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Efficacy and Safety of Empagliflozin (BI 10773) in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Renal Impairment

A Phase III, Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group, Efficacy and Safety Study of BI 10773 (10 mg and 25 mg Administered Once Daily) as Add on to Pre-existing Antidiabetic Therapy Over 52 Weeks in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Renal Impairment and Insufficient Glycaemic Control

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01164501
Enrollment
741
Registered
2010-07-16
Start date
2010-07-31
Completion date
2012-07-31
Last updated
2014-06-16

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

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Renal Insufficiency

Brief summary

This study will investigate the efficacy and safety of the BI 10773 in type 2 diabetic patients with renal impairment in order to provide these data for approval for BI 10773 as an antidiabetic agent by regulatory authorities.

Interventions

DRUGBI 10773

BI 10773 tablets once daily

DRUGPlacebo

Placebo tablets identical to BI 10773 low dose

Sponsors

Eli Lilly and Company
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Boehringer Ingelheim
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus prior to informed consent and an estimated glomerular filtration rate of \<90 ml/min. 2. Male and female patients on diet and exercise regimen who are pre-treated with any antidiabetic therapy and are on the maximum tolerated dose which has been unchanged for 12 weeks prior to randomisation. 3. HbA1c greater than or equal to 7.0% and less than or equal to 10.0% . 4. Aged 18 years or above. 5. Body Mass Index less than or equal to 45 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

1. Uncontrolled hyperglycaemia defined as \>13.3 mmol/L after an overnight fast during placebo run-in. 2. Impaired renal function, defined as an estimated glomerular filtration rate \<15 ml/min. 3. Renal impairment requiring any form of chronic dialysis. 4. Requiring acute dialysis within three months prior to informed consent. 5. Renal transplant recipient. 6. Myocardial infarction, stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack within three months prior to informed consent. 7. Indication of liver disease. 8. Bariatric surgery within the past two years. 9. Medical history of cancer. 10. Blood dyscrasias or any disorders causing hemolysis or unstable red blood cell. 11. Contraindications to pre-existing background antidiabetic therapy. 12. Treatment with anti-obesity drugs. 13. Current treatment with systemic steroids or change in dosage of thyroid hormones within six weeks prior to informed consent or any other uncontrolled endocrine disorder except Type 2 Diabetes. 14. Pre-menopausal women who are nursing or pregnant or are of child-bearing potential and are not practising an acceptable method of birth control.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
HbA1c Change From Baseline in Patients With Mild or Moderate Renal ImpairmentBaseline and 24 weeksChange from baseline in HbA1c after 24 weeks, for patients with mild or moderate renal impairment. Note adjusted means are provided.
HbA1c Change From Baseline in Patients With Mild Renal ImpairmentBaseline and 24 weeksChange from baseline in HbA1c after 24 weeks, for patients with mild renal impairment. Note adjusted means are provided.
HbA1c Change From Baseline in Patients With Moderate Renal ImpairmentBaseline and 24 weeksChange from baseline in HbA1c after 24 weeks, for patients with moderate renal impairment. Note adjusted means are provided.

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Hypoglycaemic EventsFrom first drug administration until 7 days after last trial medication intake, up to 458 daysPercentage of patients who experienced a hypoglycaemic event. A hypoglycaemic event was regarded as confirmed if it was documented as an adverse event with plasma glucose values \<= 70 mg/dL (\<=3.9mmol/L) measured or with a documentation that the assistance of another person to actively administer carbohydrate, glucagon or other resuscitative action had been required.

