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A Research Study to Compare Two Types of Insulin, a New Insulin, Insulin Icodec and an Available Insulin, Insulin Glargine, in People With Type 2 Diabetes Who Have Not Used Insulin Before

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT04460885
Lead Sponsor
Novo Nordisk A/S
Brief Summary

This study compares insulin icodec (a new insulin taken once a week) to insulin glargine (an insulin taken once daily which is already available on the market) in people with type 2 diabetes.

The study will look at how well insulin icodec taken weekly controls blood sugar compared to insulin glargine taken daily. Participants will either get insulin icodec that participants will have to inject once a week on the same day of the week or insulin glargine that participants will have to inject once a day at the same time every day. Which treatment participants get is decided by chance.

The insulin is injected with a needle in a skin fold in the thigh, upper arm or stomach. The study will last for about 1 ½ years. Participants will have 37 clinic visits and 26 phone calls with the study doctor. At 11 clinic visits participant will have blood samples taken. At 8 clinic visits participants cannot eat or drink (except for water) for 8 hours before the visit.

Participants will be asked to wear a sensor that measures the blood sugar all the time in 5 periods of about one month during the study (about 5 months in total). Women cannot take part if pregnant, breast-feeding or plan to become pregnant during the study period.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
984
Inclusion Criteria
  • Male or female aged above or equal to 18 years at the time of signing informed consent.
  • Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) 180 days or more prior to the day of screening.
  • HbA1c from 7.0-11.0% (53.0-96.7 mmol/mol) both inclusive at screening confirmed by central laboratory analysis.
  • Insulin naïve. However, short term insulin treatment for a maximum of 14 days prior to the day of screening is allowed, as is prior insulin treatment for gestational diabetes.
  • Stable daily dose(s) 90 days or more prior to the day of screening of any of the following anti-diabetic drug(s) or combination regimen(s): a. Any metformin formulations at least or greater than 1500 mg or maximum tolerated or effective dose. b. Any metformin combination formulations equal to or above 1500 mg or maximum tolerated or effective dose. c. Any of the following oral anti-diabetic drug classes including combinations ((equal to or above half of the maximum approved dose according to local label or maximum tolerated or effective dose): Sulfonylureas, Meglitinides (glinides), dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors, Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, Thiazolidinediones, Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, Oral combination products (for the allowed individual oral anti-diabetic drugs), Oral or injectable glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists
  • Body mass index (BMI) equal to or below 40.0 kg/m^2.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Any episodes (as declared by the subject or in the medical records) of diabetic ketoacidosis within 90 days prior to the day of screening.
  • Myocardial infarction, stroke, hospitalisation for unstable angina pectoris or transient ischaemic attack within 180 days prior to the day of screening.
  • Chronic heart failure classified as being in New York Heart Association Class IV at screening.
  • Anticipated initiation or change in concomitant medications (for more than 14 consecutive days) known to affect weight or glucose metabolism (e.g. treatment with orlistat, thyroid hormones, or corticosteroids).
  • Uncontrolled and potentially unstable diabetic retinopathy or maculopathy. Verified by a fundus examination performed within the past 90 days prior to screening or in the period between screening and randomisation. Pharmacological pupil-dilation is a requirement unless using a digital fundus photography camera specified for non-dilated examination

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Insulin icodecInsulin icodecInsulin icodec + non-insulin anti-diabetic drugs. The pre-trial non-insulin anti-diabetic background medication should be maintained at the stable, pre-trial dose and at the same frequency during the entire treatment period
Insulin glargineInsulin glargineInsulin glargine + non-insulin anti-diabetic drugs. The pre-trial non-insulin anti-diabetic background medication should be maintained at the stable, pre-trial dose and at the same frequency during the entire treatment period
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in HbA1cFrom baseline week 0 (V2) to week 52 (V46)

%-point

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of severe hypoglycaemic episodes (level 3)From baseline week 0 (V2) to week 83 (V63)

