Effect of Liraglutide on Blood Glucose Control in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes
LEAD-5
Liraglutide Effect and Action in Diabetes (LEAD-5): Effect on Glycaemic Control After Once Daily Administration of Liraglutide in Combination With Glimepiride and Metformin Versus Glimepiride and Metformin Combination Therapy, and Versus Insulin Glargine Added to Glimepiride and Metformin Combination Therapy in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes.A Six-month Randomised, Double-blind, Parallel-group, Multi-centre, Multi-national Trial With an Open-label Treat-to-target Insulin Glargine Control Arm.
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interventional
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18 countries
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Brief Summary
This trial is conducted in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. This trial is designed to show the effect of treatment with liraglutide added to existing glimepiride and metformin combination therapy and to compare it with the effects of insulin glargine added to combination therapy of glimepiride and metformin.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for phase_3 diabetes
Started May 2006
Shorter than P25 for phase_3 diabetes
116 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
May 1, 2006
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 30, 2006
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 31, 2006
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 1, 2007
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
April 1, 2007
CompletedJanuary 26, 2017
January 1, 2017
11 months
May 30, 2006
January 25, 2017
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
HbA1c
after 26 weeks of treatment
Secondary Outcomes (4)
body weight
Safety and tolerability
Beta-cell function
Glycaemic control
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Type 2 diabetes
- Treatment with oral anti-diabetic drugs for at least 3 months
- HbA1c: 7.5-10.0 % (both incl.) in subjects on OAD monotherapy. 7.0-10.0 % (both incl.) in subjects on OAD combination therapy.
- Body Mass Index (BMI) less than or equal to 45 kg/m2
You may not qualify if:
- Treatment with insulin within the last 3 months
- Treatment with any drug that could interfere with the glucose level
- Any serious medical condition
- Females who are pregnant, have intention of becoming pregnant or are breastfeeding
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Novo Nordisk A/Slead
Study Sites (116)
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Bahía Blanca, 8000, Argentina
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Ciudad Autonoma de Bs As, C1405CWB, Argentina
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Junín, 6000, Argentina
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Mendoza, 5500, Argentina
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Rosario, 2000, Argentina
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Bregenz, A - 6900, Austria
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Vienna, 1010, Austria
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Vienna, 1030, Austria
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Vienna, 1120, Austria
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Vienna, 1130, Austria
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Vienna, 1230, Austria
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Vienna, A 1090, Austria
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Curitiba, 80810-040, Brazil
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Rio de Janeiro, 20211-340, Brazil
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Rio de Janeiro, 21941-590, Brazil
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São Paulo, 05403-000, Brazil
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São Paulo, 11060-001, Brazil
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São Paulo, 80540-010, Brazil
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Århus C, 8000, Denmark
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Esbjerg, 6700, Denmark
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Gentofte Municipality, 2820, Denmark
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Hellerup, 2900, Denmark
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Hillerød, 3400, Denmark
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Roskilde, 4000, Denmark
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Slagelse, 4200, Denmark
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Helsinki, 00250, Finland
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Helsinki, 00260, Finland
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Kuopio, 70210, Finland
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Oulu, FI-90220, Finland
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Turku, 20700, Finland
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Besançon, 25030, France
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Brest, 29200, France
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Corbeil-Essonnes, 91106, France
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Dijon, 21079, France
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La Rochelle, 17019, France
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Nanterre, 92014, France
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Narbonne, 11108, France
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Nevers, 58033, France
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Vénissieux, 69200, France
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Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 500034, India
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Karnāl, Haryana, 132001, India
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Pune, Maharashtra, 411 037, India
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Hyderabad, 600034, India
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Patna, 800020, India
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Bergamo, 24127, Italy
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Bologna, 40133, Italy
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Catania, 95124, Italy
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Catanzaro, 88100, Italy
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Chieri, 10023, Italy
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Chieti Scalo, 66100, Italy
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Messina, 98123, Italy
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Padua, 35143, Italy
