Efficacy and Safety of Liraglutide in Type 2 Diabetes With Lower Extremity Arterial Disease

What this study is testing ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04146155 ↗

Description as written by the study sponsor.

Diabetic lower extremity arterial disease ( DLEAD ), is a common complication of type 2 diabetes. However, DLEAD remains less studied than other diabetic vascular complications; and only few randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have dealt with major lower-limb adverse events as prespecified endpoints. Studies have suggested that glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogues have a protective effect on the development of atherosclerosis, potentially mediated via the GLP-1 receptors expressed on endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, and in monocytes/macrophages. The investigators aim to evaluate the improvement of lower extremity ischemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with lower limb vascular lesions after liraglutide, compared with the standard-of-care treatment group.

Treatments tested

• Liraglutide+standard-of-care treatment also known as Victoza Drug

  Liraglutide is available if pre-filled pens (6 mg/ml) as a solution for injection (Victoza®). One ml of solution contains 6 mg of Liraglutide (human glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue produced by recombinant DNA technology in Saccharomyces cerevisiae). One pre-filled pen contains 18 mg Liraglutide in 3 ml. Liraglutide is added to existing standard-of-care treatment containing one or more oral anti-hyperglycemic agents or insulin or a combination of these agents with the exception of other incretin and SGLT2i therapies in accordance with local clinical practice guidelines.

• standard-of-care treatment Other

  Standard-of-care treatment including: metformin should be given as the first line therapy as long as it is tolerated and not contraindicated; other agents, including sulfonylureas or glucosidase inhibitor or insulin, should be added to metformin .Glycemic control will be managed by the investigators in accordance with local clinical practice guidelines by the adjustment of concomitant glucose-lowering agents or the addition of new antidiabetic medications with the exception of incretin and SGLT2i therapies. This approach expect to yield similar glycemic control in the two study groups.