Effect of Exenatide on Liver and Heart Fat and Inflammation

Phase 4CompletedNCT01951651

Baylor College of Medicine24 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of exenatide on liver and heart (myocardial) fat and inflammation.

Type 2 diabetics and insulin resistant individuals have an excess of fat in the liver which is not attributable to alcohol or other known causes of liver disease, a condition defined as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The fatty liver is insulin resistant. Individuals with a fatty liver are more likely to have excess intra-abdominal fat as well as a reduction in circulating plasma adiponectin levels. We have previously shown that type 2 diabetes and its associated Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is characterized by increased hepatic fat content, decreased circulating adiponectin levels, and hepatic and peripheral (muscle) insulin resistance. Weight loss in humans with Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease is associated with a decrease in hepatic fat content. Exenatide, an incretin based anti-diabetes therapy, enhances glucose-dependent insulin secretion and glucose-dependent suppression of inappropriately high glucagon secretion, improves glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes and is associated with weight loss. In rodent studies, exenatide reduces hepatic and myocardial fat and reduces vascular inflammation independent of changes in weight. Exenatide has also been shown to increase plasma adiponectin levels in humans and rodents. Furthermore type 2 diabetics are characterized by an increase in both hepatic and myocardial fat and left ventricular dysfunction, particularly diastolic dysfunction. However, the effect of exenatide therapy on liver and myocardial fat content, as well as left ventricular function in patients with type 2 diabetes has not been previously studied.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Interventions

ExenatideDRUG

Type 2 diabetic subjects will be randomized to receive either Exenatide 10 micrograms twice daily injected subcutaneously or glipizide 5 mg twice daily orally for 6 months. All subjects will receive baseline measurements of fasting plasma glucose, free fatty acids, plasma adipocytokines, plasma lipids, and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) as well as measurement of liver and myocardial fat content and left ventricular function with magnetic resonance imaging/spectroscopy. All subjects will also undergo measurements of monocyte inflammatory proteins at baseline. All subjects will undergo repeat measurements of fasting plasma glucose, Free Fatty Acids, adipocytokines, HbA1c, monocyte inflammation, as well as hepatic/myocardial fat content determination and left ventricular function at the end of the 6 months.

GlipizideDRUG

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 30 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients must be able to communicate meaningfully with the investigator and must be legally competent to provide written informed consent. 2. Patients may be of either sex. Female patients must be non-lactating and must either be at least two years post-menopausal, or be using adequate contraceptive precautions. 3. Patients must range in age from 30 to 70 years, inclusive. 4. Patients must meet the American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria (ADA 1997 Criteria: fasting plasma glucose greater than or equal to 126 mg/dl) for the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus. 5. Patients must be on diet therapy and/or metformin treatment for type 2 diabetes (stable dose)and have a fasting plasma glucose concentration between 126 and 260 mg/dl 6. Patients must have Hematocrit greater than 34 vol%. 7. Subjects whose body weight has been stable over the three months prior to study enrollment will be included. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients must not have type 1 diabetes. 2. Patients must not have a fasting plasma glucose greater than 260 mg/dl. 3. Patients must not have received a thiazolidinedione for at least 3 months prior to randomization. 4. Patients must not be on insulin treatment or have received insulin for more than one week within the previous year prior to entry. Patients should not be on sulfonylureas, sitagliptin, or exenatide treatment. 5. Patients taking systemic glucocorticoids or other medications known to affect glucose tolerance are excluded. 6. Patients taking medications that affect gastrointestinal motility will be excluded. 7. Patients with a history of Congestive Heart Failure, or clinically significant cardiac, liver or kidney disease (creatinine greater than 1.5 mg/dl).

Locations (1)

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Myocardial Fat Content

Myocardial fat content following intervention as measured by magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy (MRS) in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Time frame: 6 months

Hepatic Fat Content

Hepatic fat content following intervention in patients with type 2 diabetes

Time frame: 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF)(%).

Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction following intervention as measured by magnetic resonance imaging in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Time frame: 6 months

Monocyte Inflammatory Protein Nuclear Factor Kappa-B (NFkappaB) (%)

The percentage change in monocyte inflammatory proteins NFkappaB (%) from baseline.

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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