Type 2 & other diabetes

Dapagliflozin reduces systemic inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes without known heart failure

Cardiovasc DiabetolPublished Randomised controlled trial

Study context

Population
Adults with T2D without known HF; mean age 62, 17% female
Participants
62 adults
Comparison
Dapagliflozin 10 mg daily vs placebo for 12 months
Methodological detailsplacebo-controlled
  • Placebo-controlled

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

Systemic inflammation markers, baseline to 12 months

Plasma IL-1B change with dapagliflozin

- 1.8 pg/mL

P = 0.003

Ketone change with dapagliflozin

0.26 mM

P = 0.0001

PBMC maximal oxygen consumption rate (OCR) change with placebo

- 158.9 pmole/min/106 cells

P = 0.0497

PBMC maximal OCR change with dapagliflozin

- 5.2 pmole/min/106 cells

P = 0.41

Further findings

Global myocardial strain, ECV and T2 relaxation time (cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI)) · 12 months

Did not change in both study groups

Original publication

Dapagliflozin reduces systemic inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes without known heart failure. Cardiovasc Diabetol. Published 7 June 2024. doi:10.1186/s12933-024-02294-z

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