Phase IV Study With a 36-week Extension Period to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Dapagliflozin Therapy When Added to the Therapy of Japanese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes With Inadequate Glycemic Control on Insulin.

Summary

Japanese male and female patients with Type 2 Diabetes and aged ≥ 20 years old, with inadequate glycemic control on insulin defined as Haemoglobin A1c ≥ 7.2% and \< 11% will be enrolled into the wash-out phase or directly into the lead-in phase depending on whether the patient has been receiving an Oral antidiabetic drug (including Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 agonists and excluding Thiazolidinedions) other than a Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 inhibitor as part of the baseline treatment. Additional treatment with a concomitant Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 inhibitor is allowed. And around 180 eligible patients in total will be randomized into the study with a 2:1 randomization scheme (i.e.120 patients into the dapagliflozin treatment group and 60 patients into the placebo treatment group. All subjects who completed a 16 weeks double-blind treatment period will shift to a 36 weeks open extension treatment period.

Timeline

Start

2014-06

Primary completion

2015-02

Completion

2015-11

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry analysis (superiority or other test); Dapagliflozin vs Placebo; p <0.0001; Mean Difference (Final Values) -0.60 (95% CI -0.81 to -0.39) NCT02157298 ↗

Drugs

Indications