Number of episodes

Change in fasting plasma glucose (FPG)From baseline week 0 (V2) to week 52 (V46)

mmol/L

Number of clinically significant hypoglycaemic episodes (level 2) (<3.0 mmol/L (54 mg/dL) confirmed by BG meter)From baseline week 0 (V2) to week 83 (V63)

Number of episodes

Time in target range 3.9-10.0 mmol/L (70-180 mg/dL) using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, Dexcom G6From week 48 (V42) to week 52 (V46)

% of readings

Mean weekly insulin doseFrom week 50 (V44) to week 52 (V46)

U

Time spent > 10 mmol/L (180 mg/dL) using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, Dexcom G6From week 48 (V42) to week 52 (V46)

% of readings

Change in body weightFrom baseline week 0 (V2) to week 52 (V46)

kg

Number of clinically significant hypoglycaemic episodes (level 2) (<3.0 mmol/L (54 mg/dL), confirmed by BG meter) or severe hypoglycaemic episodes (level 3)From baseline week 0 (V2) to week 83 (V63)

Number of episodes

Time spent < 3.0 mmol/L (54 mg/dL) using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, Dexcom G6From week 48 (V42) to week 52 (V46)

% of readings

Trial Locations

Locations (138)

Medinet LLC

🇷🇺

Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation

Holston Medical Group

🇺🇸

Kingsport, Tennessee, United States

Texas Diab & Endo, P.A.

🇺🇸

Round Rock, Texas, United States

Prestige Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Franklin, Ohio, United States

Diab & Endo Assoc of Stark Co

🇺🇸

Canton, Ohio, United States

Velocity Clinical Res-Dallas

🇺🇸

Dallas, Texas, United States

UT Southwestern Med Cntr

🇺🇸

Dallas, Texas, United States

Cedar-Crosse Research Center

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Intend Research

🇺🇸

Norman, Oklahoma, United States

PrimeCare Medical Group

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

Juno Research, LLC_Houston

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

Cotton-O'Neil Diab & Endo Ctr

🇺🇸

Topeka, Kansas, United States

Plains Clinical Research Center, LLC

🇺🇸

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Madras Diabetes Research Foundation

🇮🇳

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Uni of Alabama at Birmingham

🇺🇸

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Rabin Medical Center

🇮🇱

Petach Tikva, Israel

Shimizu Clinic Fusa

🇯🇵

Saitama, Japan

Ramdev Rao Hospital

🇮🇳

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Opca bolnica Karlovac

🇭🇷

Karlovac, Croatia

Chase Medical Research LLC

🇺🇸

Waterbury, Connecticut, United States

Kaplan MC

🇮🇱

Rehovot, Israel

Clínica Omega Diabetes, S.C.

🇲🇽

Mexico City, México, D.F., Mexico

Specjalistyczny Gabinet Diabetologiczny Radoslaw Rumianowski

🇵🇱

Gorzow Wielkopolski, Lubuskie, Poland

Prywatny Gabinet Janusz Gumprecht

🇵🇱

Zabrze, Poland

Polyclinic #2 in Yoshkar-Ola

🇷🇺

Yoshkar-Ola, Russian Federation

MEDISPEKTRUM s.r.o.

🇸🇰

Bratislava, Slovakia

SIN AZUCAR s.r.o.

🇸🇰

Malacky, Slovakia

Osmania General Hospital

🇮🇳

Hyderabad, Telengana, India

Gandhi Hospital & Medical college

🇮🇳

Hyderabad, Telengana, India

Diabetes Clinic Wolfson MC

🇮🇱

Holon, Israel

The Diabetes Center, LLC

🇺🇸

Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, United States

Diabetes Unit Hadassah Ein Karem MC

🇮🇱

Jerusalem, Israel

Wakakusa Clinic

🇯🇵

Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi, Japan

Voronezh Regional Clinical Consultive-diagnostic Centre

🇷🇺

Voronezh, Russian Federation

Diabetologicka ambulancia SchronerMED, s.r.o.

🇸🇰

Moldava nad Bodvou, Slovakia

ARETEUS s.r.o.

