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Type 2 DiabetesPhase 3LIBRANCT01270789

LIraglutide and Beta-cell RepAir (LIBRA) Study

A Phase 3 study testing Liraglutide in people with Type 2 Diabetes, run by Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada at 1 site in Canada.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by progressive deterioration in the function of the pancreatic beta-cells, which are the cells that produce and secrete insulin (the hormone primarily responsible for the handling of glucose in the body). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 30 to 75 years
Conditions the study is for
Type 2 Diabetes
What is being tested?
Liraglutide
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
63 participants
Where
1 siteCanada
Study dates
Jan 2011to May 2014
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 30 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • men and women between the ages of 30 and 75 years inclusive
  • physician-diagnosed type 2 diabetes of </= 7 years duration
  • negative for anti-GAD antibodies
  • on 0-2 oral anti-diabetic medications
  • A1c at screening between 5.5% and 9.0% inclusive, if on oral anti-diabetic medications, or between 6.0% and 10.0% inclusive, if not on oral anti-diabetic medications

Who cannot join

  • use of insulin, GLP-1 agonist, or dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor
  • type 1 diabetes or secondary forms of diabetes
  • major illness with life expectancy < 5 years
  • involvement in another study requiring drug therapy
  • hypersensitivity to insulin, liraglutide, or metformin
  • renal dysfunction
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  • hepatic dysfunction
  • history of pancreatitis
  • family or personal history of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 2 (MEN-2) or familial medullary thyroid carcinoma
  • personal history of non-familial medullary thyroid carcinoma
  • malignant neoplasm requiring chemotherapy, surgery, radiation or palliative therapy within the previous 5 years (with the exception of basal cell skin cancer)
  • excessive alcohol consumption
  • unwillingness to undergo multiple daily insulin injection therapy
  • unwillingness to perform capillary blood glucose monitoring at least 4 times per day during intensive insulin therapy
  • congestive heart failure
  • pregnancy

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Canada1 site

  • Mount Sinai Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G1X5

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About this study

Official title: A Randomized Controlled Study Assessing the Effect of Liraglutide on the Preservation of Beta-Cell Function in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The LIraglutide and Beta-cell RepAir (LIBRA) Study

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by progressive deterioration in the function of the pancreatic beta-cells, which are the cells that produce and secrete insulin (the hormone primarily responsible for the handling of glucose in the body). We propose a double-blind, randomized controlled study comparing the effect of liraglutide (a novel anti-diabetic drug with beta-cell protective potential) versus placebo, on the preservation of beta-cell function over one year in patients with T2DM. This study may demonstrate an important beta-cell protective capacity of liraglutide.

Read the detailed description

In this study, patients with type 2 diabetes who meet randomization criteria will be randomized to either liraglutide or placebo, with serial assessment of beta-cell function over 48 weeks follow-up. The hypothesis under study is whether liraglutide can preserve beta-cell function.

Conditions
Type 2 Diabetes
Being tested
Liraglutide, placebo
Keywords
beta-cell function, GLP-1 analogue, diabetes
Medical subject headings
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Diabetes Mellitus

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • LiraglutideDrug

    Also called Victoza

    Liraglutide administered as once daily sc injection

  • placeboDrug

    placebo administered as once daily sc injection

Study groups in NCT01270789
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
LiraglutideExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: Liraglutide
PlaceboPlacebo comparatorNot described
Receives: Drug: placebo

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Preservation of beta-cell function measured by Insulin Secretion-Sensitivity Index-2 (ISSI-2)

    ISSI-2 is a validated OGTT-derived measure of beta-cell function analogous to the disposition index obtained from the intravenous glucose tolerance test. ISSI-2 is defined as the product of (i) insulin secretion measured by the ratio of the area-under-the-insulin-curve (AUCins) to the area-under-the-glucose curve (AUCgluc) and (ii) insulin sensitivity measured by the Matsuda index.

