| E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation | 
| E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated  | 
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| MedDRA Classification | 
| E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation | 
| E.1.2 | Version  | 18.1 | 
 
| E.1.2 | Level  | PT | 
 
| E.1.2 | Classification code  | 10067585 | 
 
| E.1.2 | Term  | Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 
 
| E.1.2 | System Organ Class  | 10027433 - Metabolism and nutrition disorders | 
 
 
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| E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease  |  No  | 
| E.2 Objective of the trial | 
| E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial  | 
| To assess the effect of treatment with liraglutide compared to placebo for at least 3.5 year and up to 5 years on the incidence of cardiovascular events, as defined by the below primary and secondary endpoints, in adults with type 2 diabetes that are at high risk for cardiovascular events | 
 
 
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| E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial  | 
| To assess the efficacy and safety with regard to clinically important events or other surrogate parameters of treatment with liraglutide compared to placebo in adults with type 2 diabetes that are at high risk for cardiovascular events  | 
 
 
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| E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study  |  No  | 
| E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria  | 
• Men or women with type 2 diabetes
 • Age ≥ 50 years at screening and concomitant cardiovascular, cerebrovascular or peripheral vascular disease or chronic renal failure or chronic heart failure OR age ≥ 60 years at screening and other specified risk factors of vascular disease
 • HbA1c ≥ 7.0% at screening | 
 
 
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| E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria | 
• Type 1 diabetes
 • Use of a GLP-1 receptor agonist (exenatide, liraglutide or other) or pramlintide or any (dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor within the 3 months prior to screening
 • Use of insulin other than human NPH insulin or long-acting insulin analogue or premixed insulin within 3 months prior to screening. Short-term use of other insulin during this period in connection with intercurrent illness is allowed, at Investigators discretion
 • Acute decompensation of glycaemic control requiring immediate intensification of treatment to prevent acute complications of diabetes (e.g., diabetic ketoacidosis) in the previous 3 months
 • An acute coronary or cerebrovascular event in the previous 14 days
 • Current continuous renal replacement therapy
 • End-stage liver disease
 • Chronic heart failure NYHA IV
 • A prior solid organ transplant or awaiting solid organ transplant
 • Family or personal history of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) or familial
 medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC)
 • Personal history of non-familial medullary thyroid carcinoma
 • Malignant neoplasm requiring chemotherapy, surgery, radiation or palliative therapy in the previous 5 years. Subjects with intraepithelial squamous cell carcinoma of the skin (Bowen’s disease) treated with topical 5-fluorouracil (5FU) and subjects with basal cell skin cancer are allowed to enter the trial | 
 
 
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| E.5 End points | 
| E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) | 
| Time from randomisation to first occurrence of cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, or non-fatal stroke (a composite cardiovascular outcome) | 
 
 
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| E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial | 
| E.6 | Scope of the trial | 
| E.6.1 | Diagnosis |  No  | 
| E.6.2 | Prophylaxis |  No  | 
| E.6.3 | Therapy |  No  | 
| E.6.4 | Safety |  Yes  | 
| E.6.5 | Efficacy |  Yes  | 
| E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic |  No  | 
| E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic |  No  | 
| E.6.8 | Bioequivalence |  No  | 
| E.6.9 | Dose response |  No  | 
| E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic |  No  | 
| E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic |  No  | 
| E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic |  No  | 
| E.6.13 | Others |  No  | 
| E.7 | Trial type and phase | 
| E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) |  No  | 
| E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans |  No  | 
| E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study |  No  | 
| E.7.1.3 | Other |  No  | 
| E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description |  | 
| E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) |  No  | 
| E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) |  Yes  | 
| E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) |  No  | 
| E.8 Design of the trial | 
| E.8.1 | Controlled |  Yes  | 
| E.8.1.1 | Randomised |  Yes  | 
| E.8.1.2 | Open |  No  | 
| E.8.1.3 | Single blind |  No  | 
| E.8.1.4 | Double blind  |  Yes  | 
| E.8.1.5 | Parallel group |  Yes  | 
| E.8.1.6 | Cross over  |  No  | 
| E.8.1.7 | Other |  Yes  | 
| E.8.1.7.1 | Other trial design description | 
| Run-in period is open label | 
 
 
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| E.8.2 |  Comparator of controlled trial | 
| E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) |  No  | 
| E.8.2.2 | Placebo  |  Yes  | 
| E.8.2.3 | Other |  No  | 
| E.8.3 | 
                                The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
                             |  No  | 
| E.8.4 |  The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned  |  Yes  | 
| E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 13 | 
| E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States |  Yes  | 
| E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 133 | 
| E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA | 
| E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA |  Yes  | 
| E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA |  Information not present in EudraCT  | 
| E.8.6.3 | If E.8.6.1 or E.8.6.2 are Yes, specify the regions in which trial sites are planned | 
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| E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee |  Yes  | 
| E.8.8 | 
                        Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
                        visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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| E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 5 | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 2 | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 29 | 
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 5 | 
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 2 | 
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 29 |