LivingGLP1
Study S001496

A Long-term, Multi-centre, International, Randomised Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial to Determine Liraglutide Effects on Cardiovascular Events

Registration

Registration
NCT01179048
Acronym
LEADER®
Study type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Phase
PHASE3
Masking
DOUBLE
Status
COMPLETED
Enrollment
9341
Start
2010-08-31
Primary completion
2015-12-17
Lead sponsor
Novo Nordisk A/S
Conditions
Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Interventions
DRUG:liraglutide; DRUG:placebo
Results posted
TRUE
Secondary identifiers
EUDRACT_NUMBER:2009-012201-19; OTHER:U1111-1113-7090; OTHER:CTR20130003; NIH:2009

Registered primary outcomes

  • Time From Randomisation to First Occurrence of Cardiovascular Death, Non-fatal Myocardial Infarction, or Non-fatal Stroke (a Composite Cardiovascular Outcome) [from randomisation (visit 3; month 0) to last contact (visit 16; up to month 60+30 days)]

Linked records (63)

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RecordTitleYearDesignIdentifiersLink basis
R0035390Improving the Efficiency of Subgroup Analysis in Randomized Controlled Trials with TMLE
Sky Qiu, arXiv (Cornell University)
2026Randomized trialDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0010237Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists for people with chronic kidney disease and diabetes.
Natale P, The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
2025Systematic reviewPMID 39963952DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference DERIVED:39963952
R0016413Cardiovascular efficacy of liraglutide and semaglutide in individuals with diabetes and peripheral artery disease.
Verma S, Diabetes, obesity & metabolism
2022OtherPMID 35332654DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference DERIVED:35332654
R0026225A higher non-severe hypoglycaemia rate is associated with an increased risk of subsequent severe hypoglycaemia and major adverse cardiovascular events in individuals with type 2 diabetes in the LEADER study.
Heller SR, Diabetologia
2022Randomized trialPMID 34704120DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference DERIVED:34704120
R0012296Evaluation of Consistency of Treatment Response Across Regions-the LEADER Trial in Relation to the ICH E17 Guideline.
Nielsen HK, Frontiers in medicine
2021Other trialPMID 34136501DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0027428Changes in Albuminuria Predict Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes: A Post Hoc Analysis of the LEADER Trial.
Persson F, Diabetes care
2021Randomized trialPMID 33504496DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference DERIVED:33504496
R0047600FC 058THE IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING MULTIPLE RISK MARKERS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES: RESULTS FROM THE LEADER AND SUSTAIN 6 TRIALS
Emilie H. Zobel, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
2021Randomized trialDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0006154Effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists liraglutide and semaglutide on cardiovascular and renal outcomes across body mass index categories in type 2 diabetes: Results of the LEADER and SUSTAIN 6 trials.
Verma S, Diabetes, obesity & metabolism
2020Randomized trialPMID 32744418DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference DERIVED:32744418
R0006812The effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists liraglutide and semaglutide on cardiovascular and renal outcomes across baseline blood pressure categories: Analysis of the LEADER and SUSTAIN 6 trials.
Leiter LA, Diabetes, obesity & metabolism
2020OtherPMID 32372454DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference DERIVED:32372454
R0011982Cardiovascular Risk Reduction With Liraglutide: An Exploratory Mediation Analysis of the LEADER Trial.
Buse JB, Diabetes care
2020Other trialPMID 32366578DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference DERIVED:32366578
R0012692Safety of Liraglutide in Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease.
Mann JFE, Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN
2020Randomized trialPMID 32132141DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference DERIVED:32132141
R0012962Effects of Liraglutide on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Diabetes With or Without Heart Failure.
Marso SP, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2020Randomized trialPMID 32164886DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference DERIVED:32164886
R0019976Impact of microvascular disease on cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes: Results from the LEADER and SUSTAIN 6 clinical trials.
Verma S, Diabetes, obesity & metabolism
2020Randomized trialPMID 32643857DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference DERIVED:32643857
R0024638Effects of Liraglutide on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Patients With and Without Baseline Metformin Use: Post Hoc Analyses of the LEADER Trial.
Crowley MJ, Diabetes care
2020Other trialPMID 32647053DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference DERIVED:32647053
R0024734Response to Comment on Nauck et al. Effects of Liraglutide Compared With Placebo on Events of Acute Gallbladder or Biliary Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes at High Risk for Cardiovascular Events in the LEADER Randomized Trial. Diabetes Care 2019;42:1912-1920.
Nauck MA, Diabetes care
2020Randomized trialPMID 31959650DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference DERIVED:31959650
R0034582Joint Model of eGFR Slope: Data from LEADER in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and High Risk of Cardiovascular Events
Johannes F.E. Mann, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2020Other trialDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0043360Neoplasms reported with liraglutide or placebo in people with type 2 diabetes: Results from the LEADER randomized trial
M.A. Nauck, Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
