A Phase 4 interventional study of Liraglutide 3 mg (Saxenda) and Liraglutide 3 mg placebo in Osteoarthritis and Obesity, sponsored by Henrik Gudbergsen. Completed at 1 site in Denmark. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 74 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-03-25.
Sponsored by Henrik Gudbergsen · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment
This is a substudy to a randomised trial investigating the effect of liraglutide on body weight and pain in overweight or obese patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) (NCT02905864). In the parent trial, patients will be subjected to an 8-week diet intervention phase including a low-calorie diet and dietetic counseling, after which patients will be randomised to receive either liraglutide 3 mg or liraglutide 3 mg placebo as an add-on to dietetic guidance on re-introducing regular foods and a focus on continued motivation to engage in a healthy lifestyle.
This substudy aims to investigate the impact of, and subsequent change of, joint inflammation and clinical symptoms, in obese patients with knee osteoarthritis following a randomisation to Liraglutide 3 mg or Liraglutide 3 mg placebo treatment between weeks 0-52.
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Arm description: Subjects will be up titrated to liraglutide 3 mg once daily (QD) and stay on that dose for the remainder of the 52-week drug intervention period. Drug: Liraglutide 3 mg QD administered in a 6 mg/mL, 3 mL pen for subcutaneous injection. Dose escalation scheme: Initial dosage of 0.6 mg per day, escalated bi-weekly by 0.6 mg to 3 mg per day over a total of 8 weeks.
Drug: Liraglutide 3 mg (Saxenda)
Arm description: Subjects will be up titrated to liraglutide 3 mg placebo QD and stay on that dose for the remainder of the 52-week drug intervention period. Drug: Liraglutide 3 mg placebo QD administered in a 6 mg/mL drug equivalent volumes, 3 mL pen for subcutaneous injection. Dose escalation scheme: Initial dosage of a 0.6 mg drug equivalent volume per day, escalated bi-weekly by an 0.6 mg drug equivalent volume per day to a 3 mg drug equivalent volume per day over a total of 8 weeks.
Drug: Liraglutide 3 mg placebo
Change in the degree of inflammation in the knee-joint (Greyscale-score)
Change will be assessed by grey-scale ultrasound (US) in the suprapatellar, the medial, and the lateral recess´ (sum-score (0-9), derived from these three positions)
Time frame: Week 0 to 52
Change in knee-joint effusion
Change in effusion will be assessed via the US knee OA musculoskeletal ultrasound score (MUS) score (Riecke BF et al.)
Time frame: Week 0 to 52
Change in the degree of inflammation in the knee-joint (Greyscale-size)
Change will be assessed by grey-scale ultrasound in the suprapatellar, the medial, and the lateral recess´ (sum of size-scores (mm) of these three positions)
Time frame: Week 0 to 52
Change in the degree of inflammation in the knee-joint (Doppler-score)
Change will be assessed by Doppler ultrasound in the suprapatellar, the medial, and the lateral recess´ (sum-score (0-9), derived from these three positions)
Time frame: Week 0 to 52
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