Effect of Liraglutide on Blood Glucose Control in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

Study at a glance

From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 26 Jan 2017. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.

Official title

Liraglutide Effect and Action in Diabetes (LEAD-5): Effect on Glycaemic Control After Once Daily Administration of Liraglutide in Combination With Glimepiride and Metformin Versus Glimepiride and Metformin Combination Therapy, and Versus Insulin Glargine Added to Glimepiride and Metformin Combination Therapy in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes.A Six-month Randomised, Double-blind, Parallel-group, Multi-centre, Multi-national Trial With an Open-label Treat-to-target Insulin Glargine Control Arm.

ClinicalTrials.gov ID

NCT00331851

Acronym / sponsor ID

LEAD-5 / NN2211-1697

Conditions

Diabetes, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Phase

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Recruitment status

Completed

Enrolment

584 participants (actual)

Lead sponsor

Novo Nordisk A/SIndustry (pharma, biotech, devices)

Study start

May 2006

Primary completion

Apr 2007 (actual)

Study completion

Apr 2007 (actual)

First posted

31 May 2006 (estimated)

Results

Not posted in the source record

Clinical summary

The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.

Study design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomised

Intervention model

Parallel groups

Masking

Double blind (participant, investigator)

Who may qualify

Ages

18 to 80 years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

Age groups

Adult, Older adult

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Interventions

Primary outcome

1. HbA1c

   Time frame: after 26 weeks of treatment

Results and safety

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

Research links

• Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 26 Jan 2017.
• Results publication: PubMed 19245711Sullivan SD, Alfonso-Cristancho R, Conner C, Hammer M, Blonde L. Long-term outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes receiving glimepiride combined with liraglutide or rosiglitazone. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2009 Feb 26;8:12. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-8-12.
• Results publication: PubMed 19491536McGill JB. Insights from the Liraglutide Clinical Development Program--the Liraglutide Effect and Action in Diabetes (LEAD) studies. Postgrad Med. 2009 May;121(3):16-25. doi: 10.3810/pgm.2009.05.1998.
• Results publication: PubMed 19688338Russell-Jones D, Vaag A, Schmitz O, Sethi BK, Lalic N, Antic S, Zdravkovic M, Ravn GM, Simo R; Liraglutide Effect and Action in Diabetes 5 (LEAD-5) met+SU Study Group. Liraglutide vs insulin glargine and placebo in combination with metformin and sulfonylurea therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus (LEAD-5 met+SU): a randomised controlled trial. Diabetologia. 2009 Oct;52(10):2046-55. doi: 10.1007/s00125-009-1472-y. Epub 2009 Aug 14.
• Results publication: PubMed 19878259Blonde L, Russell-Jones D. The safety and efficacy of liraglutide with or without oral antidiabetic drug therapy in type 2 diabetes: an overview of the LEAD 1-5 studies. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2009 Dec;11 Suppl 3:26-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2009.01075.x.
• Results publication: PubMed 21450987Buse JB, Garber A, Rosenstock J, Schmidt WE, Brett JH, Videbaek N, Holst J, Nauck M. Liraglutide treatment is associated with a low frequency and magnitude of antibody formation with no apparent impact on glycemic response or increased frequency of adverse events: results from the Liraglutide Effect and Action in Diabetes (LEAD) trials. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Jun;96(6):1695-702. doi: 10.1210/jc.2010-2822. Epub 2011 Mar 30.
• Results publication: PubMed 22055210Bode BW, Brett J, Falahati A, Pratley RE. Comparison of the efficacy and tolerability profile of liraglutide, a once-daily human GLP-1 analog, in patients with type 2 diabetes >/=65 and <65 years of age: a pooled analysis from phase III studies. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2011 Dec;9(6):423-33. doi: 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2011.09.007. Epub 2011 Nov 4.
• Results publication: PubMed 22193143Henry RR, Buse JB, Sesti G, Davies MJ, Jensen KH, Brett J, Pratley RE. Efficacy of antihyperglycemic therapies and the influence of baseline hemoglobin A(1C): a meta-analysis of the liraglutide development program. Endocr Pract. 2011 Nov-Dec;17(6):906-13. doi: 10.4158/ep.17.6.906.
• Results publication: PubMed 21883806Zinman B, Schmidt WE, Moses A, Lund N, Gough S. Achieving a clinically relevant composite outcome of an HbA1c of <7% without weight gain or hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of the liraglutide clinical trial programme. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2012 Jan;14(1):77-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2011.01493.x. Epub 2011 Oct 30.
• Results publication: PubMed 22862847Niswender K, Pi-Sunyer X, Buse J, Jensen KH, Toft AD, Russell-Jones D, Zinman B. Weight change with liraglutide and comparator therapies: an analysis of seven phase 3 trials from the liraglutide diabetes development programme. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2013 Jan;15(1):42-54. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2012.01673.x. Epub 2012 Sep 9.
• Results publication: PubMed 23010561Alves C, Batel-Marques F, Macedo AF. A meta-analysis of serious adverse events reported with exenatide and liraglutide: acute pancreatitis and cancer. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2012 Nov;98(2):271-84. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2012.09.008. Epub 2012 Sep 23.
• Results publication: PubMed 23186975King AB, Montanya E, Pratley RE, Blonde L, Svendsen CB, Donsmark M, Sesti G. Liraglutide achieves A1C targets more often than sitagliptin or exenatide when added to metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes and a baseline A1C <8.0%. Endocr Pract. 2013 Jan-Feb;19(1):64-72. doi: 10.4158/EP12232.OR.
• Results publication: PubMed 25323312Buse JB, Peters A, Russell-Jones D, Furber S, Donsmark M, Han J, MacConell L, Maggs D, Diamant M. Is insulin the most effective injectable antihyperglycaemic therapy? Diabetes Obes Metab. 2015 Feb;17(2):145-51. doi: 10.1111/dom.12402. Epub 2014 Nov 9.
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Referral and contact

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