Effects of Glucose Lowering Agents in South Asian Women With Impaired Glucose Tolerance or Impaired Fasting Glucose (DIASA3)

Glucose Metabolism in South Asian Women With IGT or IFG. DIAbetes in South Asians - DIASA 3: A 12-week Intervention Trial With Oral Antidiabetic Medication to Improve Hepatic and Whole Body Insulin Sensitivity

This study will test the effect of four common oral anti-diabetic agents on hepatic insulin sensitivity in South Asian women with impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose. In a 12-week, double-blind, randomized controlled intervention trial, the following drugs will be tested head-to-head: Metformin, Pioglitazone, Empagliflozin and Linagliptin. Additional, exploratory outcomes include whole body insulin sensitivity, insulin secretion and other markers of glucose and lipid metabolism, measured by the euglycemic clamp with stable isotope tracer dilution, indirect calorimetry and CT-measurements of abdominal adipose tissue compartment volumes and hepatic and pancreatic volume and attenuation.

The study is part of the DIASA - DIAbetes in South Asians - Research Programme, which aims to find ways to improve both prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes in people of South Asian ethnicity.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Glucose Metabolism Disorders; Impaired Glucose Tolerance; Insulin Sensitivity
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Metformin capsule 500 mg, Empagliflozin encapsulated tablet 10 mg, Pioglitazone encapsulated tablet 30 mg, Linagliptin encapsulated tablet 5 mg

Detailed Description

Background: South Asians (SA) have a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D). SA i Norway develop T2D approximately 10 years earlier than Nordic subjects (NO).T2D in SA is often poorly regulated with increased risk of complications.

Research hypothesis: South Asian subjects with Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or impaired fasting glucose (IFG) have a high degree of hepatic insulin resistance. Treatment with certain oral antidiabetic drugs will improve hepatic insulin sensitivity more than others.

Primary objective: To assess which of four oral antidiabetic medications is most effective in improving hepatic insulin sensitivity in women of South Asian origin with IFG/IGT.

Study design: Single-center, randomized, double-blind intervention trial with 4 parallel treatment arms: 1) Metformin 2) Pioglitazone 3) Empagliflozin 4) Linagliptin.

Endogenous glucose production (EGP) and hepatic and whole body insulin sensitivity will be assessed by a 2-step euglycemic, hyperinsulinemic clamp with deuterated glucose tracer. In addition, glucose and lipid metabolism will be assessed by indirect calorimetry (IC), insulin secretion by an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and fatty infiltration in liver by computer tomography (CT).

Recruitment: From South Asian women with IFG/IGT who participated in DIASA 1.

Duration of study: 14 weeks, with a total of four study visits, every 4 weeks, plus two CT scans, at baseline and 12 weeks, and one end of study follow-up telephone visit at 14 weeks. The project is expected to last a maximum of 3 years.

Study population: Women ≥ 18 years of age of South Asian ethnicity with IGT/IFG.

Criteria for evaluation: Efficacy outcome will include evaluation of change in EGP from baseline to 12 weeks. Laboratory parameters of glucose and lipid metabolism. Questionnaires with physical activity and food frequency. Safety and tolerability will be assessed by clinical adverse events and laboratory measurements from randomization to 14 weeks.

Primary outcome: Difference between treatment arms in change in EGP from baseline to 12 weeks.

Explorative outcomes: Difference between treatment arms in change from randomisation to 12 weeks in:

• whole body insulin sensitivity
• HbA1c
• glucose and lipid metabolism measured by IC
• fatty infiltration in liver and visceral adipose tissue.

