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Phase 3 Completed N=894 Randomized Treatment

Efficacy and Safety of Lixisenatide Versus Insulin Glulisine on Top of Insulin Glargine With or Without Metformin in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01768559 ↗
Enrolled (actual)
894
Serious AEs
4.0%
Results posted
Jan 2017
Primary outcomePrimary: Change in HbA1c From Baseline to Week 26 — -0.63; -0.58; -0.84 percentage of hemoglobin
◆ Published Evidence
Highly cited
130citations · ~13 / year
Prandial Options to Advance Basal Insulin Glargine Therapy: Testing Lixisenatide Plus Basal Insulin Versus Insulin Glulisine Either as Basal-Plus or Basal-Bolus in Type 2 Diabetes: The GetGoal Duo-2 Trial.
Diabetes care · 2016 · Open access · High-confidence link

Summary

Primary Objective: - To compare lixisenatide versus insulin glulisine in terms of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) reduction and body weight change at Week 26 in type 2 diabetic participants not adequately controlled on insulin glargine ± metformin. Secondary Objectives: - To compare the treatments/regimens on: * The percentage of participants reaching the target of HbA1c <7% or ≤6.5%, * Body weight, * Self-Monitored Glucose profiles, * Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG), * Post-prandial plasma glucose (PPG) /glucose excursions during a standardized meal test (subset of participants), * Daily doses of insulins, * Safety and tolerability.

Linked Publications (3)

  • Prandial Options to Advance Basal Insulin Glargine Therapy: Testing Lixisenatide Plus Basal Insulin Versus Insulin Glulisine Either as Basal-Plus or Basal-Bolus in Type 2 Diabetes: The GetGoal Duo-2 Trial.
    Diabetes care · 2016 · 130 citations · Open access · High-confidence link
  • Efficacy and Safety of iGlarLixi, Fixed-Ratio Combination of Insulin Glargine and Lixisenatide, Compared with Basal-Bolus Regimen in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Propensity Score Matched Analysis.
    Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2020 · 25 citations · Open access · Likely link
  • Propensity-score-matched comparative analyses of simultaneously administered fixed-ratio insulin glargine 100 U and lixisenatide (iGlarLixi) vs sequential administration of insulin glargine and lixisenatide in uncontrolled type 2 diabetes.
    Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2018 · 22 citations · Open access · Likely link

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Change in HbA1c From Baseline to Week 26
-0.63; -0.58; -0.84
PRIMARY
Change in Body Weight From Baseline to Week 26
-0.63; 1.03; 1.37 < 0.0001 sig
SECONDARY
Percentage of Participants With HbA1c Level <7% and ≤6.5% at Week 26
20.5; 17.8; 30.8; 42.1; 38.4; 49.2
SECONDARY
Percentage of Participants With no Weight Gain at Week 26
64.7; 36.6; 30.5
SECONDARY
Change in Average 7-point SMPG Profiles From Baseline to Week 26
-0.784; -0.782; -1.053
SECONDARY
Change in FPG From Baseline to Week 26
-0.23; -0.21; -0.06
SECONDARY
Change in PPG From Baseline to Week 26 (in Participants Who Had an Injection of Investigational Medicinal Product [IMP] Before Breakfast)
-3.93; -1.62; -1.87
SECONDARY
Change in Glucose Excursions From Baseline to Week 26 (in Participants Who Had an Injection of IMP Before Breakfast)
-3.42; -1.59; -1.56
SECONDARY
Change in Insulin Glargine Dose From Baseline to Week 26
0.7; -0.06; -3.13
SECONDARY
Insulin Glulisine Dose at Week 26
9.97; 20.24
SECONDARY
Total Insulin Dose at Week 26
73.61; 81.05
SECONDARY
Percentage of Participants With Documented Symptomatic and Severe Symptomatic Hypoglycemia
31.5; 37.5; 44.6; 0; 0.7; 0
SECONDARY
Percentage of Participants Who Reached the Target of HbA1c <7% at Week 26 and Did Not Experienced Documented (Plasma Glucose <60 mg/dL) Symptomatic Hypoglycemia During 26 Week Treatment Period
29.4; 24.2; 26.1
SECONDARY
Percentage of Participants Who Reached the Target of HbA1c <7% and Had no Weight Gain at Week 26
31.2; 16.7; 17.6
SECONDARY
Percentage of Participants Who Reached the Target of HbA1c <7%, Had no Weight Gain at Week 26, and Did Not Experience Documented (Plasma Glucose <60 mg/dL) Symptomatic Hypoglycemia During 26-Week Treatment Period
22.2; 9.2; 10.8

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus diagnosed at least 1 year before screening visit (V1).
  • Participants treated with basal insulin for at least 6 months.
  • Participants treated for at least 3 months prior to visit 1 with a stable basal insulin regimen (i.e. type of insulin and time/frequency of the injection). The insulin dose should be stable (± 20%) and ≥20 U/day for at least 2 months prior to visit 1.
  • Participants treated with basal insulin alone or in combination with 1 to 3 oral anti-diabetic drugs (OADs) that could be: metformin (≥1.5 g/day or maximal tolerated dose), a sulfonylurea (SU), a dipeptidyl-peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor, a glinide. The dose of OADs should be stable for at least 3 months prior to visit 1.

Exclusion criteria

  • At screening: age 10.0% for participants treated with basal insulin alone or in combination with metformin only; 10.0% for participants treated with basal insulin and a combination of oral anti-diabetic drugs which included a SU and/or a DPP-4 inhibitor and/or a glinide.
  • Women of childbearing potential with no effective contraceptive method, pregnancy or lactation.
  • Type 1 diabetes mellitus.
  • Treatment with glucose-lowering agent(s) other than stated in the inclusion criteria within 3 months prior to screening.
  • Previous treatment with short or rapid acting insulin other than in relation to hospitalization or an acute illness.
  • Any previous treatment with lixisenatide, or any discontinuation from another glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist due to safety/tolerability issue or lack of efficacy.
  • At screening, Body Mass Index (BMI) ≤20 or >40 kg/m^2.
  • Weight change of more than 5 kg during the 3 months prior to the screening visit; use of weight loss drugs within 3 months prior to screening.
  • Within the last 6 months prior to screening: history of myocardial infarction, stroke, or heart failure requiring hospitalization. Planned coronary, carotid or peripheral artery revascularisation procedures.
  • History of unexplained pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, pancreatectomy, stomach/gastric surgery.
  • At screening resting systolic blood pressure >180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure >95 mmHg.
  • Personal or immediate family history of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) or genetic condition that predisposed to MTC (e.g. multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes).
  • Contraindication related to metformin (for participant receiving this treatment), insulin glargine, insulin glulisine or lixisenatide.
  • Participants with severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance less than 30 ml/min) or end-stage renal disease.
  • At screening, amylase and/or lipase >3 times the upper limit of the normal laboratory range (ULN).
  • At screening alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) >3 ULN.
  • At screening calcitonin ≥20 pg/ml (5.9 pmol/L).

Exclusion Criteria for randomization at the end of the screening period before randomization:

  • HbA1c 9.0%.
  • 7-day mean fasting SMPG >140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/L).
  • Amylase and/or lipase >3 times ULN.

The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a participant's potential participation in a clinical trial.

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01768559) and the linked publication. Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.

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