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. 2018 Aug 31;18:59. doi: 10.1186/s12902-018-0288-5

Table 2.

Changes in glycemic and metabolic indices from baseline between low dose or high dose BTI320 and placebo in the intention-to-treat analysis

Clinical Variable Low Dose BTI320 High Dose BTI320
Week 4 Week 16 Week 4 Week 16
Mean Difference (95% CI) p* Mean Difference (95% CI) p* Mean Difference (95% CI) p* Mean Difference (95% CI) p*
Serum fructosamine, μmol/L 2.46 (−6.28, 11.20) 0.57 1.14 (−9.17, 11.45) 0.83 −1.57 (− 10.3, 7.11) 0.72 − 0.92 (− 11.1, 9.27) 0.86
HbA1c, % − 0.01 (− 0.13, 0.10) 0.83 − 0.04 (− 0.16, 0.08) 0.48
2-h glucose AUC post-MTT, mmol/L×min 65.0 (− 14.4, 144.5) 0.11 −13.6 (− 99.6, 72.3) 0.75 68.9 (− 9.9, 147.7) 0.09 40.0 (−43.9, 123.9) 0.34
2-h insulin AUC post-MTT, mIU/L×min 1219.2 (− 1129.0, 3567.7) 0.30 −980.0 (− 2604.0, 643.8) 0.23 1111.2 (− 1211.0, 3433.2) 0.34 323.9 (− 1269.0, 1916.6) 0.68
2-h C-peptide AUC post-MTT, μg/L×min 128.4 (−22.4, 279.2) 0.09 15.0 (− 99.6, 129.6) 0.79 101.8 (− 47.3, 250.9) 0.18 60.1 (− 52.5, 172.6) 0.29
2-h GLP-1 AUC post-MTT, pmol/L×min 42.8 (− 144.8, 230.3) 0.65 − 120.2 (− 385.3, 144.9) 0.37 32.2 (− 149.7, 214.1) 0.72 49.0 (− 198.1, 296.2) 0.69
Systolic BP, mmHg −6.4 (− 15.3, 2.5) 0.16 −2.2 (− 9.8, 5.5) 0.57 − 2.4 (− 11.2, 6.4) 0.58 1.0 (− 6.6, 8.6) 0.79
Body weight, kg 0.0 (−1.2, 1.3) 0.95 −1.7 (−3.2, − 0.1) 0.03 0.7 (− 0.5, 1.9) 0.26 − 0.1 (− 1.7, 1.4) 0.86
Total cholesterol, mmol/L 0.06 (− 0.31, 0.43) 0.75 0.03 (− 0.39, 0.44) 0.90 − 0.21 (− 0.58, 0.16) 0.26 − 0.22 (− 0.63, 0.20) 0.30
LDL-cholesterol, mmol/L 0.07 (− 0.28, 0.41) 0.69 0.10 (− 0.28, 0.48) 0.59 − 0.26 (− 0.60, 0.09) 0.14 − 0.18 (− 0.56, 0.20) 0.35
hs-CRP, mg/L 0.77 (−0.79, 2.33) 0.33 0.62 (− 1.32, 2.57) 0.52 0.15 (− 1.39, 1.70) 0.84 1.13 (−0.78, 3.05) 0.24

*The p-values of treatment effects were obtained by ANCOVA analysis adjusted for age, gender and baseline measurements

AUC area under curve, BP blood pressure, CI confidence interval, CRP C-reactive protein, GLP-1 glucagon-like peptide-1, HbA1c glycated haemoglobin, hs-CRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, LDL low density-lipoprotein, MTT meal tolerance test