Metformin to Reduce Heart Failure After Myocardial Infarction

Summary

The investigators will evaluate the effect of metformin therapy during 4 months in non-diabetic patients following ST-elevation myocardial infarction on left ventricular ejection fraction as measured with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, compared to placebo.

Timeline

Start

2011-01

Primary completion

2013-10

Completion

2015-10

Publications

• Al Ali L, Groot HE, Assa S, Lipsic E, Hummel YM, van Veldhuisen DJ, Voors AA, van der Horst ICC, Lam CS, van der Harst P. Predictors of adverse diastolic remodeling in non-diabetic patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2023 Jan 23;23(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s12872-023-03064-7.
• de Koning MLY, Westenbrink BD, Assa S, Garcia E, Connelly MA, van Veldhuisen DJ, Dullaart RPF, Lipsic E, van der Harst P. Association of Circulating Ketone Bodies With Functional Outcomes After ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Oct 5;78(14):1421-1432. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.07.054.
• Hartman MHT, Prins JKB, Schurer RAJ, Lipsic E, Lexis CPH, van der Horst-Schrivers ANA, van Veldhuisen DJ, van der Horst ICC, van der Harst P. Two-year follow-up of 4 months metformin treatment vs. placebo in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: data from the GIPS-III RCT. Clin Res Cardiol. 2017 Dec;106(12):939-946. doi: 10.1007/s00392-017-1140-z. Epub 2017 Jul 28.
• Eppinga RN, Kofink D, Dullaart RP, Dalmeijer GW, Lipsic E, van Veldhuisen DJ, van der Horst IC, Asselbergs FW, van der Harst P. Effect of Metformin on Metabolites and Relation With Myocardial Infarct Size and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction After Myocardial Infarction. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2017 Feb;10(1):e001564. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.116.001564.
• Eppinga RN, Hartman MH, van Veldhuisen DJ, Lexis CP, Connelly MA, Lipsic E, van der Horst IC, van der Harst P, Dullaart RP. Effect of Metformin Treatment on Lipoprotein Subfractions in Non-Diabetic Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Glycometabolic Intervention as Adjunct to Primary Coronary Intervention in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (GIPS-III) Trial. PLoS One. 2016 Jan 25;11(1):e0145719. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145719. eCollection 2016.
• Lexis CP, van der Horst-Schrivers AN, Lipsic E, Valente MA, Muller Kobold AC, de Boer RA, van Veldhuisen DJ, van der Harst P, van der Horst IC. The effect of metformin on cardiovascular risk profile in patients without diabetes presenting with acute myocardial infarction: data from the Glycometabolic Intervention as adjunct to Primary Coronary Intervention in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (GIPS-III) trial. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2015 Dec 11;3(1):e000090. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2015-000090. eCollection 2015.
• Lexis CP, van der Horst IC, Lipsic E, Wieringa WG, de Boer RA, van den Heuvel AF, van der Werf HW, Schurer RA, Pundziute G, Tan ES, Nieuwland W, Willemsen HM, Dorhout B, Molmans BH, van der Horst-Schrivers AN, Wolffenbuttel BH, ter Horst GJ, van Rossum AC, Tijssen JG, Hillege HL, de Smet BJ, van der Harst P, van Veldhuisen DJ; GIPS-III Investigators. Effect of metformin on left ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction in patients without diabetes: the GIPS-III randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2014 Apr 16;311(15):1526-35. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.3315.
• Lexis CP, van der Horst IC, Lipsic E, van der Harst P, van der Horst-Schrivers AN, Wolffenbuttel BH, de Boer RA, van Rossum AC, van Veldhuisen DJ, de Smet BJ; GIPS-III Investigators. Metformin in non-diabetic patients presenting with ST elevation myocardial infarction: rationale and design of the glycometabolic intervention as adjunct to primary percutaneous intervention in ST elevation myocardial infarction (GIPS)-III trial. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2012 Oct;26(5):417-26. doi: 10.1007/s10557-012-6413-1.

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