A Trial Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of Insulin Degludec and Insulin Glargine, With or Without OADs in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

Summary

This trial is conducted in the United States of America (USA). The aim of the trial is to compare the safety and efficacy of insulin degludec (IDeg) and insulin glargine (IGlar) with or without OADs (oral anti-diabetic drugs) excluding SUs (sulfonylureas)/glinides in subjects with type 2 diabetes.

Timeline

Start

2014-01-06

Primary completion

2015-12-04

Completion

2015-12-04

Publications

• Background Chaykin L, Bhargava A, de la Rosa R, Wysham CH, Norgard Troelsen L, Ostoft SH, Philis-Tsimikas A. Effect of Insulin Degludec Versus Insulin Glargine U100 on Hypoglycemia in Hispanic Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Results From the SWITCH 2 Trial. Clin Diabetes. 2019 Jan;37(1):73-81. doi: 10.2337/cd18-0016.
• Results Wysham C, Bhargava A, Chaykin L, de la Rosa R, Handelsman Y, Troelsen LN, Kvist K, Norwood P. Effect of Insulin Degludec vs Insulin Glargine U100 on Hypoglycemia in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: The SWITCH 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2017 Jul 4;318(1):45-56. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.7117.
• Results Evans M, Mehta R, Gundgaard J, Chubb B. Cost-Effectiveness of Insulin Degludec vs. Insulin Glargine U100 in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a UK Setting. Diabetes Ther. 2018 Oct;9(5):1919-1930. doi: 10.1007/s13300-018-0478-1. Epub 2018 Aug 10.
• Results DeVries JH, Bailey TS, Bhargava A, Gerety G, Gumprecht J, Heller S, Lane W, Wysham CH, Zinman B, Bak BA, Hachmann-Nielsen E, Philis-Tsimikas A. Day-to-day fasting self-monitored blood glucose variability is associated with risk of hypoglycaemia in insulin-treated patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes: A post hoc analysis of the SWITCH Trials. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2019 Mar;21(3):622-630. doi: 10.1111/dom.13565. Epub 2018 Nov 26.
• Results Heller SR, DeVries JH, Wysham C, Hansen CT, Hansen MV, Frier BM. Lower rates of hypoglycaemia in older individuals with type 2 diabetes using insulin degludec versus insulin glargine U100: Results from SWITCH 2. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2019 Jul;21(7):1634-1641. doi: 10.1111/dom.13708. Epub 2019 Apr 15.

Drugs

Indications