Efficacy and Safety of Switching From Sitagliptin to Liraglutide in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Not Achieving Adequate Glycaemic Control on Sitagliptin and Metformin

Completed · Phase 4 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Diabetes, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

In brief

This trial is conducted in Asia, Europe and North America. The aim of the trial is to investigate the efficacy and safety of switching from sitagliptin to liraglutide in subjects with type 2 diabetes not achieving adequate glycaemic control on sitagliptin and metformin.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01907854

Run by

Novo Nordisk A/S

People needed

407

Starts

2013-12-02

Expected to finish

2015-06-15

Last updated by the study team

2018-10-02

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• - Informed consent obtained before any trial-related activities. Trial-related activities are any procedures that are carried out as part of the trial, including activities to determine suitability for the trial
• - Subjects diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and treated with metformin equal to or above 1500 mg/day (or maximum tolerated dose equal to or above 1000 mg/day) and sitagliptin 100 mg/day, both at a stable dose for at least 90 days prior to screening. Stable is defined as unchanged medication and dose
• - HbA1c 7.5% - 9.5% (58 mmol/mol - 80 mmol/mol) (both inclusive)
• - Body mass index equal to or above 20 kg/m\^2

You may not qualify if…

• - Any chronic disorder or severe disease which at the discretion of the investigator might jeopardise subject's safety or compliance with the protocol
• - Treatment with glucose lowering agent(s) other than stated in the inclusion criteria in a period of 90 days prior to screening. An exception is short-term treatment (equal to or less than 7 days in total) with insulin in connection with intercurrent illness
• - Female who is pregnant, breast-feeding, intends to become pregnant or of child-bearing potential not using adequate contraceptive methods (adequate contraceptive measures as required by local regulations or practice)
• - History of chronic pancreatitis or idiopathic acute pancreatitis
• - Screening calcitonin value equal to or above 50 ng/L
• - Personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma or multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2
• - Diagnosis of malignant neoplasm in the previous 5 years (except basal cell skin cancer or squamous cell skin cancer)
• - Impaired liver function, defined as alanine aminotransferase equal to or above 2.5 times upper normal limit
• - Impaired renal function defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate 60 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 per modification of diet in renal disease formula
• - Any episode of unstable angina, acute coronary event, cerebral stroke/transient ischemic attack or other significant cardiovascular event as judged by the investigator within 90 days prior to screening
• - Heart failure, New York Heart Association class IV
• - Uncontrolled treated or untreated hypertension (systolic blood pressure equal to or above 180 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure equal to or above 100 mmHg)

Where it is running

• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Tucson, Arizona, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Tucson, Arizona, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Escondido, California, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Mission Viejo, California, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Roseville, California, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Chiefland, Florida, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Hialeah, Florida, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Miami, Florida, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — North Miami, Florida, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Port Charlotte, Florida, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Johns Creek, Georgia, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Blackfoot, Idaho, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Peoria, Illinois, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Skokie, Illinois, United States
• Novo Nordisk Investigational Site — Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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