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Comparison of the effect and safety of metformin and glipizide GITS alone or combination treatment in newly diagnosed non-obese patients with type 2 diabetes

A 24-week, multi-centre, randomized, open label, parallel group comparison of the effect and safety of metformin and glipizide GITS alone or combination treatment in newly diagnosed non-obese patients

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR-TRC-10000941
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2010-07-01
Start date
2010-05-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2017-04-18

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Type 2 diabetes/newly diagnosed non-obese

Interventions

Group A:The dose of metformin will be initiated from 500 mg/day at dinner, and further titrated upward in 1500mg/day at 2-week intervals based on FPG values, to reach the fasting plasma glucose (FPG),
Group B:Glipizide GITS will be initially treated with 5 mg every morning to a dose of 15 mg/day. a.m. at 2-week intervals until to reach the fasting plasma glucose (FPG), assayed in samples obtained b
Group C:Combination of Glipizide GITS and metformin will be initially treated with 5 mg Glipizide GITS every morning and 500 mg/day metformin every dinner, and further titrated metformin upward to 150

Sponsors

Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University Medical School
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
25 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Informed consent obtained before any trial-related activities; 2. Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients had not received anti-hyperglycaemic therapy; 3. Male or female to be aged from 25 years to 75 years old; 4. FPG levels between 7.0 and 13.0 mmol/l; 5. BMI 18.5 to 28 kg/m2.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Known or suspected allergy to trial products or related products; 2. Impaired hepatic function defined as serum-creatinine >=1.5 mg/dl (>=133 umol/l); 3. Acute or chronic disease which may cause tissue hypoxia such as cardiac or respiratory failure, shock; 4. Hepatic insufficiency, acute alcohol intoxication, alcoholism; 5. Subjects has a clinically significant, active (or over the past 12 months) cardiovascular history (including a history of myocardial infarction (MI), arrhymias or conduction delays on ECG, unstable angina, or decompensated heart failure (New York Heart Association-class III and IV); 6. Proliferative retinopathy or muscular oedema requiring acute treatment; 7. Lactation; 8. Pregnant or positive pregnancy test at screening, nursing mother, or unwillingness to useadequate contraception (adequate contraceptive measures are sterilization, intrauterine device, oral contraceptives or barrier methods); 9. Treatment with systemic corticosteroids within the past two months prior to screening; 10. Tested positive for glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody; 11. Receipt of any investigational drug within 1 month prior to this trial.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
HbA1c;Achieve HbA1c < 7.0% and HbA1c < 6.5% of the propotion;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
fasting proinsulin, proinsulin/insulin ratio;lipid profiles;fasting true insulin and C-peptide;2h-postprandial true insulin and C-peptide during;fasting and 2h-prandial plasma glucose during standard diet;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactDalong Zhu
zhudldr@gmail.com+ 86 25 83105313

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026