Efficacy and Safety of Oral Semaglutide Versus Placebo in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Treated With Insulin

Summary

This trial is conducted globally. The aim of the trial is to investigate the efficacy and safety of oral semaglutide versus placebo in subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus treated with insulin. All subjects should continue their pre-trial insulin therapy (basal, basal-bolus or premixed regimen including combinations of soluble insulins) throughout the trial. Subjects treated with metformin in addition to insulin treatment must continue their metformin treatment throughout the entire trial.

Timeline

Start

2017-02-02

Primary completion

2018-01-18

Completion

2018-08-22

Publications

• Results Zinman B, Aroda VR, Buse JB, Cariou B, Harris SB, Hoff ST, Pedersen KB, Tarp-Johansen MJ, Araki E; PIONEER 8 Investigators. Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Oral Semaglutide Versus Placebo Added to Insulin With or Without Metformin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: The PIONEER 8 Trial. Diabetes Care. 2019 Dec;42(12):2262-2271. doi: 10.2337/dc19-0898. Epub 2019 Sep 17.
• 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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