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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
PHASE2
166 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2020-12-15
2027-08-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Study aim: To examine the safety and efficacy of "low-dose" (15 mg/day) pioglitazone compared to placebo (control) in patients with type 2 diabetes and NASH in a 72-week randomized controlled study design.
Description: This is a single center, phase 2A, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pioglitazone in subjects that are 21 to 75 years of age, with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) confirmed by liver biopsy and who have type 2 diabetes. Eligible subjects will be enrolled into two treatments arms: Pioglitazone 15 mg or placebo in a ratio 1:1. All subjects will be enrolled and followed at the our research center, the University of Florida NIH-sponsored Clinical Translational Science Institute. Upon study entry, patients will undergo a detailed medical history, physical exam, baseline routine laboratories, EKG, elastography (VCTE). Those who meet al inclusion/exclusion criteria will undergo further imaging by MRI and measurement of blood diagnostic panels hormones and biomarkers relevant to the disease state (steatohepatitis). A liver biopsy, if not done prior to study entry, will be performed. Patients that qualify (NASH with fibrosis F1-F3) will be randomized in a double-blind fashion to either pioglitazone or placebo. They will be followed during 10 scheduled visits after randomization for 72 weeks of treatment. Blood testing, imaging and a liver biopsy will be repeated as done at baseline. After completion of the study treatment period, subjects will be followed for an additional period of 4 weeks without study medication (week 76).
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
QUADRUPLE
Study Groups
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Pioglitazone
Two arm, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 72 week treatment study receiving pioglitazone 15mg/day.
Pioglitazone
An insulin-sensitizer FDA-approved to treat hyperglycemia caused by type 2 diabetes.
Placebo
Two arm, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 72 week treatment study receiving placebo.
Placebo
Placebo looks just like pioglitazone and is given in the same way but has no active drug in it.
Interventions
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Pioglitazone
An insulin-sensitizer FDA-approved to treat hyperglycemia caused by type 2 diabetes.
Placebo
Placebo looks just like pioglitazone and is given in the same way but has no active drug in it.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Aged 21 to 75 years.
3. Patients with a diagnosis T2DM based on prior medical history, medication use, or results from a fasting plasma glucose or hemoglobin A1c, according to American Diabetes Association guidelines.
4. Patients will be allowed to participate the glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is ≤ 9.5% on diet alone or on a stable dose (for at least 2 months) of the following diabetes medications: metformin, sulfonylurea, acarbose, DPP-IV inhibitors, SGLT2 inhibitors or insulin. The insulin total daily dose should be stable (defined as within 20% for the prior 2 months prior to study entry). A GLP-1 receptor agonist will be allowed if on a stable dose for 6 months prior to enrollment and body weight stable (defined as within 3%) in the prior 3 months. Diabetes medications will be continued at stable doses during the entire study (except if glycemic control deteriorates based on HbA1c; addition of metformin, sulfonylurea, acarbose, DPP-IV or insulin will be allowed if needed; pioglitazone, GLP-1RA or SGLT2 inhibitors will not).
5. Hemoglobin level of at least 11.0 g/L (men) or at least 10.0 g/L (women), leukocyte count of at least 3.0 × 109 cells/L, neutrophil count of at least 1.5 × 109 cells/L, platelet count of at least 100 × 109 cells/L, albumin level of at least 2.5 g/L, serum creatinine level of 2.5 mg/dL or less, INR \> 1.4, bilirubin \> 1.3 mg/dL (unless if non-conjugated bilirubin elevated in the setting of Gilbert's syndrome), and AST and ALT levels no more than 8 times the ULN.
Exclusion Criteria
2. Receipt of long-term therapy with medications known to have adverse effects on glucose tolerance, unless the patient has been receiving a stable dose of such agents for 4 weeks before study entry.
3. Use of medications that could induce steatosis, such as estrogen or other hormonal replacement therapy, amiodarone, methotrexate, tamoxifen, raloxifene, pharmacological doses of oral glucocorticoids (≥10 mg per day of prednisone or equivalent), or chloroquine.
4. Use of vitamin E (doses ≥800 IU/dy) or pioglitazone or any FDA-approved drug for NASH to be approved during the study.
