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The Efficacy and Safety Study in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

A Multicenter, Single Arm, Cohort Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Saxagliptin 5mg, Once Daily for 24 Weeks, in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01608724
Acronym
SUNSHINE
Enrollment
2165
Registered
2012-05-31
Start date
2012-11-30
Completion date
2014-05-31
Last updated
2016-02-02

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

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent

Keywords

Type 2 DM

Brief summary

The efficacy and safety study of saxagliptin 5mg, once daily for 24 weeks in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Detailed description

A multicenter, single arm, cohort study to evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of saxagliptin 5mg, once daily for 24 weeks, in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are treatment naive or who have inadequate glycaemic control on metformin alone

Interventions

DRUGSaxagliptin

oral, 5 mg once a day (Q.D.)

Sponsors

AstraZeneca
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Provision of informed consent prior to any study specific procedures Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes * Men or women who are \>18 years of age at time of consenting upon Visit 1 * HbA1c \>7.5% and ≤11.0% Patients should be drug naive or treated with metformin alone on stable doses of for at least continues 8 weeks prior to Visit 1 * Drug naive patients are defined as patients who have not received medical treatment for diabetes (insulin and/or oral hypo)

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnant or breastfeeding patients * Insulin therapy within one year of enrolment (with the exception of insulin therapy during a hospitalization or use in gestational diabetes) * Previous treatment with any DPP-IV inhibitors or GLP-1 analogue * History of administration of any antihyperglycemic therapy (other than metformin) during the 8 weeks prior to Visit 1(12 weeks for previous TZD) * Treatment with systemic glucocorticoids other than replacement therapy * Inhaled, local injected and topical use of glucocorticoids is allowed

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Absolute Change From Baseline in Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)Weeks 6, 12, and 24Evaluation after 24 weeks oral administration of saxagliptin treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled with diet and exercise or with metformin in addition to diet and exercise.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Proportion (%) of Patients Achieving HbA1c <7%Weeks 6, 12, and 24
Change From Baseline in Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG)Weeks 6, 12, 18, and 24
Change From Baseline in 2-hour Postprandial Plasma Glucose (2h-PPG)Week 24

Countries

China

Participant flow

Recruitment details

This study was conducted at 92 study centers in China. First subject enrolled: 28 Nov 2012; Last subject last visit: 16 May 2014.

Pre-assignment details

A total of 2165 patients were screened and 741 patients were excluded due to violation of any inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Saxagliptin
Saxagliptin oral 5mg once a day(Q. D.) for 24 weeks
1,210
Total1,210

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyAdverse Event29
Overall Studybood sugar too high, etc.3
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up41
Overall StudyProtocol Violation6
Overall StudySafety reasons1
Overall StudyStudy-specific discontinuation criteria32
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject131

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicSaxagliptin
Age, Continuous52.3 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.99
Age, Customized
<65 years
1063 Participants
Age, Customized
>=65 years
147 Participants
Baseline fasting plasma glucose (FPG)9.08 mmol/L
STANDARD_DEVIATION 2.244
Baseline haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)8.85 %
STANDARD_DEVIATION 0.929
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Asian
1210 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Chinese
1210 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
461 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
749 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
69 / 1,361
serious
Total, serious adverse events
24 / 1,361

Outcome results

Primary

Absolute Change From Baseline in Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)

Evaluation after 24 weeks oral administration of saxagliptin treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled with diet and exercise or with metformin in addition to diet and exercise.

Time frame: Weeks 6, 12, and 24

Population: Per-protocoal analysis set (PPS), including patients who took at least 1 dose of study drug, had baseline and post-baseline efficacy records, and had no major protocol deviations.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (MEAN)Dispersion
SaxagliptinAbsolute Change From Baseline in Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)Week 6-1.19 (%)Standard Error 0.033
SaxagliptinAbsolute Change From Baseline in Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)Week 12-1.59 (%)Standard Error 0.039
SaxagliptinAbsolute Change From Baseline in Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)Week 24-1.61 (%)Standard Error 0.04
Secondary

Change From Baseline in 2-hour Postprandial Plasma Glucose (2h-PPG)

Time frame: Week 24

Population: Patients who participated in standard noodle test in the per-protocoal analysis set (PPS), which included patients who took at least 1 dose of study drug, had baseline and post-baseline efficacy records, and had no major protocol deviations.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
SaxagliptinChange From Baseline in 2-hour Postprandial Plasma Glucose (2h-PPG)-2.83 mmol/LStandard Error 0.274
Secondary

Change From Baseline in Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG)

Time frame: Weeks 6, 12, 18, and 24

Population: Per-protocoal analysis set (PPS), including patients who took at least 1 dose of study drug, had baseline and post-baseline efficacy records, and had no major protocol deviations.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (MEAN)Dispersion
SaxagliptinChange From Baseline in Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG)Week 6-0.77 mmol/LStandard Error 0.063
SaxagliptinChange From Baseline in Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG)Week 12-0.89 mmol/LStandard Error 0.065
SaxagliptinChange From Baseline in Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG)Week 18-0.74 mmol/LStandard Error 0.071
SaxagliptinChange From Baseline in Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG)Week 24-0.55 mmol/LStandard Error 0.07
Secondary

Proportion (%) of Patients Achieving HbA1c <7%

Time frame: Weeks 6, 12, and 24

Population: Per-protocoal analysis set (PPS), including patients who took at least 1 dose of study drug, had baseline and post-baseline efficacy records, and had no major protocol deviations.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
SaxagliptinProportion (%) of Patients Achieving HbA1c <7%Week 625.4 Percentage
SaxagliptinProportion (%) of Patients Achieving HbA1c <7%Week 1245.6 Percentage
SaxagliptinProportion (%) of Patients Achieving HbA1c <7%Week 2444.1 Percentage

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