In patients with diabetes on pioglitazone, lixisenatide reduced HbA1c versus placebo by 0.56% at week 24 (p < 0.0001).
In plain wordsIn patients with diabetes on pioglitazone, lixisenatide lowered HbA1c more than placebo.
- Peptide
- Lixisenatide
- Outcome
- DecreaseHbA1c at week 24
- Study
n = 484
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Glycemic control · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- 20 µg once daily · 24 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- HbA1c change vs placebo
- −0.56%
- lixisenatide vs placebo
- P value
- < 0.0001 P
- lixisenatide vs placebo
Source sentences
After 24 weeks, lixisenatide once daily significantly improved HbA1c (-0.56% vs. placebo; p < 0.0001) and increased the proportion of patients achieving HbA1c <7% compared with placebo (52.3% vs. 26.4%, respectively; p < 0.0001) and significantly improved fasting plasma glucose (-0.84 mmol/l vs. placebo; p < 0.0001).
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
To compare the efficacy and safety of once-daily prandial lixisenatide with placebo in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) insufficiently controlled by pioglitazone ± metformin.
This randomized, double-blind study included a 24-week main treatment period and a ≥52-week variable extension period.
Patients were randomized 2 : 1 to receive lixisenatide 20 µg once daily or placebo.