The Effect of the GLP-1 Analogue Exenatide on Type 2 Diabetes in CNS and Heart During Hyperglycemia Assessed by PET

Summary

30 type 2 diabetic patients will be PET-scanned twice ( half of the patients heart-PET, half of the patients CNS-PET) in random order with infusions of placebo or GLP-1-analogue during hyperglycemic clamp to uncover the metabolic effects of GLP-1-analogues in perspectives of intervention of macrovascular late diabetic pathology such as stroke and AMI. Earlier studies have revealed tendencies towards steady glucose metabolism in the CNS despite fluctuations in blood sugar when infusing native GLP-1.

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Start

2010-02

Primary completion

2010-11

Completion

2011-03

Publications

• Gejl M, Sondergaard HM, Stecher C, Bibby BM, Moller N, Botker HE, Hansen SB, Gjedde A, Rungby J, Brock B. Exenatide alters myocardial glucose transport and uptake depending on insulin resistance and increases myocardial blood flow in patients with type 2 diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Jul;97(7):E1165-9. doi: 10.1210/jc.2011-3456. Epub 2012 Apr 27.

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