In patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes on oral drugs, adding lixisenatide increased target HbA1c attainment versus insulin glargine alone.
In plain wordsAdding lixisenatide increased target blood sugar attainment compared with insulin glargine alone in patients previously receiving oral drugs.
- Peptide
- Lixisenatide
- Outcome
- IncreaseHbA1c target attainment at 12 weeks, LixiLan-O
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Insulin glargine alone
- Outcome group
- Glycemic control · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · 12 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- HbA1c target attainment
- 60%
- iGlarLixi, LixiLan-O
- HbA1c target attainment
- 45%
- iGlar, LixiLan-O
Source sentences
In the LixiLan-O and LixiLan-L trials, 60% and 46% of patients, respectively, reached HbA1c <53 mmol/mol (<7%) with iGlarLixi at 12 weeks, vs 45% and 24%, respectively, with iGlar.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The present post hoc analysis of two 30-week clinical trials compared efficacy and hypoglycaemia outcomes at early study visits with iGlarLixi (insulin glargine U100 [iGlar] and lixisenatide) vs iGlar alone in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) uncontrolled on oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs; LixiLan…