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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01552018
Date of registration: 22/02/2012
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Oslo University Hospital
Public title: Saxagliptin and Atherosclerosis SAXATH
Scientific title: Saxagliptin and Atherosclerosis. A Possible Role for Saxagliptin in the Prevention of Atherosclerosis Beyond Glucose Metabolism.
Date of first enrolment: March 2012
Target sample size: 12
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01552018
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Norway
Contacts
Name:     Ida U Njerve, MD
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Affiliation:  Center for Clinical Heart Research, Dept. of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital Ullevaal, Norway
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients > 18, < 80 years old, with type 2 diabetes mellitus and angiographically
proven coronary artery disease.

- HbA1c > 6.5% and under treatment with either metformin and/or glimepiride.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the drug's components.

- Heart failure in NYHA class III or IV.

- Severe liver failure, moderate or severe kidney failure

- Malignant disease.

- Active infectious disease.

- Acute coronary syndrome in the last 3 months.

- Pregnancy or breastfeeding.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Coronary Artery Disease
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Saxagliptin
Primary Outcome(s)
Inflammatory biomarkers [Time Frame: Changes in biomarkers from baseline to 3 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Gene expression of DPP-4 in adipose tissue and leukocytes [Time Frame: Change in expression level of DPP-4 from baseline to 3 months]
Secondary ID(s)
2011/773b (REK)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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