Left Ventricular Functional Changes of Uncontrolled Diabetes by Dapagliflozin Treatment Trial (ELUCIDATE)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03871621 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified January 2019 by Mackay Memorial Hospital.
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
First Posted : March 12, 2019
Last Update Posted : March 12, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus | Drug: Diabetes Medicines Drug: Dapagliflozin | Phase 4 |
The ELUCIDATE trial is a prospective, open label, randomized, active-controlled 'proof of concept'single centre study conducted in Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. It is designed to clarify the LV remodeling by using Speckle-Tracking echocardiography to measure cardiac global longitudinal strain (GLS).
A cohort of 90 type 2 DM patients with normal LV ejection fraction will be randomized to either dapagliflozin 10 mg/die or to standard of care group as an active comparator. The study consists of 5 visits (see Table 1) and will last half an year, which has been ongoing since February 2019.
The primary outcome is to detect a change in cardiac GLS from baseline to 6 months after treatment initiation. The secondary outcomes include changes from baseline to 6 months in anthropometric measures, atrial-ventricular mechanics measurements, HbA1C,Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR), epicardial fat and plasma biomarkers regarding cardiomyocyte remodeling and inflammation.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 90 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | The Echocardiographic Left Ventricular Functional Changes of Uncontrolled Diabetes by the Intervention of Dapagliflozin Treatment Trial (ELUCIDATE) |
Estimated Study Start Date : | April 1, 2019 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | June 30, 2020 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | July 31, 2020 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Previous diabetic medical treatment & Dapagliflozin
Previous diabetic medication add on SGLT2 inhibitor (Dapagliflozin 10 mg) daily for 6 months
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Drug: Diabetes Medicines
Anti-diabetic medications except SGLT2 inhibitors
Other Names:
Drug: Dapagliflozin Dapagliflozin tablet (10 mg)
Other Name: Farxiga |
Active Comparator: Previous diabetic medical treatment & standard care
Previous diabetic medication with drug adjustment by standard diabetes care except SGLT2 inhibitors for 6 months
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Drug: Diabetes Medicines
Anti-diabetic medications except SGLT2 inhibitors
Other Names:
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- Cardiac global longitudinal strain (GLS) [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ]The primary outcome is to measure the change in cardiac GLS from baseline to 6 months after dapagliflozin treatment compared to standard diabetes care.
- Anthropometric measures by body mass index (BMI) [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ]Body weight in kilograms, body height in meters Body weight and height will be combined to report BMI in kg/m^2 Compare the change in anthropometric measures from baseline to 6 months
- Left ventricle (LV) mass [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ]Change in LV mass (g) by echocardiographic measurement over 24 weeks
- Left atrial (LA) volume [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ]Change in LA volume (mL) by echocardiographic measurement over 24 weeks
- Epicardial fat thickness (EAT) [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ]Change in EAT over 24 weeks
- Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance, HOMA-IR [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ]Change in HOMA-IR over 24 weeks
- Plasma biomarker: N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (Nt-proBNP) [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ]Change of NT-proBNP level (pg/mL) over 24 weeks
- Plasma biomarker: Fatty acid binding protein (FABP) [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ]Change of FABP level (μg/L) over 24 weeks
- Plasma biomarker: Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ]Change of GDF-15 level (ng/L) over 24 weeks
- Plasma biomarker: Procollagen type III N-terminal peptide (PIIINP) [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ]Change of PIIINP level (ng/mL) over 24 weeks
- Plasma biomarker: Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ]Change of Lp-PLA2 level (IU/mL) over 24 weeks

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 20 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female affected by type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) for at least 6 months.
- Age ≥ 20 and ≤ 80 years.
- HbA1c levels 7.1%~9.0% .
- On stable (at least 3 months) antidiabetic therapy with SGLT2 inhibitors naive.
- On stable (at least 3 months) cardio-active therapies (e.g. anti-hypertensive drugs, diuretics or drugs for hyperlipidemia).
- Preserved kidney function as defined by estimated glomerular filtration rate(eGFR)> 60 mL/min/1.73m2.
- Preserved left ventricular function defined as EF ≥ 50% by echocardiographic screening.
Exclusion Criteria:
Subjects should not enter the study if any of the following exclusion criteria are fulfilled:
- Involvement in the planning and/or conduct of the study (applies to both Investigator staff and/or staff at the study site).
- Previous enrolment or randomisation in the present study.
- Participation in another clinical study with an investigational product during the last 3 months.
The exclusion criteria that follow are for example only; include, exclude, modify or add other criteria as appropriate.
- Refuse or inability to give informed consent.
- Patients unlikely to comply with the protocol or unable to understand the nature and possible consequences of the study.
- Employees of the investigator or study centre (i.e. principal investigator, sub-investigator, study coordinators, other study staff, employees, or contractors of each), with direct involvement in the proposed study or other studies under the direction of that investigator and/or study centre, as well as family members of the employees or the investigator.
- Pregnancy or active breast feeding.
- History of hospitalization for heart failure.
- History of stage C or D heart failure.
- History of myocardial infarction.
- History of cardiac dysrhythmia.
- Patients with a known hypersensitivity to Dapagliflozin or any of the excipients of the product.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03871621
Contact: Jiun-Lu Lin, Master | +886-975835896 | jiunlulin@gmail.com |
Responsible Party: | Mackay Memorial Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03871621 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
18MMHIS149e |
First Posted: | March 12, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 12, 2019 |
Last Verified: | January 2019 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Plan Description: | No individual participant data share plan |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
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