In people with type 2 diabetes in a randomized placebo-controlled crossover study, lixisenatide 20 µg increased first-phase insulin secretion 2.8-fold versus placebo, reaching rates comparable with healthy subjects on placebo.
In plain wordsIn people with diabetes, lixisenatide raised early insulin release 2.8-fold versus placebo, to rates like healthy people on placebo.
- Peptide
- Lixisenatide
- Outcome
- IncreaseFirst-phase insulin secretion in diabetes
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Glycemic control · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- 20 µg · subcutaneous · single doseAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- First-phase insulin secretion fold increase
- 2.8 fold
- T2DM
Source sentences
LIXI 20 µg reached maximum concentration after 2 h and resensitized first-phase insulin secretion by 2.8-fold in T2DM to rates comparable with those in HS on placebo, and raised second-phase insulin secretion by 1.6-fold in T2DM.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Two single-centre, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, single-dose, crossover studies were performed in healthy subjects (HS) and people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Participants received subcutaneous LIXI or placebo 2 h before an iv glucose challenge.