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CTRI Number  CTRI/2014/09/005033 [Registered on: 18/09/2014] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 27/11/2018
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   A trial to evaluate the Efficacy and safety of semaglutide given once weekly versus insulin glargine given once daily as add on to metformin with or without sulphonylurea in subjects with type 2 diabetes ,who have not yet been treated with insulin. 
Scientific Title of Study   Efficacy and safety of semaglutide once weekly versus insulin glargine once daily as add on to metformin with or without sulphonylurea in insulin-naïve subjects with type 2 diabetes 
Trial Acronym  SUSTAIN 4 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
2013-004392-12  ClinicalTrials.gov 
NN9535 3625ver 2.0 dated 05 Feb 2014  Protocol Number 
U1111-1146-0211  UTN 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name   
Designation   
Affiliation   
Address 




 
Phone    
Fax    
Email    
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Raman Shetty  
Designation  Director 
Affiliation  Novo Nordisk India Private Ltd  
Address  Plot No.32, 47 - 50 EPIP Area, Whitefield

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560 066
India 
Phone  918040303200  
Fax  918041119026  
Email  rasy@novonordisk.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Mr Avik Kumar Gosh 
Designation  Head-Clinical Operations  
Affiliation  Novo Nordisk India Private Ltd  
Address  Plot No.32, 47 - 50 EPIP Area, Whitefield
Bangalore KARNATAKA India
Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560 066
India 
Phone  918040303200  
Fax  918041119026  
Email  avkg@novonordisk.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Novo Nordisk AS  
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Novo Nordisk AS 
Address  c/o Novo Nordisk India Private Ltd Plot No.32, 47 - 50,EPIP Area, Whitefield, Bangalore - 560 066 India  
Type of Sponsor  Pharmaceutical industry-Global 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NA  NA 
 
Countries of Recruitment     Argentina
Croatia
France
Germany
India
Mexico
Netherlands
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
United Kingdom
United States of America  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 15  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr M Ashraf Ganie  All India Institute of Medical Sciences  Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Room no.310, 3rd Floor Biotechnology Block, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar,
New Delhi
DELHI 
01126593237
01126589162
ashraf.endo@gmail.com 
DrPremlata Krishnamoorthy Varthakavi  B.Y.L. Nair Hospital and T.N.Medical College,  Department of Endocrinology College Building, 4th Floor, Room No. 19, Dr. A. L. Nair Road,
Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA 
9224480560
02223080601
premavar@hotmail.com 
Dr Sreenivasamurthy L  Cauvery Medical Centre Hospital  1st floor,Cinical research room,Cauvery Medical Centre Hospital,#43/2, Bellary road, NH.7,Sahakara Nagar, Bengaluru - 560092
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
9448051046

drlsm@lcrc.in 
Dr GM Prasad  Columbia Asia  Hospital - Hebbal,   Clinical Research Room,Department of endocrinology,Kirloskar Business Park, Bellary Road,
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
08041791000
08041791002
drgmprasad@gmail.com 
Dr Parag Shah  Dr. Jivraj Mehta Health Foundation  Ground floor,Ayojannagar, Ahmedabad,Gujarat,380007
Ahmadabad
GUJARAT 
9723150524

paragendocrine@yahoo.com 
Dr Kalyan Kumar Gangopadhyay  Fortis Hospital,  4rth floor,Research Room,730 Anandapur,Fortis Hospital,
Kolkata
WEST BENGAL 
03366284444
03366284242
jaykal69@hotmail.com 
Dr Nalini Samir Shah  Global Hospitals Superspeciality and Transplant center,  Deparment of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 35, Dr. E. Borges Road, Hospital Avenue, Opp. Shirodkar High School, Parel,
Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA 
02267670101
912267670181
nalinishah@gmail.com 
Tiven Marwah  HCG Multi Speciality Hospital  5th floor,Mithakhali, Ellisbridge,
Ahmadabad
GUJARAT 
00919824055857

