2012-06-14

Primary completion

2013-08-20

Completion

2013-08-20

Publications

• Results Davies MJ, Bain SC, Atkin SL, Rossing P, Scott D, Shamkhalova MS, Bosch-Traberg H, Syren A, Umpierrez GE. Efficacy and Safety of Liraglutide Versus Placebo as Add-on to Glucose-Lowering Therapy in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Moderate Renal Impairment (LIRA-RENAL): A Randomized Clinical Trial. Diabetes Care. 2016 Feb;39(2):222-30. doi: 10.2337/dc14-2883. Epub 2015 Dec 17.
• Results Zobel EH, von Scholten BJ, Goldman B, Persson F, Hansen TW, Rossing P. Pleiotropic effects of liraglutide in patients with type 2 diabetes and moderate renal impairment: Individual effects of treatment. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2019 May;21(5):1261-1265. doi: 10.1111/dom.13638. Epub 2019 Feb 22.
• Natale P, Green SC, Tunnicliffe DJ, Pellegrino G, Toyama T, Strippoli GF. Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists for people with chronic kidney disease and diabetes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Feb 18;2(2):CD015849. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015849.pub2.
• Kim JD, Park CY, Cha BY, Ahn KJ, Kim IJ, Park KS, Lee HW, Min KW, Won JC, Chung MY, Kim JT, Kang JG, Park SW. Comparison of Adherence to Glimepiride/Metformin Sustained Release Once-daily Versus Glimepiride/Metformin Immediate Release BID Fixed-combination Therapy Using the Medication Event Monitoring System in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes. Clin Ther. 2018 May;40(5):752-761.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2018.04.002. Epub 2018 May 3.

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