al of 1262 patients with type 2 diabetes participated in two
double-blind, placebo-controlled studies, one of 18-week and another
of 24-week duration, to evaluate the efficacy and safety of JANUVIA
monotherapy. In both monotherapy studies, patients currently on an
antihyperglycemic agent discontinued the agent, and underwent a diet,
exercise, and drug wash-out period of about 7 weeks. Patients with
inadequate glycemic control (A1C 7% to 10%) after the wash-out period
were randomized after completing a 2-week single-blind placebo run-in
period; patients not currently on antihyperglycemic agents (off
therapy for at least 8 weeks) with inadequate glycemic control (A1C 7%
to 10%) were randomized after completing the 2-week single-blind
placebo run-in period. In the 18-week study, 521 patients were
randomized to placebo, JANUVIA 100 mg, or JANUVIA 200 mg, and in the
24-week study 741 patients were randomized to placebo, JANUVIA 100 mg,
or JANUVIA 200 mg. Patients who failed to meet specific glycemic goals
during the studies were treated with metformin rescue, added on to
placebo or JANUVIA.
Treatment with JANUVIA at 100 mg daily provided significant
improvements in A1C, FPG, and 2-hour PPG compared to placebo (Table
2). In the 18-week study, 9% of patients receiving JANUVIA 100 mg and
17% who received placebo required rescue therapy. In the 24-week
study, 9% of patients receiving JANUVIA 100 mg and 21% of patients
receiving placebo required rescue therapy. The improvement in A1C was
not affected by gender, age, race, or baseline BMI. As is typical for
trials of agents to treat type 2 diabetes, mean response to JANUVIA in
A1C lowering appears to be related to the degree of A1C elevation at
baseline. Overall, the 200 mg daily dose did not provide greater
glycemic efficacy than the 100 mg daily dose. The effect of JANUVIA on
lipid endpoints was similar to placebo. Body weight did not increase
from baseline with JANUVIA therapy in either stu
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