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Linagliptin Among Filipino Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

A Post-Marketing Surveillance Study on the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Linagliptin Among Filipino Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Status
Terminated
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01826370
Enrollment
678
Registered
2013-04-08
Start date
2012-05-31
Completion date
2013-10-31
Last updated
2014-09-18

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

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Brief summary

This is a prospective, non-interventional, open label, multi center, post marketing surveillance study designed to assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of Linagliptin among Filipino patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) within the study duration of 24 weeks.

Interventions

DRUGLinagliptin

tablet

Sponsors

Boehringer Ingelheim
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

1. Filipino of Asian race 2. Patient using Linagliptin within label or locally approved indication. The prescription of Linagliptin to the patient must be in the course of normal clinical practice and independent of the decision to include the patient in the study. 3. Male or female patients more than 18 years old 4. Body mass index less than or equal to 40 5. Diagnosed with type 2 DM 6. Uncontrolled type 2 DM with fasting blood sugar of more than 126 mg/dl and/or HbA1c more than 7%.

Exclusion criteria

1. Diagnosed with type 1 DM 2. Patients with acute illness requiring hospitalization in the past one month 3. Patients participating in a different study that includes an investigational drug 4. Patients with known hypersensitivity reaction to Linagliptin or any of tis components 5. Pregnant women and those women who have intentions of getting pregnant within the study duration 6. Nursing women 7. Patients with concomitant conditions that contraindicates Linagliptin use as described in its product information

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Frequency of Adverse Events and Serious Adverse EventsWeek 24Frequency of adverse events and serious adverse events in an actual clinical setting, including hypoglycemic events.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change From Baseline to Week 24 of HbA1cBaseline and 24 weeksChange from baseline to week 24 of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c)
Change From Baseline to Week 24 of Fasting Blood SugarBaseline and 24 weeksChange from baseline to week 24 of fasting blood sugar

Countries

Philippines

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Linagliptin
Linagliptin 5 mg was administered orally once a day for 24 weeks
660
Total660

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up12
Overall StudyOther reason not defined above2
Overall StudyProtocol Violation6

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicLinagliptin
Age, Continuous57.67 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.3
Gender
Female
360 participants
Gender
Male
296 participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 660
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 660

Outcome results

Primary

Frequency of Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events

Frequency of adverse events and serious adverse events in an actual clinical setting, including hypoglycemic events.

Time frame: Week 24

Population: Safety analysis set which consisted of all patients who have taken at least one dose of linagliptin and participated in the follow-up visit, thus, having a baseline and end-point evaluation.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
LinagliptinFrequency of Adverse Events and Serious Adverse EventsAdverse Events0.8 percentage of participants
LinagliptinFrequency of Adverse Events and Serious Adverse EventsSerious Adverse Events0.0 percentage of participants
Secondary

Change From Baseline to Week 24 of Fasting Blood Sugar

Change from baseline to week 24 of fasting blood sugar

Time frame: Baseline and 24 weeks

Population: Effectiveness analysis set which included patients with complete baseline and follow up secondary outcomes. For this outcome measure this include patients with baseline and end-point data for fasting blood sugar.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
LinagliptinChange From Baseline to Week 24 of Fasting Blood Sugar-65.0 mg/dlStandard Deviation 66.5
Secondary

Change From Baseline to Week 24 of HbA1c

Change from baseline to week 24 of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c)

Time frame: Baseline and 24 weeks

Population: Effectiveness analysis set which included patients with complete baseline and follow up secondary outcomes. For this outcome measure this include patients with baseline and end-point data for HbA1c.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
LinagliptinChange From Baseline to Week 24 of HbA1c-1.7 percentage of HbA1cStandard Deviation 1.5

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