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Status unknownNCT05217654Updated Feb 16, 2022

Trial to Investigate the Effect of Dapagliflozin on Ischemia Reperfusion Induced Endothelial Dysfunction

A Phase 1 interventional study of Dapagliflozin 10mg and Placebo in Reperfusion Injury and Vascular Complications, sponsored by Medical University of Vienna. Status unknown at 1 site in Austria. Open to male participants aged 18 Years to 40 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-02-16.

Sponsored by Medical University of Vienna · Phase 1, Interventional, and Basic science

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Feb 2022), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
32
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 40 Years
Sex
Male
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Study summary

The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of dapagliflozin or placebo on acetylcholine (Ach)- or nitroglycerin (GTN)-induced vasodilation of the forearm resistance vasculature, as determined by FBF measurement before and 10 minutes after 20 minutes of forearm ischemia.

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The aim is to test the effect of dapagliflozin or placebo on ACh-induced vasodilatation of the forearm resistance vasculature as assessed by FBF measurement before and 10 min after a 20 min forearm ischemia as well as after a 14 day treatment period. The area under the dose-effect curve (AUC) of different ACh doses will be calculated and compared between treatment groups (dapagliflozin vs. placebo) and different time points (pre-ischemia vs. post-ischemia). FBF measurements will be made in response to increasing intra-arterial doses of ACh (25, 50, 100 nmol/min) to assess endothelial function or GTN (4, 8, 16 nmol/min) to test vascular smooth muscle vasodilator function.

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Conditions studied

  • Reperfusion Injury
  • Vascular Complications

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Keywords

  • dapagliflozin
  • forearm blood flow measurement
  • reperfusion injury
  • vascular function
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In context

Reperfusion Injury

278 studies on the registry are indexed under Reperfusion Injury; 41 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 32 is below the median of 60 across 221 interventional studies indexed under Reperfusion Injury.

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Lead sponsor

Medical University of Vienna is the lead sponsor of 1,105 studies on the registry; 182 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 40 Years
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy male subjects; 18 - 40 years of age
  • Body mass index between 18 and 27 kg/m2
  • Written informed consent
  • Normal findings in medical history
  • Non-smoking

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Regular intake of any medication including OTC drugs and herbals within 2 weeks before IMP administration
  • History of occlusive vascular diseases
  • History of vascular anomalies
  • History of coagulation disorders
  • History of diabetes mellitus (Type 1\&2) or pre-diabetes (i.e. HbA1c ≥ 5,7 %)
  • History of kidney disease
  • History of ketoacidosis
  • Impaired liver function (AST, ALT, gGT, bilirubin >3 x ULN)
  • Impaired renal function (serum creatinine > 1.3 mg/dl)
  • Any other relevant deviation from the normal range in clinical chemistry, haematology or urine analysis
  • HIV-1/2-Ab, HbsAg or HCV-Ab positive serology
  • Systolic blood pressure above 145 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure above 95 mmHg
  • Known allergy against any test agent under study and/or lactose intolerance
  • Regular daily consumption of more than on litre of xanthine-containing beverages or more than 40g alcohol
  • Participation in another clinical trial during the preceding 3 weeks
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
32 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Dapagliflozin

    14 day orally treatment with dapagliflozin

    Drug: Dapagliflozin 10mg

  • Placebo comparator
    Dapagliflozin-placebo

    14 day orally treatment with dapagliflozin - placebo

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • Daily orally administration of 10mg dapagliflozin

    Also known as: Forxiga 10mg Tabletten

  • DrugPlacebo

    Daily orally administration of 10mg dapagliflozin-placebo

    Also known as: Placebo tablets

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Acetylcholine - Area under the curve forearm blood flow measurement

    effect of dapagliflozin after a two weeks period of regular intake on forearm blood flow (FBF) reactivity in response to the vasodilators acetylcholine (ACh; endothelium-dependent agonist) or nitroglycerin (GTN; endothelium-independent vasodilator)

    Time frame: 14 days

  2. Acetylcholine - Area under the curve forearm blood flow measurement

    acute effect of dapagliflozin on forearm blood flow (FBF) reactivity in response to the vasodilators acetylcholine (ACh; endothelium-dependent agonist) or nitroglycerin (GTN; endothelium-independent vasodilator) 10 min before (baseline) and after 20 min forearm ischemia, respectively.

