Efficacy and Safety of Semaglutide Versus Dulaglutide as add-on to Metformin in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes.

Summary

This trial is conducted in Asia, Europe and the United States of America (USA). The aim of the trial is to investigate efficacy and safety of semaglutide versus dulaglutide as add-on to metformin in subjects with type 2 diabetes.

Timeline

Start

2016-01-06

Primary completion

2017-04-10

Completion

2017-05-19

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry analysis (superiority test); Semaglutide 0.5 mg vs Dulaglutide 0.75 mg; p <0.0001; Treatment difference -0.40 (95% CI -0.55 to -0.25); Mixed Models Analysis NCT02648204 ↗

registry analysis (superiority test); Semaglutide 1.0 mg vs Dulaglutide 1.5 mg; p <0.0001; Treatment difference -0.41 (95% CI -0.57 to -0.25); Mixed Models Analysis NCT02648204 ↗

release “SUSTAIN 7 trial results, demonstrating that people with type 2 diabetes treated with once-weekly semaglutide experienced superior reduction in HbA1c” novonordisk.com ↗

Publications

• Background Rodbard HW, Bellary S, Hramiak I, Seino Y, Silver R, Damgaard LH, Nayak G, Zacho J, Aroda VR. GREATER COMBINED REDUCTIONS IN HbA1C >/=1.0% AND WEIGHT >/=5.0% WITH SEMAGLUTIDE VERSUS COMPARATORS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES. Endocr Pract. 2019 Jun;25(6):589-597. doi: 10.4158/EP-2018-0444. Epub 2019 Mar 13.
• Background Johansen P, Hakan-Bloch J, Liu AR, Bech PG, Persson S, Leiter LA. Cost Effectiveness of Once-Weekly Semaglutide Versus Once-Weekly Dulaglutide in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Canada. Pharmacoecon Open. 2019 Dec;3(4):537-550. doi: 10.1007/s41669-019-0131-6.
• Background Malkin SJP, Russel-Szymczyk M, Psota M, Hlavinkova L, Hunt B. The Management of Type 2 Diabetes with Once-Weekly Semaglutide Versus Dulaglutide: A Long-Term Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Slovakia. Adv Ther. 2019 Aug;36(8):2034-2051. doi: 10.1007/s12325-019-00965-y. Epub 2019 Jun 5.
• Results Pratley RE, Aroda VR, Lingvay I, Ludemann J, Andreassen C, Navarria A, Viljoen A; SUSTAIN 7 investigators. Semaglutide versus dulaglutide once weekly in patients with type 2 diabetes (SUSTAIN 7): a randomised, open-label, phase 3b trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2018 Apr;6(4):275-286. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(18)30024-X. Epub 2018 Feb 1.
• Results Ahmann AJ, Capehorn M, Charpentier G, Dotta F, Henkel E, Lingvay I, Holst AG, Annett MP, Aroda VR. Efficacy and Safety of Once-Weekly Semaglutide Versus Exenatide ER in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes (SUSTAIN 3): A 56-Week, Open-Label, Randomized Clinical Trial. Diabetes Care. 2018 Feb;41(2):258-266. doi: 10.2337/dc17-0417. Epub 2017 Dec 15.
• Results Sharma R, Wilkinson L, Vrazic H, Popoff E, Lopes S, Kanters S, Druyts E. Comparative efficacy of once-weekly semaglutide and SGLT-2 inhibitors in type 2 diabetic patients inadequately controlled with metformin monotherapy: a systematic literature review and network meta-analysis. Curr Med Res Opin. 2018 Sep;34(9):1595-1603. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2018.1476332. Epub 2018 May 29.
• Results Wilkinson L, Hunt B, Johansen P, Iyer NN, Dang-Tan T, Pollock RF. Cost of Achieving HbA1c Treatment Targets and Weight Loss Responses with Once-Weekly Semaglutide Versus Dulaglutide in the United States. Diabetes Ther. 2018 Jun;9(3):951-961. doi: 10.1007/s13300-018-0402-8. Epub 2018 Mar 19.
• Results Aroda VR, Ahmann A, Cariou B, Chow F, Davies MJ, Jodar E, Mehta R, Woo V, Lingvay I. Comparative efficacy, safety, and cardiovascular outcomes with once-weekly subcutaneous semaglutide in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: Insights from the SUSTAIN 1-7 trials. Diabetes Metab. 2019 Oct;45(5):409-418. doi: 10.1016/j.diabet.2018.12.001. Epub 2019 Jan 4.
• Results Viljoen A, Hoxer CS, Johansen P, Malkin S, Hunt B, Bain SC. Evaluation of the long-term cost-effectiveness of once-weekly semaglutide versus dulaglutide for treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the UK. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2019 Mar;21(3):611-621. doi: 10.1111/dom.13564. Epub 2018 Nov 28.
• Osumili B, Fan L, Paik JS, Pantalone KM, Ranta K, Sapin H, Tofe S. Tirzepatide 5, 10 and 15 mg versus injectable semaglutide 0.5 mg for the treatment of type 2 diabetes: An adjusted indirect treatment comparison. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2024 Jun;212:111717. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111717. Epub 2024 May 21.
• Pratley RE, Aroda VR, Catarig AM, Lingvay I, Ludemann J, Yildirim E, Viljoen A. Impact of patient characteristics on efficacy and safety of once-weekly semaglutide versus dulaglutide: SUSTAIN 7 post hoc analyses. BMJ Open. 2020 Nov 16;10(11):e037883. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037883.
• DeSouza C, Cariou B, Garg S, Lausvig N, Navarria A, Fonseca V. Efficacy and Safety of Semaglutide for Type 2 Diabetes by Race and Ethnicity: A Post Hoc Analysis of the SUSTAIN Trials. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Feb 1;105(2):dgz072. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgz072.
• Jendle J, Birkenfeld AL, Polonsky WH, Silver R, Uusinarkaus K, Hansen T, Hakan-Bloch J, Tadayon S, Davies MJ. Improved treatment satisfaction in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with once-weekly semaglutide in the SUSTAIN trials. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2019 Oct;21(10):2315-2326. doi: 10.1111/dom.13816. Epub 2019 Jul 12.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Dulaglutide	Peptide	0.75 mg	Subcutaneous
Comparator	Dulaglutide	Peptide	1.5 mg	Subcutaneous
Subject	Semaglutide	Peptide	0.5 mg	Subcutaneous
Subject	Semaglutide	Peptide	1 mg	Subcutaneous

Indications