Effects of the Once-Weekly DPP4 Inhibitor Omarigliptin on Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus...

Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) inhibitors are widely used in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) on maintenance hemodialysis (HD), but the efficacy of the once-weekly DPP4 inhibitor omarigliptin is not known.

This prospective, randomized, open-label, parallel-group, non-inferiority/superiority, once-daily DPP4 inhibitor linagliptin-controlled, multicenter study examined glycemic control and safety of omarigliptin (UMIN000024284). Sample size was calculated to confirm non-inferiority in terms of changes in glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). We enrolled 33 patients with T2DM on maintenance HD who had been treated with linagliptin for at least 3 months. The patients were randomized to receive omarigliptin (12.5 mg/week; n = 16) or linagliptin (5 mg/day; n = 17). Primary endpoints were changes in HbA1c and glycoalbumin (GA) over 24 weeks.

Differences in the mean change in primary endpoint values between the omarigliptin and linagliptin groups were - 0.61% [- 1.14, - 0.09] for HbA1c, with a two-tailed upper 95% limit (i.e., one-tailed 97.5% upper limit) of 0.25%, below the non-inferiority limit, and - 1.67% [- 4.23, + 0.88] for GA, with a two-tailed upper 95% limit of 0.75%, above the non-inferiority limit. At 24 weeks, the omarigliptin group showed significantly greater reduction in HbA1c than the linagliptin group (- 0.2% ± 0.6% vs. 0.4% ± 0.8%, two-tailed p = 0.024) and significantly greater reduction in blood glucose after a single HD session (- 18.4 ± 31.4 mg/dL vs. 25.2 ± 59.5 mg/dL, respectively, two-tailed p = 0.019). No subjects in the omarigliptin group developed hypoglycemia.

Our data showed that omarigliptin was non-inferior to linagliptin in glycemic control. Omarigliptin is feasible for glycemic control in patients with T2DM on maintenance HD.

UMIN000024284.