NCT05462756CompletedPhase 3
A Study of Insulin Efsitora Alfa (LY3209590) as a Weekly Basal Insulin Compared to Insulin Glargine in Adult Participants With Type 2 Diabetes on Multiple Daily Injections
A Phase 3, Parallel-Design, Open-Label, Randomized Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of LY3209590 as a Weekly Basal Insulin Compared to Insulin Glargine in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes on Multiple Daily Injections
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Apr 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The reason for this study is to evaluate if the once-weekly study drug insulin efsitora alfa (LY3209590) is safe and effective compared with daily insulin glargine in participants with Type 2 diabetes (T2D) that have already been treated with basal insulin and at least 2 injections per day of prandial insulin. The study consists of a 3-week screening/lead-in period, a 26-week treatment period and a 5-week safety follow-up period. The study will last up to 34 weeks.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 730 (actual)
- First submitted
- 14 Jul 2022
- Start date
- 11 Aug 2022
- Primary completion date
- 27 Feb 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Diseases
- Type 2 diabetes
- NCT number
- NCT05462756
- EudraCT number
- 2021-005878-25
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Participants enrolled: 730
- From 11 Aug 2022 to the primary completion date, 27 Feb 2024
- 80 sites in 8 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Are currently receiving any of the following insulin therapies anytime in the past 90 days:
- insulin mixtures
- insulin human, inhalation powder, or
- continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy, or
- regular insulin U-500
- Have a history of greater than 1 episode of ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar state/coma requiring hospitalization in the 6 months prior to screening
- Have had any episodes of severe hypoglycemia, defined as requiring assistance due to neurologically disabling hypoglycemia, within the 6 months prior to screening
- Have had New York Heart Association Class IV heart failure or any of the following cardiovascular conditions in the past 3 months prior to screening: acute myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident (stroke), or coronary bypass surgery.
- Have undergone gastric bypass (bariatric) surgery, restrictive bariatric surgery, or sleeve gastrectomy within 1 year prior to screening
Other illness
- Have a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus or latent autoimmune diabetes, or specific type of diabetes other than T2D (for example, monogenic diabetes, diseases of the exocrine pancreas, drug-induced or chemical-induced diabetes).
Lab values
- Anticipate making changes in personal CGM or flash glucose monitoring (FGM) use (for example, initiation, stopping, or changing device) during the study.
Other
- Have hypoglycemia unawareness in the opinion of the investigator
Who the study is looking for
- Have a diagnosis of T2D according to the world health organization (WHO) criteria, currently treated with basal insulin and at least 2 injections of prandial insulin per day.
- Are receiving ≥10 units of total basal insulin per day at screening.
- Are receiving ≤2 units/kilogram/day of total daily insulin at screening
- Have an HbA1c value of 7.0% to 10%, inclusive, as determined by the central laboratory at screening
- Have been treated with a stable regimen of one of the following basal insulins used according to local product label with or without noninsulin diabetes therapy for at least 90 days prior to screening
- once daily U-100 or U-200 insulin degludec
- once daily U-100 or U-300 insulin glargine
- once or twice daily U-100 insulin detemir or
- once or twice daily human insulin Neutral Protamine Hagedorn
- Have been treated with at least twice daily dosing of one of the following insulins used according to local product label for at least 90 days prior to screening. One dose of prandial insulin must occur at the evening meal.
