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Safety And Tolerability Of Lixisenatide In Monotherapy In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT01960179 · Completed

Last updated 2026-05-28

This clinical trial tested the safety of the medication lixisenatide, taken alone, in adults with type 2 diabetes over 24 and 52 weeks.

Status Completed The study has finished.
Phase Phase 3 Confirms effectiveness in a large group before approval.
Type Interventional (clinical trial)
Design open-label (no blinding) treatment study
Participants 361 people
Who can join Ages 20+ · all sexes
Timeline Started 2013-11 · est. completion 2015-03
Where 30 sites · Japan

What this study is testing ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01960179 ↗

Description as written by the study sponsor.

Primary Objective: To assess the overall safety of lixisenatide once daily treatment in monotherapy over 24 and 52 weeks in patients with type 2 diabetes in Japan Secondary Objective: To assess the effects of lixisenatide once daily treatment in monotherapy over 24 and 52 weeks on: * HbA1c (Glycated hemoglobin A1c) reduction; * Fasting plasma glucose; * Body weight.

Treatments tested

Main thing measuredSafety over 24 and 52 weeks assessed by treatment emergent adverse event (TEAE), vital signs, 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), and laboratory data.
SponsorSanofi
Conditions studiedType 2 Diabetes Mellitus
GLP-1 drugs lixisenatide

Full protocol, eligibility, and contacts on ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01960179 ↗