In Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes on insulin glargine, HbA1c change did not differ between lixisenatide and vildagliptin.
In plain wordsWith background insulin glargine, lixisenatide and vildagliptin produced similar long-term blood sugar changes in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes.
- Peptide
- Lixisenatide
- Outcome
- No significant changeHbA1c change
- Study
n = 38
- Comparator
- Vildagliptin on background insulin glargine
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Glycemic control · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- 20 μg/day · 12 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- HbA1c change
- −0.6%
- lixisenatide
- SD
- 0.7%
- lixisenatide
- HbA1c change
- −0.6%
- vildagliptin
- SD
- 1.2%
- vildagliptin
- P value
- 0.92
- between groups
Source sentences
The change in HbA1c level from baseline to 12 weeks did not differ significantly between the lixisenatide and vildagliptin groups (- 0.6 ± 0.7% and - 0.6 ± 1.2%, respectively, P = 0.920).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
In this 12-week, randomized, open-label, parallel-group, multicenter study (GLP-ONE Kobe), the incretin-based drug sitagliptin was randomly switched to lixisenatide (20 μg/day, n = 18) or vildagliptin (100 mg/day, n = 20) in patients with inadequate glycemic control despite combination therapy with…