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Real-world Study Comparing the Adherence and Effectiveness of Linagliptin vs. Acarbose

Terminated
Conditions
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT04180813
Lead Sponsor
Boehringer Ingelheim
Brief Summary

Non-interventional cohort study based on newly collected data under routine medical practice of a total of 500 Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 patients

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
85
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patient should fully know and understand the content of consent form, and the patient is willing and able to sign an informed consent form
  • Chinese outpatients with confirmed T2DM
  • Patients of ≥ 18, < 80 years old
  • Patients currently use metformin monotherapy ≥ 1500 mg/day or maximum tolerable dose and whose glucose levels are not adequately controlled
  • HbA1c ≥ 7% and < 12%
  • New user* linagliptin or acarbose as combination therapy with metformin ≥ 1500 mg/day or maximum tolerable dose *New user defined as a T2DM patient initiating linagliptin or acarbose as an add-on therapy.

These are patients who are on metformin and whose glucose levels are not adequately controlled.

Exclusion Criteria
  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients who previously used any DPP-4 inhibitor/ GLP-1 receptor agonist at index date or any AGI at index date, are not eligible to participate. Also excluded are patients who currently using any glucose-lowering agent as monotherapy other than metformin.
  • Patients with clinically significant acute major organ or systemic disease or other condition judged by the investigator that would create difficulty for the 24-week follow-up.
  • Patients who participated in a clinical trial within 2 months prior to study enrolment date.
  • Patients diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes mellitus, secondary diabetes or gestational diabetes.
  • Current treatment with systemic steroids at time of informed consent or within 6 weeks prior to informed consent.
  • Patients with known significant GI disease as judged by the study physician.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Acarbose InitiatorsAcarbose-
Linagliptin InitiatorsLinagliptin-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of T2DM patients with high medication adherence at Week 2424 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Patient satisfaction by Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire (DTSQ) among linagliptin and acarbose initiators. The DTSQ would be completed at routine physician visits since initiation of the drug24 weeks
To compare the composite endpoint (proportion of achieving HbA1c < 7.0% without gastrointestinal adverse events (GI AEs) and without an investigator defined hypoglycaemic event)24 weeks
The effectiveness of linagliptin and acarbose on glycemic control evaluated by reducing HbA1c during a 24 week follow-up in two groups24 weeks
Proportion of T2DM patients achieving a therapeutic glycemic response defined as HbA1c < 7.0% or a lowering of HbA1c ≥ 0.5%24 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (10)

Huai'an first people's hospital

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Huai'an, China

Dongying People's Hospital

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Dongying, China

Zhongda Hospital Southeast University

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Nanjing, China

Shanghai TCM-Integrated Hospital

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Shanghai, China

Zhangjiagang First People Hospital

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Suzhou, China

Southern Medical University Shenzhen Hospital

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Shenzhen, China

ChongQing The Fourth Hospital

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Chongqing, China

No.731 Hospital of China Aerospace Science & Industry Corp.

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Beijing, China

Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University

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Chengdu, China

Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital

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Nanjing, China

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