Efficacy and Safety of Empagliflozin (BI 10773) / Linagliptin (BI 1356) Fixed Dose Combination in Treatment naïve and Metformin Treated Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus prior to informed consent
• Male and female patients on diet and exercise regimen who are drug-naïve (defined as absence of any oral antidiabetic therapy, glucagon like peptide-1 analog or insulin for 12 weeks prior to randomization) or pre-treated with metformin (=1500 mg/day or on the maximum tolerated dose or the maximum dose according to local label) unchanged for 12 weeks prior to randomisation.
• Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) = 7.0% and = 10.5% (= 53.0 mmol/mol and = 91.3 mmol/mol) at Visit 1 (screening)

Exclusion criteria

• Uncontrolled hyperglycemia 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).
• Any other antidiabetic drug within 12 weeks prior to randomization (except metformin background therapy as defined via inclusion criterion 2)
• Acute coronary syndrome (non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, ST elevation myocardial infarction and unstable angina pectoris), stroke or (transient ischemic attack) TIA within 3 months prior to informed consent