A Study of Aleglitazar in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
- Interventions
- Registration Number
- NCT00388518
- Lead Sponsor
- Hoffmann-La Roche
- Brief Summary
This 6 arm study will assess the efficacy, safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of aleglitazar therapy in patients with Type 2 diabetes. Patients will be randomised to one of 6 treatment arms, to receive one of 4 doses of aleglitazar, Actos as an open-label active comparator, or placebo. Aleglitazar will be administered starting from a dose of 0.05mg po daily, and Actos will be administered at a dose of 45mg once daily. The anticipated time on study treatment is 3-12 months, and the target sample size is 100-500 individuals.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 332
- adult patients, 18-75 years of age;
- type 2 diabetes, diagnosed >=1 month of screening;
- either drug-naive, or pretreated with a maximum of 2 oral antihyperglycemic agents at submaximal doses;
- HbA1c <=10.0% at screening, and 7.0-10.0% at pre-randomisation visit.
- type 1 diabetes;
- currently or previously treated with insulin, a thiazolidinedione, or a dual Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor (PPAR) agonist;
- clinically significant cardiovascular disease;
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) New York Heart Association (NYHA) 3-4.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Aleglitazar 1 aleglitazar - Actos Actos - Placebo Placebo - Aleglitazar 3 aleglitazar - Aleglitazar 2 aleglitazar - Aleglitazar 4 aleglitazar -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Absolute change from baseline in Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) 16 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Adverse Events (AEs), laboratory parameters. Throughout study Absolute change from baseline in Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG), HbA1c response rate, insulin sensitivity, beta cell function and cardiovascular markers. 16 weeks