Insulin Glulisine in Adult Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Receiving Insulin Glargine as Basal Insulin

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Clinical Trial

Official title:

Insulin Glulisine Administered in a Fixed Bolus Regimen Versus Variable Bolus Regimen Based on Carbohydrate Counting in Adult Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Receiving Insulin Glargine as Basal Insulin

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00135057
• Other study ID #: HMR1964A_3502
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• First received: August 23, 2005
• Last updated: January 10, 2011
• Start date: April 2004
• Est. completion date: August 2005

Study information

• Verified date: January 2011
• Source: Sanofi
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the change in glycemic control, as measured by hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) from baseline to study week 24, in subjects receiving insulin glulisine as mealtime insulin following a variable bolus insulin regimen (based on carbohydrate counting) versus a fixed bolus insulin regimen, with insulin glargine as basal insulin in both arms of the study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 281
• Est. completion date: August 2005
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus for at least six months; 18 to 70 years of age, inclusive.

• A1c = 7.0% and = 10% at screening

• At least 3 months of continuous insulin and/or insulin analogue therapy (on at least 2 injections) +/- metformin prior to study entry. (Note: Subjects receiving insulin glargine [Lantus] twice a day [split dose] will be considered as being on one injection only.)

• Willingness of subject to discontinue other anti-diabetic drug treatments and to remain off them through the entire study

• Negative glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) autoantibodies

• Ability and willingness to perform self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) at least four times a day, and at least 7 times daily during the 7-point blood glucose (BG) profile measurement days

• Ability and willingness to adhere to, and be compliant with, the study protocol

• Must be able to read English at the sixth grade level in order to complete the patient-reported outcomes component of the study.

• Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects treated with sulfonylureas, thiazolidinediones (TZDs), or any other oral antidiabetic drugs (within the 3 months before study entry) except for insulin and/or insulin analogues with or without metformin

• Planned pregnancy; or pregnant or lactating females.

• For subjects treated with metformin: serum creatinine = 1.5 mg/dL (133 µmol/L) for males or = 1.4 mg/dL (124 µmoL) for females

• Serum creatinine = 3.0 mg/dL (266 µmol/L)

• Any clinically significant renal disease (other than proteinuria) or hepatic disease

• Serum ALT or AST levels greater than 2.5 X the upper limit of normal

• Any current malignancy or any cancer within the past 5 years (except for adequately treated basal cell skin cancer or cervical carcinoma in situ)

• Diagnosis of dementia or mental condition rendering the subject unable to understand the nature, scope, and possible consequences of the study

• Diagnosis of impaired dexterity or vision rendering the subject unable to administer multiple daily injections (MDIs)

• Cardiac status New York Heart Association (NYHA) III-IV

• Hypersensitivity to Lantus or insulin glulisine (Apidra) or any of their components

• Any disease or condition (including abuse of illicit drugs, prescription medicines or alcohol) that, in the opinion of the investigator or sponsor, may interfere with the completion of the study.

• Subject unlikely to comply with protocol, e.g., uncooperative attitude, inability to return for follow-up visits, and unlikelihood of completing the study

• Subject is the investigator or any sub-investigator, research assistant, pharmacist, study coordinator, other staff or relative thereof directly involved in the conduct of the protocol.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Intervention

Drug:
• insulin glulisine

• insulin glargine

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Sanofi-Aventis	Bridgewater	New Jersey

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Sanofi

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Compare the change in glycemic control (as measured by A1c) from baseline to endpoint of fixed dose bolus regimen vs. variable bolus regimen based on carbohydrate count