Efficacy and Safety of Oral Semaglutide Using a Flexible Dose Adjustment Based on Clinical Evaluation Versus Sitagliptin in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Summary

This trial is globally conducted. The aim of this trial is to investigate Efficacy and Safety of Oral Semaglutide Using a Flexible Dose Adjustment Based on Clinical Evaluation versus Sitagliptin in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Timeline

Start

2016-09-20

Primary completion

2018-02-28

Completion

2019-03-27

Publications

• Results Pieber TR, Bode B, Mertens A, Cho YM, Christiansen E, Hertz CL, Wallenstein SOR, Buse JB; PIONEER 7 investigators. Efficacy and safety of oral semaglutide with flexible dose adjustment versus sitagliptin in type 2 diabetes (PIONEER 7): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3a trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2019 Jul;7(7):528-539. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(19)30194-9. Epub 2019 Jun 9.
• Results Buse JB, Bode BW, Mertens A, Cho YM, Christiansen E, Hertz CL, Nielsen MA, Pieber TR; PIONEER 7 investigators. Long-term efficacy and safety of oral semaglutide and the effect of switching from sitagliptin to oral semaglutide in patients with type 2 diabetes: a 52-week, randomized, open-label extension of the PIONEER 7 trial. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2020 Dec;8(2):e001649. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001649.
• Results Aroda VR, Bauer R, Christiansen E, Haluzik M, Kallenbach K, Montanya E, Rosenstock J, Meier JJ. Efficacy and safety of oral semaglutide by subgroups of patient characteristics in the PIONEER phase 3 programme. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2022 Jul;24(7):1338-1350. doi: 10.1111/dom.14710. Epub 2022 May 9.
• Pratley RE, Crowley MJ, Gislum M, Hertz CL, Jensen TB, Khunti K, Mosenzon O, Buse JB. Oral Semaglutide Reduces HbA1c and Body Weight in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Regardless of Background Glucose-Lowering Medication: PIONEER Subgroup Analyses. Diabetes Ther. 2021 Apr;12(4):1099-1116. doi: 10.1007/s13300-020-00994-9. Epub 2021 Mar 4.
• Husain M, Bain SC, Holst AG, Mark T, Rasmussen S, Lingvay I. Effects of semaglutide on risk of cardiovascular events across a continuum of cardiovascular risk: combined post hoc analysis of the SUSTAIN and PIONEER trials. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2020 Sep 30;19(1):156. doi: 10.1186/s12933-020-01106-4.
• Thethi TK, Pratley R, Meier JJ. Efficacy, safety and cardiovascular outcomes of once-daily oral semaglutide in patients with type 2 diabetes: The PIONEER programme. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2020 Aug;22(8):1263-1277. doi: 10.1111/dom.14054. Epub 2020 May 13.
• Husain M, Bain SC, Jeppesen OK, Lingvay I, Sorrig R, Treppendahl MB, Vilsboll T. Semaglutide (SUSTAIN and PIONEER) reduces cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes across varying cardiovascular risk. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2020 Mar;22(3):442-451. doi: 10.1111/dom.13955. Epub 2020 Feb 5.

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