To Evaluate the Effect of Liraglutide on Ambulatory Blood Pressure-A Pilot Study

What this study is testing ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02299388 ↗

Description as written by the study sponsor.

The investigators are conducting this research to study the effect of Liraglutide on blood pressure. Several studies have shown increased cardiovascular complications and deaths in diabetics with hypertension. The importance of blood pressure control in diabetes has been shown in many clinical trials. No drug already approved for treating Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is known to reduce blood pressure along with improving diabetes. However, prior research studies with liraglutide have suggested that treatment with liraglutide improves blood pressure. This effect is seen very quickly and even prior to any weight loss. The mechanism behind this effect is yet to be determined.

Treatments tested

• Liraglutide or Placebo also known as Victoza Drug

  All subjects will be advised a low sodium diet. Eligible patients will have ABPM measurements and laboratory blood collection at baseline (prior to initiation of Liraglutide or Placebo), at 4 and 8 weeks of therapy. Patients will return 24 hours following ABPM placement for device and data retrieval.