tiven.marwah@gmail.com 
Dr Basavana Gowdappa H  JSS Hospital,  Research room,Dept of clinical pharmacy, JSS Hospital, MG Road, Mysore
Mysore
KARNATAKA 
08212548363
08212548368
hbgowda@gmail.com 
Dr M A Shekar  Krishna Rajendra Hospital (K R Hospital),  Ground floor,Endocrine dept,Tertiary Referral Center and Teaching Hospital attached to the Mysore Medical College, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Irwin Road,
Mysore
KARNATAKA 
9845120106
08212420142
drsheki@gmail.com 
Dr Anupam Prakash  Lady Hardinge Medical College and Smt. Sucheta Kriplani Hospital,  room no:1014;1st floor,Department of Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College & Smt. Sucheta Kriplani Hospital, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg,
New Delhi
DELHI 
01123363728
1123343984
prakashanupam@hotmail.com 
Dr ND Moulick  Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital,  Room Number- 03, First Floor, College Building Department of Medicine, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion
Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA 
02224063076
02224074624
ndmoulick@rediffmail.com 
Dr Sivagnanam Nallaperumal  Prashanth Hospital,   ground floor,research room,Prashanth Hospital,77, Harrington Road, Chetpet, Chennai 600031,
Chennai
TAMIL NADU 
04442277777
04428366770
swamydiabetes@gmail.com 
Dr Shehla Sajid Shaikh Akhtar  Prince Aly Khan Hospital,  Aminabad Building, 4th Floor, Flat no. 25, Prince Aly Khan Hospital, Aga Hall, Nesbit Road, Mazagaon,
Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA 
02223777800
02223743820
drshehla@rediffmail.com 
Dr Debasish Maji  Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences,   1st floor,Research Room,Near Emergency Block,Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan, 99, Sarat Bose Road
Kolkata
WEST BENGAL 
03324753636
03324754351
d.maji50@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 15  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
"Ethics Committee Mysore Medical College & Research Institute and Associated Hospitals.Dr. M A Shekar  Submittted/Under Review 
Cuavery Medical Centre Institutional Ethics Committee,Bangalore,Dr Sreenivasamurthy  Approved 
Ethics Committee for Human Research, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, New Delhi-110001.Dr. Anupam Prakash  Approved 
Ethics Committee, Global hospital, Room no 214, Dr. E. Borges Road, Hospital Avenue, Opposite Shirodkar High high School, Parel, Mumbai - 400012, Maharashtra.Dr Nalini Shah  Submittted/Under Review 
Ethics Committee, Prashanth Hospital, 77, Harrington Road, Chetpet, Chennai 600031, Tamil Nadu ;Dr Nallaperumal  Approved 
Fortis Hospital Ethics Committee, 730 Anandapur, Kolkata - 700107, West Bengal;Dr Kalyan Kumar Gangopadhyay  Approved 
HCG Multispeciality Ethics Committee,Ahmedabad,Dr Tiven Marwah  Approved 
Insitutional Ethics Committee Columbia Asia Hospitals, Columbia Asia Referral hospital, Yeshwanthpur, 26/4, Brigade Gateway, Beside Metro, Malleswaram West, Bangalore 560055. Dr G M Prasad  Submittted/Under Review 
Institutional Ethics Comittee,Topiwala National medical College and BYL Nair Charitable HospitalMumbai,Dr premalatha Varthakavi  Submittted/Under Review 
Institutional Ethics Committe,Jivarag Mehta Smarak Health FoundationDr Parag Shah  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College 2nd Floor , Room No. 17 Sion Mumbai- 400022, Maharashtra.Dr. ND Moulick  Submittted/Under Review 
Institutional Ethics Committee, JSS Medical College & Hospital, 3rd Floor, JSS Medical College, Mysore 570004, Karnataka;Dr. Hathur Basavana Gowdappa  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan, Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, 99 Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata 700026, West Bengal.Dr. Debasish Maji  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Room 102, 1st Floor, Old O.T. block, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029. Dr Ashraf Ganie  Submittted/Under Review 
Prince Aly Khan Hospital, Institutional Ethics Committee, Aga Hall, Nesbit Road, Mazagaon, Mumbai- 400 010, Maharashtra,Dr Shaikh Shehla Sajid Akhtar  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Approved/Obtained 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied
Modification(s)  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  Diabetes Type 2, (1) ICD-10 Condition: E11||Type 2 diabetes mellitus,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Insulin Glargine  Injected Subcutaneously once daily.Subjects will start with 10IU once daily and the dose will be adjusted according to the fasting plasma glucose-duration 30 weeks 
Intervention  Semaglutide 0.5mg/week  Injected Subcutaneously;once weekly;following 4 dosesof 0.25 mgsemaglutide weeklysubjects will receive0.5 mg semaglutide weekly for 26 weeks 
Intervention  Semaglutide 1.0mg/week  Injected Subcutaneously;once weekly;following 4 dosesof 0.25 mg semaglutide weekly and 4 dosesof 0.5 mg semaglutide subjects will receive 1.0 mg semaglutide weekly for 22 weeks 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  99.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  -Male or female, age ≥18 years at the time of signing informed consent
-Insulin-naïve subjects diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and on stable diabetes treatment with
metformin or metformin and SU (metformin ≥1500 mg or maximum tolerated dose and SU ≥ half of maximum allowed dose according to national label) for at least 90 days before screening.Stable is defined as unchanged medication and unchanged dose
-HbA1c 7.0 – 10.0% (53 - 86 mmol/mol) both inclusive 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  -Female who is pregnant, breast-feeding or intends to become pregnant or of childbearing
potential not using adequate contraceptive method (adequate contraceptive measures as required by local regulation or practice) throughout the trial including the 5 week follow-up period.
-Any disorder which, in the opinion of the investigator might jeopardise subject’s safety or
compliance with the protocol
-Treatment with any glucose lowering agent(s) other than stated in the inclusion criteria in a
period of 90 days before screening. An exception is short-term treatment (≤7 days in total) with
insulin in connection with intercurrent illness
-History of chronic or idiopathic acute pancreatitis
-Screening calcitonin value ≥50 ng/L
-Personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) or multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome 2 (MEN2)
-Acute coronary or cerebrovascular event within 90 days before randomisation
-Heart failure, New York Heart Association Class IV
-Known proliferative retinopathy or maculopathy requiring acute treatment according to the opinion of the investigator.
-Diagnosis of malignant neoplasm in the previous 5 years (except basal cell skin cancer or
squamous cell skin cancer)
-Mental inability, unwillingness or language barrier precluding adequate understanding of or
compliance with study procedures
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Centralized 
Blinding/Masking   Open Label 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Change in HBA1C from baseline  week 0 and week 30 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Change in
Body weight,Fasting plasma glucose (FPG),Self-measured plasma glucose,Systolic and diastolic blood pressure,Patient reported outcomes, 
week 0 and week 30 
Subjects who after 30 weeks treatment achieve  After 30 weeks of Treatment 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="1047"
Sample Size from India="175" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "1089"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="83" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   22/09/2014 
Date of Study Completion (India) 27/08/2015 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  04/08/2014 
Date of Study Completion (Global) 03/09/2015 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="6"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Completed 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   NA 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Brief Summary    A study to evaluate Efficacy and safety of semaglutide once weekly versus insulin glargine once daily as add on to metformin with or without sulphonylurea in insulin-naïve subjects with type 2 diabetes.Globally 14 countries are participating. 
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