2020Randomized trialDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0043973Hypoglycemia, cardiovascular outcomes, and death: The LEADER experience
B. Zinman, Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
2020Randomized trialDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0044861The impact of liraglutide on diabetes-related foot ulceration and associated complications in patients with type 2 diabetes at high risk for cardiovascular events: Results from the LEADER trial
R. Simpson, Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
2020Randomized trialDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0044882Cardiovascular risk reduction with liraglutide: An exploratory mediation analysis of the leader trial
MARTIN LINDER, Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
2020Other trialDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0047322Impact of microvascular disease on cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes: Results from the LEADER and SUSTAIN 6 clinical trials
Maria Sejersten Ripa, Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
2020Randomized trialDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0049459Effects of liraglutide and semaglutide on stroke subtypes in patients with type 2 diabetes: a post hoc analysis of the LEADER, SUSTAIN 6 and PIONEER 6 trials
William David Strain, European Heart Journal
2020Randomized trialDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0049649The Importance of Addressing Multiple Risk Markers in Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the LEADER Trial
Emilie H. Zobel, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2020Randomized trialDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0053890Duration of diabetes and cardiorenal efficacy of liraglutide and semaglutide: A post hoc analysis of the LEADER and SUSTAIN 6 clinical trials
J.B. Buse, Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
2020Other trialDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0011044Long-term efficacy and safety of combined insulin and glucagon-like peptide-1 therapy: Evidence from the LEADER trial.
Tack CJ, Diabetes, obesity & metabolism
2019Randomized trialPMID 31282028DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference DERIVED:31282028
R0011102Real-world prevalence of the inclusion criteria for the LEADER trial: Data from a national general practice network.
Hinton W, Diabetes, obesity & metabolism
2019Nonrandomized studyPMID 30900349DOIregistry reference BACKGROUND:30900349
R0017025Duration of diabetes and cardiorenal efficacy of liraglutide and semaglutide: A post hoc analysis of the LEADER and SUSTAIN 6 clinical trials.
Verma S, Diabetes, obesity & metabolism
2019Other trialPMID 30851070DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference BACKGROUND:30851070
R0024583Effects of Liraglutide Compared With Placebo on Events of Acute Gallbladder or Biliary Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes at High Risk for Cardiovascular Events in the LEADER Randomized Trial.
Nauck MA, Diabetes care
2019Randomized trialPMID 31399438DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference DERIVED:31399438
R0024688Occurence of First and Recurrent Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events With Liraglutide Treatment Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.
Verma S, JAMA cardiology
2019Randomized trialPMID 31721979DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference DERIVED:31721979
R0025377Health-related quality of life in people with type 2 diabetes participating in the LEADER trial.
Nauck MA, Diabetes, obesity & metabolism
2019Other trialPMID 30260088DOIregistry reference RESULT:30260088
R0025415Effect of Liraglutide on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Elderly Patients: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Gilbert MP, Annals of internal medicine
2019Randomized trialPMID 30508430DOIregistry reference RESULT:30508430
R0043277LEADER 7: cardiovascular risk profiles of US and European participants in the LEADER diabetes trial differ
Buse, John, Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
2019Other trialDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0007117Generalizability of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist cardiovascular outcome trials enrollment criteria to the US type 2 diabetes population.
Wittbrodt ET, The American journal of managed care
2018Nonrandomized studyPMID 29693361cites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference DERIVED:29693361
R0013052Cardiovascular outcomes in patients who experienced a myocardial infarction while treated with liraglutide versus placebo in the LEADER trial.
Nauck MA, Diabetes & vascular disease research
2018Randomized trialPMID 29947247DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:29947247
R0015703Effects of Liraglutide Versus Placebo on Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Kidney Disease.
Mann JFE, Circulation
2018Randomized trialPMID 30566006DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:30566006
R0021336Effects of Liraglutide on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus With or Without History of Myocardial Infarction or Stroke.
Verma S, Circulation
2018Randomized trialPMID 30566004DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:30566004
R0024991Myocardial Infarction Subtypes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and the Effect of Liraglutide Therapy (from the LEADER Trial).
Marso SP, The American journal of cardiology
2018Other trialPMID 29627109DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:29627109
R0025004No Evidence of Increase in Calcitonin Concentrations or Development of C-Cell Malignancy in Response to Liraglutide for Up to 5 Years in the LEADER Trial.
Hegedüs L, Diabetes care
2018Randomized trialPMID 29279300DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:29279300
R0025075Neoplasms Reported With Liraglutide or Placebo in People With Type 2 Diabetes: Results From the LEADER Randomized Trial.
Nauck MA, Diabetes care
