Exenatide Inpatient Trial: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial on the Safety and Efficacy of Exenatide (Byetta®) Therapy for the Inpatient Management of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Type 2 Diabetes

In brief

The purpose of this study is to try and achieve similar glycemic control in general non-Intensive Care Unit (non-ICU) patients with Type 2 Diabetes with exenatide alone or in combination with basal insulin as compared to treatment with basal bolus insulin alone. The association between hyperglycemia and poor clinical outcomes in patients with diabetes is well established. Previous studies have shown that basal bolus insulin regimens improve glycemic control and reduce the rate of hospital complications compared to sliding scale regular insulin (SSRI) therapy, but has a significant risk of hypoglycemia. The investigators will compare the efficacy and safety of exenatide alone or in combination with basal insulin to control high blood glucose levels resulting in a lower risk of hypoglycemia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02455076

Run by

Emory University

People needed

150

Starts

2015-09-01

Expected to finish

2018-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-06-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• A known history of Type 2 Diabetes receiving either diet alone or oral antidiabetic drugs (OAD) including insulin secretagogues, pioglitazone, DPP4 inhibitors, or metformin as monotherapy or in combination therapy, or low-dose insulin at <0.5 unit/kg/day.
• Males or females between the ages of 18 and 80 years discharged after hospital admission from general medicine and surgery services (non-Intensive Care Unit setting).
• Subjects with an admission / randomization BG < 400 mg/dL without laboratory evidence of diabetic ketoacidosis (serum bicarbonate < 18 mEq/L or positive serum or urinary ketones).
• Admission HbA1c between 7% and 10%
• BMI range: > 25 Kg/m\^2 and < 45 Kg/m\^2

You may not qualify if…

• Age < 18 or > 80 years
• Subjects with increased blood glucose (BG) concentration, but without a history of diabetes (stress hyperglycemia)
• Subjects with a history of type 1 diabetes (suggested by BMI < 25 Kg/m\^2 requiring insulin therapy or with a history of diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state, or ketonuria).
• Treatment with high-dose (>0.5 unit/kg/day) insulin or with GLP-1 RA during the past 3 months prior to admission.
• Patients that required ICU care during the hospital admission.
• Recurrent severe hypoglycemia or hypoglycemic unawareness.
• Subjects with gastrointestinal obstruction, gastroparesis, history of pancreatitis or those expected to require gastrointestinal suction.
• Patients with clinically relevant pancreatic or gallbladder disease.
• Patients with unstable or rapidly progressing renal disease or severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance < 30 ml/min)
• Patients with clinically significant hepatic disease (cirrhosis, jaundice, end-stage liver disease),
• History of hypersensitivity to exenatide
• Treatment with oral or injectable corticosteroid (equal to a prednisone dose >5 mg/day), parenteral nutrition and immunosuppressive treatment.
• Patients with history of heavy alcohol use (female > 2 drinks per day, male > 3 drinks per day) or drug abuse within 3 months prior to admission.
• Mental condition rendering the subject unable to understand the nature, scope, and possible consequences of the study.
• Female subjects who are pregnant or breast feeding at time of enrollment into the study.

Where it is running

• Grady Memorial Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Emory University Hospital — Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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