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. 2011 Oct;13(10):1063–1069. doi: 10.1089/dia.2011.0076

Table 3.

Incidence of Selected Adverse Events During Each DURATION Clinical Trial

 
DURATION-1
DURATION-5
DURATION-2
DURATION-3
  ExQW ExBID ExQW ExBID ExQW Sitagliptin Pioglitazone ExQW Glargine
Nausea (%) 26 35 14 35 24 10 5 13 1
Vomiting (%) 11 19 5 9 11 2 3 4 1
Diarrhea (%) 14 13 9 4 18 10 7 9 4
Injection site reactions (%) 30 15 13 10 10 7 (PBO) 13 2
Minor hypoglycemia (%) 5 6 4 3 1 3 1 8 26

The only adverse events not included here that occurred with an incidence ≥10% in any of these DURATION trials were as follows: with exenatide once weekly (ExQW), nasopharyngitis (13% DURATION-3), headache (10% DURATION-3), urinary tract infection (10% DURATION-1), and constipation (10% DURATION-1); with exenatide twice daily (ExBID), upper respiratory tract infection (17% DURATION-1); with pioglitazone, upper respiratory tract infection (10% DURATION-2); and with insulin glargine, nasopharyngitis (17% DURATION-3).

PBO, placebo microsphere injection (combined for sitagliptin and pioglitazone groups).