2018Randomized trialPMID 29898902DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:29898902
R0025227The Impact of Liraglutide on Diabetes-Related Foot Ulceration and Associated Complications in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes at High Risk for Cardiovascular Events: Results From the LEADER Trial.
Dhatariya K, Diabetes care
2018Randomized trialPMID 30072400DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:30072400
R0025408Hypoglycemia, Cardiovascular Outcomes, and Death: The LEADER Experience.
Zinman B, Diabetes care
2018Randomized trialPMID 29903847DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:29903847
R0025563Liraglutide and Glycaemic Outcomes in the LEADER Trial.
Zinman B, Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders
2018Other trialPMID 30392095DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:30392095
R0025668Liraglutide Reduces Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Independently of Baseline Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels and Statin Use.
Verma S, Circulation
2018Randomized trialPMID 30354517DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:30354517
R0025753Effect of Liraglutide on Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Polyvascular Disease: Results of the LEADER Trial.
Verma S, Circulation
2018Randomized trialPMID 29760228DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:29760228
R0049483P2518Arrythmias and heart rate increase in the LEADER trial and relation to risk of cardiovascular events
Mansoor Husain, European Heart Journal
2018Randomized trialDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0049736Implications of cardiovascular outcome trials with injectable antidiabetic agents
Richard E. Pratley, Journal of Diabetes
2018Randomized trialPMID 29971941DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0049824Liraglutide Effects in Insulin-Treated Patients in LEADER
CORNELIS TACK, Diabetes
2018Randomized trialDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0052766P2858Liraglutide reduces cardiovascular events and mortality in type 2 diabetes independent of LDL cholesterol and statin use: results of the LEADER trial
Subodh Verma, European Heart Journal
2018Other trialDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0021512Liraglutide and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes.
Mann JFE, The New England journal of medicine
2017Randomized trialPMID 28854085DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:28854085
R0025434Amylase, Lipase, and Acute Pancreatitis in People With Type 2 Diabetes Treated With Liraglutide: Results From the LEADER Randomized Trial.
Steinberg WM, Diabetes care
2017Randomized trialPMID 28476871DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:28476871
R0011428LEADER-4: blood pressure control in patients with type 2 diabetes and high cardiovascular risk: baseline data from the LEADER randomized trial.
Petrie JR, Journal of hypertension
2016Randomized trialPMID 26855018DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:26855018
R0022060Liraglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes.
Marso SP, The New England journal of medicine
2016Randomized trialPMID 27295427DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:27295427
R0027699LEADER 5: prevalence and cardiometabolic impact of obesity in cardiovascular high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: baseline global data from the LEADER trial.
Masmiquel L, Cardiovascular diabetology
2016Other trialPMID 26864124DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:26864124
R0027910LEADER 7: cardiovascular risk profiles of US and European participants in the LEADER diabetes trial differ.
Rutten GE, Diabetology & metabolic syndrome
2016Other trialPMID 27274772DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:27274772
R0048786LEADER-8: Patienten mit Typ 2 Diabetes mellitus und hohem kardiovaskulären Risiko: ein Vergleich ost- und westeuropäischer Teilnehmer in der LEADER Studie
Edward Franek, Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel
2016OtherDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0049605LEADER-5: Prävalenz und kardiometabolischer Einfluss von Übergewicht und Adipositas bei kardiovaskulären Hochrisikopatienten mit Typ 2 Diabetes mellitus: Baseline-Daten aus der LEADER-Studie
Simon N. Jacob, Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel
2016OtherDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0049931SGLT2 inhibitors: providing cardiovascular protection in type 2 diabetes?
Raul Dias Santos
2016Other trialcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0052649LEADER-4: Blutdruckkontrolle bei Patienten mit Typ 2 Diabetes mellitus und hohem kardiovaskulären Risiko: Baseline-Daten aus der LEADER Studie
Sylvia Jacob, Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel
2016OtherDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0027226LEADER 2: baseline calcitonin in 9340 people with type 2 diabetes enrolled in the Liraglutide Effect and Action in Diabetes: Evaluation of cardiovascular outcome Results (LEADER) trial: preliminary observations.
Daniels GH, Diabetes, obesity & metabolism
2015Randomized trialPMID 25656058DOIregistry reference RESULT:25656058
R0027001LEADER 3--lipase and amylase activity in subjects with type 2 diabetes: baseline data from over 9000 subjects in the LEADER Trial.
Steinberg WM, Pancreas
2014Randomized trialPMID 25275271DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048; registry reference RESULT:25275271
R0048972Comment on Andersen et al, Pancreatitis–Diabetes–Pancreatic Cancer
Alan Charles Moses, Pancreas
2014Randomized trialPMID 24713674DOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048
R0027038Design of the liraglutide effect and action in diabetes: evaluation of cardiovascular outcome results (LEADER) trial.
Marso SP, American heart journal
2013Randomized trialPMID 24176437DOIregistry reference RESULT:24176437
R0035682LEADER Study: Testing the Cardiovascular Safety of Liraglutide
M. Mosley, MD Conference Express
2013Other trialDOIcites ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01179048