Overview
A Trial Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of Semaglutide Once Weekly Versus Sitagliptin Once Daily in Japanese Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes
Status:
Completed
Completed
Trial end date:
2015-11-11
2015-11-11
Target enrollment:
0
0
Participant gender:
All
All
Summary
This trial is conducted in Japan. The purpose is to compare the safety of once-weekly dosing of semaglutide (0.5 and 1.0 mg) versus sitagliptin (100 mg) once daily, both as monotherapy during 30 weeks of treatment in Japanese subjects with type 2 diabetes.Phase:
Phase 3Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
NoDetails
Lead Sponsor:
Novo Nordisk A/STreatments:
Sitagliptin Phosphate
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:- Male or female, age 20 years or older at the time of signing informed consent
- Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) between 6.5% and 9.5% (48-80 mmol/mol) (both inclusive)
for subjects treated with oral antidiabetic drug (OAD) monotherapy and between 7.0%
and 10.5% (53-91 mmol/mol) (both inclusive) for subjects treated with diet and
exercise therapy at screening
- Japanese subjects diagnosed with type 2 diabetes who are: a) on stable OAD monotherapy
at a half-maximum dose or below according to the approved Japanese labelling in
addition to diet and exercise therapy for at least 30 days prior to screening (week
-8) (For metformin only: the maximum dose of 750 mg/day is allowed except for
METGLUCO®. For METGLUCO®, the allowable half-max dose of 1125 mg/day must be
applied.). 'Stable' is defined as unchanged medication and unchanged dose, or b) on
stable diet and exercise therapy for at least 30 days prior to screening (week -2)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Female who is pregnant, breast-feeding or intends to become pregnant or is of
child-bearing potential and not using an adequate contraceptive method (e.g.
abstinence, diaphragm, condom [by the partner], intrauterine device, sponge,
spermicide or oral contraceptives) throughout the trial including the 5-week follow-up
period
- Treatment with once-weekly glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists within 90
days prior to screening
- Treatment with any glucose lowering agent(s) (except for pre-trial OAD for subject
treated with OAD monotherapy) in a period of 60 days prior to screening. An exception
is short-term treatment (7 days or less in total) with insulin in connection with
inter-current illness
- Any disorder which, in the opinion of the investigator, might jeopardise subject's
safety or compliance with the protocol
- History of chronic or idiopathic acute pancreatitis
- Screening calcitonin value of 50 ng/L (pg/mL) or greater
- Personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) or multiple endocrine
neoplasia syndrome type 2 (MEN2)
- Impaired renal function defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) less
than 60 ml/min/1.73 m^2 per modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) formula (4
variable version)
- Acute coronary or cerebrovascular event within 90 days before randomisation
- Heart failure, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class IV