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Trial reportHormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme2008

Efficacy and safety of vildagliptin monotherapy during 2-year treatment of drug-naïve patients with type 2 diabetes: comparison with metformin.

B Göke, K Hershon, D Kerr, A Calle Pascual, A Schweizer, J Foley, Q Shao, S Dejager

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 34 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
8.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02613897 nacompletedstarted 2016, after this paper: background citation

A 16-wk, Uni-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Parallel, Phase 3b Trial to Evaluate Efficacy of Saxagliptin + Dapagliflozin vs.Dapagliflozin With Regard to EGP in T2DM With Insufficient Glycemic Control on Metformin+/-Sulfonylurea Therapy

Ran2016Enrolled56Registered outcomes9Posted comparisons0ConditionsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Armsdapagliflozin, Placebo, Saxagliptin
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NCT00138567 phase3completednot on this map

Extension to a Study on the Efficacy and Safety of Vildagliptin Compared to Metformin in Drug Naive Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

TypeinterventionalSponsorNovartisRan2005 to 2006Enrolled530ConditionsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Armsvildagliptin
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Metformin monotherapy for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020 · on this map
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  7. Risk of fatal and nonfatal lactic acidosis with metformin use in type 2 diabetes mellitus.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2010 · on this map
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  16. Use of Vildagliptin in Management of Type 2 Diabetes: Effectiveness, Treatment Persistence and Safety from the 2-Year Real-Life VILDA Study.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

B GökeDepartment of Internal Medicine II, University of Munich-Grosshadern, Munich, Germany.
K Hershon
D Kerr
A Calle Pascual
A Schweizer
J Foley
Q Shao
S Dejager
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study was a 52-week extension of a previously published, multi-center, randomized, parallel-group study. The aim of this extension study was to compare the efficacy and tolerability of vildagliptin and metformin in drug-naïve patients with type 2 diabetes over 104 weeks. The extension population comprised 305 patients randomized to vildagliptin (100 mg daily) and 158 patients randomized to metformin (2 000 mg daily). Pioglitazone was added as rescue medication if fasting glucose was >10 mmol/l; data from patients receiving rescue medication were excluded from the primary analysis. Baseline HbA (1c) averaged 8.4+/-0.1% in patients randomized to vildagliptin and 8.8+/-0.1% in those randomized to metformin. The adjusted mean change from baseline to study endpoint was -1.0+/-0.1% in vildagliptin-treated patients and -1.5+/-0.1% in those receiving metformin (p<0.001 vs. vildagliptin). These results were similar to those reported after the 1-year core phase of the study. The adjusted mean changes in body weight from baseline to endpoint were 0.5+/-0.4 kg and -2.5+/-0.5 kg in the vildagliptin and metformin groups, respectively. One or more adverse event (AE) was reported by 82.2% of patients receiving vildagliptin and by 87.3% of those receiving metformin (p<0.001). Gastrointestinal AEs were more common in patients receiving metformin (45.6%) than in those receiving vildagliptin (25.0%, p<0.001 vs. metformin). One hypoglycemic event occurred after strenuous exercise in a single patient receiving vildagliptin (0.3%). In conclusion, both vildagliptin and metformin monotherapy provided clinically meaningful decreases in HbA (1c) over 2 years in drug-naïve patients with type 2 diabetes. Vildagliptin was weight neutral, while weight loss was observed with metformin; however, metformin was associated with significantly worse gastrointestinal tolerability.

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AdamantaneAdultData Interpretation, StatisticalDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Double-Blind MethodFemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansHypoglycemic AgentsMaleMetforminMiddle AgedNitrilesPyrrolidinesVildagliptinAdamantaneGlycated HemoglobinHypoglycemic AgentsMetforminNitrilesPyrrolidinesVildagliptin

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PMID18726829
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Registered trials

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