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Evaluating the Use of Exenatide in People With Type 2 Diabetes and Diastolic Heart Failure

NCT00799435

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

People with type 2 diabetes experience heart failure more often than do people without diabetes. This may be due to increased stiffness in the heart as a result of diabetes. This study will examine whether exenatide, a medication used to treat diabetes, may have beneficial effects on the heart in people with type 2 diabetes and heart failure.

Timeline

Start
2009-07
Primary completion
2012-04
Completion
2012-04

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Exenatide Peptide 10 ug Subcutaneous