    Measured: 48-weeks

Secondary outcomes (1)

  1. Glycemic Control

    • A1c
    • Fasting glucose, 2 hour glucose, and AUCgluc on OGTT
    • Proportion of participants with A1c <7% at study end
    • Glucose tolerance status at study end (NGT, pre-diabetes, diabetes)
    • Proportion of participants with fasting glucose in non-diabetic range at study end (ie. <7.0 mmol/L)
    • Time to loss of glycemic control

    Measured: 48 weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted5 Jan 2011 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2011
  3. Primary completionDec 2013
  4. Study completionMay 2014

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
63 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01270789
Sponsor's protocol ID
10-0230-A
Acronym
LIBRA
Status last verified
Sep 2014
First submitted
4 Jan 2011
Last updated
12 Sep 2014
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Nunez Lopez YO, Retnakaran R, Zinman B, Pratley RE, Seyhan AA. Predicting and understanding the response to short-term intensive insulin therapy in people with early type 2 diabetes. Mol Metab. 2019 Feb;20:63-78. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2018.11.003. Epub 2018 Nov 16.

    PubMed 30503831

  • Kramer CK, Zinman B, Choi H, Connelly PW, Retnakaran R. Impact of the Glucagon Assay When Assessing the Effect of Chronic Liraglutide Therapy on Glucagon Secretion. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Aug 1;102(8):2729-2733. doi: 10.1210/jc.2017-00928.

    PubMed 28472325

  • Kramer CK, Zinman B, Choi H, Retnakaran R. Predictors of sustained drug-free diabetes remission over 48 weeks following short-term intensive insulin therapy in early type 2 diabetes. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2016 Aug 1;4(1):e000270. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2016-000270. eCollection 2016.

    PubMed 27547422

  • Kramer CK, Zinman B, Choi H, Connelly PW, Retnakaran R. The Impact of Chronic Liraglutide Therapy on Glucagon Secretion in Type 2 Diabetes: Insight From the LIBRA Trial. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Oct;100(10):3702-9. doi: 10.1210/jc.2015-2725. Epub 2015 Jul 31.

    PubMed 26230296

  • Kramer CK, Zinman B, Choi H, Retnakaran R. Effect of Short-term Intensive Insulin Therapy on Post-challenge Hyperglucagonemia in Early Type 2 Diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Aug;100(8):2987-95. doi: 10.1210/jc.2015-1947. Epub 2015 Jun 16.

    PubMed 26079776

  • Stein CM, Kramer CK, Zinman B, Choi H, Opsteen C, Retnakaran R. Clinical predictors and time course of the improvement in beta-cell function with short-term intensive insulin therapy in patients with Type 2 diabetes. Diabet Med. 2015 May;32(5):645-52. doi: 10.1111/dme.12671. Epub 2015 Jan 7.

    PubMed 25495067

  • Retnakaran R, Kramer CK, Choi H, Swaminathan B, Zinman B. Liraglutide and the preservation of pancreatic beta-cell function in early type 2 diabetes: the LIBRA trial. Diabetes Care. 2014 Dec;37(12):3270-8. doi: 10.2337/dc14-0893. Epub 2014 Sep 23.

    PubMed 25249651

  • Kramer CK, Choi H, Zinman B, Retnakaran R. Glycemic variability in patients with early type 2 diabetes: the impact of improvement in beta-cell function. Diabetes Care. 2014 Apr;37(4):1116-23. doi: 10.2337/dc13-2591. Epub 2014 Feb 18.

    PubMed 24550219

  • Kramer CK, Choi H, Zinman B, Retnakaran R. Determinants of reversibility of beta-cell dysfunction in response to short-term intensive insulin therapy in patients with early type 2 diabetes. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Dec 1;305(11):E1398-407. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00447.2013. Epub 2013 Oct 15.

    PubMed 24129396

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Liraglutide in people with Type 2 Diabetes, run by Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada at 1 site in Canada.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 16 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Sep 2014. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

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

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Preservation of beta-cell function measured by Insulin Secretion-Sensitivity Index-2 (ISSI-2) (time frame: 48-weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01270789, which also lists 9 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 Sep 2014.

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