In nonfrail patients with type 2 diabetes aged ≥70 years, lixisenatide reduced HbA1c more than placebo at week 24.
In plain wordsLixisenatide reduced long-term blood sugar more than placebo in nonfrail older patients with type 2 diabetes.
- Peptide
- Lixisenatide
- Outcome
- DecreaseHbA1c change at week 24
- Study
n = 350
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Glycemic control · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- 20 μg once daily before breakfast · 24 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- HbA1c change
- −0.57%
- lixisenatide
- HbA1c decrease
- 6.2 mmol/mol
- lixisenatide
- HbA1c change
- 0.06%
- placebo
- HbA1c increase
- 0.7 mmol/mol
- placebo
- P value
- < 0.0001
- comparison
Source sentences
HbA1c decreased substantially with lixisenatide (-0.57% [6.2 mmol/mol]) compared with placebo (+0.06% [0.7 mmol/mol]) from baseline to week 24 (P < 0.0001).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
In this phase III, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, two-arm, parallel-group, multicenter trial, patients aged ≥70 years were randomized to receive once-daily lixisenatide 20 μg or placebo before breakfast concomitantly with their existing antidiabetic therapy (including insulin) for 24 weeks.
Patients at risk for malnutrition or with moderate to severe cognitive impairment were excluded.