Taspoglutide head-to-head data bij DM type 2

Presentatie van 5 fase III taspoglutide studies op ADA

Paris, France, 26 June 2010 - Ipsen a global biopharmaceutical group, today announced that its partner Roche disclosed results of five Phase III 24-week studies for taspoglutide for type 2 diabetes at the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) 70th Annual Scientific Sessions. Taspoglutide, the first once weekly glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue based on a human sequence, originating from Ipsen’s research is developed by Roche. This compound is similar to the natural hormone GLP-1 which has a key role in blood sugar regulation. Three head-to-head comparisons against exenatide, sitagliptin and insulin glargine found that treatment with taspoglutide showed comparable or greater reductions in HbA1c levels with a low risk of hypoglycemia, resulted in more patients reaching the ADA target for HbA1c of <7.0%, and produced clinically meaningful weight loss. The most common adverse events seen with taspoglutide based on the 24-week data are related to gastrointestinal tolerability and injection site reactions. Nausea and vomiting were of mild to moderate intensity, generally occurred early in treatment on the day of injection and predominantly as a single episode. Roche also recently announced the implementation of a risk mitigation plan in the Phase III programme designed to identify patients at potential risk of hypersensitivity reactions. While the occurrence of hypersensitivity reactions reported as related to taspoglutide is higher than expected for the study population in the Phase III trials, the incidence remains uncommon (< 1%).

SOURCE: Ipsen