🇸🇰

Trebisov, Slovakia

Manati Ctr For Clin Research

🇵🇷

Manati, Puerto Rico

Tokuyama clinic

🇯🇵

Chiba, Japan

Oyama East Clinic

🇯🇵

Tochigi, Japan

NBR Polska Tomasz Klodawski

🇵🇱

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

Siberian State Medical University

🇷🇺

Tomsk, Russian Federation

Diabetologicka a endokrinologicka ambulancia

🇸🇰

Bratislava, Slovakia

Shinden Higashi Clinic_Miyagi

🇯🇵

Miyagi, Japan

Noritake Clinic

🇯🇵

Ushiku-shi, Ibaraki, Japan

NZOZ Specjalistyczny Osrodek Internistyczno-Diabetologiczny Małgorzata Arciszewska

🇵🇱

Bialystok, Podlaskie, Poland

SAHI Kuzbass Hospital(former Regional clinical hospital)

🇷🇺

Kemerovo, Russian Federation

Leningrad Regional Clinical Hospital

🇷🇺

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Consultative & Diagnostic Center with a Outpatient Hospital

🇷🇺

Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation

MediVet s.r.o.

🇸🇰

Malacky, Slovakia

Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González

🇲🇽

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

Investigación Médica Sonora S.C.

🇲🇽

Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Centrum Medyczne "Diabetika"

🇵🇱

Radom, Poland

Penza Regional Clinical Hospital named after N.N. Burdenko

🇷🇺

Penza, Russian Federation

Peter Farkas MD, s.r.o.

🇸🇰

Sahy, Slovak Republic, Slovakia

InstitutoJalisciense de Investigación en Diabetes y Obesidad

🇲🇽

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Florida Inst For Clin Res

🇺🇸

Orlando, Florida, United States

Policlinico Umberto I Seconda Clinica Medica

🇮🇹

Roma, RM, Italy

Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore

🇮🇳

Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Lakeview Clinical Research, LLC

🇺🇸

Guntersville, Alabama, United States

Valley Research

🇺🇸

Fresno, California, United States

American Clinical Trials

🇺🇸

Buena Park, California, United States

Coastal Metabolic Research Center

🇺🇸

Ventura, California, United States

Desert Oasis Hlthcr Med Group

🇺🇸

Palm Springs, California, United States

First Valley Medical Group

🇺🇸

Lancaster, California, United States

East Coast Institute for Research, LLC

🇺🇸

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Suncoast Clin Res Port Richey

🇺🇸

New Port Richey, Florida, United States

Palm Harbor Medical Associates

🇺🇸

Palm Harbor, Florida, United States

Metabolic Research Institute Inc

🇺🇸

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Clinical Invest Special_Gurnee

🇺🇸

Gurnee, Illinois, United States

Iowa Diab & Endo Res Center

🇺🇸

West Des Moines, Iowa, United States

MedStar Hlth Res Institute

🇺🇸

Hyattsville, Maryland, United States

Four Rivers Clinical Research Inc

🇺🇸

Paducah, Kentucky, United States

Endo And Metab Cons

🇺🇸

Rockville, Maryland, United States

Arcturus Healthcare, PLC.

🇺🇸

Troy, Michigan, United States

Southgate Medical Group, LLP

🇺🇸

West Seneca, New York, United States

Albuquerque Clin Trials, Inc.

🇺🇸

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Physicians East Endocrinology

🇺🇸

Greenville, North Carolina, United States

N.Y. Total Medical Care PC

🇺🇸

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Hillcrest Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Simpsonville, South Carolina, United States

Medication Management, LLC

🇺🇸

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Accellacare

🇺🇸

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Providence Health Partners Ctr

🇺🇸

Dayton, Ohio, United States

Fmc Science, Llc

🇺🇸

Lampasas, Texas, United States

Clinical Trials of Texas, LLC

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

NE Clin Res of San Antonio

🇺🇸

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Simcare Medical Research, LLC

🇺🇸

Sugar Land, Texas, United States

Chrysalis Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Saint George, Utah, United States

