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. 2019 May 22;39(8):745–756. doi: 10.1007/s40261-019-00798-1

Table 2.

Key efficacy and safety outcomes

 Outcome ELEMENT 5 total population India subpopulation East Asia subpopulation
LY IGlar
N = 249
IGlar
N = 244
LY IGlar
N = 49
IGlar
N = 51
LY IGLar
N = 67
IGlar
N = 67
HbA1c, %, LSM (SE)
 At week 24 7.36 (0.07) 7.39 (0.07) 7.77 (0.18) 7.98 (0.17) 7.35 (0.12) 7.36 (0.12)
 Change from baselinea − 1.25 (0.07) − 1.22 (0.07) − 0.83 (0.18) − 0.62 (0.17) − 1.28 (0.12) − 1.26 (0.12)
 LS mean diff (95% CI) − 0.04 (− 0.22, 0.15) − 0.21 (− 0.70, 0.28) − 0.02 (− 0.34, 0.30)
Target HbA1c (n [%])
 < 7.0% 83 (36.7) 88 (39.5) 8 (20.5) 5 (11.4) 20 (30.3) 28 (43.1)
 ≤ 6.5% 48 (21.2) 44 (19.7) 2 (5.10) 3 (6.80) 12 (18.20) 11 (16.90)
Self-monitored FBGa, LSM (SE)
 Change from baseline (mmol/L) − 2.37 (0.08) − 2.69 (0.08) − 2.41 (0.10) − 2.87 (0.10) − 1.9 (0.16) − 1.99 (0.16)
 Change from baseline (mg/dL) − 42.8 (1.49) − 48.4 (1.49) − 43.40 (1.86) − 51.80 (1.75) − 34.10 (2.79) − 35.80 (2.79)
Basal insulin dosea, LSM (SE)
 U/day 49.8 (2.16) 49.70 (2.17) 30.8 (2.89) 36.50 (2.76) 31.40 (2.09) 34.70 (2.09)
 U/kg/day 0.58 (0.02) 0.61 (0.02) 0.42 (0.04) 0.53 (0.04) 0.44 (0.03) 0.50 (0.03)
Weight (change from baseline, kg, LSM [SE])a + 2.3 (0.28) + 1.7 (0.29) + 1.7 (0.40) + 1.6 (0.42) + 0.7 (0.32) + 1.2 (0.32)
Hypoglycemia rateb (overallc; events/patient/y; mean [SD])
 Total (≤ 3.9 mmol/L or 70 mg/dL) 16.95 (23.44) 23.37 (35.81) 2.38 (5.01) 8.81 (28.51) 19.30 (23.09) 21.08 (22.11)
 Nocturnal (≤ 3.9 mmol/L or 70 mg/dL) 6.64 (11.65) 7.94 (17.88) 0.78 (2.21) 4.92 (25.86) 6.50 (9.88) 6.09 (10.71)
Patients with detectable antibodies (n [%])
 Baseline 46 (19.7) 27 (11.3) 3 (7.3) 3 (6.0) 8 (12.3) 7 (10.4)
 Overallc 68 (29.1) 66 (27.6) 7 (17.1) 8 (16.0) 20 (30.8) 20 (29.9)
% Insulin antibody binding (median) 1.90 0.80 3.15 4.34 1.96 0.99

Values presented are for Week 24, unless otherwise indicated

p > 0.05 for all comparisons between LY IGlar and IGlar in all three populations except FBG for ELEMENT 5 total population (p = 0.007) and India (p = 0.002)

CI confidence interval, diff difference, FBG fasting blood glucose, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin, IGlar insulin glargine (Lantus), LSM least-squares mean, LY IGlar Lilly insulin glargine, MMRM mixed model repeated measures, SD standard deviation, SE standard error

aAnalyzed using the MMRM method

bAnalyzed using the Negative Binomial method

cMeasured for the overall 24-week treatment period