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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 clinical trials

63 of 351 indexed Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 trials are currently recruiting.

351 US clinical trials · 63 currently recruiting

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 is the subject of 351 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 63 of them currently open to new participants. 100 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 80 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Novo Nordisk A/S, running 48 of these trials.

The research picture

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 has 351 registered US clinical trials, 63 of them open to new participants right now, about 18% of the total.

63
recruiting participants now
18%
of trials open to enrollment
100
in Phase 3–4 (later-stage)
48
top sponsor: Novo Nordisk A/S
Phase 142Phase 238Phase 374Phase 426

Active & Recent Trials

351 total, page 4 of 8

COMPLETED NA 624 participants

Diabetes Coaching Program for Medicare Advantage Members With Type 2 Diabetes - Impact on A1c

Evidation Health

NCT03363100

COMPLETED Phase 4 611 participants

Impact of Dietary Intervention on Weight Change in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

Novo Nordisk A/S

NCT01232491

COMPLETED NA 600 participants

Project MiNT: Assessing the Impact of Food & Video-Based Nutrition Education on Patients With Poorly Controlled Diabetes

Thomas Jefferson University

NCT04264572

COMPLETED Phase 3 588 participants

Vildagliptin Compared to Pioglitazone in Combination With Metformin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Novartis

NCT00237237

COMPLETED Phase 3 588 participants

A Research Study to Compare Two Types of Insulin, a New Insulin, Insulin Icodec and an Available Insulin, Insulin Degludec, in People With Type 2 Diabetes Who Have Not Used Insulin Before (ONWARDS 3)

Novo Nordisk A/S

NCT04795531

COMPLETED Phase 3 567 participants

Gan & Lee Insulin Glargine Target Type (2) Evaluating Research

Gan and Lee Pharmaceuticals, U

NCT03371108

COMPLETED NA 550 participants

Comparative Effectiveness of Family DSMES and Standard DSMES Among Diverse Populations

University of Arkansas

NCT04334109

COMPLETED Phase 3 544 participants

Efficacy and Safety of Vildagliptin in Combination With Metformin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

NCT00099892

COMPLETED NA 540 participants

Understanding and Improving Diabetes Care for Ethnic Minorities

University of California, Irvine

NCT01123239

COMPLETED Phase 4 515 participants

Evaluation of Insulin Glargine Versus Sitagliptin in Insulin-naive Patients

Sanofi

NCT00751114

COMPLETED Phase 4 513 participants

NovoLog Observation Trial in Subjects With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

Novo Nordisk A/S

NCT00095446

COMPLETED Phase 3 512 participants

A Research Study to See How Semaglutide Helps People With Excess Weight and Type 2 Diabetes Lose Weight

Novo Nordisk A/S

NCT05649137

COMPLETED Phase 3 505 participants

A Safety and Efficacy Study Comparing Naltrexone SR/Bupropion SR and Placebo in Obese Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

Orexigen Therapeutics

NCT00474630

COMPLETED Phase 3 503 participants

Comparison of Insulin Detemir Morning, Insulin Detemir Evening and NPH Insulin Evening in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Novo Nordisk A/S

NCT00104182

COMPLETED Phase 3 493 participants

A Study of LY2963016 Compared to LANTUS® in Adult Participants With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Eli Lilly and Company

NCT02302716

COMPLETED Phase 3 484 participants

GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Lixisenatide in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes for Glycemic Control and Safety Evaluation, on Top of Metformin

Sanofi

NCT00763451

COMPLETED Phase 3 471 participants

Comparison of Two Basal Insulins for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes on Anti-Hyperglycemic Medications (IOPE)

Eli Lilly and Company

NCT00510952

COMPLETED Phase 3 467 participants

Comparison of NN1250 With Insulin Glargine in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

Novo Nordisk A/S

NCT01076647

COMPLETED Phase 3 465 participants

Comparison of NN5401 With Insulin Glargine, Both in Combination With Oral Antidiabetic Drugs, in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

Novo Nordisk A/S

NCT01045447

COMPLETED Phase 3 458 participants

Comparison of NN1250 With Sitagliptin in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Never Treated With Insulin

Novo Nordisk A/S

NCT01046110

COMPLETED Phase 3 435 participants

The Efficacy of Insulin Degludec/Liraglutide as add-on Therapy in Controlling Glycaemia in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Inadequately Controlled on Sulphonylurea With or Without Metformin Therapy

Novo Nordisk A/S

NCT01618162

COMPLETED Phase 3 421 participants

Comparison of TAK-875 (Fasiglifam) With Placebo in Participants With Type 2 Diabetes

Takeda

NCT01456195

COMPLETED Phase 2 420 participants

A Study to Compare a New Drug for Type 2 Diabetes to Placebo and to a Treatment Already Available for Type 2 Diabetes

OPKO Health

NCT02119819

COMPLETED NA 415 participants

Home Food Delivery for Diabetes Management in Patients of Rural Clinics

University of Arkansas

NCT04876053

COMPLETED Phase 2 412 participants

A Study to Evaluate the Effect of ASP1941 in Adult Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Astellas Pharma

NCT01071850

COMPLETED Phase 2 400 participants

Evaluation of Glucose Lowering Effect, Safety and Tolerability of CS-917

Daiichi Sankyo

NCT00290940

COMPLETED NA 380 participants

Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Intervention in the Marshallese Population

University of Arkansas

NCT03270436

COMPLETED Phase 3 379 participants

Compare Two Dosing Algorithms in Insulin-Naive Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Eli Lilly and Company

NCT00391209

COMPLETED Phase 3 373 participants

Comparison of Two Insulin Degludec Formulations in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Novo Nordisk A/S

NCT01364428

COMPLETED Phase 3 373 participants

A Study of Taspoglutide Versus Placebo for the Treatment of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Inadequately Controlled With Diet and Exercise.

