Treating the Metabolic Syndrome With a Sodium-glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor
- Conditions
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Interventions
- Other: Matching placebo
- Registration Number
- NCT07065357
- Lead Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
- Brief Summary
The metabolic syndrome occurs in overweight or obese people who also have abnormal lipids, blood pressure and blood glucose. It precedes the development of diabetes and cardiovascular complications. Currently, there are no drugs licensed for the treatment of the metabolic syndrome. Empagliflozin is a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, originally developed for diabetes but has since been proven to be beneficial in patients with heart and kidney failure. By increasing glucose excretion in the urine, it reduces body weight, body fat and blood pressure. The investigators therefore hypothesize that it may be the ideal drug to reverse the metabolic syndrome. Search of clinical trials registries shows that there are no industry sponsored trials targeting patients with the metabolic syndrome. The investigators propose to conduct a randomised controlled trial to study the effects of empagliflozin on 160 people with the metabolic syndrome, who will be randomised to receive either empagliflozin or placebo. The primary hypothesis is that empagliflozin will reduce the metabolic syndrome risk score, while secondary outcome measures include circulating levels of adipokines (adiponectin, fibroblast growth factor 21, adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein and lipocalin-2), body weight, waist circumference, blood pressure, glucose and lipids. This drug has already been approved for use in diabetes and cardiovascular risk prevention. This study, if positive, would provide evidence for its use in the metabolic syndrome and the treatment for this syndrome for the first time.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 160
- Male or female aged over 18 years and younger than 85 years
- Fulfils the criteria for the metabolic syndrome [1] (waist ≥90cm in men or ≥80cm in women plus at least two other components: triglycerides ≥1.7 mmol/L; HDL <1.03 in men and <1.29 in women; blood pressure ≥130 mmHg systolic or ≥85 mmHg diastolic or previously diagnosed hypertension; fasting plasma glucose ≥5.6 mmol/L)
- Willing to take part in the study and give informed consent
- Taking medications for diabetes, including oral agents, insulin or glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists
- Fasting plasma glucose ≥7.0 mmol/L or HbA1c ≥6.5% before randomisation
- Diagnosis of type 1 diabetes
- Taking medications for hypertension, unless the blood pressure is well controlled with a stable regime
- Patient who cannot be randomised to placebo because of a strong indication for an SGLT2 inhibitor
- Contraindications to empagliflozin (GFR <60 ml/min/1.73m2)
- History of intolerance or adverse reactions to an SGLT2 medication
- Co-morbidities that make the subject unsuitable to be a study subject
- Mental illness that makes the subject unsuitable
- Cognitive dysfunction
- Pregnancy
- Thyroid disease
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description SGLT2 inhibitor Empagliflozin (oral) - Placebo Matching placebo -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The change in the continuous metabolic syndrome risk score From enrolment to the final visit at 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Serum level of adiponectin, AFABP, FGF21, lipocalin-2 From enrolment to the final visit at 6 months Body weight From enrolment to the final visit at 6 months Waist circumference From enrolment to the final visit at 6 months Sagittal abdominal diameter From enrolment to the final visit at 6 months Serum triglycerides From enrolment to the final visit at 6 months Serum HDL From enrolment to the final visit at 6 months Fasting glucose From enrolment to the final visit at 6 months HbA1c From enrolment to the final visit at 6 months HOMA2-IR From enrolment to the final visit at 6 months HOMA2-B From enrolment to the final visit at 6 months Systolic and diastolic blood pressure From enrolment to the final visit at 6 months The number of abnormal components of the metabolic syndrome in the subject From enrolment to the final visit at 6 months
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Queen Mary Hospital
🇭🇰Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Queen Mary Hospital🇭🇰Hong Kong, Hong Kong