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RecruitingNCT04602754Updated Dec 8, 2025

Efficacy and Safety of Berlim 25/20 Association in the Treatment of Type II Diabetes Mellitus and Dyslipidemia.

A Phase 3 interventional study of BERLIM 25/20 ASSOCIATION and EMPAGLIFLOZIN PLACEBO in Dyslipidemia Associated With Type II Diabetes Mellitus, sponsored by EMS. Recruiting at 1 site in Brazil. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 85 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-12-08.

Sponsored by EMS · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by May 2026, 6 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Dec 2023; still recruiting 2 years 11 months later.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
228
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 85 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Berlim 25/20 association in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia.

02

Conditions studied

  • Dyslipidemia Associated With Type II Diabetes Mellitus

Keywords

  • Dyslipidemia
  • Type II Diabetes Mellitus
03

In context

Dyslipidemias

1,247 studies on the registry are indexed under Dyslipidemias; 175 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 228 is above the median of 100 across 986 interventional studies indexed under Dyslipidemias.

Browse Dyslipidemias studies →

Lead sponsor

EMS is the lead sponsor of 84 studies on the registry; 21 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 85 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Ability to confirm voluntary participation and agree to all trial purposes by signing and dating the forms;
  • Participants of both sexes, with age greater than or equal to 18 years and less than or equal to 85 years;
  • Participants presenting the diagnosis of type II diabetes mellitus, and who did not reach the therapeutic goals of with previous dietary, physical exercise guidance and previous therapies at a stable dose in the last 3 months;
  • HbA1c ≥ 7,5% and ≤ 10,5% and fasting blood glucose > 100 mg/dL at the screening visit;
  • Participants with high or very high cardiovascular risk according to the Brazilian guideline on the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in patients with diabetes (2017), which have not reached the goal of LDL-c ≤ 70 mg/dL or ≤ 50 mg/dL, respectively, with lifestyle changes, who are or aren't using low or moderate potency statins;
  • (body mass index) > 19 Kg/m2 and ≤ 45 Kg/m2.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any clinical and laboratory findings that, in the judgment of the investigator, may interfere with the safety of research participants;
  • History of alcohol abuse or illicit drug use;
  • Participation in a clinical trial in the year prior to this study;
  • Pregnancy or risk of pregnancy and lactating patients;
  • Known to the formula components used during the clinical trial;
  • Type 1 diabetes mellitus;
  • Fasting blood glucose > 300 mg/dL;
  • Risk factors for volume depletion;
  • Participants with total cholesterol > 500 mg/dL or triglycerides > 500 mg/dL;
  • Impaired renal function and end-stage renal disease;
  • Participants with known heart failure, class III to IV ();
  • Impaired hepatic function;
  • Medical history of pancreatic diseases that may suggest insulin deficiency;
  • Participants who had any cardiovascular event (acute myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndrome, recent onset stable angina, stroke, unstable congestive heart failure requiring treatment change), underwent revascularization or vascular surgery in the 6 months prior to screening;
  • Bariatric surgery in the last two years and/ or other gastrointestinal surgeries that can cause chronic malabsorption syndrome;
  • Condition that, in the investigator's judgment, may favor changes in CPK levels;
  • Current medical history of cancer and/ or cancer treatment in the last 5 years;
  • Participants with known uncontrolled hypothyroidism or TSH levels > 5 mIU/L;
  • History of known muscle disease or prior statin intolerance;
  • Participants using SGLT2 inhibitors, sulfonylureas and/or insulin therapy or PCSK9 inhibitors;
  • Participants who used other medications with prominent action in the control of serum triglyceride and cholesterol levels in the last 4 weeks or who are using low or moderate-intensity statins that cannot be replaced by rosuvastatin 20 mg;
  • Participants using medications that may interfere with triglyceride and cholesterol metabolism started less than 4 weeks ago or with dose adjustment in the last 4 weeks prior to the screening visit;
  • Treatment with anti-obesity drugs for less than 2 months or with dose change in the last 2 months.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(6)

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HbA1c

A blood test of average blood sugar over the past two to three months, given as a percentage or in mmol/mol. 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) or more is the usual threshold for diabetes, normally confirmed by a second test.

BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
228 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    BERLIM 25/20

    The study is triple-dummy. The patient must take 3 tablets once a day, as follows: 1 tablet Berlim 25/20 association, oral; 1 tablet empagliflozin placebo, oral; 1 tablet rosuvastatin calcium placebo, oral.

    Drug: BERLIM 25/20 ASSOCIATION · Other: EMPAGLIFLOZIN PLACEBO · Other: ROSUVASTATIN CALCIUM PLACEBO

  • Active comparator
    Empagliflozin + rosuvastatin calcium

    The patient must take 3 tablets once a day, as follows: 1 tablet Berlim 25/20 association placebo, oral; 1 tablet empagliflozin, oral; 1 tablet rosuvastatin calcium, oral.

    Drug: EMPAGLIFLOZIN · Drug: ROSUVASTATIN CALCIUM · Other: BERLIM 25/20 ASSOCIATION PLACEBO

Interventions

  • DrugBERLIM 25/20 ASSOCIATION

    Berlim 25/20 association coated tablet.

  • OtherEMPAGLIFLOZIN PLACEBO

    Empagliflozin placebo coated tablet.

  • OtherROSUVASTATIN CALCIUM PLACEBO

    Rosuvastatin calcium placebo coated tablet.

  • Empagliflozin 25 mg coated tablet.

  • Rosuvastatin 20 mg coated tablet.

  • OtherBERLIM 25/20 ASSOCIATION PLACEBO

    Berlim 25/20 association placebo coated tablet.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Reduction of glycated hemoglobin levels measured between the first visit and the last visit.

    Time frame: 120 days

  2. Percentual reduction of LDL-c levels measured between the first visit and the last visit.

    Time frame: 120 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence and severity of adverse events recorded during the study.

    Time frame: 150 days

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Dec 2023 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for May 2026, 29 months after the start.

Of 52 industry-sponsored phase 3 interventional studies under Dyslipidemias, half reached primary completion within 22 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 36. This study's planned 29 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 62 studies reached it within 22 months; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 45.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Oct 21, 2020
First posted
Oct 26, 2020
StartActual
Dec 1, 2023
Primary completionEst.
May 2026
CompletionEst.
Sep 2027
Last update
Dec 8, 2025
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 8, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04602754
Lead sponsor
EMS
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 26, 2020
Start date
Dec 1, 2023
Primary completion
May 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 8, 2025

Study contacts

Cassiano O Berto, BD
Contact
pesquisa.clinica@ncfarma.com.br
+551938877724

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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