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Impact of a Short-term Treatment With Canagliflozin (Canacardia-HF)

Not Applicable
Withdrawn
Conditions
Type2 Diabetes
Heart Failure
Interventions
Drug: Placebo oral capsule
Radiation: PET imaging
Registration Number
NCT03298009
Lead Sponsor
Université de Sherbrooke
Brief Summary

It is a mechanistic proof-of-concept study to demonstrate how SGLT-2 inhibitors (Canagliflozin) may have a beneficial role on cardiac energetic efficiency.

Patients with type 2 diabetes and with HF diagnosed for at least 3 months will be selected. The participants will be randomized to a double-blind, crossover 2-week placebo vs. Cana 100 mg once daily, an interventional trial with a one-month washout period in between.

At the term of the two-week placebo and canagliflozin treatment periods (visits 2 and 4), each participant will undergo an identical postprandial metabolic study with positron emission tomography (PET) and stable isotopic tracer methods.

Detailed Description

Non-invasive Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging method allows to measure myocardial uptake and organ-specific partitioning of dietary fatty acids (DFA). It allows to study kidney, liver, skeletal muscles and adipose tissues DFA utilization, whole body fatty acid turnover and oxidation rates, myocardial oxidative metabolism and left ventricular (LV) function that are other likely targets of SGLT-2 inhibitors. Thus, the PET is ideal to verify the very interesting hypothesis that, increase in liver fatty acid utilization and/or adipose tissue dietary fatty acid uptake, may lead to reduced cardiac utilization of fatty acids and improved cardiac energetic efficiency.

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Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
WITHDRAWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
  • HbA1c 7.5 -10.5%;
  • LVEF < 40%;
  • NYHA class 2 or 3;
  • NT pro-BNP level > 600 pg/mL;
  • Being on a stable-dose metformin therapy max 2500 mg/day or other hypoglycemic therapy and RAAS-blocking agents for at least 8 weeks;
  • Being on optimal and stable-doses of heart failure medication including diuretics for at least 4 weeks;
Exclusion Criteria
  • age <18 yo;
  • NYHA class 4;
  • Treatment with a fibrate or thiazolidinedione;
  • Unstable or advanced renal failure;
  • Unstable or new medical or surgical condition within the past 3 months;
  • Heart failure caused by active inflammatory condition such as sarcoidosis or any form of myocarditis;
  • History of diabetic ketoacidosis;
  • Not on a stable regimen for at least 8 weeks before the screening visit;
  • Female of child-bearing potential who is pregnant, breast feeding or intends to become pregnant or pre-menopausal female with a positive serum pregnancy test at the time of enrollment;
  • Patients post bariatric surgery, or on weight loss medication;
  • Contraindications to metformin, including allergy or intolerance;
  • Hospitalization for heart failure within the 60 days prior to enrollment;
  • Admission for an acute coronary syndrome, percutaneous coronary intervention, or cardiac surgery within the 60 days prior to enrollment;
  • Planned cardiovascular revascularization (percutaneous intervention or surgical) or major cardiac surgery (coronary artery bypass grafting, valve replacement, ventricular assist device, cardiac transplantation, or any other surgery requiring thoracotomy) within the 90 days after enrollment;
  • Patients who are volume depleted based upon physical examination at the time of enrollment;
  • Chronic disabling illness;
  • History of substance abuse.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Treatment 1Placebo oral capsuleplacebo oral capsule will be administered once daily, for 2 weeks
Treatment 1PET imagingplacebo oral capsule will be administered once daily, for 2 weeks
Treatment 2PET imagingCanagliflozine 100mg once daily, for 2 weeks
Treatment 2Canagliflozin 100mgCanagliflozine 100mg once daily, for 2 weeks
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change to be observed with canagliflozin on myocardial dietary fatty acid uptake3 months

will be assessed using oral administration of 18-fluoro-thiaheptadecanoic acid (\[18F\]-FTHA) with sequential dynamic.

PET/CT scanning.

Change to be observed with canagliflozin on whole-body partitioning.3 months

will be assessed using oral administration of 18-fluoro-thiaheptadecanoic acid (\[18F\]-FTHA, with static PET/CT scanning

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
myocardial and liver NEFA uptake3 months

using PET with \[11C\]-palmitate

NEFA oxidative rate3 months

using PET with \[11C\]-acetate

plasma NEFA turnover1 year

using i.v. infusion of \[U-13C\]-palmitate

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