Countries

Canada, France, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Placebo
Placebo tablets, matching the empagliflozin 10mg and 25mg tablets, taken once daily for 52 weeks.
319
Empa 10mg
Single oral dose of empagliflozin (empa) 10mg plus a placebo tablet matching the 25mg empa dose were taken once daily for 52 weeks.
98
Empa 25mg
Single oral dose of empagliflozin (empa) 25mg plus a placebo tablet matching the 10mg empa dose were taken once daily for 52 weeks.
321
Total738

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001FG002
Overall StudyAdverse Event18421
Overall StudyLack of Efficacy001
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up303
Overall StudyNon compliant with protocol114
Overall StudyNot treated201
Overall StudyOther reason not defined above914
Overall StudyPatient refusal to continue,not due toAE1048

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicTotalPlaceboEmpa 10mgEmpa 25mg
Age, Continuous63.9 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.8
64.1 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.7
63.2 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.5
63.9 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9
Sex: Female, Male
Female
308 Participants138 Participants38 Participants132 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
430 Participants181 Participants60 Participants189 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
207 / 31964 / 98187 / 321
serious
Total, serious adverse events
44 / 3196 / 9840 / 321

Outcome results

Primary

HbA1c Change From Baseline in Patients With Mild or Moderate Renal Impairment

Change from baseline in HbA1c after 24 weeks, for patients with mild or moderate renal impairment. Note adjusted means are provided.

Time frame: Baseline and 24 weeks

Population: Full analysis set (FAS) which included all randomised patients, treated with at least one dose of trial medication, who had a baseline HbA1c value. Values after start of antidiabetic rescue therapy were set to missing and last observation carried forward (LOCF) was used for imputation of missing values.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboHbA1c Change From Baseline in Patients With Mild or Moderate Renal Impairment0.05 percentage of HbA1cStandard Error 0.04
Empa 25mgHbA1c Change From Baseline in Patients With Mild or Moderate Renal Impairment-0.46 percentage of HbA1cStandard Error 0.04
p-value: <0.000195% CI: [-0.62, -0.39]ANCOVA
Primary

HbA1c Change From Baseline in Patients With Mild Renal Impairment

Change from baseline in HbA1c after 24 weeks, for patients with mild renal impairment. Note adjusted means are provided.

Time frame: Baseline and 24 weeks

Population: Full analysis set (FAS) which included all randomised patients, treated with at least one dose of trial medication, who had a baseline HbA1c value. Values after start of antidiabetic rescue therapy were set to missing and last observation carried forward (LOCF) was used for imputation of missing values.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboHbA1c Change From Baseline in Patients With Mild Renal Impairment0.06 percentage of HbA1cStandard Error 0.07
Empa 25mgHbA1c Change From Baseline in Patients With Mild Renal Impairment-0.46 percentage of HbA1cStandard Error 0.07
Empa 25mgHbA1c Change From Baseline in Patients With Mild Renal Impairment-0.63 percentage of HbA1cStandard Error 0.07
p-value: <0.000195% CI: [-0.88, -0.49]ANCOVA
p-value: <0.000195% CI: [-0.72, -0.32]ANCOVA
Primary

HbA1c Change From Baseline in Patients With Moderate Renal Impairment

Change from baseline in HbA1c after 24 weeks, for patients with moderate renal impairment. Note adjusted means are provided.

Time frame: Baseline and 24 weeks

Population: Full analysis set (FAS) which included all randomised patients, treated with at least one dose of trial medication, who had a baseline HbA1c value. Values after start of antidiabetic rescue therapy were set to missing and last observation carried forward (LOCF) was used for imputation of missing values.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboHbA1c Change From Baseline in Patients With Moderate Renal Impairment0.05 percentage of HbA1cStandard Error 0.05
Empa 25mgHbA1c Change From Baseline in Patients With Moderate Renal Impairment-0.37 percentage of HbA1cStandard Error 0.05
p-value: <0.000195% CI: [-0.56, -0.28]ANCOVA
Other Pre-specified

Hypoglycaemic Events

Percentage of patients who experienced a hypoglycaemic event. A hypoglycaemic event was regarded as confirmed if it was documented as an adverse event with plasma glucose values \<= 70 mg/dL (\<=3.9mmol/L) measured or with a documentation that the assistance of another person to actively administer carbohydrate, glucagon or other resuscitative action had been required.

Time frame: From first drug administration until 7 days after last trial medication intake, up to 458 days

Population: Treated set which included all patients treated with at least one dose of randomised trial medication.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboHypoglycaemic Events27.6 percentage of participants
Empa 25mgHypoglycaemic Events26.5 percentage of participants
Empa 25mgHypoglycaemic Events27.4 percentage of participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 21, 2026