New diabetes drug shows promise in chinese trial
NCT ID NCT02916706
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a drug called teneligliptin in 254 Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes. Half received the drug and half received a placebo for 24 weeks. The main goal was to see if teneligliptin lowers blood sugar levels (HbA1c) better than a placebo. Researchers also checked fasting blood sugar and safety.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Teneligliptin
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new oral medication option to help control blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed Phase 3 trial, but results may not apply to all populations. Teneligliptin is already approved in some countries, so the benefit here is confirmatory rather than groundbreaking.
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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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254 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Sep 2016
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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18 years and older
- 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: * A signed and dated informed consent form has been obtained from the subject, in accordance with International Conference on Harmonisation guidelines on Good Clinical Practice (ICH GCP), before any screening or study related procedures take place. * The subject is aged ≥18 years at signature of the informed consent form. * Hospitalization status: outpatient. * The subject has had a documented diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus for at least 3 months at the screening visit (Day -28). * The subject is undergoing diet and exercise therapy, and diet and exercise regimen has not been changed for at least 8 consecutive weeks at the screening visit (Day -28). Subjects who cannot do exercise due to complication are not limited to this criteria. * The subject's glycosylated fraction of haemoglobin(HbA1c) is ≥ 7.0% and \< 10.0% at the screening visit (Day -28) and on Day -14. Exclusion Criteria: * The subject has a history of type 1 diabetes mellitus or a secondary form of diabetes. * The subject has received insulin within 1 year prior to the screening visit (Day -28), with the exception of insulin therapy during hospitalization or insulin therapy for medical conditions not requiring hospitalization (\< 2 weeks' duration). * The subject has received an anti-diabetic drug within 8 weeks prior to the screening visit (Day -28).
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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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Investigational center
Beijing, China
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