A Research Study to Compare Semaglutide to Insulin Aspart, When Taken Together With Metformin and Insulin Glargine, in People With Type 2 Diabetes

What this study is testing ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03689374 ↗

Description as written by the study sponsor.

This study will compare the effect of semaglutide once weekly to insulin aspart 3 times daily as add on to metformin and insulin glargine in people with type 2 diabetes. Participants will either get insulin glargine and semaglutide or insulin glargine and insulin aspart - which treatment the participant get is decided by chance. Insulin glargine is taken once a day and semaglutide once a week. Insulin aspart is taken three times per day before a meal. All three medicines come in pre-filled pens for injection under the skin. The study will last for about 71 weeks. If participant's blood sugar gets under or over certain values participant will only participate in 14 weeks. The study doctor will inform the participant about this. The participant will have 15 clinic visits and 22 phone calls with the study doctor.

Treatments tested

• Semaglutide Drug

  Subjects will receive subcutaneous (s.c., under the skin) injections of semaglutide once weekly (OW) with a dose of 0.25 mg. The dose should be increased after four weeks to 0.5 mg semaglutide. After 4 more weeks the dose can be increased to 1.0 mg semaglutide if the study doctor decides and further dose adjusted throughout the study.

• Insulin aspart Drug

  Subjects should initiate treatment with 4U of Insulin aspart (s.c. injections) before each main meal, three times daily (TID). The dose will be adjusted individually based on pre-prandial and bedtime self measured plasma glucose (SMPG) from the preceding 3 days

• Insulin glargine U100 Drug

  Run-in period: Subjects will receive s.c. injections of IGlar U100 OD in accordance with the approved local label of IGlar U100. The dose will be adjusted based on the mean of three pre-breakfast SMPG values (target SMPG: 4.0-6.9 mmol/L)