Status:
COMPLETED
Efficacy vs Placebo as Initial Combination Therapy With Pioglitazone
Lead Sponsor:
Boehringer Ingelheim
Conditions:
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The objective of the current study is to investigate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of BI 1356 (Linagliptin) (5 mg / once daily) compared to placebo given for 24 weeks as initial combination th...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria:
- Signed and dated written Informed Consent (IC) by date of Visit 1a in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and local legislation
- Patients with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus and treatment naive or previously treated with any oral hypoglycaemic agent; antidiabetic therapy has to be unchanged for ten weeks prior to informed consent.
- Glycosylated haemoglobin A1 (HbA1c) 7.5-11% at Visit 2 (Start of Run-in).
- Male and female patients aged \> or = 18 and \< or = to 80 years at Visit 1a (Screening).
- Body Mass Index (BMI) \< or = 40 kg/m2 at Visit 1a (Screening)
- Signed and dated written informed consent prior to admission to the study in accordance with GCP and local legislation.
- Exclusion criteria:
- Myocardial infarction, stroke or Transient Isquemic Atack (TIA) within 6 months prior to Inform Consent (IC)
- Impaired hepatic function, defined by serum levels of either Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT), Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST), or alkaline phosphatase above 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN) determined at Visit 1a.
- Known hypersensitivity or allergy to the investigational product or its excipients and/or to hydrochloride of pioglitazone or its excipients
- Treatment with Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue / agonist within 3 months prior to IC.
- Treatment with insulin within 3 months prior to IC
- Treatment with anti-obesity drugs 3 months prior to IC.
- Alcohol abuse within the 3 months prior to IC that would interfere with trial participation or drug abuse.
- Participation in another trial with an investigational drug within 2 months prior to IC.
- Fasting blood glucose \> 240 mg/dl (=13.3 mmol/L) at screening (Visit 1).
- Pre-menopausal women (last menstruation \< or =1 year prior to signing IC) who:
- are nursing or pregnant,
- or are of child-bearing potential and are not practicing an acceptable method of birth control, or do not plan to continue using this method throughout the study and do not agree to submit to periodic pregnancy testing during participation in the trial. Acceptable methods of birth control include transdermal patch, intra uterine devices/systems (IUDs/IUSs), oral, implantable or injectable contraceptives, sexual abstinence and vasectomised partner. No exception will be made.
- Treatment with systemic steroids or change in the dosage of thyroid hormone within six weeks prior to IC
- Heart failure New York Heart Asociation (NYHA) class I-IV, or history of heart failure.
- Diabetic ketoacidosis within 6 months prior to IC.
- Hemodialyzed patients due to limited experience with Thiazolidinediones (TZDs)
- Any other clinical condition wich, in the opinion of the investigator, would not alow safe completion of the protocol and safe administration of BI1356 and pioglitazone.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
389 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00641043
Start Date
March 1 2008
Last Update
February 17 2014
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1218.15.43004 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
Feldkirch, Austria
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1218.15.43001 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
Graz, Austria
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1218.15.43003 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
Vienna, Austria
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1218.15.43005 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site
Vienna, Austria