TPMG Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Newport News, Virginia, United States

Rainier Clin Res Ctr Inc

🇺🇸

Renton, Washington, United States

KBC Rijeka, Endokrinologija

🇭🇷

Rijeka, Croatia

Opca bolnica Varazdin

🇭🇷

Varazdin, Croatia

Poliklinika SLAVONIJA OSIJEK

🇭🇷

Osijek, Osječko - Baranjska Županija, Croatia

PGIMS Rohtak

🇮🇳

Rohtak, Haryana, India

BYL Nair Hospital and T N Medical College Department of endo

🇮🇳

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

TOTALL Diabetes Hormone Institute

🇮🇳

Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

chelleram Diabetes Institute

🇮🇳

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Policlinico Mater Domini Università di Catanzaro

🇮🇹

Catanzaro, Italy

Sugimoto Clinic,Internal Medicine

🇯🇵

Kitakyusyu-shi, Fukuoka, Japan

Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII

🇮🇹

Bergamo, Italy

Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico UO Endocrinologia Diabetolgia

🇮🇹

Milano, Italy

Unità Funzionale di nutrizione clinica cod 58.01.3

🇮🇹

Palermo, Italy

Hayashi Diabetes Clinic

🇯🇵

Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan, Japan

Diabetes Clinic Meir MC

🇮🇱

Kfar Saba, Israel

The University of Tokyo Hospital, Diabetes and Metabolic

🇯🇵

Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Heiwadai Hospital

🇯🇵

Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki, Japan

Naka Kinen Clinic

🇯🇵

Ibaraki, Japan

Futata Tetsuhiro Clinic Meinohama

🇯🇵

Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, Japan

Toranomon Hospital, Endocrinology and Metabolism

🇯🇵

Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Takatsuki Red Cross Hospital

🇯🇵

Osaka, Japan

NZOZ "CenterMed Lublin" Sp. z o.o.

🇵🇱

Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland

NZOZ Przychodnia Specjalistyczna Medica

🇵🇱

Lublin, Lubelski, Poland

Centrum Zdrowia Tuchow Sp z o.o.

🇵🇱

Wierzchoslawice, Poland

Advanced Clinical Research LLC

🇵🇷

Bayamon, Puerto Rico

National Medical Research Center of Endocrinology

🇷🇺

Moscow, Russian Federation

Limited Law Company "Healthy Family" Medicine Center"

🇷🇺

Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Setchenov First Moscow State Medical University

🇷🇺

Moscow, Russian Federation

Scientifc Institute of Clinical and Experimental Lymphology

🇷🇺

Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Limited Liability Company "Energiya Zdoroviya"

🇷🇺

Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation

Regional clinical cardiology dispensary

🇷🇺

Saratov, Russian Federation

Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña

🇪🇸

La Coruña, Spain

Hospital Quirón

🇪🇸

Pozuelo de Alarcon, Spain

Layton Medical Centre

🇬🇧

Blackpool, United Kingdom

ABS La Roca del Vallés

🇪🇸

La Roca del Vallés, Spain

Bollington Medical Centre

🇬🇧

Bollington, United Kingdom

The Health Centre

🇬🇧

Bradford-on-Avon, United Kingdom

Addenbrooke's Hospital_Cambridge

🇬🇧

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Southmead Hospital

🇬🇧

Bristol, United Kingdom

The Adam Practice

🇬🇧

Dorset, United Kingdom

Western General Hospital

🇬🇧

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Burbage Surgery

🇬🇧

Hinckley, United Kingdom

The Staploe Medical Centre

🇬🇧

Soham, United Kingdom

Joint Clinical Research Facility - Swansea

🇬🇧

Swansea, United Kingdom

Royal Cornwall Hospital (Treliske)

🇬🇧

Truro, United Kingdom

Albany House Medical Centre

🇬🇧

Wellingborough, United Kingdom

Hospital Universitario de la Princesa

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Centro de Especialidades José Marva

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

East West Medical Research Institute_Honolulu

🇺🇸

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Univ of Nebraska Medical CTR

🇺🇸

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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