David Klonoff1, Bruce Bode2, Nathan Cohen3, Marc Penn4, W Blair Geho4, Douglas B Muchmore5. 1. Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, San Mateo, CA. 2. Atlanta Diabetes Associates, Atlanta, GA. 3. Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL. 4. Diasome Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cleveland, OH. 5. Diasome Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cleveland, OH dmuchmore@diasome.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:Hepatic-directed vesicle insulin (HDV) uses a hepatocyte-targeting moiety passively attaching free insulin, improving subcutaneous insulin's hepatic biodistribution. We assessed HDV-insulin lispro (HDV-L) versus insulin lispro (LIS) in type 1 diabetes (T1D). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Insulin Liver Effect (ISLE-1) was a 26-week, phase 2b, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, noninferiority trial. RESULTS: Among 176 randomized participants (HDV-L n = 118, LIS n = 58), the difference in change from baseline A1C was 0.09% (95% CI -0.18% to 0.35%), confirming noninferiority (prespecified margin ≤0.4%). Overall, there were no statistically significant differences between treatments for hypoglycemia or insulin dosing. However, baseline A1C modified the treatment group effect (interaction P < 0.001) on clinically apparent hypoglycemia designated by treatment-blinded investigators as severe. Thus, at higher baseline A1C, there was less hypoglycemia and lower insulin dosing with similar A1C outcomes during HDV-L versus LIS, whereas greater risk of hypoglycemia despite similar A1C outcomes and insulin doses was observed with lower baseline A1C. Among poorly controlled participants (A1C ≥8.5%), incidence rates of severe hypoglycemia in the HDV-L and LIS arms were 69 and 97 events/100 person-years, respectively (P = 0.03), whereas with A1C <8.5%, respective rates were 191 and 21 events/100 person-years (P = 0.001). Similar A1C-dependent trends in hypoglycemia were seen with continuous glucose monitoring. Among poorly controlled participants, bolus insulin doses at end point were ∼25% lower with HDV-L (P = 0.02), despite similar A1C outcomes; in better-controlled participants, insulin doses and A1Cs were stable over time in both subgroups. No safety signals were identified. CONCLUSIONS: Hepatic biodistribution of HDV-L appears to potentiate insulin effect in T1D, with divergent clinical outcomes in hypoglycemia dependent on baseline A1C.
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OBJECTIVE: Hepatic-directed vesicle insulin (HDV) uses a hepatocyte-targeting moiety passively attaching free insulin, improving subcutaneous insulin's hepatic biodistribution. We assessed HDV-insulin lispro (HDV-L) versus insulin lispro (LIS) in type 1 diabetes (T1D). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Insulin Liver Effect (ISLE-1) was a 26-week, phase 2b, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, noninferiority trial. RESULTS: Among 176 randomized participants (HDV-L n = 118, LIS n = 58), the difference in change from baseline A1C was 0.09% (95% CI -0.18% to 0.35%), confirming noninferiority (prespecified margin ≤0.4%). Overall, there were no statistically significant differences between treatments for hypoglycemia or insulin dosing. However, baseline A1C modified the treatment group effect (interaction P < 0.001) on clinically apparent hypoglycemia designated by treatment-blinded investigators as severe. Thus, at higher baseline A1C, there was less hypoglycemia and lower insulin dosing with similar A1C outcomes during HDV-L versus LIS, whereas greater risk of hypoglycemia despite similar A1C outcomes and insulin doses was observed with lower baseline A1C. Among poorly controlled participants (A1C ≥8.5%), incidence rates of severe hypoglycemia in the HDV-L and LIS arms were 69 and 97 events/100 person-years, respectively (P = 0.03), whereas with A1C <8.5%, respective rates were 191 and 21 events/100 person-years (P = 0.001). Similar A1C-dependent trends in hypoglycemia were seen with continuous glucose monitoring. Among poorly controlled participants, bolus insulin doses at end point were ∼25% lower with HDV-L (P = 0.02), despite similar A1C outcomes; in better-controlled participants, insulin doses and A1Cs were stable over time in both subgroups. No safety signals were identified. CONCLUSIONS: Hepatic biodistribution of HDV-L appears to potentiate insulin effect in T1D, with divergent clinical outcomes in hypoglycemia dependent on baseline A1C.
Authors: Ruth S Weinstock; Bruce W Bode; Satish K Garg; David C Klonoff; Caroline El Sanadi; W Blair Geho; Douglas B Muchmore; Marc S Penn Journal: Diabetes Obes Metab Date: 2022-05-25 Impact factor: 6.408