The Effects of GLP-1 in Maturity-Onset Diabetes of The Young (MODY)

The initial daily dose will be 0.6 mg for one week, 1.2 mg the following week and then 1.8 mg for the remaining treatment period. Patients who, due to adverse events, do not tolerate up-titration to 1.8 mg liraglutide will remain on 1.2 mg of liraglutide. The injection is administered once daily in the morning.

At randomisation patients will be initiated on their pre-study daily dose of glimepiride minus 0.5 mg. After one week the dose will be titrated (see below). Drug naïve patients will be initiated on an initial dosage of glimepiride of 0.5 mg for one week. Thereafter, glimepiride is increased to 1.0 mg and after another one week to 1.5 mg, and there after further up to 3 mg (if the average FPG during one week is above 6 mM). The dose of glimepiride can be increased up to 4 mg if average FPG is above 6 mM and no symptoms of hypoglycaemia are observed.