Head-to-head evidence
Afrezza vs insulin glulisine
Same mechanism, same race: design-graded trial evidence for both assets, with the grading rationale shown. Grades describe the quality of the evidence, never the merits of either security.
Type 2 Diabetes
Shared mechanism: Insulin receptor (basal) · full Type 2 Diabetes pipeline
Afrezza
Marketed by MannKind Corporation
NCT00332488 · Phase 3 · completed
The trial randomized 528 participants across three treatment groups and used an active comparator, but it was open-label rather than blinded and its primary endpoint was the surrogate measure HbA1c. The primary comparison was not met: HbA1c decreased by 0.70% with inhaled insulin plus metformin versus 0.78% with metformin plus secretagogue (p=0.420).
insulin glulisine · Apidra
Marketed by Sanofi
NCT00290927 · Phase 3 · completed
The trial randomized 390 participants but was not blinded; the registry describes comparisons with oral diabetes therapy. Its primary efficacy endpoint was change in HbA1c, a surrogate measure, and because no results are posted, it is not possible to determine whether the primary comparison was met.
The full competitive landscape for each asset (every same-race competitor with aligned evidence, sortable) is on the asset pages: Afrezza's landscape · insulin glulisine's landscape