Comparison of Exenatide Taken Before Lunch and Dinner With Before Breakfast and Dinner in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Exclusion Criteria

• - Have participated in an interventional, medical, surgical, or pharmaceutical study (a study in which an experimental drug, medical, or surgical treatment was given) within 30 days prior to screening.
• - Have characteristics contraindicating metformin, SU, or TZD use.
• - Are receiving chronic (lasting longer than 2 weeks) systemic glucocorticoid therapy (excluding topical and inhaled preparations) or have received such therapy within 2 weeks immediately prior to screening.
• - Have used any prescription drug to promote weight loss within 3 months prior to screening.
• - Are currently treated (for greater than 2 consecutive weeks) with any of the following excluded medications: *insulin within 3 months prior to screening; *alpha-glucosidase inhibitors within 3 months prior to screening; *meglitinides within 3 months prior to screening; *drugs that directly affect gastrointestinal motility