Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 87
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
This study will evaluate the safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics of MK-8521 given once daily compared to placebo and another diabetes drug in participants with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

This study was modified by a protocol amendment to a 2-part trial to further test the safety and tolerability of MK-8521 at higher doses and to compare MK-8521 pharmacokinetics between participants with T2DM and healthy participants. An additional cohort of T2DM participants and a cohort of non-diabetic obese participants has been added.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) participants received once daily subcutaneous MK-8521 starting at 64 μg on Days 1 to 7 and escalated to 120 μg on Days 8 to 14. arm 2: T2DM participants received once daily subcutaneous MK-8521 starting at 34 μg on Days 1 to 7 and escalated to 72 μg on Days 8 to 14. arm 3: T2DM participants received once daily subcutaneous liraglutide starting at 0.6 mg on Day 1 and 2, escalated to 1.2 mg on Days 3 to 7, and escalated to 1.8 mg on Days 8 to 14. arm 4: T2DM participants received once daily subcutaneous placebo for MK-8521 for 14 days. arm 5: T2DM participants received once daily subcutaneous MK-8521 titrated to 300 µg starting at 64 µg and increasing to 120 µg on Day 8, 180 µg on Day 15, 240 µg on Day 20, and 300 µg on Day 25. The total number of dosing days was 29. arm 6: T2DM participants received once daily subcutaneous liraglutide titrated to 1.8 mg starting at 0.6 mg and increasing to 1.2 mg on Day 8, and 1.8 mg on Day 15. The total number of dosing days was 29. arm 7: T2DM participants received once daily subcutaneous placebo for MK-8521 for 29 days. arm 8: Non-diabetic overweight/obese participants received once daily subcutaneous MK-8521 titrated to 120 µg starting at 64 µg and increasing to 120 µg on Day 8. The total number of dosing days was 14.

Interventions: intervention 1: MK-8521 intervention 2: Liraglutide intervention 3: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: None intervention 2: None intervention 3: None

Protocol document: