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NCT01357876

Effect of Metformin on Gut Peptides , Bile Acids and Lipid Profiles in Type 2 Diabetics

Completed Phase 1 Last updated 22 June 2017
What this trial tests

Phase 1 trial testing Metformin in Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 in 8 participants. Completed in 7 July 2011.

Timeline
1 October 2010
Primary endpoint
7 July 2011
7 July 2011

Quick facts

Lead sponsorGlaxoSmithKline
PhasePhase 1
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designsingle group
Maskingnone
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment8
Start date1 October 2010
Primary completion7 July 2011
Estimated completion7 July 2011
Sites1 location across United Kingdom

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

GlaxoSmithKline — full company profile →

Who can join

Adults 18 to 70, any sex, with Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Metformin is a biguanide that is marketed as an oral anti-diabetic drug. Metformin treatment in concert with diet and exercise is the consensus first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and therefore it will likely be an adjunct therapy for all assets in development by GSK for the treatment of T2DM. Metformin has potent effects in lowering circulating glucose concentrations, and it is believed to have additional benefits in improving macrovascular outcomes, fatty liver disease and polycystic ovarian syndrome. Its use in a significant proportion of T2DM subjects is limited by contraindications of heart failure and renal insufficiency or gastrointestinal side effects. The mechanisms underlying its glucose-lowering effect and adverse event profile of metformin are not well understood. Whilst activation of AMP kinase may be important for therapeutic effect, changes in incretin secretion and bile acid excretion have been described, but not consistently linked to its therapeutic effect or AE profile. The aim of this study is to recruit T2DM patients on prescribed metformin monotherapy to further investigate how the glucose effects are related to the alterations in bile acid absorption, incretin and lipid profiles by studying these parameters on and off the drug. This will be done in combination with frequent capillary blood glucose monitoring to ensure patient safety. This study will facilitate the development of a pharmacodynamic model that can be used by clinical teams developing non-absorbable NCEs such as iBAT inhibitors.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.

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