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. 2016 Dec 2;9:425–441. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S87873

Table 4.

Percent of ≥1 confirmed hypoglycemic (≤70 mg/dL) or severe hypoglycemia events in T1DM and T2DM patients

Trial Na Background regimen Pre-specified time periods Comparators Nocturnal hypoglycemia (24 h)
Hypoglycemic at any time of day (24 h)
% Participants
Annualized rate
% Participants
Annualized rate
≤70 mg/dLb Relative risk vs Gla-100 (95% CI) p-Value Events/patient-yearb Rate ratio (95% CI) p-Value ≤70 mg/dL Relative risk vs Gla-100 (95% CI) Events/patient yearb Rate ratio (95% CI) p-Value
T1DM
EDITION 439
6 month
549 Basal + mealtime insulin Baseline to month 6 Gla-300 69 0.98 (0.88–1.09) NS 8.0 0.90 (0.71–1.14) NS 93 1.00 (0.95–1.04) 78 1.09 (0.94–1.25) NS
Gla-100 70 9.0 94 73
Week 9 to month 6 Gla-300 59 1.06 (0.92–1.23) NS 1.04 (0.80–1.36) NS 82 0.98 (0.91–1.06) 1.16 (0.98–1.37) NS
Gla-100 56 84
EDITION JP 140
6 month
243 Basal + mealtime insulin Baseline to month 6 Gla-300 69 0.85 (0.73–0.99) NR 7.5 0.66 (0.48–0.92) NR 97 0.99 (0.95–1.04) 75.3 0.80 (0.65–0.98) NR
Gla-100 81 11.2 98 94.8
Week 9 to month 6 Gla-300 62 0.84 (0.70–1.00) NS 7.5 0.71 (0.49 –1.01) NR 94 1.01 (0.95–1.08) 71.9 0.86 (0.69–1.07) NR
Gla-100 74 10.5 93 83.6
EDITION JP 144
12 month
228 Basal + mealtime insulin Baseline to month 12 Gla-300 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Gla-100 NR NR NR NR
T2DM
EDITION 130
6 month
807 Basal + mealtime insulin Baseline to month 6 Gla-300 45 0.78 (0.68–0.89) NR 3.1 0.75 (0.58–0.95) NR 82 0.93 (0.88–0.99) 25.5 0.95 (0.80–1.13) NR
Gla-100 58 4.2 88 26.8 NR
Week 9 to month 6 Gla-300 36 0.79 (0.67–0.93) p=0.004 3.0 0.73 (0.55–0.98) NR 75 0.96 (0.89–1.04) 24.4 0.99 (0.82–1.19) NR
Gla-100 46 4.0 78 24.7 NR
EDITION 141
12 month
806 Basal + mealtime insulin Baseline to month 12 Gla-300 55 0.84 (0.75–0.94) NR 2.9 0.90 (0.70–1.16) NR 86 0.94 (0.89–0.99) 22.3 1.06 (0.89–1.27) NR
Gla-100 65 3.2 92 21.0 NR
EDITION 237
6 month
811 Basal + OAD Baseline to month 6 Gla-300 28 0.71 (0.58–0.86) NR 1.9 0.52 (0.35–0.77) p=0.001 70 0.90 (0.83–0.98) 14.0 NR NR
Gla-100 40 3.7 77 18.1 NR
Week 9 to month 6 Gla-300 22 0.77 (0.60–0.97) p=0.038 1.9 NR NR 59 0.91 (0.82–1.02) 13.6 NR NR
Gla-100 28 3.2 65 16.2 NR
EDITION 242
12 month
811 Basal + OAD Baseline to month 12 Gla-300 38 0.84 (0.71–0.99) NR 1.7 0.63 (0.42–0.96) NR 78 0.96 (0.89–1.02) 11.6 0.88 (0.71–1.09) NR
Gla-100 45 2.8 82 13.2 NR
EDITION 338
6 month
878 Insulin naïve Baseline to month 6 Gla-300 18 0.76 (0.59–0.99) NR 1.3 0.98 (0.64–1.48) NR 46 0.88 (0.77–1.01) 6.4 0.75 (0.57–0.99) NR
Gla-100 24 1.3 53 8.5 NR
Week 9 to month 6 Gla-300 15 0.90 (0.67–1.22) NR 1.6 1.08 (0.66–1.77) NR 40 0.86 (0.74–1.00) 7.3 0.81 (0.60–1.10) NR
Gla-100 17 1.4 46 9.0 NR
EDITION JP224
6 month
241 Basal + OAD Baseline to month 6 Gla-300 28 0.62 (0.44–0.88) NR 2.2 0.45 (0.21–0.96) p=0.040 65 0.86 (0.73–1.01) 10.5 0.64 (0.43–0.96) NR
Gla-100 46 5.0 77 16.5 NR
Week 9 to month 6 Gla-300 25 0.58 (0.40–0.85) NR 2.2 0.37 (0.16–0.83) NR 60 0.84 (0.70–1.01) 11.2 0.67 (0.43–1.04) NR
Gla-100 44 6.0 72 16.9 NR
EDITION JP243
12 month
222 Basal + OAD Baseline to month 12 Gla-300 38 0.73 (0.55–0.97) NR 2.1 0.41 (0.18–0.92) NR NR NR NR NR NR
Gla-100 53 5.3 NR NR NR
Ritzel et al45
6 month
2,496 EDITION 1, 2, 3 Baseline to month 6 Gla-300 NR 0.75 (0.68–0.83) NR 2.1 0.69 (0.57–0.84) p=0.0002 NR 0.91 (0.87–0.96) 15.2 0.86 (0.77–0.97) p=0.0116
Gla-100 NR 3.1 NR 17.7
Week 9 to month 6 Gla-300 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Gla-100 NR NR NR NR
Ritzel et al46
12 month
2,496 EDITION 1, 2, 3 trials Baseline to month 12 Gla-300 NR 0.85 (0.77–0.92) NR NR 0.82 (0.67–0.99) NR NR 0.94 (0.90–0.98) NR 0.97 (0.87–1.09) NR
Gla-100 NR NR NR NR

Notes:

a

Safety population Gla-100;

b

data have been rounded; Bold text represents statistically significant vs Gla-100.

Abbreviations: T1DM, type 1 diabetes mellitus; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; Gla-100, insulin glargine 100 U/mL; Gla-300, insulin glargine 300 U/mL; NR, not reported; NS, not significant; CI, confidence interval; OAD, oral antidiabetic drugs; RR, relative risk (% participants) and rates ratio (events/patient-year); h, hours.