1. Efficacy and safety of lixisenatide in a predominantly Asian population with type 2 diabetes insufficiently controlled with basal insulin: The GetGoal-L-C randomized trial.
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Yang W, Min K, Zhou Z, Li L, Xu X, Zhu D, Venkateshwar Rao A, Murthy LS, Zhang N, Li I, Niemoeller E, and Shang S
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- Adult, Asia epidemiology, Blood Glucose analysis, Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 blood, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ethnology, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 metabolism, Double-Blind Method, Drug Therapy, Combination adverse effects, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor metabolism, Glycated Hemoglobin analysis, Humans, Hypoglycemia chemically induced, Hypoglycemia epidemiology, Hypoglycemic Agents administration & dosage, Hypoglycemic Agents adverse effects, Incidence, Insulin administration & dosage, Insulin therapeutic use, Male, Middle Aged, Peptides adverse effects, Postprandial Period, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 drug therapy, Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor agonists, Hyperglycemia prevention & control, Hypoglycemia prevention & control, Hypoglycemic Agents therapeutic use, Insulin Resistance ethnology, Peptides therapeutic use
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Aims: To assess the effects on glycaemic control of lixisenatide vs placebo as add-on treatment to basal insulin (BI) ± metformin and effects on glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) reduction in patients with insufficiently controlled type 2 diabetes (T2D)., Methods: Patients (n = 448) with inadequately controlled T2D were randomized (1:1) to lixisenatide or placebo as add-on to BI ± metformin for 24 weeks after an 8-week run-in phase, during which BI was titrated to a target self-monitored plasma glucose (SMPG; 4.4-5.6 mmol/L). The primary endpoint was absolute change in HbA1c from baseline to week 24. Secondary efficacy endpoints included: percentage of responders; changes in 2-hour postprandial plasma glucose (PPG); 7-point SMPG (daily average); body weight (BW); total daily BI dose; fasting plasma glucose; and safety assessments., Results: Baseline demographics were similar in the two treatment groups. After insulin optimization during run-in, lixisenatide was superior to placebo in mean change from baseline (7.9% [standard deviation {s.d.}, 0.66] and 7.9% [0.70], respectively) to week 24 in HbA1c (least squares mean [standard error {s.e.}] change -0.62% [0.09] vs -0.11% [0.09]; P < .0001, respectively) and higher proportions of patients achieved HbA1c targets. Two-hour PPG, daily mean SMPG and mean BW were reduced further and daily BI dose was lower with lixisenatide than placebo (-1.12 kg vs 0.04 kg [P < .0001]; -3.0 U vs -1.9 U [P = .0033], respectively). Treatment-emergent adverse events were greater with lixisenatide than placebo (63.8% vs 40.8%, respectively). The incidence of symptomatic hypoglycaemia was similar (lixisenatide 15.6% vs placebo 13.5%)., Conclusions: In Asian patients insufficiently controlled on BI ± metformin, lixisenatide was superior to placebo in glycaemic control, with a tolerability profile in line with other glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists., Clinical Trial Number: NCT01632163 (clinicaltrials.gov)., (© 2017 The Authors. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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- 2018
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