Hoffmann-La Roche

NCT00744926

COMPLETED Phase 3 367 participants

Mitiglinide in Combination With Metformin vs. Metformin Alone in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Elixir Pharmaceuticals

NCT00519142

COMPLETED NA 350 participants

English Diabetes Self-Management Program

Stanford University

NCT00684086

COMPLETED Phase 3 346 participants

The Effect of Insulin Degludec in Combination With Liraglutide and Metformin in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Qualifying for Treatment Intensification

Novo Nordisk A/S

NCT01664247

COMPLETED Phase 3 339 participants

Comparison of Two Basal Insulins for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Taking Oral Diabetes Medicines and Exenatide

Eli Lilly and Company

NCT00560417

COMPLETED Phase 2 338 participants

Efficacy and Long-Term Safety of Vildagliptin as Monotherapy in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Novartis

NCT00821977

COMPLETED Phase 2 334 participants

Dose-Ranging Study in Treatment Naive Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus(T2DM)

GlaxoSmithKline

NCT00500331

COMPLETED NA 331 participants

An Online System to Improve Diabetes Self-Care

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

NCT00119938

COMPLETED NA 331 participants

OpT2mise Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) With Insulin Pump Therapy

Medtronic Diabetes

NCT01182493

COMPLETED Phase 3 326 participants

A Study of Taspoglutide Versus Placebo for the Treatment of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Inadequately Controlled With Metformin Plus Pioglitazone.

Hoffmann-La Roche

NCT00744367

COMPLETED Phase 4 320 participants

Long-Term Effects of Insulin Plus Metformin Regimens on the Overall and Postprandial Glycemic Control of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Eli Lilly and Company

NCT00191464

COMPLETED Phase 3 319 participants

Afrezza® INHALE-1 Study in Pediatrics

Mannkind Corporation

NCT04974528

COMPLETED Phase 4 316 participants

Linagliptin and Metformin Versus Linagliptin in Newly Diagnosed, Untreated Type 2 Diabetes

Boehringer Ingelheim

NCT01512979

COMPLETED NA 310 participants

Dulce Digital-Me: An Adaptive mHealth Intervention for Underserved Hispanics With Diabetes

Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute

NCT03130699

COMPLETED Phase 3 302 participants

Efficacy and Safety of Semaglutide Once-weekly Versus Placebo as add-on to SGLT-2i in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Novo Nordisk A/S

NCT03086330

COMPLETED NA 300 participants

Improving Physical Activity Through a mHealth Intervention in Cardio-metabolic Risk Patients

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT02551640

COMPLETED NA 300 participants

Understanding of Genetic Risk Information for Type 2 Diabetes

Duke University

NCT01186354

COMPLETED Phase 3 293 participants

Comparison of Biphasic Insulin Aspart 70/30 Versus Insulin Glargine in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

Novo Nordisk A/S

NCT00097877

COMPLETED Phase 2 291 participants

A Study of DPP-IV Inhibitor in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Hoffmann-La Roche

NCT00111670

COMPLETED Phase 3 278 participants

Linagliptin Versus Placebo in Type 2 Diabetic Patients With Inadequate Glycaemic Control on Metformin in Combination With Pioglitazone

Boehringer Ingelheim

NCT00996658

COMPLETED NA 273 participants

Post Approval Study of the Eversense® Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Senseonics

NCT03908125

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 42
Phase 2 38
Phase 3 74
Phase 4 26

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

Reading the Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Trial Landscape

351 indexed Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 studies · 63 recruiting (18%).

Phase mix: 100 late (III/IV) vs 80 early (I/II).

Top sponsor: Novo Nordisk A/S (48 trials), 9 others listed. 50 shown below, recruiting first.

How to read this condition's trial landscape

That ratio is a useful proxy for activity level: a high share of recruiting studies often signals that research interest is current and that new enrollment opportunities are appearing, while a low share typically means the field is dominated by completed or follow-up work where most participant spots have already been filled. These counts reflect the public registry only and include studies at every stage of design, so they should be read as an index of research attention rather than as a measure of treatment availability.

Phase 1 and Phase 2 studies focus on early safety signals, dosing, and preliminary effect, while Phase 3 studies are typically the larger efficacy and safety trials submitted toward regulatory review, and Phase 4 studies follow approved interventions in real-world use. A condition weighted toward later phases often reflects a mature research pipeline with several interventions already close to or past approval, whereas a heavier early-phase tilt suggests the field is still exploring new mechanisms and candidate approaches.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many clinical trials are there for Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2?

PlainTrial tracks 351 US clinical trials for Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, of which 63 are currently recruiting participants. Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov.

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