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A 78 Week Open Label Extension to Trials Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of BI 1356 (5 mg) as Monotherapy or in Combination With Other Antidiabetic Medications in Type 2 Diabetic Patients.
In Brief
A Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating linagliptine 5 mg and linagliptine 5 mg and pioglitazone 30 mg for Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2. Completed, enrolled 2,122 participants across 232 sites in 32 countries.
Detailed Summary
The objective of the current study is to investigate the safety and tolerability of BI 1356 (5 mg / once daily) given for 78 weeks in different modalities of treatment. The treatment modalities are determined by the treatment in the blinded trial in which every patient was included previously as BI 1356 in monotherapy (patients in 1218.16 trial), BI 1356 in combination with pioglitazone (patients in 1218.15 trial), BI 1356 added to metformin background (patients in 1218.17 trial) or BI 1356 added to a background therapy of metformin in combination with a sulphonylurea (patients in 1218.18 study)
Study Details
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Interventions
safety and efficacy of linagliptine 5 mg open label
efficacy and safety of the combination linagliptine and pioglitazone