Empagliflozin as Adjunctive to InSulin thErapy Over 52 Weeks in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (EASE-2)

Summary

Comparison of 2 doses of empagliflozin vs placebo in patients already using either an insulin regimen of multiple daily injections (MDI) or continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII). Randomisation to 3 treatments arms (equal assignment) following a screening period, an optimisation period and a run-in period. 52 week double-blind treatment period, and 3 week follow-up period.

Timeline

Start

2015-06-30

Primary completion

2017-04-20

Completion

2017-10-23

Publications

• Song C, Dhaliwal S, Bapat P, Scarr D, Bakhsh A, Budhram D, Verhoeff NJ, Weisman A, Fralick M, Ivers NM, Cherney DZI, Tomlinson G, Lovblom LE, Mumford D, Perkins BA. Point-of-Care Capillary Blood Ketone Measurements and the Prediction of Future Ketoacidosis Risk in Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2023 Nov 1;46(11):1973-1977. doi: 10.2337/dc23-0840.
• Rosenstock J, Marquard J, Laffel LM, Neubacher D, Kaspers S, Cherney DZ, Zinman B, Skyler JS, George J, Soleymanlou N, Perkins BA. Empagliflozin as Adjunctive to Insulin Therapy in Type 1 Diabetes: The EASE Trials. Diabetes Care. 2018 Dec;41(12):2560-2569. doi: 10.2337/dc18-1749. Epub 2018 Oct 4.

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