Status:

COMPLETED

Optimal Oral Hypoglycaemic Agents (OHA) for Combination With Insulin Glargine (Sulfonylurea vs. Metformin)

Lead Sponsor:

Sanofi

Conditions:

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Primary objective: To find out an optimal regimen of OHA (oral hypoglycaemic agents) in combination with insulin glargine (metformin, glimepiride or metformin+glimepiride) by measuring HbA1c level S...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Type 2 diabetes for at least 6 months
  • Treated with maximal, tolerable dose of metformin (≥ 1000mg/day) and sulfonylurea (glimepiride≥ 4 mg/day or equivalent dose of other SU) for at least 3 months prior to the screening visit
  • 0 \< HbA1c \< 11 %
  • Fasting serum C-peptide \> 0.33 nmol/L
  • BMI \< 30 kg/m²
  • Patients who is willing to monitor BG using SMBG

Exclusion

  • Type 1 Diabetes
  • Clinical evidence of active liver disease, or serum ALT 3 times the upper limit of the normal range
  • Serum creatinine: ≥ 1.5 mg/dl for males, ≥ 1.4 mg/dl for females
  • Active proliferative diabetic retinopathy, as defined by the application of photocoagulation or surgery, in the 6 months before study entry or any other unstable (rapidly progressing) retinopathy that may require photocoagulation or surgery during the study (an optic fundus examination should have been performed in the 2 years prior to study entry)
  • History of alcohol or other substance abuse
  • Pregnancy or not using contraceptive in childbearing aged women
  • Breast feeding women
  • History of hypersensitivity to the study drugs or to drugs with a similar chemical structure
  • Treatment with any medication including corticosteroid or herbal medicines that can affect blood glucose level within 3 months prior to study entry except metformin and sulfonylurea.
  • The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a patient's potential participation in a clinical trial.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

99 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00708578

Start Date

May 1 2008

End Date

December 1 2009

Last Update

January 25 2011

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Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office

Seoul, South Korea