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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03377699




Registration number
NCT03377699
Ethics application status
Date submitted
16/11/2017
Date registered
19/12/2017

Titles & IDs
Public title
Research Study Comparing Insulin Degludec to Insulin Detemir, Together With Insulin Aspart, in Pregnant Women With Type 1 Diabetes
Scientific title
A Trial Comparing the Effect and Safety of Insulin Degludec Versus Insulin Detemir, Both in Combination With Insulin Aspart, in the Treatment of Pregnant Women With Type 1 Diabetes
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
U1111-1191-3018
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
NN1250-4300
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
EXPECT
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Diabetes 0 0
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Metabolic and Endocrine 0 0 0 0
Diabetes

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Insulin degludec
Treatment: Drugs - Insulin Aspart
Treatment: Drugs - Insulin detemir

Experimental: Insulin Degludec - Insulin Degludec once daily and Insulin Aspart 2-4 times daily

Active comparator: Insulin Determir - Insulin Determir once daily or twice daily and Insulin Aspart 2-4 times daily


Treatment: Drugs: Insulin degludec
Injection for subcutaneous (s.c., under the skin) use once daily. The total trial duration for subjects will be maximum 25 months

Treatment: Drugs: Insulin Aspart
Injection for subcutaneous (s.c., under the skin) use 2-4 times daily with meals. The total trial duration for subjects will be maximum 25 months

Treatment: Drugs: Insulin detemir
Injection for subcutaneous (s.c., under the skin) use, once daily or twice daily. The total trial duration for subjects will be maximum 25 months
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Last Planned Glycosylated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) Prior to Delivery
Timepoint [1] 0 0
From GW 16 to GW 36
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Number of Participants With HbA1c Below or Equal to 6.0% [42 Millimoles Per Mole (mmol/Mol)] From Last Planned HbA1c Prior to Delivery (Yes/no)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
From GW 16 to GW 36
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Number of Participants With HbA1c Below or Equal to 6.5% (48 mmol/Mol) From Last Planned HbA1c Prior to Delivery (Yes/no)
Timepoint [2] 0 0
From GW 16 to GW 36
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Last Planned Average Post-prandial Glucose Prior to Delivery (Average of Three Main Meals)
Timepoint [3] 0 0
From GW 16 to GW 36
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Last Planned Fasting Plasma Glucose Prior to Delivery
Timepoint [4] 0 0
From GW 16 to GW 36
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Number of Hypoglycaemic Episodes During the Pregnancy Period
Timepoint [5] 0 0
From the first day of pregnancy (date of conception) or randomisation to delivery (maximum 23 months)
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Number of Participants Who Developed Sight-threatening Retinopathy (Defined as Proliferative Retinopathy or Maculopathy) From Pregnancy Baseline to the End of Treatment (Yes/no)
Timepoint [6] 0 0
From pregnancy baseline (corresponding to GW 8-13) to end of treatment (28 days after delivery)
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Number of Participants Who Developed Sight-threatening Retinopathy Defined as Proliferative Retinopathy or Maculopathy From Treatment Baseline to the End of Treatment (Yes/no)
Timepoint [7] 0 0
From treatment baseline (week 0) to end of treatment (28 days after delivery)
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Number of Adverse Events During Pregnancy Period
Timepoint [8] 0 0
From the first day of pregnancy (date of conception) or randomisation to delivery (maximum 23 months)
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Number of Participants With Pre-eclampsia Defined as New-onset Hypertension Occurring From Gestational Week 20 to Delivery and Simultaneous Proteinuria or Presence of Eclampsia, HELLP Syndrome, or Other Severe Organ Involvement (Yes/no)
Timepoint [9] 0 0
From GW 20 to delivery
Secondary outcome [10] 0 0
Number of Participants With Different Modes of Delivery e.g. Vaginal, Operative Vaginal, Planned Caesarean Section or Unplanned Caesarean Section Delivery
Timepoint [10] 0 0
At birth
Secondary outcome [11] 0 0
Change in Body Weight From Pregnancy Baseline to Last Planned Visit Prior to Delivery
Timepoint [11] 0 0
From pregnancy baseline (corresponding to gestational week 8-13) to last planned visit before delivery (last weight recording before given birth)
Secondary outcome [12] 0 0
Birth Weight for Live Birth Infants
Timepoint [12] 0 0
At birth
Secondary outcome [13] 0 0
Birth Weight Standard Deviation (SD) Score for Live Birth Infants
Timepoint [13] 0 0
At birth
Secondary outcome [14] 0 0
Number of Live Born Infants With Birth Weight < 10th Percentile for Gestational Age and Sex (Local References) (Yes/no)
Timepoint [14] 0 0
At birth
Secondary outcome [15] 0 0
Number of Live Born Infants With Birth Weight > 90th Percentile for Gestational Age and Sex (Local References) [Yes/no]
Timepoint [15] 0 0
At birth
Secondary outcome [16] 0 0
Number of Participants With Pre-term Delivery
Timepoint [16] 0 0
At birth
Secondary outcome [17] 0 0
Number of Participants With Early Foetal Death (Delivery Before 20 Completed GWs) (Yes/no)
Timepoint [17] 0 0
At birth
Secondary outcome [18] 0 0
Number of Participants Who Had Perinatal Mortality (Death of Foetus/Infant ) (Yes/no)
Timepoint [18] 0 0
Between at least 20 completed GWs before delivery and before 7 completed days after delivery
Secondary outcome [19] 0 0
Number of Participants Who Had Neonatal Mortality (Death of Infant) (Yes/no)
Timepoint [19] 0 0
Between at least 7 completed days after delivery and before 28 completed days after delivery
Secondary outcome [20] 0 0
Number of Participants With Presence of Major Abnormalities (Classified According to European Concerted Action on Congenital Anomalies and Twins (EUROCAT)) in Their Foetus/Infants
Timepoint [20] 0 0
At birth
Secondary outcome [21] 0 0
Number of Participants With Live Born Infants (Yes/no)
Timepoint [21] 0 0
At birth
Secondary outcome [22] 0 0
Number of Adverse Events in the Infant
Timepoint [22] 0 0
From delivery to final follow-up 30 days after delivery
Secondary outcome [23] 0 0
Neonatal Hypoglycaemic Episodes Defined as Plasma Glucose Below or Equal to 1.7 mmol/L (31 mg/dL) or Below or Equal to 2.5 mmol/L (45 mg/dl) (Yes/no)
Timepoint [23] 0 0
During between 24 and 48 hours after birth

