Liraglutide Treatment to Patients With Severe Renal Insufficiency

Summary

Incretin-based therapy for the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is new and fundamentally different from the classical treatments with oral antidiabetic agents and insulin. The novel and original aspect of this investigator-initiated study is the focus on treatment with an incretin-based agent (the GLP-1 analogue liraglutide) in T2D patients with severely reduced kidney function. At present there is virtually no knowledge of the physiology and clinical implications of the role of incretin hormones and incretin-based therapy in this group of diabetic patients.The aim of the study is to establish an evidence-based rationale for introducing a GLP-1 analogue to the limited armamentarium of antidiabetic drugs for patients with type T2D and severe renal insufficiency. The overall hypothesis is that patients with T2D and severe renal insufficiency will tolerate and benefit from treatment with the GLP-1 analogue liraglutide, hereby improving glycaemic control and reducing risk factors of cardiovascular disease

Timeline

Start

2011-09

Primary completion

2013-10

Completion

2013-10

Publications

• Natale P, Green SC, Tunnicliffe DJ, Pellegrino G, Toyama T, Strippoli GF. Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists for people with chronic kidney disease and diabetes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Feb 18;2(2):CD015849. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015849.pub2.
• Idorn T, Knop FK, Jorgensen MB, Jensen T, Resuli M, Hansen PM, Christensen KB, Holst JJ, Hornum M, Feldt-Rasmussen B. Safety and Efficacy of Liraglutide in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and End-Stage Renal Disease: An Investigator-Initiated, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, Randomized Trial. Diabetes Care. 2016 Feb;39(2):206-13. doi: 10.2337/dc15-1025. Epub 2015 Aug 17.
• Idorn T, Knop FK, Jorgensen M, Jensen T, Resuli M, Hansen PM, Christensen KB, Holst JJ, Hornum M, Feldt-Rasmussen B. Safety and efficacy of liraglutide in patients with type 2 diabetes and end-stage renal disease: protocol for an investigator-initiated prospective, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, parallel intervention study. BMJ Open. 2013 Apr 26;3(4):e002764. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002764. Print 2013.

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