A Double-blinded Trial Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Insulin Degludec/Liraglutide and Insulin Degludec Both in Combination With Metformin in Japanese Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Inadequately Controlled With Basal or Pre-mix/Combination Insulin Therapy and Oral Anti-diabetic Drugs

Summary

This trial is conducted in Asia. The aim of this trial is to compare the efficacy and safety of insulin degludec/liraglutide and insulin degludec both in combination with metformin in Japanese subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus inadequately controlled with basal or pre-mix/combination insulin therapy and oral anti-diabetic drugs.

Timeline

Start

2016-09-21

Primary completion

2017-11-17

Completion

2017-11-22

Publications

• Results Watada H, Kaneko S, Komatsu M, Agner BR, Nishida T, Ranthe M, Nakamura J. Superior HbA1c control with the fixed-ratio combination of insulin degludec and liraglutide (IDegLira) compared with a maximum dose of 50 units of insulin degludec in Japanese individuals with type 2 diabetes in a phase 3, double-blind, randomized trial. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2019 Dec;21(12):2694-2703. doi: 10.1111/dom.13859. Epub 2019 Sep 17.
• Results Komatsu M, Watada H, Kaneko S, Ross Agner BF, Nishida T, Kaku K. Efficacy and safety of the fixed-ratio combination of insulin degludec and liraglutide by baseline glycated hemoglobin, body mass index and age in Japanese individuals with type 2 diabetes: A subgroup analysis of two phase III trials. J Diabetes Investig. 2021 Sep;12(9):1610-1618. doi: 10.1111/jdi.13525. Epub 2021 Mar 24.
• Watada H, Ross Agner BF, Doshi A, Bardtrum L, Ranthe MF, Billings LK. IDegLira Improves Glycemic Control in Japanese Patients with Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes on Premixed Insulin Therapy. Diabetes Ther. 2020 Jan;11(1):331-339. doi: 10.1007/s13300-019-00730-y. Epub 2019 Nov 23.

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