Statistical Methods: One-way ANOVA, Multiple regression analyses, Paired samples t-tests, longitudinal analyses.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 64
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Anita Suntharalingam, MD; Phone Number: +4722894745; Email: ansunt@ous-hf.no
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Ellen Hillestad, Pharm.techn.; Phone Number: +4722894000; Email: elhill@ous-hf.no

Study Locations

• Norway
  • Oslo, Norway, 0424, Nydalen
    • Recruiting
    • Oslo University Hospital, Aker Hospital
    • Contact: Åse Halsne, RN; Phone Number: +4722894745; Email: asehal@ous-hf.no

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 60 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Able and willing to give informed consent
2. Woman ≥ 18 years of age
3. Of South Asian origin
4. Participated in the DIASA 1 study (i.e. has had previous gestational diabetes (GDM) in last pregnancy). A period of 3 months after the 3-year limit since childbirth after GDM is seen as acceptable for inclusion.
5. Impaired glucose tolerance (2-hour glucose value ≥7.8 and < 11.1 mmol/l) and/or impaired fasting glucose (fasting plasma glucose ≥ 6.1 and < 7.0 mmol/l) diagnosed in DIASA 1

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Known type 2 diabetes
2. Known type 1 diabetes
3. Fasting or 2-hour glucose values outside the inclusion criteria if the subject according to protocol needs to undergo an OGTT at baseline in DIASA 3
4. Pregnant or fully lactating at randomisation or planned during study period.
5. Not willing to practice a highly effective birth control method* prior to initial dose, during study and for 2 weeks after the last administration of study drug.
6. Concomitant use of any antidiabetic medication
7. Concomitant use of fibrates or rifampicin
8. Radiological examinations iodine containing contrast the previous week before randomisation, or planned during the study period.
9. Known serious illness such as cancer (except in situ carcinoma) during past 5 years.
10. Previous radiation therapy directed towards the pelvic area.
11. Heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) class I-IV.
12. Estimated glomerulus filtration rate (eGFR) < 60 ml/min/1,73m2
13. Chronic liver disease with serum levels of aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT) or alanine amino transferase (ALAT) > 5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) or known impaired liver function (INR > 1.5, Albumin < 20 g/l, Bilirubin > 20 g/l.
14. Active infectious disease at inclusion
15. Use of systemic corticosteroids > 14 days within last 3 months before inclusion
16. Hypothyroidism where substitution with levothyroxine has not been stable for the last 3 months or with thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) outside normal limits.
17. A history of bullous pemphigoid
18. A history of acute or chronic pancreatitis
19. Previous or present acute metabolic acidosis.
20. Known hypersensitivity to any of the active ingredients or additives in the study medication or placebo capsules.
21. Macroscopic haematuria not previously examined
22. History of major surgical procedures within 3 months prior to inclusion or planned during study period.

23. Any condition which in the investigator's opinion would jeopardize the subject's safety or compliance with the protocol.

    • Birth control methods which may be considered as highly effective: Methods that can achieve a failure rate of less than 1% per year when used consistently and correctly are considered as highly effective birth control methods. Such methods include: combined (estrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, intravaginal or transdermal), progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, injectable or implantable), intrauterine device (IUD), intrauterine hormone-releasing system ( IUS), bilateral tubal occlusion, vasectomized partner or sexual abstinence.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Quadruple

