The Effects of Dapagliflozin on HDL Particles Subtypes and Reverse Cholesterol Transport in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Summary

In Phase 2b/3 clinical trials, Dapagliflozin has been shown to raise HDL cholesterol levels by about 4 mg/dl (1 mmol/l), which is generally considered a clinically-meaningful change. As this HDL cholesterol increase is carried out with concomitant improvement in glucotoxicity and body weight reduction, it is possible that treatment with Dapagliflozin also improves HDL function. This is important because clinical, epidemiological and experimental studies indicate that HDL function may be more important than HDL cholesterol levels in determining the protective cardiovascular effects of HDL particles. In addition, knowing the effects of Dapagliflozin on HDL function can help interpreting the increase in HDL cholesterol levels observed in Dapagliflozin-treated patients. Finally, discovery of extra-glycemic effects of Dapagliflozin will shed new light on the potential benefits of therapy with Dapagliflozin and SGLT2i in general. So far, no study evaluated the effects of Dapagliflozin (or other SGLT2i) on HDL function. The investigators hypothesize that Dapagliflozin, in addition to raising HDL cholesterol levels, also increases HDL functionality, measured as reverse cholesterol transport and anti-oxidant capacity, in patients with T2DM

Timeline

Start

2015-03

Primary completion

2016-09

Completion

2016-09

Publications

• Bonora BM, Vigili de Kreutzenberg S, Avogaro A, Fadini GP. Effects of the SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin on cardiac function evaluated by impedance cardiography in patients with type 2 diabetes. Secondary analysis of a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2019 Aug 14;18(1):106. doi: 10.1186/s12933-019-0910-5.
• Fadini GP, Bonora BM, Zatti G, Vitturi N, Iori E, Marescotti MC, Albiero M, Avogaro A. Effects of the SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin on HDL cholesterol, particle size, and cholesterol efflux capacity in patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2017 Apr 4;16(1):42. doi: 10.1186/s12933-017-0529-3.

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