Canagliflozin-Mealtime Insulin Rescue

Summary

24-week, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate safety and efficacy of canagliflozin as compared with placebo in reducing the need for mealtime insulin in subjects with type 2 diabetes currently using a basal-bolus insulin regimen.

Timeline

Start

2016-01

Primary completion

2018-07

Completion

2022-12

Publications

• Background ORIGIN Trial Investigators; Gerstein HC, Bosch J, Dagenais GR, Diaz R, Jung H, Maggioni AP, Pogue J, Probstfield J, Ramachandran A, Riddle MC, Ryden LE, Yusuf S. Basal insulin and cardiovascular and other outcomes in dysglycemia. N Engl J Med. 2012 Jul 26;367(4):319-28. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1203858. Epub 2012 Jun 11.
• Background Bretzel RG, Nuber U, Landgraf W, Owens DR, Bradley C, Linn T. Once-daily basal insulin glargine versus thrice-daily prandial insulin lispro in people with type 2 diabetes on oral hypoglycaemic agents (APOLLO): an open randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2008 Mar 29;371(9618):1073-84. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60485-7.
• Background Schernthaner G, Gross JL, Rosenstock J, Guarisco M, Fu M, Yee J, Kawaguchi M, Canovatchel W, Meininger G. Canagliflozin compared with sitagliptin for patients with type 2 diabetes who do not have adequate glycemic control with metformin plus sulfonylurea: a 52-week randomized trial. Diabetes Care. 2013 Sep;36(9):2508-15. doi: 10.2337/dc12-2491. Epub 2013 Apr 5.
• Background Polidori D, Sha S, Mudaliar S, Ciaraldi TP, Ghosh A, Vaccaro N, Farrell K, Rothenberg P, Henry RR. Canagliflozin lowers postprandial glucose and insulin by delaying intestinal glucose absorption in addition to increasing urinary glucose excretion: results of a randomized, placebo-controlled study. Diabetes Care. 2013 Aug;36(8):2154-61. doi: 10.2337/dc12-2391. Epub 2013 Feb 14.
• Background Budnitz DS, Lovegrove MC, Shehab N, Richards CL. Emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events in older Americans. N Engl J Med. 2011 Nov 24;365(21):2002-12. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa1103053.
• Background Home PD, Fritsche A, Schinzel S, Massi-Benedetti M. Meta-analysis of individual patient data to assess the risk of hypoglycaemia in people with type 2 diabetes using NPH insulin or insulin glargine. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2010 Sep;12(9):772-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2010.01232.x.
• Background Johnston SS, Conner C, Aagren M, Smith DM, Bouchard J, Brett J. Evidence linking hypoglycemic events to an increased risk of acute cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2011 May;34(5):1164-70. doi: 10.2337/dc10-1915. Epub 2011 Mar 18.
• Background NICE-SUGAR Study Investigators; Finfer S, Liu B, Chittock DR, Norton R, Myburgh JA, McArthur C, Mitchell I, Foster D, Dhingra V, Henderson WR, Ronco JJ, Bellomo R, Cook D, McDonald E, Dodek P, Hebert PC, Heyland DK, Robinson BG. Hypoglycemia and risk of death in critically ill patients. N Engl J Med. 2012 Sep 20;367(12):1108-18. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1204942.
• Background McCoy RG, Van Houten HK, Ziegenfuss JY, Shah ND, Wermers RA, Smith SA. Increased mortality of patients with diabetes reporting severe hypoglycemia. Diabetes Care. 2012 Sep;35(9):1897-901. doi: 10.2337/dc11-2054. Epub 2012 Jun 14.
• Background Ceriello A, Esposito K, Piconi L, Ihnat MA, Thorpe JE, Testa R, Boemi M, Giugliano D. Oscillating glucose is more deleterious to endothelial function and oxidative stress than mean glucose in normal and type 2 diabetic patients. Diabetes. 2008 May;57(5):1349-54. doi: 10.2337/db08-0063. Epub 2008 Feb 25.
• Background Brownlee M, Hirsch IB. Glycemic variability: a hemoglobin A1c-independent risk factor for diabetic complications. JAMA. 2006 Apr 12;295(14):1707-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.295.14.1707. No abstract available.

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