GALLEX 6: Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Tesaglitazar in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Stopped early · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

In brief

This is a parallel-group, multi-center, long-term extension study from the GALLANT 6 study to monitor the safety and tolerability of oral tesaglitazar compared with pioglitazone in patients with type 2 diabetes for up to 104 weeks of treatment. The total duration, including treatment and follow-up, is 107 weeks.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00226330

Run by

AstraZeneca

People needed

1100

Starts

2005-03-01

Expected to finish

2006-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-11-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Provision of a written informed consent
• Men or women who are >= 18 years of age
• Female patients: postmenopausal; hysterectomized; or, if of childbearing potential, using a reliable method of birth control.
• Completed the last two visits of the randomized treatment period in GALLANT 6

You may not qualify if…

• Type 1 diabetes
• New York Heart Association heart failure Class III or IV
• Treatment with chronic insulin
• History of hypersensitivity or intolerance to any peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonist (like Actos or Avandia), fenofibrate, metformin or 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor (statin)
• History of drug-induced myopathy or drug-induced creatine kinase elevation, liver enzyme elevations, or neutropenia (low white blood cells)
• Creatinine levels of above twice the normal range
• Creatine kinase of above 3 times the upper limit of normal
• Previous enrollment in this long-term extension study
• Any clinically significant abnormality identified by physical examination, laboratory tests or electrocardiogram, which, in the judgment of the investigator, would compromise the patient's safety or successful participation in the clinical study

Where it is running

• Research Site — Columbiana, Alabama, United States
• Research Site — Mobile, Alabama, United States
• Research Site — Chandler, Arizona, United States
• Research Site — Mesa, Arizona, United States
• Research Site — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Research Site — Sierra Vista, Arizona, United States
• Research Site — Tucson, Arizona, United States
• Research Site — Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States
• Research Site — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
• Research Site — Searcy, Arkansas, United States
• Research Site — Anaheim, California, United States
• Research Site — Carmichael, California, United States
• Research Site — Dinuba, California, United States
• Research Site — Elk Grove, California, United States
• Research Site — Encinitas, California, United States
• Research Site — Encino, California, United States
• Research Site — Fresno, California, United States
• Research Site — Greenbrae, California, United States
• Research Site — Loma Linda, California, United States
• Research Site — Long Beach, California, United States
• Research Site — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Research Site — Mission Viejo, California, United States
• Research Site — Northridge, California, United States
• Research Site — Pasadena, California, United States
• Research Site — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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