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Parma, 43100, Italy
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Siena, 53100, Italy
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Almere Stad, 1311RL, Netherlands
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Den Helder, 1782 GZ, Netherlands
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Eindhoven, 5631 BM, Netherlands
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Gouda, 2803HH, Netherlands
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Maastricht, 6229 HX, Netherlands
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The Hague, 2512 VA, Netherlands
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Zevenaar, 6903 ZN, Netherlands
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Zoetermeer, 2725 NA, Netherlands
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Bergen, 5021, Norway
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Gjettum, 1346, Norway
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Jessheim, 2050, Norway
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Nordbyhagen, 1474, Norway
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Notodden, 3675, Norway
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Sandvika, NO-1337, Norway
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Skedsmokorset, NO-2020, Norway
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Cebu City, 6000, Philippines
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Manila, 1000, Philippines
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Marikina City, 1810, Philippines
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Pasig, 1605, Philippines
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Gdynia, 81-366, Poland
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Katowice, 40-053, Poland
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Opole, 45-418, Poland
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Poznan, 60-821, Poland
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Wroclaw, 50-127, Poland
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Zabrze, 41-800, Poland
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Moscow, 117036, Russia
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Moscow, 123448, Russia
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Moscow, 127644, Russia
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Belgrade, 11000, Serbia and Montenegro
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Nis, 18000, Serbia and Montenegro
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Banská Bystrica, 95717, Slovakia
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Bratislava, 811 08, Slovakia
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L'ubochna, 03491, Slovakia
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Martin, 036 59, Slovakia
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Nitra, 94 911, Slovakia
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Žilina, 01001, Slovakia
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Bloemfontein, Free State, 6850, South Africa
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Pretoria, Gauteng, 0001, South Africa
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Pretoria, Gauteng, 0181, South Africa
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Worcester, Western Cape, 6850, South Africa
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Barakaldo, 48903, Spain
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Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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Getafe, 28905, Spain
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Málaga, 29009, Spain
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Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Spain
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Seville, 41014, Spain
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Valencia, 46014, Spain
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Valencia, 46015, Spain
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Valencia, 46026, Spain
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Valladolid, 47011, Spain
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Ayr, KA6 6DX, United Kingdom
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Bradford, BD9 6RJ, United Kingdom
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Guildford, GU2 7XX, United Kingdom
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Liverpool, L9 7AL, United Kingdom
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Livingstone, EH54 6PP, United Kingdom
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Llantrisant, CF72 8XR, United Kingdom
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Manchester, M41 5SL, United Kingdom
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Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom
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Salford, M6 8HD, United Kingdom
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Sheffield, S5 7AU, United Kingdom
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Swansea, SA6 6NL, United Kingdom
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Watford, WD18 0HB, United Kingdom
Related Publications (14)
Sullivan SD, Alfonso-Cristancho R, Conner C, Hammer M, Blonde L. Long-term outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes receiving glimepiride combined with liraglutide or rosiglitazone. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2009 Feb 26;8:12. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-8-12.
PMID: 19245711RESULTMcGill JB. Insights from the Liraglutide Clinical Development Program--the Liraglutide Effect and Action in Diabetes (LEAD) studies. Postgrad Med. 2009 May;121(3):16-25. doi: 10.3810/pgm.2009.05.1998.
PMID: 19491536RESULTRussell-Jones D, Vaag A, Schmitz O, Sethi BK, Lalic N, Antic S, Zdravkovic M, Ravn GM, Simo R; Liraglutide Effect and Action in Diabetes 5 (LEAD-5) met+SU Study Group. Liraglutide vs insulin glargine and placebo in combination with metformin and sulfonylurea therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus (LEAD-5 met+SU): a randomised controlled trial. Diabetologia. 2009 Oct;52(10):2046-55. doi: 10.1007/s00125-009-1472-y. Epub 2009 Aug 14.
PMID: 19688338RESULTBlonde L, Russell-Jones D. The safety and efficacy of liraglutide with or without oral antidiabetic drug therapy in type 2 diabetes: an overview of the LEAD 1-5 studies. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2009 Dec;11 Suppl 3:26-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2009.01075.x.
