Efficacy and Safety Study With Empagliflozin (BI 10773) vs. Placebo as add-on to Metformin or Metformin Plus Sulfonylurea Over 24 Weeks in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Uncontrolled hyperglycaemia with a glucose level \> 240 mg/dl (\>13.3 mmol/L) after an overnight fast during placebo run-in and confirmed by a second measurement (not on the same day)
• •2. Any other antidiabetic drug within 12 weeks prior to randomisation except those mentioned in inclusion criterion 2
• •3. Myocardial infarction, stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) within 3 months prior to informed consent
• •4. Indication of liver disease, defined by serum levels of either ALT (SGPT), AST (SGOT), or alkaline phosphatase above 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN) as determined during screening and/or run-in phase
• •5. Impaired renal function, defined as eGFR\<30 ml/min (severe renal impairment) as determined during screening and/or run-in phase
• •6. Bariatric surgery within the past two years and other gastrointestinal surgeries that induce chronic malabsorption
• •7. Medical history of cancer (except for basal cell carcinoma) and/or treatment for cancer within the last 5 years
• •8. Contraindications to metformin and/or sulfonylurea according to the local label for those patients that enter the study with the respective background therapy
• •9. Blood dyscrasias or any disorders causing haemolysis or unstable Red Blood Cell (e.g. malaria, babesiosis, haemolytic anaemia)
• •10. Treatment with anti-obesity drugs (e.g. sibutramine, orlistat) 3 months prior to informed consent or any other treatment at the time of screening (i.e. surgery, aggressive diet regimen, etc.) leading to unstable body weight
• •11. Current treatment with systemic steroids at time of informed consent or change in dosage of thyroid hormones within 6 weeks prior to informed consent or any other uncontrolled endocrine disorder except Typ 2 Diabetes
• •12. Pre-menopausal women (last menstruation ¿ 1 year prior to informed consent) who:
• •* are nursing or pregnant or
• •* are of child-bearing potential and are not practicing an acceptable method of birth control, or do not plan to continue using this method throughout the study and do not agree to submit to periodic pregnancy testing during participation in the trial. Acceptable methods of birth control include tubal ligation, transdermal patch, intra uterine devices/systems (IUDs/IUSs), oral, implantable or injectable contraceptives, sexual abstinence (if acceptable by local authorities), double barrier method and vasectomised partner
• •13. Alcohol or drug abuse within the 3 months prior to informed consent that would interfere with trial participation or any ongoing condition leading to a decreased compliance to study procedures or study drug intake
• •14. Participation in another trial with an investigational drug within 30 days prior to informed consent
• •15. Any other clinical condition that would jeopardize patients safety while participating in this clinical trial