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Clinical Trials/EUCTR2020-003718-11-DK
EUCTR2020-003718-11-DKActive, not recruitingPhase 1

The effectiveness of pharmacological treatment with the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist Liraglutide 3mg (Saxenda®) once-daily for weight management in forensic psychiatry; An Exploratory pilot study.

Mental Health Center Copenhagen0 sites40 target enrollmentStarted: August 30, 2020Last updated:
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Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 1
Status
Active, not recruiting
Sponsor
Enrollment
40

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1.Informed oral and written consent
  • 2.Diagnosed with a mental illness
  • 3.Hospitalised at a forensic psychiatric department
  • 4.Age 18 years to 65 years (both included)
  • 5.BMI =27 kg/m2 with one or more weight-related comorbidities (hypertension, dyslipidaemia, pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes) or BMI =30 kg/m2
  • Are the trial subjects under 18? no
  • Number of subjects for this age range:
  • F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
  • F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 38
  • F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
  • F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 2

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1.Any use of coercive measures according to the Danish law for Mental Health/Psykiatriloven (as defined in Informationsbekendtgørelsen § 10”).
  • 2.Fertile females of child-bearing potential who are pregnant, breast-feeding or have the intention of becoming pregnant
  • 3.Women who are not willing to use adequate contraceptive during the full length of the study
  • 4.Impaired hepatic function (plasma liver transaminases >2 times the upper normal limit)
  • 5.Impaired renal function (serum creatinine >150 µmol/l and/or macroalbuminuria)
  • 6.Impaired pancreatic function (acute or chronic pancreatitis and/or plasma amylase >2 times the upper normal limit)
  • 7.Cardiac problems defined as decompensated heart failure (NYHA class III/IV), unstable angina pectoris and/or myocardial infarction within the last 12 months
  • 8.Hypertension with systolic blood pressure >180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure >100 mmHg
  • 9.Any condition that the investigator feels would interfere with trial participation
  • 10.Use of weight-lowering pharmacotherapy within the preceding 3 months
  • 11.Type 1 diabetes.
  • 12.Patients treated with insulin
  • 13.Patients treated with other GLP-1 receptor agonist medicines
  • 14.Known allergy to liraglutide or any of the ingredients in Saxenda

Investigators

Sponsor
Mental Health Center Copenhagen

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