A Trial Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Insulin Degludec/Liraglutide Versus Insulin Glargine in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Summary

This trial is conducted globally. The aim of the trial is to compare the efficacy and safety of insulin degludec/liraglutide versus insulin glargine in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Timeline

Start

2013-09-20

Primary completion

2014-11-04

Completion

2014-11-04

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper meeting criteria for noninferiority (P < .001), and also meeting criteria for statistical superiority (P < .001). PMID 26934259 ↗

registry Treatment contrast -0.59 (95% CI -0.74 to -0.45); ANCOVA NCT01952145 ↗

Publications

• Results Lingvay I, Perez Manghi F, Garcia-Hernandez P, Norwood P, Lehmann L, Tarp-Johansen MJ, Buse JB; DUAL V Investigators. Effect of Insulin Glargine Up-titration vs Insulin Degludec/Liraglutide on Glycated Hemoglobin Levels in Patients With Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes: The DUAL V Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2016 Mar 1;315(9):898-907. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.1252.
• Results Hunt B, Mocarski M, Valentine WJ, Langer J. Evaluation of the long-term cost-effectiveness of IDegLira versus liraglutide added to basal insulin for patients with type 2 diabetes failing to achieve glycemic control on basal insulin in the USA. J Med Econ. 2017 Jul;20(7):663-670. doi: 10.1080/13696998.2017.1301943. Epub 2017 Mar 15.
• Results Hunt B, Mocarski M, Valentine WJ, Langer J. Evaluation of the Short-Term Cost-Effectiveness of IDegLira Versus Continued Up-Titration of Insulin Glargine U100 in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in the USA. Adv Ther. 2017 Apr;34(4):954-965. doi: 10.1007/s12325-017-0502-2. Epub 2017 Mar 9.
• Results Norwood P, Chen R, Jaeckel E, Lingvay I, Jarlov H, Lehmann L, Heller S. Rates of hypoglycaemia are lower in patients treated with insulin degludec/liraglutide (IDegLira) than with IDeg or insulin glargine, regardless of the hypoglycaemia definition used. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2017 Nov;19(11):1562-1569. doi: 10.1111/dom.12972. Epub 2017 Jul 10.
• Results Lingvay I, Harris S, Jaeckel E, Chandarana K, Ranthe MF, Jodar E. Insulin degludec/liraglutide (IDegLira) was effective across a range of dysglycaemia and body mass index categories in the DUAL V randomized trial. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2018 Jan;20(1):200-205. doi: 10.1111/dom.13043. Epub 2017 Jul 31.
• Results Psota M, Psenkova MB, Racekova N, Ramirez de Arellano A, Vandebrouck T, Hunt B. Cost-effectiveness analysis of IDegLira versus basal-bolus insulin for patients with type 2 diabetes in the Slovak health system. Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2017 Dec 12;9:749-762. doi: 10.2147/CEOR.S143127. eCollection 2017.
• Results Lingvay I, Handelsman Y, Linjawi S, Vilsboll T, Halladin N, Ranc K, Liebl A. EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF IDEGLIRA IN OLDER PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES. Endocr Pract. 2019 Feb;25(2):144-155. doi: 10.4158/EP-2018-0284. Epub 2018 Nov 1.
• 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.
• Philis-Tsimikas A, Aroda VR, De Block C, Billings LK, Liebl A, Sivarathinasami R, D'Cruz JM, Lingvay I. Higher Derived Time in Range With IDegLira Versus Insulin Glargine U100 in People With Type 2 Diabetes. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2024 May;18(3):653-659. doi: 10.1177/19322968221149041. Epub 2023 Jan 29.
• Meneghini L, Doshi A, Gouet D, Vilsboll T, Begtrup K, Orsy P, Ranthe MF, Lingvay I. Insulin degludec/liraglutide (IDegLira) maintains glycaemic control and improves clinical outcomes, regardless of pre-trial insulin dose, in people with type 2 diabetes that is uncontrolled on basal insulin. Diabet Med. 2020 Feb;37(2):267-276. doi: 10.1111/dme.14178. Epub 2019 Nov 28.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	insulin degludec/liraglutide	Unknown	—	Subcutaneous
Comparator	insulin glargine	Protein / enzyme biologic	—	Subcutaneous

Indications