Comparison of the Effects of Dapagliflozin and Gemigliptin on Ketone Metabolism and Cardiac Remodeling in Type 2 Diabetes

Summary

Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have demonstrated cardiovascular and renal protection in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D); however, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. We hypothesized that SGLT2 inhibitor will improve the ketone metabolism compared to dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitor. And we will also evaluate the association between ketone metabolism and cardiac remodeling evaluated by echocardiography. We will randomly assign 122 people with T2DM to receive dapagliflozin 10mg or gemigliptin 50mg. The primary endpoint are changes in acetoacetate, total ketone, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, left ventricular (LV) mass index, and LV global longitudinal strain during 6 months follow-up. This study may provide robust evidence of the thrifty substrate hypothesis for cardiovascular protection of SGLT2 inhibitors.

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Start

2022-01-07

Primary completion

2024-12-31

Completion

2025-06-30

Publications

• Background Correction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Sep 22;76(12):1505. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.08.010. No abstract available.
• Background Tikkanen I, Narko K, Zeller C, Green A, Salsali A, Broedl UC, Woerle HJ; EMPA-REG BP Investigators. Empagliflozin reduces blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Diabetes Care. 2015 Mar;38(3):420-8. doi: 10.2337/dc14-1096. Epub 2014 Sep 30.
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• Background Kim SR, Lee SG, Kim SH, Kim JH, Choi E, Cho W, Rim JH, Hwang I, Lee CJ, Lee M, Oh CM, Jeon JY, Gee HY, Kim JH, Lee BW, Kang ES, Cha BS, Lee MS, Yu JW, Cho JW, Kim JS, Lee YH. SGLT2 inhibition modulates NLRP3 inflammasome activity via ketones and insulin in diabetes with cardiovascular disease. Nat Commun. 2020 May 1;11(1):2127. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15983-6.
• Background Gaborit B, Ancel P, Abdullah AE, Maurice F, Abdesselam I, Calen A, Soghomonian A, Houssays M, Varlet I, Eisinger M, Lasbleiz A, Peiretti F, Bornet CE, Lefur Y, Pini L, Rapacchi S, Bernard M, Resseguier N, Darmon P, Kober F, Dutour A. Effect of empagliflozin on ectopic fat stores and myocardial energetics in type 2 diabetes: the EMPACEF study. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2021 Mar 1;20(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s12933-021-01237-2.
• Background Brown AJM, Gandy S, McCrimmon R, Houston JG, Struthers AD, Lang CC. A randomized controlled trial of dapagliflozin on left ventricular hypertrophy in people with type two diabetes: the DAPA-LVH trial. Eur Heart J. 2020 Sep 21;41(36):3421-3432. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa419.

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