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- Female, age at least 18 years at the time of signing informed consent - Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus for at least 1 year prior to the day of screening - Treated with multiple daily subcutaneous insulin injections or continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) or inhaled insulin for at least 90 days prior to the day of screening - The subject is planning to become pregnant within 12 months from randomisation and willing to undertake pre-pregnancy counselling or the subject is pregnant with an intrauterine singleton living foetus (gestational week 8 to 13 (+6 days)) without any observed anomalies at randomisation, confirmed by an ultrasound scan - HbA1c at screening below or equal to 8.0% (64 mmol/mol) by central laboratory
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Treatment with any medication for the indication of diabetes or obesity other than stated in the inclusion criteria within the past 90 days prior to the day of screening - Pregnant and having proteinuria as evaluated by urine protein-to-creatinine ratio above or equal to 300 mg/g in urine sample measured at screening - Subject being treated or became pregnant with assistance of in vitro fertilisation or other medical infertility treatment - Receipt of any concomitant medication contraindicated in pregnancy according to local label within 28 days before screening and between screening and randomisation for non-pregnant subjects and 28 days before conception and between conception and randomisation for pregnant subjects - Proliferative retinopathy or maculopathy requiring acute treatment. Verified by fundus photography or pharmacologically dilated fundoscopy performed within the past 90 days prior to randomisation for non-pregnant subjects or within 28 days prior to randomisation for pregnant subjects. - History of severe hyperemesis gravidarum (requiring hospitalisation)

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
22/11/2017
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
17/12/2020
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
225
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW,QLD,SA,VIC
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Novo Nordisk Investigational Site - Blacktown
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Novo Nordisk Investigational Site - Campbelltown
Recruitment hospital [3] 0 0
Novo Nordisk Investigational Site - St Leonards
Recruitment hospital [4] 0 0
Novo Nordisk Investigational Site - Ipswich
Recruitment hospital [5] 0 0
Novo Nordisk Investigational Site - Elizabeth Vale
Recruitment hospital [6] 0 0
Novo Nordisk Investigational Site - Box Hill
Recruitment hospital [7] 0 0
Novo Nordisk Investigational Site - Parkville
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2148 - Blacktown
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
2560 - Campbelltown
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
2065 - St Leonards
Recruitment postcode(s) [4] 0 0
4305 - Ipswich
Recruitment postcode(s) [5] 0 0
5112 - Elizabeth Vale
Recruitment postcode(s) [6] 0 0
3128 - Box Hill
Recruitment postcode(s) [7] 0 0
3052 - Parkville
Recruitment outside Australia
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Argentina
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Caba
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Argentina
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Córdoba
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Argentina
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Mendoza
Country [4] 0 0
Argentina
State/province [4] 0 0
Salta
Country [5] 0 0
Austria
State/province [5] 0 0
Graz
Country [6] 0 0
Austria
State/province [6] 0 0
Innsbruck
Country [7] 0 0
Austria
State/province [7] 0 0
Wien
Country [8] 0 0
Brazil
State/province [8] 0 0
Goias
Country [9] 0 0
Brazil
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Parana
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Brazil
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Rio Grande Do Sul
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Brazil
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Sao Paulo
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Brazil
State/province [12] 0 0
Ribeirao Preto
Country [13] 0 0
Canada
State/province [13] 0 0
Alberta
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Canada
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British Columbia
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Canada
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Newfoundland and Labrador
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Canada
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Nova Scotia
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Ontario
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Quebec
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Zagreb
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Aarhus N
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Denmark
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København ø
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Greece
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Athens
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Greece
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Larissa
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Greece
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Nea Efkarpia - Thessaloniki
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Dublin 2
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Ireland
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Dublin
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Ireland
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Galway
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Israel
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Petach Tikva
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Israel
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Rehovot
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Italy
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Milano
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Italy
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Padova
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Italy
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Roma
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Italy
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Sant'Andrea Delle Fratte (PG)
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Italy
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Torino
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Russian Federation
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Ekaterinburg
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Russian Federation
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Kirov
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Russian Federation
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Moscow
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Russian Federation
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Saint-Petersburg
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Russian Federation
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Saratov
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Russian Federation
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Tomsk
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Russian Federation
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Ulianovsk
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Russian Federation
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Yoshkar-Ola
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Serbia
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Belgrade
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Spain
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Barcelona
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Bath
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Bradford
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United Kingdom
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Cambridge
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High Wycombe
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Leeds
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Middlesbrough
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Norwich
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Nottingham
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Oxford
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Truro

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Novo Nordisk A/S
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

Data sharing statement
Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?
Yes
What data in particular will be shared?
According to the Novo Nordisk disclosure commitment on novonordisk-trials.com
When will data be available (start and end dates)?
Available to whom?
Available for what types of analyses?
How or where can data be obtained?


What supporting documents are/will be available?




Results publications and other study-related documents

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Journal Mathiesen ER, Alibegovic AC, Corcoy R, Dunne F, Fe... [More Details]


Results are available at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03377699