EMERGING THERAPIES: DRUGS AND REGIMENS Diabetes Care Volume 43, October 2020 2509 Julio Rosenstock,1 Antonio Nino,2 Impact of a Weekly Glucagon-Like Joseph Soffer,3 Lois Erskine,4 Andre Acusta,5 Jo Dole,3 Molly C. Carr,3 Jason Mallory,4 and Peptide 1 Receptor Agonist, Philip Home6 Albiglutide, on Glycemic Control and on Reducing Prandial Insulin Use in Type 2 Diabetes Inadequately Controlled on Multiple Insulin Therapy: A Randomized Trial Diabetes Care 2020;43:2509–2518 | https://doi.org/10.2337/dc19-2316 OBJECTIVE The principle of replacing prandial insulin lispro with a once-weekly glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) for type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled on a multiple daily insulin injections regimen was tested with albiglutide. 1Dallas Diabetes Research Center at Medical City, RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Dallas, TX 2Research and Development Immuno-Inflammation In this treat-to-target study, basal plus prandial insulin was optimized over 4 weeks Therapy Area Unit, GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, before participants were randomized (1:1) to albiglutide plus optimized basal PA 3 insulin glargine and lispro (dose reduced by 50% at randomization; subsequently, Research and Development Future Pipelines Dis- lispro injections were fully discontinued 4 weeks later) (n 5 402) or to continued covery, GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA 4Clinical Development, GlaxoSmithKline, King of optimized lispro plus optimized glargine (n 5 412). Prussia, PA 5Clinical Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA RESULTS 6Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. Mean 6 SD HbA1c at baseline, 7.8 6 0.6% (61 6 7 mmol/mol) in the albiglutide 1 Corresponding author: Julio Rosenstock, glargine group and 7.7 6 0.6% (60 6 7 mmol/mol) in the lispro 1 glargine group, was
[email protected] reducedatweek26to6.76 0.8% (49 6 8 mmol/mol) and 6.6 6 0.8% (48 6 8mmol/mol), Received 19 November 2019 and accepted 8 June respectively (least squares [LS] difference 0.06% [95% CI 20.05 to 0.17]; non- 2020 inferiority P < 0.0001).