PMID: 19878259RESULTBuse JB, Garber A, Rosenstock J, Schmidt WE, Brett JH, Videbaek N, Holst J, Nauck M. Liraglutide treatment is associated with a low frequency and magnitude of antibody formation with no apparent impact on glycemic response or increased frequency of adverse events: results from the Liraglutide Effect and Action in Diabetes (LEAD) trials. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Jun;96(6):1695-702. doi: 10.1210/jc.2010-2822. Epub 2011 Mar 30.
PMID: 21450987RESULTBode BW, Brett J, Falahati A, Pratley RE. Comparison of the efficacy and tolerability profile of liraglutide, a once-daily human GLP-1 analog, in patients with type 2 diabetes >/=65 and <65 years of age: a pooled analysis from phase III studies. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2011 Dec;9(6):423-33. doi: 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2011.09.007. Epub 2011 Nov 4.
PMID: 22055210RESULTHenry RR, Buse JB, Sesti G, Davies MJ, Jensen KH, Brett J, Pratley RE. Efficacy of antihyperglycemic therapies and the influence of baseline hemoglobin A(1C): a meta-analysis of the liraglutide development program. Endocr Pract. 2011 Nov-Dec;17(6):906-13. doi: 10.4158/ep.17.6.906.
PMID: 22193143RESULTZinman B, Schmidt WE, Moses A, Lund N, Gough S. Achieving a clinically relevant composite outcome of an HbA1c of <7% without weight gain or hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of the liraglutide clinical trial programme. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2012 Jan;14(1):77-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2011.01493.x. Epub 2011 Oct 30.
PMID: 21883806RESULTNiswender K, Pi-Sunyer X, Buse J, Jensen KH, Toft AD, Russell-Jones D, Zinman B. Weight change with liraglutide and comparator therapies: an analysis of seven phase 3 trials from the liraglutide diabetes development programme. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2013 Jan;15(1):42-54. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2012.01673.x. Epub 2012 Sep 9.
PMID: 22862847RESULTAlves C, Batel-Marques F, Macedo AF. A meta-analysis of serious adverse events reported with exenatide and liraglutide: acute pancreatitis and cancer. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2012 Nov;98(2):271-84. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2012.09.008. Epub 2012 Sep 23.
PMID: 23010561RESULTKing AB, Montanya E, Pratley RE, Blonde L, Svendsen CB, Donsmark M, Sesti G. Liraglutide achieves A1C targets more often than sitagliptin or exenatide when added to metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes and a baseline A1C <8.0%. Endocr Pract. 2013 Jan-Feb;19(1):64-72. doi: 10.4158/EP12232.OR.
PMID: 23186975RESULTBuse JB, Peters A, Russell-Jones D, Furber S, Donsmark M, Han J, MacConell L, Maggs D, Diamant M. Is insulin the most effective injectable antihyperglycaemic therapy? Diabetes Obes Metab. 2015 Feb;17(2):145-51. doi: 10.1111/dom.12402. Epub 2014 Nov 9.
PMID: 25323312RESULTJensen TM, Saha K, Steinberg WM. Is there a link between liraglutide and pancreatitis? A post hoc review of pooled and patient-level data from completed liraglutide type 2 diabetes clinical trials. Diabetes Care. 2015 Jun;38(6):1058-66. doi: 10.2337/dc13-1210. Epub 2014 Dec 12.
PMID: 25504028RESULTFonseca VA, Devries JH, Henry RR, Donsmark M, Thomsen HF, Plutzky J. Reductions in systolic blood pressure with liraglutide in patients with type 2 diabetes: insights from a patient-level pooled analysis of six randomized clinical trials. J Diabetes Complications. 2014 May-Jun;28(3):399-405. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2014.01.009. Epub 2014 Jan 21.
PMID: 24561125DERIVED
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Global Clinical Registry (GCR, 1452)
Novo Nordisk A/S
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 3
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 30, 2006
First Posted
May 31, 2006
Study Start
May 1, 2006
Primary Completion
April 1, 2007
Study Completion
April 1, 2007
Last Updated
January 26, 2017
Record last verified: 2017-01