GALLANT 8 Tesaglitazar Add-on to Metformin

AstraZeneca

Status and phase

Terminated

Phase 3

Conditions

Type 2 Diabetes

Treatments

Drug: Metformin

Drug: Tesaglitazar

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT00251953

EudraCT No 2004-000348-25

D6160C00031

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a 24-week randomized double-blind, parallel-group, multi-center, placebo-controlled study of tesaglitazar (0.5 mg and 1 mg) given as add-on therapy to metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes, not adequately controlled on optimized metformin treatment and on diet/lifestyle advice during the titration and run-in period. The study comprises a 2-week enrollment period, 6 week placebo metformin titration period, 2-week single-blind run-in period, followed by a 24-week double blind treatment period and a 3-week follow-up period

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Provision of a written informed consent
Men or women who are >=18 years of age
Female patients: postmenopausal, hysterectomized, or if of childbearing potential, using a reliable method of birth control
Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
Treated with diet alone or treatment with a single oral antidiabetic agent or low doses of two oral antidiabetic agents

Exclusion criteria

Type 1 diabetes
New York Heart Association heart failure Class III or IV
Treatment with chronic insulin
History of hypersensitivity or intolerance to any peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonist (like Actos or Avandia), fenofibrate, metformin or 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor (statin)
History of drug-induced myopathy or drug-induced creatine kinase elevation, liver enzyme elevations, neutropenia (low white blood cells)
Creatinine levels above twice the normal range
Creatine kinase above 3 times the upper limit of normal
Received any investigational product in other clinical studies within 12 weeks
Any clinically significant abnormality identified on physical examination, laboratory tests or electrocardiogram, which in the judgment of the investigator would compromise the patient's safety or successful participation in the clinical study