Study Stopped
The trial was terminated per protocol because of lack of feasibility.
A Comparison of Two Treatment Strategies in Older Participants With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)
IMPERIUM
An Individualized treatMent aPproach for oldER patIents: A Randomized, Controlled stUdy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (IMPERIUM)
3 other identifiers
interventional
192
5 countries
34
Brief Summary
The main purpose of this study is to compare the benefits and risks associated with the use of 2 treatment strategies to lower blood sugar in participants aged 65 and older with T2DM. One strategy is based on the use of oral and injectable medications that only reduce blood sugar (glucose) when it is high. The other strategy is based on non-glucose dependent agents. The trial will last up to 72 weeks for each participant.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for phase_4 diabetes-mellitus-type-2
Started Feb 2014
34 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
February 1, 2014
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 24, 2014
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
February 26, 2014
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
October 1, 2015
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 1, 2015
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
November 23, 2016
CompletedOctober 9, 2019
September 1, 2019
1.7 years
February 24, 2014
October 4, 2016
September 25, 2019
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Percentage of Participants Achieving and Maintaining Individualized Glycated Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Targets Without Clinically Significant Hypoglycemia
Failed to reach and maintain HbA1c target, without clinically significant hypoglycemia, is defined as having 2 consecutive HbA1c \> upper limit of HbA1c target over 12 weeks starting from Week 24 for participants with HbA1c data beyond Week 24, or Week 24 HbA1c \> upper limit of HbA1c target for participants without HbA1c data beyond Week 24. Clinically significant hypoglycemia is defined as any severe hypoglycemia or repeated hypoglycemia interrupting participants activities or sleep and associated with blood glucose ≤3.9 millimole per liter (mmol/L), or repeated asymptomatic hypoglycemia associated with blood glucose \<3.0 mmol/L. Success is defined as lacking of failure.
Baseline to last participant visit (up to 72 weeks)
Secondary Outcomes (5)
Percentage of Participants Requiring Alternative Treatment Due to Glycemic Failure of First Line Injectable Therapy
Baseline to last participant visit (up to 72 weeks)
Number of Participants With Total Hypoglycemia and Other Categories of Hypoglycemia
Baseline to last participant visit (up to 72 weeks)
Change From Baseline of Urinary Albumin to Creatinine Ratio
Baseline, Week 72
Change From Baseline in Body Mass Index (BMI)
Baseline, Week 72
Change From Baseline of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR)
Baseline, Week 72
Other Outcomes (3)
Change From Baseline in Adult Low Blood Sugar Survey (ALBSS) Score
Baseline, Week 72
Change From Baseline in European Quality of Life-5 Dimensions 5 Levels (EQ-5D-5L) Score
Baseline, Week 72
Change From Baseline in Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) Score
Baseline, Week 72
Study Arms (2)
Strategy A (Glucose-Dependent)
EXPERIMENTALParticipants may receive oral and injectable (glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists \[GLP-1 RA\]) therapies that exert a glucose-dependent mode of action. Medications allowed in this arm include: metformin, pioglitazone, acarbose, linagliptin, sitagliptin, liraglutide, exenatide once weekly (QW), and exenatide twice daily (BID). Choice of therapy is based on investigator's discretion. Treatment used in label. Treatment may last up to 72 weeks.
Strategy B (Reference)
ACTIVE COMPARATORParticipants will receive glimepiride and may receive basal insulin glargine as a first line injectable therapy. Medications allowed in this arm include: glimepiride, metformin, pioglitazone, acarbose, linagliptin, sitagliptin and basal insulin glargine. Choice of therapy is based on investigator's discretion. Treatment used in label. Insulin glargine is titrated according treatment algorithm. Treatment may last up to 72 weeks.
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Have T2DM based on a history and clinical impression that is consistent with the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Diabetes
- Have a Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) score of 4 or above or Total Illness Burden Index (TIBI) score of 5 or above as assessed at screening
- Have an A1c \>7.3% and \<10.9% at study entry and are not achieving desired glycemic control as evidenced by A1c measurement at least 0.4% higher than individualized treatment target set at screening.
