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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1Phase 3NCT06348706

Effect of Dipeptidyl Peptidase- 4 Inhibitors on Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis and Type 1 Diabetes

A Phase 3 study testing Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor in people with Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 and NASH, run by Ain Shams University at 1 site in Egypt.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Background: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an advanced form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) that can precipitate to advanced fibrosis and leads to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 12 to 18 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, NASH
What is being tested?
Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
60 participants
Where
1 siteEgypt
Study dates
10 Nov 2022to 15 Jan 2024
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 12 to 18 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child, Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Adolescents diagnosed with type 1 diabetes according to ISPAD guidelines .
  • Patients aged 12-18 years with NASH.
  • Patients on regular visit to clinic.
  • Patients on regular insulin therapy.

Who cannot join

  • Patients with renal impairment due to cause other than diabetes.
  • Patients with hypertension.
  • Hyper- or hypo-thyroidism.
  • Hepatitis virus infection (B or C) or any evidence of infection.
  • History of liver disease other than NASH such as cholestasis and Wilson disease.
  • Patients with autoimmune hepatitis.
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  • Recurrent diabetic ketoacidosis (more than 2 episodes in the previous 12 months)
  • Patients were already on anti-hypertensive drugs or any antioxidant therapy such as vitamin supplements.
  • Taking any vitamins or food supplements one month before study.
  • Participation in a previous investigational drug study within 3 months preceding screening.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Egypt1 site
  • Nancy Elbarbary

    Cairo, 11361

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About this study

Official title: Effect of Dipeptidyl Peptidase- 4 Inhibitors Supplementation on Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Background: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an advanced form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) that can precipitate to advanced fibrosis and leads to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Many patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) had histological evidence of steatosis and met the histological criteria for NASH. Matrix metalloproteinase-14 (MMP-14) is a type 1 transmembrane proteinase expressed in liver fibrosis and is involved in the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Hepatic dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) expression in NAFLD may be directly associated with hepatic lipogenesis and liver injury. Some studies showed the beneficial effect of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DDP-4) inhibitors in NAFLD/NASH for their role in improving hepatic glucose metabolism. Vildagliptin, a DPP-4 inhibitor, could be promising therapeutic agents for NAFLD/NASH.

To the best of our knowledge, no previous study assessed the role of DPP-4 inhibitors in adolescent patients with T1DM and NASH.

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Objectives: This randomized-controlled clinical trial assessed the impact of the oral DPP-4 inhibitor, vildagliptin, as an add-on therapy on NASH in adolescents with T1DM as well as its effect on glycemic control, lipid profile, MMP-14 levels and CIMT as a marker for subclinical atherosclerosis.

Methods: This study included 60 adolescents with T1DM and NASH with a mean age 15.6 ± 2.08 years and disease duration ≥ 5 years. Forty age- and sex-matched healthy subjects with a mean age 14.9 ± 3.2 years were enrolled as healthy controls to compare MMP-14 levels. T1DM patients were randomly assigned to receive oral vildagliptin (50 mg daily) with lunch meal for six months or not. Fasting and 2 hours post-prandial blood glucose levels, HbA1c, liver function tests, fasting lipid profile, hepatic steatosis index and triglyceride glucose (TyG) index were assessed. MMP-14 levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay among all patients and healthy controls. CIMT was assessed using Doppler ultrasound and transient elastography with controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) was performed to assess liver stiffness and steatosis stage.

Read the detailed description

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is characterised by excessive hepatic fat accumulation (steatosis) in the absence of significant alcohol consumption, occurring with or without hepatic inflammation and fibrosis. Steatosis may progress to a more advanced form of the disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which can precipitate to advanced fibrosis, leading to cirrhosis and/or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and can result in the need for liver transplantation or death as well as cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

It was demonstrated that 53.1% of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) had histological evidence of steatosis and 20.4% met the histological criteria for NASH. Patients with T1DM onset at an earlier age have an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and increased CVD mortality.

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are found to have multiple biological activities including diseases like angiogenesis and cirrhosis. They are expressed in atherosclerotic plaques, promoting vascular remodelling, contributing to atherothrombosis, and plaque disruption. MMP-14 is involved in the development of atherosclerosis and CVD. MMP-14 is also noticed to be expressed in highly invasive hepatocellular carcinoma and expressed in liver fibrosis.

Carotid ultrasound is easily available, a cost effective and non-invasive tool for evaluating carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) to assess CVD as carotid atherosclerosis. CIMT was higher for individuals with NASH than for those with simple steatosis.

Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors are a relatively new class of oral diabetes drugs with a glucose-lowering effect. DPP-4 inhibitors exert their glucose-lowering effects primarily by blocking the enzyme DPP-4, which is involved in the degradation of incretins, including glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP). DPP-4 inhibitors are widely used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes since 2006. Although DPP-4 inhibitors may be beneficial for T1DM, existing studies do not strongly support these positive effects in clinical practice.

