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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

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Registration number
NCT00601250
Ethics application status
Date submitted
15/01/2008
Date registered
28/01/2008
Date last updated
28/01/2014

Titles & IDs
Public title
Efficacy and Safety of B I1356 (Linagliptin) vs. Placebo Added to Metformin Background Therapy in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Scientific title
A Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Parallel Group Efficacy and Safety Study of BI 1356 (One Dose, e.g. 5 mg), Administered Orally Once Daily Over 24 Weeks, With an Open Label Extension to 80 Weeks (Placebo Patients Switched to BI 1356), in Type 2 Diabetic Patients With Insufficient Glycaemic Control Despite Metformin Therapy
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2007-002457-24
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
1218.17
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
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Diabetes

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - linagliptin
Treatment: Drugs - linagliptin

Experimental: Linagliptin - Patients receive linagliptin 5 mg tablets once daily

Placebo Comparator: Placebo - Patients receive placebo tablets matching linagliptin 5 mg tablets once daily


Treatment: Drugs: linagliptin
Patients receive linagliptin 5 mg tablets once daily

Treatment: Drugs: linagliptin
Patients receive linagliptin 5 mg tablets once daily

Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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HbA1c Change From Baseline at Week 24
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HbA1c Change From Baseline at Week 6
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HbA1c Change From Baseline at Week 12
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Baseline and week 12
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HbA1c Change From Baseline at Week 18
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FPG Change From Baseline at Week 24
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FPG Change From Baseline at Week 6
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Baseline and week 6
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FPG Change From Baseline at Week 12
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FPG Change From Baseline at Week 18
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Percentage of Patients With HbA1c <7.0% at Week 24.
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Percentage of Patients With HbA1c < 7.0% at Week 24
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Secondary outcome [10] 0 0
Percentage of Patients With HbA1c <6.5% at Week 24
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Baseline and week 24
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Percentage of Patients With HbA1c<6.5% at Week 24
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Baseline and week 24
Secondary outcome [12] 0 0
Percentage of Patients Who Have a HbA1c Lowering by 0.5% at Week 24
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Adjusted Means for 2h Post Prandial Blood Glucose (PPG) Change From Baseline at Week 24
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Secondary outcome [14] 0 0
2 Hour Post-Prandial Glucose (PPG) Increment Over Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG) at Week 24
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Baseline and week 24

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:

1. Male and female patients with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus and previously
treated with metformin alone, or with metformin and not more than one other oral
antidiabetic drug

2. Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes prior to informed consent

3. Glycosylated haemoglobin A1 (HbA1c)at screening:

For patients undergoing wash out of previous medication: HbA1c 6.5 - 9.0% For patients
not undergoing wash-out of previous medication: HbA1c 7.0 - 10.0%

4. Glycosylated haemoglobin A1 (HbA1c) 7.0 - 10.0% at the beginning of Placebo Run-in

5. Age 18 -80 years

6. BMI (Body Mass Index) less than 40 kg/m2

7. Signed and dated written informed consent by date of Visit 1a in accordance with GCP
and local legislation
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
80 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:

1. Myocardial infarction, stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) within 6 months prior
to informed consent

2. Impaired hepatic function

3. Known hypersensitivity or allergy to the investigational product or its excipients or
metformin or placebo

4. Treatment with rosiglitazone or pioglitazone within 3 months prior to informed consent

5. Treatment with an injectable GLP-1 analogue (e.g. exenatide) within 3 months prior to
informed consent

6. Treatment with insulin within 3 months prior to informed consent

7. Treatment with anti-obesity drugs (e.g. sibutramine, orlistat, rimonabant) within 3
months prior to informed consent

8. Alcohol abuse within the 3 months prior to informed consent that would interfere with
trial participation or drug abuse

9. Participation in another trial with an investigational drug within 2 months prior to
informed consent

10. Pre-menopausal women who:

- are nursing or pregnant,

- or are of child-bearing potential and are not practicing an acceptable method of
birth control, or do not plan to continue using this method throughout the study
and do not agree to submit to periodic pregnancy testing during participation in
the trial.

11. Current treatment with systemic steroids at time of informed consent or change in
dosage of thyroid hormones within 6 weeks prior to informed consent.

12. Renal failure or renal impairment

13. Unstable or acute congestive heart failure

14. Acute or chronic metabolic acidosis (present in patient history)

15. Hereditary galactose intolerance

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
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Actual
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Actual
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Boehringer Ingelheim
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The objective of the current study is to investigate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of
BI 1356 (5 mg once daily) compared to placebo given for 24 weeks as add-on therapy to
metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with insufficient glycaemic control
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00601250
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Boehringer Ingelheim
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Boehringer Ingelheim
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00601250