A Pan-European randomized, parallel group, two-arm placebo-controlled, double-blind multicenter study of Rimonabant 20mg once daily in the treatment of abdominally obese patients with impaired fasting blood glucose with or without other comorbidities

To determine the effect of Rimonabant 20mg on the co-primary endpoint including Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG), HDL-Cholesterol (HDL-C) and triglyceride (TG) levels over a period of 12 months when prescribed with a mild hypocaloric diet in abdominally obese patients with impaired fasting blood glucose and with or without associated comorbidities.