DRUG
Pasireotide s.c.
Administered to Cushing's disease participants.
Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 4
Enrollment
249
Locations
43
Results
Posted
Publications
2
Study summary
The study was designed to investigate the optimal management of hyperglycemia developed during pasireotide treatment in participants with Cushing's disease or Acromegaly, which was not manageable with metformin. This was a Phase IV, multi-center, randomized, open-label study. Eligible patients started pasireotide subcutaneously (s.c.) for Cushing's disease and pasireotide LAR (long-acting release) for Acromegaly. Participants being treated with pasireotide s.c or LAR at screening were eligible as long as they met protocol criteria during the screening period. If previously normo-glycemic participants experienced an increase in their fasting blood glucose and met the criteria for diabetes while on pasireotide, they started anti-diabetic treatment using metformin. If they continued to have elevated blood glucose above target on metformin within the first 16 weeks, they were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive treatment with incretin based therapy or insulin for approximately 16 weeks. Participants who continued to receive clinical benefit after completing the Core Phase could enter an optional Extension Phase if pasireotide was not commercially available in their country or a local access program was not available to provide drug. Patients continued in the Extension Phase until the last participant randomized in the Core Phase completed 16 weeks of treatment post-randomization.
Interventions
DRUG
Administered to Cushing's disease participants.
DRUG
Taken for approximately 16 weeks during the core study phase or until the drug was found not to be effective
DRUG
Participant switched to liraglutide if sitagliptin was found not to be effective.
DRUG
Participant took insulin for 16 weeks. Insulin was also administered as rescue therapy in the incretin-based therapy arm if required. Insulin was administered to the BL-insulin group at the discretion of the Principal Investigator. Note: OAD and No OAD groups within the non-randomized arm did not take Insulin.
DRUG
Administered to Acromegaly participants.
DRUG
If previously normo-glycemic participants experienced increase in their fasting blood glucose and meeting the criteria for diabetes while on pasireotide, they started anti-diabetic treatment using metformin. If they continued to experience increase in their fasting blood glucose within the first 16 weeks, they were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive treatment with incretin based therapy or insulin for approximately 16 weeks. Metformin treatment was not required for the BL Insulin and OAD groups, within the non-randomized arm, but may have been prescribed at the discretion of the investigator. Note: No OAD group within the non-randomized arm did not take metformin.
Timeline
First posted
Feb 12, 2014
Study start
May 23, 2014
Primary completion
Feb 5, 2018
Study completion
Mar 26, 2018
Results posted
May 29, 2019
Registry updated
May 29, 2019
Outcomes
Change in HbA1c From Randomization to Approximately 16 Weeks
Time frame · Randomization, 16 weeks
Absolute change in HbA1c from randomization to end of core phase (16 weeks) in incretin based therapy arm and insulin arm, and mean difference of change in HbA1c between the two treatment groups based on an ANOVA model using treatment (Incretin, Insulin) and the two randomization stratification factors (Disease: Cushing's disease vs Acromegaly; Baseline glycemic status: HbA1c \<7% vs HbA1c ≥ 7%) as fixed effects. For Participants who discontinued the study or required rescue treatment before the time of assessing the primary endpoint, the last HbA1c assessment collected 8 weeks (56 days) after randomization (and prior to or on the date of start of rescue treatment) was carried forward. If the participant discontinued the study or used rescue treatment within 8 weeks after randomization, it was considered missing.
Change in HbA1c From Randomization (R) Over Time Per Randomized Arm
Time frame · Randomization (R), Week (W) 4 post R, W 8 post R, W 16 post R, end of Core phase (up to week 16 post R)
Absolute change in HbA1c overtime from randomization (i.e. start of randomized antidiabetic treatment) to end of core phase per randomized arm
Change in FPG (Fasting Plasma Glucose) From Randomization Until End of Core Phase
Time frame · Randomization, R(randomization) Week 2, R-Week 4, R-Week 6, R-Week 8, R-Week 10, R-Week 12, R-Week 14, R-Week 16, end of Core phase
Absolute change in fasting glucose overtime from randomization (i.e. start of randomized antidiabetic treatment) to end of core phase per randomized arm
Percentage of Participants in the Incretin-based Arm Who Required Anti-diabetic Rescue Therapy With Insulin
Time frame · Randomization to up to 16 weeks
The percentage of participants who received anti-diabetic rescue therapy in incretin based therapy is summarized.
Absolute Change in HbA1c From Baseline to End of Core Phase
Time frame · Baseline, up to 32 weeks (end of Core phase)
Absolute change in HbA1c from baseline to end of core phase in the incretin based therapy arm and the insulin arm
Absolute Change in FPG From Baseline to End of Core Phase
Time frame · Baseline, Up to 32 weeks (end of Core Phase)
Absolute change in FPG from baseline to end of core phase in the incretin based therapy arm and the insulin arm.
Percentage of Participants With ≤ 0.3% HbA1c Increase to End of Core Phase
Time frame · Randomization, up to 16 weeks
Percentage of participants with ≤ 0.3% HbA1c increase in the incretin based therapy arm and the insulin arm.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients greater than or equal to 18 years old * Confirmed diagnosis of Cushing's disease or acromegaly Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who require surgical intervention * Patients receiving DPP-4 inhibitors or GLP-1 receptor agonists within 4 weeks prior to study entry * HbA1c \> 10 % at screening * Known hypersensitivity to somatostatin analogues Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.
Study locations
Belgium · Brazil · China · Denmark · Germany · India · Peru · Poland · Russia · Thailand · Turkey (Türkiye) · United States. Showing up to 24 locations stored in the fast local snapshot.
Diabetes and Endocrine Associates La Mesa Location
Multiple Locations, California, United States
LA Biomedical Research at Harbor UCLA Medical Center SC - SOM230B2219
Torrance, California, United States
Coastal Metabolic Research Centre SC
Ventura, California, United States
East Coast Institute for Research East Coast Inst. for Res(ECIR)
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Washington University SC - SOM230B2411
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Great Falls Clinic
Great Falls, Montana, United States
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School - Rutgers SC
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
The Mount Sinai Hospital SC
New York, New York, United States
Columbia University Medical Center New York Presbyterian Neuroendocrine Unit
New York, New York, United States
Lenox Hill Hospital/Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital SC
New York, New York, United States
Allegheny Endocrinology Associates SC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Vanderbilt Clinical Trials Center SOM230B2219
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Baylor College of Medicine Ben Taub General Hosp.
Houston, Texas, United States
Virginia Endocrinology Research SC-2
Chesapeake, Virginia, United States
Swedish Medical Center Dept.ofSeattle Neuroscience(2)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Novartis Investigative Site
Leuven, Belgium
Novartis Investigative Site
Wilrijk, Belgium
Novartis Investigative Site
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Novartis Investigative Site
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Novartis Investigative Site
Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Novartis Investigative Site
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Novartis Investigative Site
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
Novartis Investigative Site
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Novartis Investigative Site
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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