Status:

COMPLETED

Efficacy of Pioglitazone and Glimepiride Combination Therapy in Treating Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Lead Sponsor:

Takeda

Conditions:

Diabetes Mellitus

Eligibility:

All Genders

30-75 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of pioglitazone, once daily (QD), and glimepiride combination therapy compared to glimepiride monotherapy in subjects with Type 2 Diabetes.

Detailed Description

Tight glycemic control is mandatory for the prevention and treatment of vascular complications in patients suffering from diabetes mellitus. After onset of Type 2 Diabetes, patients are usually treate...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Type 2 Diabetes according to the American Diabetes Association Criteria.
  • Treatment with Glimepiride monotherapy (1-3 mg per day) 3 months before entering the study.
  • Glycosylated hemoglobin greater than 6.5%, but less than 8.5% and/ or fasting plasma glucose greater than 7 mmol/l within the last 4 weeks.
  • Females of childbearing potential who are sexually active must agree to use adequate contraception, and can neither be pregnant nor lactating from Screening throughout the duration of the study.

Exclusion

  • Type 1 Diabetes mellitus.
  • History of hypersensitivity to the study drugs or to drugs with similar chemical structures.
  • Progressive fatal disease.
  • History of drug or alcohol abuse during the last 5 years.
  • More than one unexplained episode of severe hypoglycemia within 6 months prior to entering the study.
  • A history of significant cardiovascular (New York Heart Association stage I - IV), respiratory, gastrointestinal, hepatic (alanine aminotransferase greater than 2.5 times the upper limit of the normal reference range), renal (serum creatinine greater than 1.8 mg/dl; glomerular filtration rate less than 40 ml/min as estimated by the Cockroft-Gault formula), neurological, psychiatric and/or hematological disease, history of macular edema.
  • Blood donation within the last 30 days.
  • Is required to take or intends to continue taking any disallowed medication, any prescription medication, herbal treatment or over-the counter medication that may interfere with evaluation of the study medication, including:
  • CYP2C9 inductors
  • CYP2C9 inhibitors
  • rifampicin
  • fluconazole
  • drugs used for treating type 2 diabetes (insulin, insulin analogous compounds and oral antidiabetic drugs)
  • Pretreatment with thiazolidinediones within the last 12 months.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

91 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00770952

Start Date

December 1 2006

End Date

December 1 2008

Last Update

July 5 2010

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Villingen-Schwenningen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

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Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany

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Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany

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Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany