A Multicenter, Double-blind Study to Evaluate the Effect of Pretreatment With a Daily Dose of Sildenafil on the As-Needed Efficacy of Viagra in Men With Erectile Dysfunction and Type 2 Diabetes

Inclusion Criteria: Patients had a documented clinical diagnosis of erectile dysfunction, a sexual partner for the duration of the study, and have a HbAlc of less than or equal to 10 at screening. Type 2 diabetic patients currently on insulin or on combination therapy with an oral hypoglycemic agent were not excluded. Exclusion Criteria: Excluded were subjects who had taken more than 6 doses of any PDE5 inhibitor and/or had taken their last dose less than 4 weeks prior to the screening visit; subjects with resting sitting and/or standing hypotension (BP \< 90/50mmHg) or hypertension (BP \> 170/110mmHg); and subjects with significant cardiovascular disease, including cardiac failure, myocardial infarction, unstable angina, stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), symptomatic or clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation in the last 3 months.