Efficacy and Safety of LixiLan Versus Insulin Glargine Alone Both With Metformin in Japanese With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Inadequately Controlled on Basal Insulin and Oral Antidiabetic Drugs

Launched by SANOFI · Apr 22, 2016

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ClinConnect Summary

The maximum study duration per patient will be approximately 41 weeks: an up to 14-week screening period (consisting of an up to 2-week screening phase and a 12-week run-in phase), a 26-week randomized treatment period, and a 3-day post-treatment safety follow-up period.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion criteria :
• • Patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) diagnosed for at least 1 year before the screening visit (V1).
• • Patient treated with a stable, once a day basal insulin regimen (ie, type of insulin and time/frequency of the injection), for at least 3 months before the screening visit.
• • The total daily basal insulin dose should be stable (± 20%) and \<15 U/day for at least 1 month before the screening visit.
• * Patient receiving 1 or 2 oral anti-diabetic drugs (OADs): the OAD dose(s) must be stable during the 3 months before the screening visit. The OADs can be 1 to 2 out of:
• • Metformin;
• • Sulfonylurea (SU);
• • Glinide;
• • Dipeptidyl-peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor;
• • Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor;
• • Alpha glucosidase inhibitor (alpha-GI).
• • Signed written informed consent.
• Exclusion criteria:
• • Age \<20 years at screening visit.
• • HbA1c at screening visit \<7.5% or \>9.5%.
• • Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) \>180 mg/dL (10.0 mmol/L) at screening visit.
• • Pregnancy or lactation, women of childbearing potential with no effective contraceptive method.
• • Use of oral or injectable glucose-lowering agents other than those stated in the inclusion criteria in the 3 months before screening visit.
• • Previous use of insulin regimen other than basal insulin, eg, prandial or pre-mixed insulin.
• • Note: Short-term treatment (≤10 days) due to intercurrent illness including gestational diabetes is allowed at the discretion of the Investigator.
• • Use of thiazolidinedione (TZD) within 6 months prior to screening visit.
• • History of discontinuation of a previous treatment with a glucagon-like peptide-1(GLP-1) receptor agonist due to safety/ tolerability issues or lack of efficacy.
• * Laboratory findings at the screening visit; including:
• • Amylase and/or lipase \>3 times the upper limit of the normal (ULN) laboratory range;
• • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \>3 ULN;
• • Calcitonin ≥20 pg/mL (5.9 pmol/L);
• • Positive serum pregnancy test.
• • Any contraindication to metformin use according to local labeling.
• • History of hypersensitivity to any GLP-1 receptor agonist or to metacresol.
• • Contraindication to use of insulin glargine or lixisenatide according to local labeling. History of hypersensitivity to insulin glargine or to any of the excipients.
• • Personal or immediate family history of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) or genetic condition that predisposes to MTC (eg, multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes).
• • History of pancreatitis (unless pancreatitis was related to gallstones and cholecystectomy has now been performed), pancreatitis during previous treatment with incretin therapies, chronic pancreatitis, pancreatectomy, stomach/gastric surgery.
• * Exclusion criteria for randomization at the end of the run-in phase:
• • HbA1c \<7.5% or \>9.5% at visit 6 (Week -1).
• • Mean fasting self monitored plasma glucose (SMPG) \>160 mg/dL (8.9 mmol/L), calculated from all available (minimum of 4 self-measurements) values during the 7 days prior to randomization.
• • Note:fasting SMPG on the day of randomization can be included if assessed before randomization.
• • Average insulin glargine daily dose ≥15 U/day or \<5U/day calculated for the last 3 days before Visit 7.
• • Metformin total daily dose \<750 mg/day.
• • Amylase and/or lipase \>3 ULN at Visit 6 (Week -1).
• • The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a patient's potential participation in a clinical trial.