Easier diabetes meds for kids? liquid glibenclamide trial shows promise
NCT ID NCT02375828
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new liquid version of the diabetes drug glibenclamide in 10 children with neonatal diabetes. The goal was to see if the liquid form is easier to take and as safe as the standard pills. Children first took the pill form for one month, then switched to the liquid for four months. Researchers measured how well the liquid was accepted and any side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- glibenclamide (a diabetes drug)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a more child-friendly liquid version of glibenclamide, making it easier for infants and young children with neonatal diabetes to take their daily medication.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial with only 10 participants, so results may not apply to all children. The study focuses on ease of use and safety, not on curing the disease.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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10 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2015
- Finished
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Jul 2019
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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1 month to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age below 18 years * Neonatal diabetes secondary to documented mutation in one of the 2 sub units of potassium channels * Patients already treated by glibenclamide pills * Signed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Families unable to fill in the questionnaries * Patients unable to answer to the visual hedonic squale * Patients unable to take the oral solution * Known allergy to sulfonylureas or to other antidiabetic or antibiotic sulfamides * Insulin therapy associated to glibenclamide * Miconazole therapy * Porphyria * Breast feeding * Severe renal failure (creatinine clearance below 30 ml/mn) * Liver failure (prothombine time below 70) * Not affiliated to the health care system
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Universitaire Necker Enfants Malades
Paris, 7501, France