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Effect of Empagliflozin versus placebo on cardiac sympathetic activity in acute myocardial infarction patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: Multi-Center placebo-controlled Double-Blind Randomized Trial

Phase 4
Conditions
Type 2 diabetes with acute myocardial infarction
Registration Number
JPRN-jRCTs031180185
Lead Sponsor
Shimizu Wataru
Brief Summary

The EMBODY trial might provide the mechanisms by which empagliflozin reduces CV deaths, including SCD in AMI patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Intragroup comparison revealed a significant improvement in parameters reflecting both sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve activities in the empagliflozin group, whereas intergroup comparison showed no significant difference between the empagliflozin and placebo groups. The EMBODY trial demonstrated that these effects might be enhanced by empagliflozin, which is an SGLT2 inhibitor.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
105
Inclusion Criteria

1) 20 years or older at consent
2) Patients who meet the following items
- Subjects appropriately diagnosed as T2DM by the latest Japanese guideline
- Drug-naive subjects or taking single anti-diabetic agent
- T2DM patients who need to start, or are possibly changing or adding an anti-diabetic agent
3) Patients with acute myocardial infarction who can receive outpatient visits after discharge

Exclusion Criteria

1) Type 1 diabetes mellitus
2) Persistent atrial fibrillation
3) Insulin, glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue, or other SGLT2 inhibitors user
4) High dose of sulfonylurea (glimepiride > 2 mg, glibenclamide > 1.25 mg, gliclazide > 40 mg)
5) HbA1c >= 10%
6) History of diabetic ketoacidosis or diabetic coma within 3 months prior to the randomization
7) Renal dysfunction (eGFR < 45 mL/min/1.73m2)
8) Heart failure graded at NYHA functional class IV
9) Pregnancy or possible pregnancy and breast feeding
10) Lack of informed consent
11) Patients judged by the investigator to be ineligible for inclusion in this study
12) Contraindicated for administration of empagliflozin

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To compare the change from baseline of HRV at 24 weeks treatment between two groups <br>1) Time domain analysis [mean RR interval for 24 h (mean NN), standard deviation of normal RR intervals (SDNN), standard deviation of all 5-min mean normal RR intervals (SDANN), square root of the mean of the sum of the squares of differences between adjacent RR intervals (r-MSSD), and percentage of adjacent RR intervals differing > 50 ms (pNN50)] <br>2) Frequency domain analysis: [Total power (TP, 0-0.4 Hz), high-frequency (HF, 0.15-0.4 Hz), low-frequency (LF, 0.04-0.15 Hz), and sympathovagal balance (LF/HF ratio)]
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To compare the change from baseline in the clinical tests listed in the followings at 24 weeks treatment between two groups <br>1) TWA, LP, and HRT assessed by Ambulatory ECG (SCM-8000) <br>2) Cardiac sympathetic activity assessed by 123I-MIBG Scintigraphy <br>3) Blood pressure, body weight, BMI, HbA1c (NGSP), fasting plasma glucose, Serum lipids [TC, LDL-C (direct method), HDL-C, TG, and non-HDL-C], AST, ALT, gamma-GTP, UA, serum creatinine, eGFR (adjusted value), NT-pro BNP, serum ketone body (venous blood), and blood count (RBC, WBC, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and platelet), cystatin C, hs-CRP <br>4) Body fluid volume assessed by InBody
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