All the guidelines suggest that metformin as the basis of type 2 diabetes medication, and evidence is sufficient.At the same time the basal insulin injection once a day are more and more widely used in diabetes patients in China. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of adding glimepiride to type 2 diabetes patients with inadequate glycemic control with combined therapy of metformin and basal insulin.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
on the basis of metformin and glargine, glimepiride is added; with the maximun dose of glimepiride, if the targeted FPG is not reached, glargine dose will be increased.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, China
24 weeks after treatment, HbA1c values' change compared with baseline
Time frame: 24 weeks after treatment
hypoglycemia events
Time frame: 24 weeks
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