Vildagliptin, an oral antihyperglycemic agent that competitively inhibits DPP-4. A few trials have demonstrated that vildagliptin has an effect on NAFLD. In 44 patients with T2DM and hepatic steatosis, vildagliptin treatment for 6 months decreased liver enzymes and intrahepatic triglyceride content, as assessed by MRI. In a study conducted in Pakistan, vildagliptin for 12 weeks improved liver enzymes and steatosis grading, as assessed by ultrasound.

Aim: To assess the effect of Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors supplementation as an add on therapy on NASH in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus as well as its effect on glycemic control, lipid profile, MMP-14 levels and CIMT as a marker for subclinical atherosclerosis.

Being tested
Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor
Medical subject headings
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitorDrug

    Also called Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors

    Intervention group received Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors supplementation in a dose of 50 mg with main meal for 6 months.

Study groups in NCT06348706
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors supplementationActive comparatorIntervention group receiving Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors supplementation
Receives: Drug: Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor
Control groupNo interventionControl group not receiving Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors supplementation

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of participants with treatment-related effect on NASH status in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus

    Effect of DPP-4 inhibitors on NASH in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus measured by Doppler ultrasound and transient elastography with controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) to assess liver stiffness and steatosis stage.

    Measured: 6 months

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Number of participants with treatment-related Matrix metalloproteinase-14 (MMP-14) level change

    Effect of (DPP-4) inhibitors supplementation on Matrix metalloproteinase-14 (MMP-14, (ng/mL) level

    Measured: 6 months

  2. Number of participants with treatment-related Glycemic control (HbA1c%) level change

    Effect of Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors on glycemic control (HbA1c%)

    Measured: 6 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted5 Apr 2024
  2. Study start10 Nov 2022
  3. Primary completion1 Dec 2023
  4. Study completion15 Jan 2024

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
60 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06348706
Sponsor's protocol ID
Ain Shams University25032024
Status last verified
Mar 2024
First submitted
25 Mar 2024
Last updated
5 Apr 2024
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Publications

  • Temple JL, Cordero P, Li J, Nguyen V, Oben JA. A Guide to Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Childhood and Adolescence. Int J Mol Sci. 2016 Jun 15;17(6):947. doi: 10.3390/ijms17060947.

    PubMed 27314342
  • Verges B. Cardiovascular disease in type 1 diabetes: A review of epidemiological data and underlying mechanisms. Diabetes Metab. 2020 Nov;46(6):442-449. doi: 10.1016/j.diabet.2020.09.001. Epub 2020 Sep 28.

    PubMed 32998054
  • Geervliet E, Moreno S, Baiamonte L, Booijink R, Boye S, Wang P, Voit B, Lederer A, Appelhans D, Bansal R. Matrix metalloproteinase-1 decorated polymersomes, a surface-active extracellular matrix therapeutic, potentiates collagen degradation and attenuates early liver fibrosis. J Control Release. 2021 Apr 10;332:594-607. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.03.016. Epub 2021 Mar 15.

    PubMed 33737203
  • Targher G, Bertolini L, Padovani R, Rodella S, Zoppini G, Zenari L, Cigolini M, Falezza G, Arcaro G. Relations between carotid artery wall thickness and liver histology in subjects with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Diabetes Care. 2006 Jun;29(6):1325-30. doi: 10.2337/dc06-0135.

    PubMed 16732016
  • Sumida Y, Yoneda M, Tokushige K, Kawanaka M, Fujii H, Yoneda M, Imajo K, Takahashi H, Eguchi Y, Ono M, Nozaki Y, Hyogo H, Koseki M, Yoshida Y, Kawaguchi T, Kamada Y, Okanoue T, Nakajima A, Jsg-Nafld JSGON. Antidiabetic Therapy in the Treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Mar 11;21(6):1907. doi: 10.3390/ijms21061907.

    PubMed 32168769
  • Wang Q, Long M, Qu H, Shen R, Zhang R, Xu J, Xiong X, Wang H, Zheng H. DPP-4 Inhibitors as Treatments for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Diabetes Res. 2018 Jan 8;2018:5308582. doi: 10.1155/2018/5308582. eCollection 2018.

    PubMed 29507862
  • Hussain M, Majeed Babar MZ, Hussain MS, Akhtar L. Vildagliptin ameliorates biochemical, metabolic and fatty changes associated with non alcoholic fatty liver disease. Pak J Med Sci. 2016 Nov-Dec;32(6):1396-1401. doi: 10.12669/pjms.326.11133.

    PubMed 28083033

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor in people with Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 and NASH, run by Ain Shams University at 1 site in Egypt.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 10 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 Apr 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Egypt. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of participants with treatment-related effect on NASH status in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (time frame: 6 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06348706, which also lists 7 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 5 Apr 2024.

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