- Have been treated for at least 3 months prior to the study entry with any of the following treatment options:
- Diet/exercise only (only if they have known contraindications to metformin treatment)
- Any dose of sulfonylurea
- Effective or maximally-tolerated doses of metformin, dipeptidyl-peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor, thiazolidinedione, or acarbose used in monotherapy or in dual combination. The following doses are considered to be effective:
- at least 1500 mg of metformin per day
- At least 30 mg of pioglitazone per day
- At least 4 mg of rosiglitazone per day
- At least 75 mg of acarbose per day
- Any marketed dose of DPP-4 inhibitor
You may not qualify if:
- Are currently enrolled in a clinical trial involving an investigational product or nonapproved use of a drug or device (other than the investigational product used in this study), or concurrently enrolled in any other type of medical research judged not to be scientifically or medically compatible with this study
- Have participated, within the last 60 days in a clinical trial involving an investigational product other than the investigational product used in this study. If the previous investigational product has a long half-life, 3 months or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) should have passed
- At study entry, have contraindications to sulfonylurea, insulin, or GLP-1 RA
- Have a history of pancreatitis, a personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma, or have Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia syndrome type 2
- In the opinion of investigator should have an individualized A1c target set at 8% or higher
- Have a body mass index (BMI) greater than 45 kg/m\^2
- Have had more than 1 episode of severe hypoglycemia within 24 weeks prior to the study
- Have cardiac disease with functional status that is Class III or IV according to the New York Heart Association Cardiac Disease Classification
- Have an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \<30 milliliter/minute/1.73 m\^2 (mL/min/1.73 m\^2) or advanced renal disease including history of renal transplantation or currently receiving renal dialysis
- Have obvious clinical signs or symptoms or laboratory evidence of liver disease (alanine aminotransferase \[ALT\] or aspartate aminotransferase \[AST\] \> 2.5 times the upper limit of the reference range)
- Receive current therapy for a malignancy, other than basal-cell or squamous-cell skin cancer
- Received systemic glucocorticoids within the 3 months prior to entry for more than 14 consecutive days
- Have any other condition that precludes the participant from following and completing the study
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (34)
Suncoast Research Group, LLC
Miami, Florida, 33135, United States
New Horizon Research Center
Miami, Florida, 33175, United States
Suncoast Clinical Research
New Port Richey, Florida, 34652, United States
Florida Hospital
Orlando, Florida, 32804, United States
Athens Primary Care
Athens, Georgia, 30606, United States
Herman Clinical Research, LLC
Suwanee, Georgia, 30024, United States
Rocky Mountain Diabetes and Osteoporosis Center
Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83404, United States
Iderc, P.L.C.
Des Moines, Iowa, 50314, United States
Cotton O'Neil Clinic
Topeka, Kansas, 66606, United States
Mercy Health Research
St Louis, Missouri, 63141, United States
Southern New Hampshire Diabetes and Endocrinology
Nashua, New Hampshire, 03063, United States
Heritage Valley Medical Group, Inc.
Beaver, Pennsylvania, 15009, United States
Family Medical Associates
Levittown, Pennsylvania, 19056, United States
Carolina Health Specialists
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 29572, United States
Dallas Diabetes Endocrine Center
Dallas, Texas, 75230, United States
Rockwood Clinic Research Center
Spokane, Washington, 99202, United States
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Saint Stefan Ob Stainz, A-8511, Austria
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Salzburg, 5026, Austria
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Vienna, A 1210, Austria
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Vienna, A-1060, Austria
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Berlin, 10409, Germany
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Dortmund, 44137, Germany
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Hamburg, 22607, Germany
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Mainz, 55116, Germany
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Münster, 48145, Germany
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Neuwied, 56564, Germany
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Stuttgart, 70378, Germany
Manati Medical Center
Manatí, 00674, Puerto Rico
American Telemedicine Center
San Juan, 00917-3104, Puerto Rico
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Salford, Manchester, M6 8HD, United Kingdom
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Dundee, Scotland, DD1 9SY, United Kingdom
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 7AU, United Kingdom
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Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5PD, United Kingdom
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Manchester, M41 5SL, United Kingdom
Related Publications (1)
Heller SR, Pratley RE, Sinclair A, Festa A, Kiljanski J, Brusko CS, Duan R, Heine RJ. Glycaemic outcomes of an Individualized treatMent aPproach for oldER vulnerable patIents: A randomized, controlled stUdy in type 2 diabetes Mellitus (IMPERIUM). Diabetes Obes Metab. 2018 Jan;20(1):148-156. doi: 10.1111/dom.13051. Epub 2017 Aug 8.
PMID: 28671753DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Limitations and Caveats
The trial was terminated per protocol due to lack of feasibility. All participants completed the first 24 weeks of the study. Some participants continued into the Core study. Data was assessed from Baseline to last participant visit, up to 72 weeks.
Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Chief Medical Officer
- Organization
- Eli Lilly and Company
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Call 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559) or 1-317-615-4559 Mon - Fri 9 AM - 5 PM Eastern time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST)
Eli Lilly and Company
Publication Agreements
- PI is Sponsor Employee
- No
- Restrictive Agreement
- No
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 4
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 24, 2014
First Posted
February 26, 2014
Study Start
February 1, 2014
Primary Completion
October 1, 2015
Study Completion
October 1, 2015
Last Updated
October 9, 2019
Results First Posted
November 23, 2016
Record last verified: 2019-09
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, CSR
- Time Frame
- Data are available 6 months after the primary publication and approval of the indication studied in the US and EU, whichever is later. Data will be indefinitely available for requesting.
- Access Criteria
- A research proposal must be approved by an independent review panel and researchers must sign a data sharing agreement.
Anonymized individual patient level data will be provided in a secure access environment upon approval of a research proposal and a signed data sharing agreement.