Pilot Study With GFT505 (80mg) in Patients Presenting With Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Abdominal Obesity.

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of GFT505 80mg compared with placebo in improving Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), in patients with impaired glucose tolerance and abdominal obesity, and to assess the tolerability and safety of once-a-day administrations of oral doses of GFT505 during 35 days.

Timeline

Start

2009-06

Primary completion

2009-12

Completion

2010-01

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper In S2, GFT505 did not reduce 2-h glucose (-0.52 mmol/L [-∞ to 0.61], P = 0.18) PMID 21816979 ↗

Publications

• Staels B, Rubenstrunk A, Noel B, Rigou G, Delataille P, Millatt LJ, Baron M, Lucas A, Tailleux A, Hum DW, Ratziu V, Cariou B, Hanf R. Hepatoprotective effects of the dual peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha/delta agonist, GFT505, in rodent models of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Hepatology. 2013 Dec;58(6):1941-52. doi: 10.1002/hep.26461. Epub 2013 Oct 29.
• Cariou B, Zair Y, Staels B, Bruckert E. Effects of the new dual PPAR alpha/delta agonist GFT505 on lipid and glucose homeostasis in abdominally obese patients with combined dyslipidemia or impaired glucose metabolism. Diabetes Care. 2011 Sep;34(9):2008-14. doi: 10.2337/dc11-0093. Epub 2011 Aug 4.

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