- Insulin lispro-aabc
- Insulin lispro (U-100 and U-200)s, IN\], U-100 or U200)
- Insulin aspart (U-100)
- Insulin glulisine (U-100), or
- Regular insulin (U-100)
- Acceptable noninsulin diabetes therapies may include 0 to up to 3 of the following with a stable dose for at least 90 days prior to screening
- dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitors
- sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors
- biguanides (for example, metformin), or
- glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists Note: All noninsulin diabetes therapies must be used in accordance with the corresponding local product label at the time of screening, and participants should be willing to continue stable dosing throughout the study
- Have a body mass index ≤45 kilogram/square meter (kg/m²)
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (80)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENUDIAB Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Mautalen Salud e Investigación Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Unknown status |
| CEDIC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | CABA | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Instituto Centenario Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | CABA | Argentina | Unknown status |
| CIPREC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | CABA | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Consultorio de Investigación Clínica EMO SRL Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aire | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Centro Medico Dra. Laura Maffei- Investigacion Clinica Aplicada Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aire | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Centro de Investigaciones Metabólicas (CINME) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aire | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas Córdoba Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Córdoba | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Instituto Médico Río Cuarto Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Río Cuarto | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Instituto Médico Catamarca IMEC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rosario | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas Rosario-Sanatorio Delta Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rosario | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Centro de Investigaciones Medicas Tucuman Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Miguel de Tucumán | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Go Centro Medico San Nicolas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Nicolás de los Arroyos | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Centro de Investigaciones Clinicas del Litoral Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santa Fe | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Centro de Salud e Investigaciones Médicas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santa Rosa | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Diabetespraxis Mergentheim Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bad Mergentheim | Germany | Unknown status |
| InnoDiab Forschung Gmbh Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Essen | Germany | Unknown status |
| ClinPhenomics GmbH & Co KG Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Frankfurt am Main | Germany | Unknown status |
| Diabeteszentrum Hamburg West Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hamburg | Germany | Unknown status |
| Schwerpunktpraxis für Diabetes und Ernährungsmedizin Dr. med. Winfried Keuthage Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Münster | Germany | Unknown status |
| Institut für Diabetesforschung GmbH Münster Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Münster | Germany | Unknown status |
| RED-Institut GmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oldenburg in Holstein | Germany | Unknown status |
| CHUAC-Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | A Coruña | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitario de La Ribera Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Alzira | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Unknown status |
| Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol (CHUF)- Hospital Naval Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ferrol | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitario San Cecilio Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Granada | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Málaga | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitari Son Espases Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Palma | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitario Quironsalud Madrid Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pozuelo de Alarcón | Spain | Unknown status |
| Clínica nuevas Tecnologías en Diabetes y Endocrinología (NTDE) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seville | Spain | Unknown status |
| Vithas Hospital Sevilla Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seville | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital General Universitario de Valencia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valencia | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valladolid | Spain | Unknown status |
| Life Care Hospital and Research Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bangalore | India | Unknown status |
| Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chandigarh | India | Unknown status |
| Madras Diabetes Research Foundation Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chennai | India | Unknown status |
| Osmania General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hyderabad | India | Unknown status |
| Topiwala National Medical College & B. Y. L. Nair Charitable Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mumbai | India | Unknown status |
| BSES MG hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mumbai | India | Unknown status |
| INRCA Ancona Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ancona | Italy | Unknown status |
| IRCCS - AOU di Bologna Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bologna | Italy | Unknown status |
| Azienda Ospedaliera Spedali Civili di Brescia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brescia | Italy | Unknown status |
| Azienda Ospedaliera Mater Domini Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Catanzaro | Italy | Unknown status |
| Osepdale Civile Fr 5 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ceccano | Italy | Unknown status |
| Ospedale san Giovanni di Dio-Diabetologia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Olbia | Italy | Unknown status |
| Azienda di Rilievo Nazionale e Alta Specializzazione Civico Di Cristina Benfratelli Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Palermo | Italy | Unknown status |
| "Fatebenefratelli Isola Tiberina - Gemelli Isola" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Unknown status |
| Investigacion En Salud Y Metabolismo Sc Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chihuahua City | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Centro de Estudios de Investigacion Metabolicos y Cardiovasculares, S.C. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ciudad Madero | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Private Practice - Dr. Arechavaleta Granell Maria del Rosario Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guadalajara | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Unidad de Investigación Clinica y atencion Medica HEPA Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guadalajara | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose Eleuterio González Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Monterrey | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Unidad Médica para la Salud Integral Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Nicolás de los Garza | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Centro de Endocrinologia Alcantara Gonzalez Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bayamón | Puerto Rico | Unknown status |
| Manati Center for Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Manati | Puerto Rico | Unknown status |
| Texas Diabetes & Endocrinology, P.A. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Austin | United States | Unknown status |
| MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Unknown status |
| Heritage Valley Multispecialty Group, Inc Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beaver | United States | Unknown status |
| Elite Clinical Trials Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Blackfoot | United States | Unknown status |
| Research Foundation of SUNY - University of Buffalo Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buffalo | United States | Unknown status |
| Tampa Bay Medical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Clearwater | United States | Unknown status |
| Remington Davis Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Unknown status |
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| Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Unknown status |
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Related publications
- Hospitalization outcomes in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with once-weekly insulin efsitora versus once-daily basal insulins: A post hoc analysis of the QWINT-1 to -4 randomized trials.Diabetes Res Clin Pract · 2026 · PMID 42829184
- Evaluation of Overall Health State, Treatment Burden, and Satisfaction with Insulin Efsitora Alfa (Efsitora) vs. Daily Comparator in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes in the QWINT Clinical Trial Program.Diabetes Ther · 2026 · PMID 41591636
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