Number of Arms

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Metformin; Metformin 500 mg x 1, morning, for 2 weeks, then Metformin 500 mg x 2, morning and evening for 10 weeks.	Drug: Metformin capsule 500 mg, Empagliflozin encapsulated tablet 10 mg, Pioglitazone encapsulated tablet 30 mg, Linagliptin encapsulated tablet 5 mg; Comparison of 4 different antihyperglycemic drugs; Other Names: biguanide, glitazone, sodium glucose transport inhibitor, dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitor
Active Comparator: Empagliflozin; Empagliflozin 10 mg x 1, morning, for 2 weeks, then Empagliflozin 10 mg morning + Placebo evening for 10 weeks.	Drug: Metformin capsule 500 mg, Empagliflozin encapsulated tablet 10 mg, Pioglitazone encapsulated tablet 30 mg, Linagliptin encapsulated tablet 5 mg; Comparison of 4 different antihyperglycemic drugs; Other Names: biguanide, glitazone, sodium glucose transport inhibitor, dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitor
Active Comparator: Linagliptin; Linagliptin 5 mg x 1, morning, for 2 weeks, then Linagliptin 5 mg morning + Placebo evening for 10 weeks.	Drug: Metformin capsule 500 mg, Empagliflozin encapsulated tablet 10 mg, Pioglitazone encapsulated tablet 30 mg, Linagliptin encapsulated tablet 5 mg; Comparison of 4 different antihyperglycemic drugs; Other Names: biguanide, glitazone, sodium glucose transport inhibitor, dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitor
Active Comparator: Pioglitazone; Pioglitazone 30 mg x 1, morning, for 2 weeks, then Pioglitazone 30 mg morning + Placebo evening for 10 weeks.	Drug: Metformin capsule 500 mg, Empagliflozin encapsulated tablet 10 mg, Pioglitazone encapsulated tablet 30 mg, Linagliptin encapsulated tablet 5 mg; Comparison of 4 different antihyperglycemic drugs; Other Names: biguanide, glitazone, sodium glucose transport inhibitor, dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitor

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Endogenous glucose production during fasting	Difference between treatment arms in change from baseline to 12 weeks in endogenous glucose production during fasting measured by the deuterated glucose tracer dilution method in umol/(kg fat free mass x minutes)	After 12 weeks on respective drugs

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Endogenous glucose production during hyperinsulinemia	Difference between treatment arms in change from baseline to 12 weeks in endogenous glucose production measured by the deuterated glucose tracer dilution method during euglycaemic clamp in umol/(kg fat free mass x minutes)	After 12 weeks on respective drugs
Whole body insulin sensitivity	Difference between treatment arms in change from baseline to 12 weeks in whole body insulin sensitivity measured by euglycemic clamp derived total glucose disposal in umol/(kg fat free mass x minutes)	After 12 weeks on respective drugs
Insulin secretion	Difference between treatment arms in change in insulin secretion from baseline to 12 weeks, measured by the insulinogenic index, i.e. the change in serum insulin (pmol/l) from 0 to 30 min divided by the change in plasma glucose (mmol/l) from 0 to 30 minutes of an oral glucose tolerance test.	After 12 weeks on respective drugs
Liver fat	Explore the difference between treatment arms in change in fatty infiltration in the liver measured as the attenuation in CT-measured regions of interest from baseline to 12 weeks.	After 12 weeks on respective drugs
Glycemia	Difference between treatment arms in change in HbA1c in mmol/mol from baseline to 12 weeks .	After 12 weeks on respective drugs
Pancreatic fat	Explore the difference between treatment arms in change in fatty infiltration of the pancreas measured as the attenuation in CT-measured regions of interest	After 12 weeks on respective drugs
Intraabdominal fat	Explore the difference between treatment arms in change in visceral fat volume, in cubic centimeters, from baseline to 12 weeks, on abdominal CT scans running from the top of the diaphragm to the iliac crest.	After 12 weeks on respective drugs

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Oslo University Hospital
• Collaborators: Vestre Viken Hospital Trust; University of Oslo; The Research Council of Norway; University Hospital, Akershus; University of Glasgow; South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority; Norwegian Diabetes Association
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Kåre I Birkeland, MD, PhD, Professor

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 10, 2021
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Anticipated): October 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 16, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 4, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): December 10, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 8, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 5, 2021
• Last Verified: April 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Immune System Diseases; Hyperinsulinism; Hyperglycemia; Hypersensitivity; Glucose Intolerance; Insulin Resistance; Metabolic Diseases; Glucose Metabolism Disorders; Hypoglycemic Agents; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Hormones; Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists; Incretins; Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors; Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV Inhibitors; Metformin; Pioglitazone; Protease Inhibitors; Empagliflozin; Linagliptin; Biguanides
• Other Study ID Numbers: 24993

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No