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ArticleDiabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders2015

A Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Co-Administration of Sitagliptin with Intensively Titrated Insulin Glargine.

Chantal Mathieu, R Ravi Shankar, Daniel Lorber, Guillermo Umpierrez, Fan Wu, Lei Xu, Gregory T Golm, Melanie Latham, Keith D Kaufman, Samuel S Engel

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Article in Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It reports registered trial NCT01462266. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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NCT01462266 phase3completed

A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial to Study the Safety and Insulin-Sparing Efficacy of the Addition of Sitagliptin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Who Have Inadequate Glycemic Control on Insulin Alone or in Combination With Metformin

Ran2012Enrolled660Registered outcomes5Posted comparisons1ConditionsType 2 Diabetes MellitusArmsComparator: Placebo, Insulin glargine, Metformin, Sitagliptin
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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Chantal MathieuClinical and Experimental Endocrinology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
R Ravi Shankar
Daniel Lorber
Guillermo Umpierrez
Fan Wu
Lei Xu
Gregory T Golm
Melanie Latham
Keith D Kaufman
Samuel S Engel
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · USEmory University · USKU Leuven · BENew York Hospital Queens · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe objective of this study was to assess the effect of sitagliptin on insulin dose in patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes who titrate basal insulin to a target fasting glucose level after initiating sitagliptin.

methodsThis was a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 24-week clinical trial in which treatment with sitagliptin 100 mg/day or placebo was administered concurrently with insulin glargine titration, targeting a fasting glucose of 4.0-5.6 mmol/L (72-100 mg/dL). The trial randomized 660 patients with type 2 diabetes and inadequate glycemic control on insulin, with or without metformin (≥1500 mg/day) or sulfonylurea, for ≥10 weeks. Patients could remain on metformin but not sulfonylurea after randomization.

resultsThe increase from baseline in the daily dose of insulin was less in the sitagliptin group (N = 329) compared to placebo (N = 329) (between group difference = -4.7 IU [95% confidence interval [CI] -8.3, -1.2]; p = 0.009). Patients in the sitagliptin group had lower glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels after 24 weeks (between-group difference of -0.4% [95% CI -0.6, -0.3; -4.9 mmol/mol (95% CI -6.6, -3.2)]; p < 0.001), and more patients in the sitagliptin group reached the HbA1c goal of <7.0% (53 mmol/mol), with a between-group difference of 17.3% (95% CI 10.4%, 24.1%; p < 0.001). Fewer patients in the sitagliptin group experienced an adverse event of hypoglycemia (between-group difference = -15.5%, p < 0.001).

conclusionAdministration of sitagliptin prior to intensive titration of basal insulin glargine reduces the insulin dose requirement while providing superior glycemic control and less hypoglycemia, compared to an insulin-only regimen.

fundingMerck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.

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PMCPMC4478181
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