MK0431 and Pioglitazone Co-Administration Factorial Study in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (0431-102 AM2)

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Purpose A study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of sitagliptin and pioglitazone co-administration in comparison with sitagliptin and pioglitazone monotherapy in patients with type 2 diabetes.
ConditionType 2 Diabetes Mellitus
InterventionDrug: Sitagliptin phosphate
Drug: Pioglitazone hydrochloride
Drug: Matching placebo to sitagliptin
Drug: Matching placebo to pioglitazone
Drug: Metformin
PhasePhase 3
SponsorMerck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Responsible PartyMerck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
ClinicalTrials.gov IdentifierNCT00722371
First ReceivedJuly 22, 2008
Last UpdatedMarch 13, 2014
Last verifiedMarch 2014

Tracking Information[ + expand ][ + ]

First Received DateJuly 22, 2008
Last Updated DateMarch 13, 2014
Start DateSeptember 2008
Estimated Primary Completion DateMarch 2011
Current Primary Outcome Measures
  • Change From Baseline in Hemoglobin A1C (A1C) at Week 24 [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 24] [Designated as safety issue: No]A1C represents the percentage of glycosylated hemoglobin.
  • Change From Baseline in A1C at Week 54 [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 54] [Designated as safety issue: No]A1C represents the percentage of glycosylated hemoglobin.
Current Secondary Outcome Measures
  • Change From Baseline in Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG) at Week 24 [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 24] [Designated as safety issue: No]
  • Change From Baseline in 2-Hour Post-meal Glucose (PMG) at Week 24 [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 24] [Designated as safety issue: No]PMG was measured using the Meal Tolerance Test (MTT).
  • Change From Baseline in FPG at Week 54 [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 54] [Designated as safety issue: No]
  • Change From Baseline in 2-Hour PMG at Week 54 [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 54] [Designated as safety issue: No]PMG was measured using the Meal Tolerance Test (MTT).

Descriptive Information[ + expand ][ + ]

Brief TitleMK0431 and Pioglitazone Co-Administration Factorial Study in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (0431-102 AM2)
Official TitleA Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind Study of the Co-Administration of Sitagliptin and Pioglitazone in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Who Have Inadequate Glycemic Control
Brief Summary
A study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of sitagliptin and pioglitazone
co-administration in comparison with sitagliptin and pioglitazone monotherapy in patients
with type 2 diabetes.
Detailed DescriptionNot Provided
Study TypeInterventional
Study PhasePhase 3
Study DesignAllocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment
ConditionType 2 Diabetes Mellitus
InterventionDrug: Sitagliptin phosphate
Sitagliptin 100 mg tablet (blinded) orally once daily for 54 weeks.
Other Names:
  • Januvia
  • Tesavel
  • Xelevia
  • Ristaben
Drug: Pioglitazone hydrochloride
Pioglitazone 15 mg, 30 mg, or 45 mg tablets or capsules (blinded) orally once daily for 54 weeks. Participants randomized to receive pioglitazone 45 mg as monotherapy or in combination with sitagliptin were to start on pioglitazone 30 mg at Week 1 and undergo uptitration to pioglitazone 45 mg at Week 4.
Other Names:
ActosDrug: Matching placebo to sitagliptin
Matching placebo to sitagliptin orally once daily for 54 weeks.
Drug: Matching placebo to pioglitazone
Matching placebo to pioglitazone tablets or capsules orally once daily for 54 weeks.
Drug: Metformin
Metformin 500 mg (open-label) was to be initiated as rescue therapy to participants not meeting specific glycemic goals. The dose of metformin may have been uptitrated and adjusted, at the discretion of the investigator, up to the maximum approved dose in the country of origin.
Study Arm (s)
  • Experimental: Sitagliptin 100 mg
  • Experimental: Pioglitazone 15 mg
  • Experimental: Pioglitazone 30 mg
  • Experimental: Pioglitazone 45 mg
  • Experimental: Sitagliptin 100 mg/ Pioglitazone 15 mg
  • Experimental: Sitagliptin 100 mg/ Pioglitazone 30 mg
  • Experimental: Sitagliptin 100 mg/ Pioglitazone 45 mg

Recruitment Information[ + expand ][ + ]

Recruitment StatusCompleted
Estimated Enrollment1615
Estimated Completion DateMarch 2011
Estimated Primary Completion DateOctober 2010
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Patient is highly unlikely to conceive

- Patient meets one of the 3 categories is naïve to all antihyperglycemic agent (AHA)
therapies, or is non-naïve based upon the patient's current diet, medical regimen and
screening A1c patient is currently not on AHA with a screening A1c >=7.5 % and =<11.0
% patient is currently on either metformin pr sulfonylurea monotherapy with a
screening A1c >=7.0 % and =<9.0 %

Exclusion Criteria

- Patient has a history of type 1 diabetes mellitus or history of ketoacidosis or has
C=peptide value of =<0.8 ng/mL

- Patient has previously been treated with insulin, thiazolidinedione (TZD)
(rosiglitazone or pioglitazone), any Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor
(sitagliptin, vildagliptin, or alogliptin), exenatide or has previously been in a
clinical study with any DPP-4 inhibitor or incretin mimetic

- Patient is on a weight loss program and is not in the maintenance phase or has
started a weight loss medication (e.g. orlistat or sibutramine) within the prior 8
weeks

- Patient has undergone surgery within the prior 30 days or has major surgery planned
during the study

- Patient has a medical history of active liver disease including chronic active
hepatitis B or C or symptomatic gallbladder disease including primary biliary
cirrhosis

- Patient has received treatment with an investigational product within 12 weeks prior
to Visit 1
GenderBoth
Ages18 Years
Accepts Healthy VolunteersNo
ContactsNot Provided
Location CountriesNot Provided

Administrative Information[ + expand ][ + ]

NCT Number NCT00722371
Other Study ID Numbers0431-102
Has Data Monitoring CommitteeNo
Information Provided ByMerck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Study SponsorMerck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
CollaboratorsNot Provided
Investigators Not Provided
Verification DateMarch 2014