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Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability After Multiple Oral Doses of AZD1656 in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Treated With Metformin

A Randomised, Single-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase IIA Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability After Multiple Oral Doses of AZD1656 in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Treated With Metformin

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00817778
Enrollment
27
Registered
2009-01-06
Start date
2009-01-31
Completion date
2009-07-31
Last updated
2012-11-16

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

Conditions

Type 2 Diabetes

Keywords

Type II Diabetes

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the 1 month safety and tolerability after multiple oral doses of AZD1656 in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Treated with Metformin

Interventions

DRUGAZD1656

Subjects will be treated with tolerable dose twice daily for another 24 days.

DRUGPlacebo

Subjects will be treated with tolerable dose twice daily for another 24 days.

Sponsors

AstraZeneca
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
30 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Male or women of non-childbearing potential (postmenopausal, and/or have undergone hysterectomy and/or bilateral oophorectomy or salpingectomy/ tubal ligation) * Ongoing treatment with metformin on a stable dose of ≥ 1500 mg/day for at least 8 weeks prior to randomisation * HbA1c ≤ 10% at enrolment (HbA1c value according to international Diabetes Control and Complications Trial \[DCCT\] standard)

Exclusion criteria

* History of ischemic heart disease, symptomatic heart failure, stroke, transitory ischemic attack or symptomatic peripheral vascular disease * Clinically significant abnormalities in ECG, clinical chemistry, haematology, or urine analysis results. Positive test for Hepatitis B surface antigen or antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or antibodies to Hepatitis C virus

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Systolic Blood Pressure, Change From Baseline to End of TreatmentBaseline is pre-dose first day of dosing, end of treatment is the morning following the treatment period
Diastolic Blood Pressure, Change From Baseline to End of TreatmentBaseline is pre-dose first day of dosing, end of treatment is the morning following the treatment period
Pulse, Change From Baseline to End of TreatmentBaseline is pre-dose first day of dosing, end of treatment is the morning following the treatment period
Weight, Change From Baseline to End of TreatmentBaseline is the day before first dose, end of treatment is last day of treatment
Clinically Relevant Change of Laboratory VariablesMeasured regularly from day before first dose to day after last doseNumber of participants with clinically relevant change of laboratory variables (clinical chemistry, haematology and urinalysis parameters

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
P-Glucose (AUC0-24)/24, Change From Baseline to End of TreatmentBaseline is the day before first dose, end of treatment is last day of treatmentLog ratio (End of treatment/Baseline) has been analysed in a mixed-effect ANOVA model, using treatment as fixed effect and log(Baseline) as covariate. Resulting estimates have been back-transformed from the log-scale and then multiplied by 100 to obtain the relative ratio (end of treatment/placebo) in percent.
Area Under the Plasma Concentration vs Time Curve (AUC0-24) of AZD1656Measured last day of treatmentDose-adjusted to a total daily dose of 100 mg due to titrated doses
S-C-Peptide (AUC0-24)/24, Change From Baseline to End of TreatmentBaseline is the day before first dose, end of treatment is last day of treatmentLog ratio (End of treatment/Baseline) has been analysed in a mixed-effect ANOVA model, using treatment as fixed effect and log(Baseline) as covariate. Resulting estimates have been back-transformed from the log-scale and then multiplied by 100 to obtain the relative ratio (end of treatment/placebo) in percent.
S-Insulin (AUC0-24)/24, Change From Baseline to End of TreatmentBaseline is the day before first dose, end of treatment is last day of treatmentLog ratio (End of treatment/Baseline) has been analysed in a mixed-effect ANOVA model, using treatment as fixed effect and log(Baseline) as covariate. Resulting estimates have been back-transformed from the log-scale and then multiplied by 100 to obtain the relative ratio (end of treatment/placebo) in percent.
Maximum Plasma Concentration of AZD1656Measured last day of treatmentDose-adjusted to a morning dose of 50 mg due to titrated doses
Time to Reach Maximum Plasma Concentration of AZD1656Measured last day of treatment
Terminal Elimination Half-life of AZD1656Measured following the afternoon dose last day of treatment
Apparent Oral Clearance of AZD1656Measured last day of treatment

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Experimental
AZD1656
19
Placebo Comparator
Placebo
8
Total27

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001
Overall StudyAdverse Event10
Overall StudyPoor venous access10
Overall StudyProtocol Violation01
Overall StudyStudy-specific discontinuation criteria01
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject11

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicExperimentalPlacebo ComparatorTotal
Age Continuous60.2 years60.3 years60.2 years
Sex: Female, Male
Female
6 Participants5 Participants11 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
13 Participants3 Participants16 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
15 / 197 / 8
serious
Total, serious adverse events
1 / 190 / 8

Outcome results

Primary

Clinically Relevant Change of Laboratory Variables

Number of participants with clinically relevant change of laboratory variables (clinical chemistry, haematology and urinalysis parameters

