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Status unknownNCT04485845Updated Jul 24, 2020

Metformin Versus Vildagliptin in Reducing Risk of Metabolic Syndrome Complications Progression

A Phase 4 interventional study of Vildagliptin and Captopril Tablets in Metabolic Syndrome, Diabete Type 2 and Kidney Insufficiency, sponsored by Cairo University. Status unknown at 1 site in Egypt. Open to participants aged 40 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-07-24.

Sponsored by Cairo University · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jul 2020), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 4 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Nov 2019, registered Mar 2020).
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
39
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
40 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Several crosssectional and prospective studies have shown that metabolic syndrome and its related components are associated with both prevalent and incident CKD .

Although the mechanisms for these cardiovascular benefits of Metformin and vildagliptin remain unclear, they extend well beyond glycemic lowering, and therefore are probably best considered diverse "cardiometabolic" pharmaceuticals rather than simply type 2 diabetes drugs.

Metformin and vildagliptin have known vasculoprotective actions, but the value of these drugs on drug-naïve diabetic patients during 24 week use warrants investigation. The investigator's purpose was to observe their effects on weight control, Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, Metabolic Syndrome risk, and diabetic nephrooathy Progression.

Read the detailed description

the current study is investigating the relation betweeneach componant of metabolic syndrome and kidney injury incidence or prevalence, and the mechanism of its occurence. the kidney protective effect of metformin and vildagliptin and the mechanism of this action whether it is related to their glucose lowering mechanism or not is also one of the important points to be investigated in the study

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Conditions studied

  • Metabolic Syndrome
  • Diabete Type 2
  • Kidney Insufficiency

Keywords

  • metfomin
  • vildagliptin
  • metabolic syndrome
  • T2DM
  • nephropathy
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In context

Renal Insufficiency

1,995 studies on the registry are indexed under Renal Insufficiency; 173 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 39 is close to the median of 43 across 1,504 interventional studies indexed under Renal Insufficiency.

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Lead sponsor

Cairo University is the lead sponsor of 4,780 studies on the registry; 1,427 are open to participants now.

Of its 36 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 5 (14%) 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

  1. men or women 40-70 years of age
  2. body mass index be-tween≥22 and ≤40 kg/m2.
  3. DM with an HbA1c ≥ 7

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

(1) pregnant or nursing women; (2) chronic (>7 consecutive days) oral, parenteral or intra-articular corticosteroid treatment within 8 weeks prior to Visit 1 (3) history or evidence of major hepatopathy (aspartate aminotransferase or alanineaminotransferase activities > 2.5 times the upper limit of normal) (4) ischemic heart disease or cerebrovascular disease (5) creatinine level > 0.133 mmol/L (6) major diabetes complications (chronic renal insufficiency, proliferative retinopathy and stroke); (7) extreme dyslipidemia, such as familial hypercholesterolaemia

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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
39 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    metformin treated group

    A group of patients treated with a daily dose of metformin

    Drug: Captopril Tablets · Drug: MetFORMIN 500 Mg Oral Tablet

  • Experimental
    vildagliptin treated group

    A group of patients treated with a daily dose of vildagliptin

    Drug: Vildagliptin · Drug: Captopril Tablets

Interventions

  • DrugVildagliptin

    to compare the effect of both metformin and vildagliptin on the progression of diabetes and metabolic complications and risk factors

  • DrugCaptopril Tablets

    used to treat hypertension in metabolic syndrome patients and as a renal protector

  • DrugMetFORMIN 500 Mg Oral Tablet

    antihyperglycemic drug for elevated plasma glucose level and help in weight loss for patients suffering from diabetes or metabolic syndrome

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. progression of metabolic syndrome complications

    investigate the effect of antidiabetic drugs on improving patients' cases and reduce complcations of metablic syndrome and that will be assessed by measuring glucose serum levels, insulin plasma levels to calculate insulin resistance by HOMA-ir

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  2. estimation of metabolic syndrome deterioration

    study the effect of both antidiabetic drugs on blood pressure

    Time frame: 24 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. reduce nephropathic impairement

    study the impact of both metformin and vildagliptin on reducing kidney deterioration for patients suffering from metabolic syndrome and that can be assessed by measuring kidney function serologically using ELISA kits for each parameter

    Time frame: 24 weeks

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • National Diabetes & Endocrinology Institute
    Cairo, 11311, Egypt
    • dalia zaafar, phd · Contact
    • soha hassanin, phd · Contact
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 24, 2020, 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
NCT04485845
Lead sponsor
Cairo University
Responsible party
Dalia K. Zaafar (lecturer of pharmacology, Cairo University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 24, 2020
Start date
Nov 1, 2019
Primary completion
Aug 30, 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 30, 2020 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 24, 2020

Study contacts

Dalia Zaafar, PhD
Contact
dalia.zaffar@pharm.mti.edu.eg
00201117922833
soha hassanin, PhD
Contact
phsoha@hotmail.com
Dalia Zaafar, PhD
principal investigator · Lecturer of clinical pharmacology and toxicology

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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