Glycaemic control and hypoglycaemia with new insulin glargine 300 U/ml versus insulin glargine 100 U/ml in people with type 2 diabetes using basal insulin and oral antihyperglycaemic drugs: the EDITION 2 randomized 12-month trial including 6-month extension

Diabetes Obes Metab. 2015 Dec;17(12):1142-9. doi: 10.1111/dom.12532. Epub 2015 Sep 14.

Abstract

Aims: To compare the efficacy and safety of new insulin glargine 300 U/ml (Gla-300) with insulin glargine 100 U/ml (Gla-100) over 12 months of treatment in people with type 2 diabetes using basal insulin and oral antihyperglycaemic drugs (OADs).

Methods: EDITION 2 (NCT01499095) was a randomized, 6-month, multicentre, open-label, two-arm, phase IIIa study investigating once-daily Gla-300 versus Gla-100, plus OADs (excluding sulphonylureas), with a 6-month safety extension.

Results: Similar numbers of participants in each group completed 12 months of treatment [Gla-300, 315 participants (78%); Gla-100, 314 participants (77%)]. The reduction in glycated haemoglobin was maintained for 12 months with both treatments: least squares (LS) mean (standard error) change from baseline -0.55 (0.06)% for Gla-300 and -0.50 (0.06)% for Gla-100; LS mean difference -0.06 [95% confidence interval (CI) -0.22 to 0.10)%]. A significant relative reduction of 37% in the annualized rate of nocturnal confirmed [≤3.9 mmol/l (≤70 mg/dl)] or severe hypoglycaemia was observed with Gla-300 compared with Gla-100: rate ratio 0.63 [(95% CI 0.42-0.96); p = 0.031], and fewer participants experienced ≥1 event [relative risk 0.84 (95% CI 0.71-0.99)]. Severe hypoglycaemia was infrequent. Weight gain was significantly lower with Gla-300 than Gla-100 [LS mean difference -0.7 (95% CI -1.3 to -0.2) kg; p = 0.009]. Both treatments were well tolerated with a similar pattern of adverse events (incidence of 69 and 60% in the Gla-300 and Gla-100 groups).

Conclusions: In people with type 2 diabetes treated with Gla-300 or Gla-100, and non-sulphonylurea OADs, glycaemic control was sustained over 12 months, with less nocturnal hypoglycaemia in the Gla-300 group.

Keywords: basal insulin; insulin glargine; oral antihyperglycaemic drugs; type 2 diabetes.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial, Phase III
  • Comparative Study
  • Multicenter Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / drug therapy*
  • Drug Compounding
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Glycated Hemoglobin / analysis
  • Humans
  • Hyperglycemia / chemically induced
  • Hyperglycemia / epidemiology
  • Hyperglycemia / prevention & control*
  • Hypoglycemia / epidemiology
  • Hypoglycemia / prevention & control*
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Incidence
  • Injections, Subcutaneous
  • Insulin Glargine / administration & dosage
  • Insulin Glargine / adverse effects*
  • Insulin Glargine / therapeutic use
  • Intention to Treat Analysis
  • Isophane Insulin, Human / administration & dosage
  • Isophane Insulin, Human / adverse effects
  • Isophane Insulin, Human / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Dropouts
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Risk
  • Weight Gain / drug effects

Substances

  • Glycated Hemoglobin A
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Isophane Insulin, Human
  • hemoglobin A1c protein, human
  • Insulin Glargine

Associated data

  • ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT01499095