In adults with type 2 diabetes, IDegLira needed 1 injection per day against 3 or more with basal-bolus therapy.
In plain wordsIn adults with type 2 diabetes, the insulin and liraglutide combination needed fewer daily injections than basal-bolus insulin.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseNumber of injections per day
- Study
n = 506
- Comparator
- Basal-bolus therapy (insulin glargine plus insulin aspart)
- Outcome group
- Patterns of use · Whole body
Measurements
- Injections per day
- 1 per day
- IDegLira
- Injections per day
- ≥ 3 per day
- basal-bolus
Source sentences
fewer injections (1 vs ≥3 per day, respectively).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
DUAL VII was a 26-week, open-label trial in which patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes who were using metformin and insulin glargine 100 units/mL (20-50 U) were randomized 1:1 to IDegLira (N = 252) or basal-bolus (insulin glargine U100 + insulin aspart ≤4 times/day) (N = 254).
In this study, Liraglutide was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Liraglutide.