Status:

WITHDRAWN

Empagliflozin Effect on Glucose Toxicity

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital Tuebingen

Conditions:

Type2 Diabetes Mellitus

Eligibility:

All Genders

40-70 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Empagliflozin effect on glucose toxicity in type 2 diabetes patients - a randomized, open-label, controlled, parallel group, exploratory study

Detailed Description

The EMPA-REG outcome trial showed that empagliflozin on top of standard therapy for Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) resulted in superiority in terms of the primary composite cardiovascular endpoint (h...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Subjects must fulfill all of the following criteria before inclusion in the study:
  • The informed consent form must be signed before any study specific tests or procedures are done
  • Male or female patients aged between 40 and 70 years (including) at the first screening visit
  • Patients diagnosed with T2DM
  • HbA1c between 7-9% (including)
  • Stable treatment with antidiabetic drugs over the last 4 weeks
  • Accepted background medication:
  • Metformin up to 2000 mg per day and/or
  • DPP-IV inhibitors:
  • Linagliptin up to 5 mg per day Sitagliptin up to 100 mg per day Vildagliptin up to 100 mg per day Saxagliptin up to 5 mg per day
  • Body mass index (BMI) between 25 and 40 kg/m2 (including)
  • Ability to understand and follow study-related instructions
  • No clinical relevant abnormalities during ECG and cardiac examinations

Exclusion

  • Subjects are to be excluded from the study if they display any of the following criteria:
  • Unstable Angina pectoris, myocardial infarction or stroke within 1 year before inclusion in the study
  • History of atrial fibrillation
  • Uncontrolled arterial hypertension (\> 160/100 mmHg in three subsequent measurements - mean value)
  • eGFR \< 60 ml/min/1.73 m2
  • Macroalbuminuria defined as ≥ 300 mg albumin / 24h urine
  • Triglyceride \> 250 mg/dl
  • Genetic muscle disease
  • Known coagulation disorder
  • Treatment with anti-platelet therapy and anticoagulation which cannot be paused for medical reasons
  • Treatment with anticoagulants within 7 days prior to the muscle biopsy
  • Contraindications according to the local SmPC of Lantus® or Jardiance® (see Appendix 1)
  • History of hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or their ingredients or to drugs with similar structure or to the local anesthetic scandicaine or lidocaine
  • Addiction or other diseases that preclude the patient from appropriately assessing the nature and scope as well as possible consequences of the clinical study
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding women
  • Women of childbearing potential unless women who meet the following criteria:
  • Post-menopausal (12 months natural amenorrhea or 6 months amenorrhea with serum follicle-stimulating hormone \[FSH\] \> 40 U/mL)
  • Postoperatively (six weeks after bilateral ovariectomy with or without hysterectomy)
  • Regular and correct use of a contraceptive method with error rate \<1% per year such as implants, depot injections, oral contraceptives or intrauterine devices
  • Sexual abstinence
  • Vasectomy of the partner
  • Males must agree not to father a child and to refrain from donating semen or sperm while participating in the study and for 90 days following discontinuation from this study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 27 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 3 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03437330

Start Date

October 27 2021

End Date

May 3 2023

Last Update

May 16 2024

Active Locations (2)

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University Hospital

Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 72076

2

German Diabetes Center, Leibniz-Center for Diabetes Research at the Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 40225