Main characteristics of the included studies
Trial |
Treatments |
Patients |
Methods |
Madsbad (vs Glimepiride), 2004
|
Liraglutide 0.045�0.75 mg daily
versus
Glimepiride
|
|
follow-up 12 weeks
n=135/26
open
|
Vilsboll, 2008
|
Liraglutide 0.65�1.90 mg daily
versus
Placebo
|
patients with Type 2 diabetes
|
follow-up 14 weeks
n=123/40
parallel groups
double blind (not adequate)
|
Seino, 2008
NCT00154414
|
Liraglutide 0.1�0.9 mg daily
versus
Placebo
|
Japanese subjects with type 2 diabetes
|
follow-up 14 weeks
n=180/46
double blind
Japan
|
Feinglos, 2005
|
Liraglutide 0.045�0.75 mg daily
versus
Metformin
|
subjects with Type 2 diabetes
|
follow-up 12 weeks
n=176/34
double blind (not adequate)
|
LEAD-3 mono (Garber), 2009
NCT00294723
|
Liraglutide 1.2�1.8 mg daily
versus
Glimepiride 8 mg once daily or Glimepiride 8 mg once daily
|
subjects with type 2 diabetes
|
follow-up 52 weeks (104 weeks)
n=498/248
double blind
North America
|
LEAD-2 (Nauck) (vs placebo), 2009
NCT00318461
|
Liraglutide 1.2�1.8 mg daily
versus
Placebo on-top of Metformin
|
subjects previously treated with oral antidiabetes therapy
|
follow-up 26 weeks
n=724/121
double blind
|
LEAD-1, 0
NCT00318422
|
Liraglutide 1.2�1.8 mg daily
versus
Placebo on-top of sulphonylureas
|
|
follow-up 26 weeks
n=695/115
not reported
|
LEAD-4, 0
NCT00333151
|
Liraglutide 1.2�1.8 mg daily
versus
Placebo on-top of thiazolidinediones+metformin
|
|
follow-up 26 weeks
n=356/177
not reported
|
LEAD-5 (vs placebo), 0
NCT00331851
|
Liraglutide 1.8 mg daily
versus
Placebo on-top of sulphonylureas+metformin
|
|
follow-up 26 weeks
n=230/119
not reported
|
Davis, 2007
NCT00099333
|
Exenatide 20 �g daily
versus
Insulin on-top of sulphonylureas/metformin
|
|
follow-up 16 weeks
n=33/16
open
|
Barnett, 2007
NCT00099619
|
Exenatide 20 �g daily
versus
Insulin
|
|
follow-up 16 weeks
n=136/127
Cross over
open
NA
|
Nauck, 2007
NCT00082407
|
Exenatide 20 �g daily
versus
Insulin on-top of sulphonylureas+metformin
|
|
follow-up 52 weeks
n=253/248
open
|
Heine, 2005
|
Exenatide 20 �g daily
versus
Insulin on-top of sulphonylureas+metformin
|
|
follow-up 26 weeks
n=282/267
open
|
DeFronzo, 2005
NCT00039013
|
Exenatide 10�20 �g daily
versus
Placebo on-top of Metformin
|
patients with type 2 diabetes failing to achieve glycemic control with maximally effective metformin doses
|
follow-up 30 weeks
n=223/113
double blind
|
Zinman, 2007
NCT00099320
|
Exenatide 20 �g daily
versus
Placebo on-top of thiazolidinediones+/-metformin
|
|
follow-up 16 weeks
n=121/112
double blind
|
Buse, 2004
NCT00039026
|
Exenatide 20 �g daily
versus
Placebo on-top of SU
|
patients with type 2 diabetes failing maximally effective doses of a sulfonylurea as monotherapy
|
follow-up 30 weeks
n=248/129
double blind (not adequate)
|
Kendall, 2005
NCT00035984
|
Exenatide 10�20 �g daily
versus
Placebo on-top of sulphonylureas+metformin
|
patients with type 2 diabetes unable to achieve glycemic control with metformin-sulfonylurea combination therapy
|
follow-up 30 weeks
n=486/247
double blind
|
Kadowaki (trial 8683), 0
|
Exenatide 5�10�20 �g daily
versus
Placebo on-top of sulphonylureas+/-metformin/thiazolidinediones
|
|
follow-up 12 weeks
n=111/40
not reported
|
Kim, 2007
NCT00103935
|
Exenatide 0.8�2 �g daily
versus
Placebo on-top of metformin
|
|
follow-up 15 weeks
n=30/15
double blind
|
Moretto, 2008
NCT00381342
|
Exenatide 10�20 �g daily
versus
Placebo
|
|
follow-up 24 weeks
n=155/78
Parallel groups
double blind
United States, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, India
|
Madsbad (vs placebo), 2004
|
Liraglutide 0.045�0.75 mg daily
versus
Placebo
|
|
follow-up 12 weeks
n=135/29
open
|
LEAD-2 (Nauck) (vs glimepiride), 2009
NCT00318461
|
Liraglutide 1.2�1.8 mg daily
versus
Glimepiride on-top of Metformin
|
|
follow-up 26 weeks
n=724/242
double blind
|
LEAD-5 (vs Glargine), 0
NCT00331851
|
Liraglutide 1.8 mg daily
versus
Glargine on-top of sulphonylureas+metformin
|
|
follow-up 26 weeks
n=230/232
not reported
|
LEADER,
NCT01179048
|
Maximum dose of 1.8 mg liraglutide, injected subcutaneously once daily
versus
placebo
|
subjects with type 2 diabetes
|
follow-up
n=-9/-9
double-blind
Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America
|
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Davis, 2007 :
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