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CompletedNCT01680978Updated Nov 2, 2016

A Study to Evaluate the Effect of Aleglitazar on Cardiac Energetics and Function in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and no History of Coronary Artery Disease

A Phase 2 interventional study of aleglitazar and placebo in Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, sponsored by Hoffmann-La Roche. Completed at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to participants aged 40 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-11-02.

Sponsored by Hoffmann-La Roche · Phase 2 and Interventional

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
18
Ages
40 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

A single center, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, crossover, phase II study to assess the effect of aleglitazar on cardiac energetics and function in patients with uncomplicated type 2 diabetes mellitus and no history of coronary artery disease who are drug-naïve or treated with stable metformin. Eligible patients will receive either 150 mcg aleglitazar or placebo orally daily for 6 weeks. After a washout period of 6 weeks, patients will cross over to the treatment not yet received.

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Conditions studied

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In context

Coronary Artery Disease

5,598 studies on the registry are indexed under Coronary Artery Disease; 957 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 18 is below the median of 124 across 3,436 interventional studies indexed under Coronary Artery Disease.

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Lead sponsor

Hoffmann-La Roche is the lead sponsor of 2,061 studies on the registry; 85 are open to participants now.

Of its 319 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 239 (75%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
40 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult patients, 40 to 70 years of age (inclusive) at screening
  • Patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus diagnosed at least 12 weeks before screening and either drug-naïve or treated with stable metformin monotherapy for at least 12 weeks prior to screening
  • HbA1c >/= 7 % and \</= 9% at screening
  • Absence of history of coronary artery disease

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis or history of Type 1 diabetes mellitus, diabetes resulting from pancreatic injury, or secondary forms of diabetes
  • Current treatment with fibrates, thiazolidinediones, or insulin
  • Prior intolerance to thiazolidinediones and/or fibrates
  • Clinically significant liver disease or impaired liver function
  • Know chronic diabetic complications (i.e. retinopathy, neuropathy, nephropathy)
  • Symptomatic congestive heart failure classified as NYHA class II-IV
  • Diagnosed and/or treated malignancy within the past 5 years, except for treated basal cell skin cancer, in situ carcinoma of the cervix, or in situ prostate cancer
  • Contraindications to MRI, or inability to tolerate MRI scanning
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
18 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Aleglitazar

    Drug: aleglitazar

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Drug: placebo

Interventions

  • Drugaleglitazar

    150 mcg orally daily, 6 weeks

  • Drugplacebo

    orally daily, 6 weeks

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Cardiac energetics: Change in PCr/ATP ratio using phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS)

    Time frame: from baseline to Week 6

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in left ventricular diastolic function measured by mitral inflow, tissue Doppler Imaging and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

    Time frame: from baseline to Week 6

  2. Change in cardiac/hepatic triglyceride content assessed my MRS

    Time frame: from baseline to Week 6

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Study locations

1 site
  • Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 2, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01680978
Lead sponsor
Hoffmann-La Roche
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 7, 2012
Start date
Oct 2012
Primary completion
Sep 2013
Completion
Sep 2013
Last update
Nov 2, 2016

Study contacts

Clinical Trials
study director · Hoffmann-La Roche
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