    Time frame: 30 min

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Medical University of Vienna
    Vienna, 1090, Austria
    • Michael Wolzt, Prof. Dr. · Contact · klin-pharmakologie@meduniwien.ac.at · +43 (0) 1 40400 29810
    • Michael Wolzt, Prof. Dr. · Principal investigator
    • Martin Lutnik, Dr. · Sub investigator
    • Stefan Weisshaar, DDr. · Sub investigator
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

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  • Pleiner J, Schaller G, Mittermayer F, Marsik C, MacAllister RJ, Kapiotis S, Ziegler S, Ferlitsch A, Wolzt M. Intra-arterial vitamin C prevents endothelial dysfunction caused by ischemia-reperfusion. Atherosclerosis. 2008 Mar;197(1):383-91. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.06.011. Epub 2007 Jul 23. PubMed 17645881 ↗
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  • Korkmaz-Icoz S, Kocer C, Sayour AA, Kraft P, Benker MI, Abulizi S, Georgevici AI, Brlecic P, Radovits T, Loganathan S, Karck M, Szabo G. The Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor Canagliflozin Alleviates Endothelial Dysfunction Following In Vitro Vascular Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rats. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jul 21;22(15):7774. doi: 10.3390/ijms22157774. PubMed 34360539 ↗
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  • Liem DA, Verdouw PD, Duncker DJ. Transient limb ischemia induces remote ischemic preconditioning in vivo. Circulation. 2003 Jun 24;107(24):e218-9; author reply e218-9. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000077520.36997.F9. No abstract available. PubMed 12821595 ↗
  • Kharbanda RK, Peters M, Walton B, Kattenhorn M, Mullen M, Klein N, Vallance P, Deanfield J, MacAllister R. Ischemic preconditioning prevents endothelial injury and systemic neutrophil activation during ischemia-reperfusion in humans in vivo. Circulation. 2001 Mar 27;103(12):1624-30. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.103.12.1624. PubMed 11273988 ↗
  • Benjamin N, Calver A, Collier J, Robinson B, Vallance P, Webb D. Measuring forearm blood flow and interpreting the responses to drugs and mediators. Hypertension. 1995 May;25(5):918-23. doi: 10.1161/01.hyp.25.5.918. PubMed 7737727 ↗
  • Barcroft H, Edholm OG. The effect of temperature on blood flow and deep temperature in the human forearm. J Physiol. 1943 Jun 30;102(1):5-20. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1943.sp004009. No abstract available. PubMed 16991588 ↗
  • Seman L, Macha S, Nehmiz G, Simons G, Ren B, Pinnetti S, Woerle HJ, Dugi K. Empagliflozin (BI 10773), a Potent and Selective SGLT2 Inhibitor, Induces Dose-Dependent Glucosuria in Healthy Subjects. Clin Pharmacol Drug Dev. 2013 Apr;2(2):152-61. doi: 10.1002/cpdd.16. Epub 2013 Mar 27. PubMed 27121669 ↗
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  • Weisshaar S, Litschauer B, Kerbel T, Wolzt M. Atorvastatin combined with ticagrelor prevent ischemia-reperfusion induced vascular endothelial dysfunction in healthy young males - A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded study. Int J Cardiol. 2018 Mar 15;255:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.12.067. Epub 2017 Dec 24. PubMed 29288055 ↗
  • Weisshaar S, Litschauer B, Eipeldauer M, Hobl EL, Wolzt M. Ticagrelor mitigates ischaemia-reperfusion induced vascular endothelial dysfunction in healthy young males - a randomized, single-blinded study. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2017 Dec;83(12):2651-2660. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13378. Epub 2017 Aug 22. PubMed 28715608 ↗
  • Lutnik M, Weisshaar S, Litschauer B, Bayerle-Eder M, Niederdockl J, Wolzt M. Dapagliflozin prevents vascular ischemia-reperfusion injury in healthy young males: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded trial. Sci Rep. 2025 May 13;15(1):16633. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-01405-4. PubMed 40360700 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Start is estimated for Feb 2022; primary completion for Feb 2023, 11 months later.

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Registered
Jan 5, 2022
First posted
Feb 1, 2022
StartEst.
Feb 18, 2022
Primary completionEst.
Feb 1, 2023
CompletionEst.
Aug 1, 2023
Last update
Feb 16, 2022
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Completion.
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Actual and Est.
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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 16, 2022, 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
NCT05217654
Responsible party
Michael Wolzt, Prof. MD (Univ. Prof. Dr., Medical University of Vienna) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 1, 2022
Start date
Feb 18, 2022 (estimated)
Primary completion
Feb 1, 2023 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 1, 2023 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 16, 2022

Study contacts

Martin Lutnik, M.D.
Contact
martin.lutnik@meduniwien.ac.at
+43 1 40400 ext. 29810
Michael Wolzt, M.D.
Contact
michael.wolzt@meduniwien.ac.at
+43 1 40400 ext. 29810

Oversight

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