Time frame: Measured regularly from day before first dose to day after last dose

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ExperimentalClinically Relevant Change of Laboratory Variables0 Participants
Placebo ComparatorClinically Relevant Change of Laboratory Variables0 Participants
Primary

Diastolic Blood Pressure, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment

Time frame: Baseline is pre-dose first day of dosing, end of treatment is the morning following the treatment period

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
ExperimentalDiastolic Blood Pressure, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment-0.2 mmHgStandard Deviation 6.2
Placebo ComparatorDiastolic Blood Pressure, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment2.0 mmHgStandard Deviation 10.32
Primary

Pulse, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment

Time frame: Baseline is pre-dose first day of dosing, end of treatment is the morning following the treatment period

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
ExperimentalPulse, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment2.7 beats/minStandard Deviation 5.69
Placebo ComparatorPulse, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment-1.6 beats/minStandard Deviation 6.23
Primary

Systolic Blood Pressure, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment

Time frame: Baseline is pre-dose first day of dosing, end of treatment is the morning following the treatment period

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
ExperimentalSystolic Blood Pressure, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment-0.5 mmHgStandard Deviation 11.48
Placebo ComparatorSystolic Blood Pressure, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment9.2 mmHgStandard Deviation 10.43
Primary

Weight, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment

Time frame: Baseline is the day before first dose, end of treatment is last day of treatment

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
ExperimentalWeight, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment0.2 kgStandard Deviation 1
Placebo ComparatorWeight, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment0.0 kgStandard Deviation 3.81
Secondary

Apparent Oral Clearance of AZD1656

Time frame: Measured last day of treatment

ArmMeasureValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)
ExperimentalApparent Oral Clearance of AZD16569.02 L/h
Secondary

Area Under the Plasma Concentration vs Time Curve (AUC0-24) of AZD1656

Dose-adjusted to a total daily dose of 100 mg due to titrated doses

Time frame: Measured last day of treatment

ArmMeasureValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)Dispersion
ExperimentalArea Under the Plasma Concentration vs Time Curve (AUC0-24) of AZD165623.17 umol*h/LStandard Deviation 7.46
Secondary

Maximum Plasma Concentration of AZD1656

Dose-adjusted to a morning dose of 50 mg due to titrated doses

Time frame: Measured last day of treatment

ArmMeasureValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)Dispersion
ExperimentalMaximum Plasma Concentration of AZD16561.90 umol/LStandard Deviation 0.99
Secondary

P-Glucose (AUC0-24)/24, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment

Log ratio (End of treatment/Baseline) has been analysed in a mixed-effect ANOVA model, using treatment as fixed effect and log(Baseline) as covariate. Resulting estimates have been back-transformed from the log-scale and then multiplied by 100 to obtain the relative ratio (end of treatment/placebo) in percent.

Time frame: Baseline is the day before first dose, end of treatment is last day of treatment

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)
ExperimentalP-Glucose (AUC0-24)/24, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment75.85 Relative ratio in percent
Placebo ComparatorP-Glucose (AUC0-24)/24, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment99.42 Relative ratio in percent
Secondary

S-C-Peptide (AUC0-24)/24, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment

Log ratio (End of treatment/Baseline) has been analysed in a mixed-effect ANOVA model, using treatment as fixed effect and log(Baseline) as covariate. Resulting estimates have been back-transformed from the log-scale and then multiplied by 100 to obtain the relative ratio (end of treatment/placebo) in percent.

Time frame: Baseline is the day before first dose, end of treatment is last day of treatment

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)
ExperimentalS-C-Peptide (AUC0-24)/24, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment103.60 Relative ratio in percent
Placebo ComparatorS-C-Peptide (AUC0-24)/24, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment98.01 Relative ratio in percent
Secondary

S-Insulin (AUC0-24)/24, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment

Log ratio (End of treatment/Baseline) has been analysed in a mixed-effect ANOVA model, using treatment as fixed effect and log(Baseline) as covariate. Resulting estimates have been back-transformed from the log-scale and then multiplied by 100 to obtain the relative ratio (end of treatment/placebo) in percent.

Time frame: Baseline is the day before first dose, end of treatment is last day of treatment

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)
ExperimentalS-Insulin (AUC0-24)/24, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment103.81 Relative ratio in percent
Placebo ComparatorS-Insulin (AUC0-24)/24, Change From Baseline to End of Treatment86.06 Relative ratio in percent
Secondary

Terminal Elimination Half-life of AZD1656

Time frame: Measured following the afternoon dose last day of treatment

ArmMeasureValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)
ExperimentalTerminal Elimination Half-life of AZD16567.07 h
Secondary

Time to Reach Maximum Plasma Concentration of AZD1656

Time frame: Measured last day of treatment

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
ExperimentalTime to Reach Maximum Plasma Concentration of AZD16560.625 h

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026