In patients with diabetes on basal insulin, HbA1c changed -0.62% with lixisenatide versus -0.11% with placebo (P < .0001).
In plain wordsIn patients with diabetes on basal insulin, lixisenatide reduced HbA1c more than placebo.
- Peptide
- Lixisenatide
- Outcome
- DecreaseHbA1c change at week 24
- Study
n = 448
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Glycemic control · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · 24 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- HbA1c LS mean change from baseline
- −0.62%
- lixisenatide, week 24
- Standard error of LS mean change
- 0.09%
- lixisenatide, week 24
- HbA1c LS mean change from baseline
- −0.11%
- placebo, week 24
- Standard error of LS mean change
- 0.09%
- placebo, week 24
- P value
- < 0.0001
- lixisenatide versus placebo
Source sentences
After insulin optimization during run-in, lixisenatide was superior to placebo in mean change from baseline (7.9% [standard deviation {s.d.}, 0.66] and 7.9% [0.70], respectively) to week 24 in HbA1c (least squares mean [standard error {s.e.}] change -0.62% [0.09] vs -0.11% [0.09]; P < .0001, respect…
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Patients (n = 448) with inadequately controlled T2D were randomized (1:1) to lixisenatide or placebo as add-on to BI ± metformin for 24 weeks after an 8-week run-in phase, during which BI was titrated to a target self-monitored plasma glucose (SMPG; 4.4-5.6 mmol/L).