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SUBMITTER: Yang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5813270 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Wenying W Min Kyungwan K Zhou Zhiguang Z Li Ling L Xu XiangJin X Zhu Dalong D Venkateshwar Rao A A Murthy Laxminarayanappa Sreenivasa LS Zhang Nianxian N Li Ivy I Niemoeller Elisabeth E Shang Shuhua S
Diabetes, obesity & metabolism 20171005 2
<h4>Aims</h4>To assess the effects on glycaemic control of lixisenatide vs placebo as add-on treatment to basal insulin (BI) ± metformin and effects on glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) reduction in patients with insufficiently controlled type 2 diabetes (T2D).<h4>Methods</h4>Patients (n = 448) with inadequately controlled T2D were randomized (1:1) to lixisenatide or placebo as add-on to BI ± metformin for 24 weeks after an 8-week run-in phase, during which BI was titrated to a target self-monitored ...[more]