5. Any cause of chronic liver disease other than NASH, including but not restricted to alcohol or drug abuse, medication, chronic hepatitis B or C virus infection, autoimmune liver disease, hemochromatosis, Wilson disease (if younger than age 50), α1-antitrypsin deficiency, history of exposure to hepatotoxic drugs or history of primary or metastatic liver cancer.
6. Presence of other medical conditions known to cause fatty liver disease.
7. Any clinical or laboratory evidence of cirrhosis or hepatic decompensation, such as history of ascites, esophageal bleeding varices, or spontaneous encephalopathy.
8. Prior or scheduled surgical procedures, including gastroplasty or jejunoileal or jejunocolic bypass.
9. Prior exposure to organic solvents, such as carbon tetrachloride.
10. Total parenteral nutrition within the past 6 months.
11. Patients with other forms of diabetes other than T2DM.
12. History of clinically significant heart disease such as congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Classification greater than grade II-IV), unstable cardiovascular disease such as unstable angina (i.e., new or worsening symptoms of coronary heart disease within the past 6 months), acute coronary syndrome or coronary artery intervention within the past 6 months, acute myocardial infarction in the past 6 months; history of (within prior 6 months) or current unstable cardiac dysrhythmias.
13. Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure \>160 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure \>100 mmHg); clinically evident peripheral vascular disease (history of claudication); stroke or transient ischemic attack within the prior 6 months; clinically significant pulmonary disease (dyspnea on exertion of ≤1 flight; abnormal breath sounds on auscultation), or kidney disease as defined above per plasma creatinine elevation or significant proteinuria (macroalbuminuria).
14. Pregnancy or lactation in women. Must have a negative pregnancy test or at least be two-year post-menopausal. Women with childbearing potential (i.e. fertile, following menarche and until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile) must be using a highly effective method of contraception (i.e. combined (estrogen and progesterone containing) hormonal/ progesterone-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation, intrauterine device, intrauterine hormone-releasing system, bilateral tubal occlusion, vasectomized partner). The contraceptive method will have to be followed for at least one menstruation cycle after the end of the study.
15. History of malignancy in the past 5 years and/or active neoplasm with the exception of resolved superficial nonmelanoma skin cancer.
16. History of bladder disease and/or hematuria or has current hematuria unless due to a recent urinary tract infection.
17. Hemostasis disorders or current treatment with anticoagulants.
18. Any other criteria that based on the assessment of the research team the patient is deemed to be a poor research candidate.
21 Years
75 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
NIH
University of Florida
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Kenneth Cusi, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Florida
Locations
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University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, United States
Countries
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Facility Contacts
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References
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Bril F, Cusi K. Management of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Call to Action. Diabetes Care. 2017 Mar;40(3):419-430. doi: 10.2337/dc16-1787.
Gastaldelli A, Cusi K. From NASH to diabetes and from diabetes to NASH: Mechanisms and treatment options. JHEP Rep. 2019 Jul 19;1(4):312-328. doi: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2019.07.002. eCollection 2019 Oct.
Belfort R, Harrison SA, Brown K, Darland C, Finch J, Hardies J, Balas B, Gastaldelli A, Tio F, Pulcini J, Berria R, Ma JZ, Dwivedi S, Havranek R, Fincke C, DeFronzo R, Bannayan GA, Schenker S, Cusi K. A placebo-controlled trial of pioglitazone in subjects with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. N Engl J Med. 2006 Nov 30;355(22):2297-307. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa060326.
Aithal GP, Thomas JA, Kaye PV, Lawson A, Ryder SD, Spendlove I, Austin AS, Freeman JG, Morgan L, Webber J. Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of pioglitazone in nondiabetic subjects with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Gastroenterology. 2008 Oct;135(4):1176-84. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.06.047. Epub 2008 Jun 25.
Sanyal AJ, Chalasani N, Kowdley KV, McCullough A, Diehl AM, Bass NM, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Lavine JE, Tonascia J, Unalp A, Van Natta M, Clark J, Brunt EM, Kleiner DE, Hoofnagle JH, Robuck PR; NASH CRN. Pioglitazone, vitamin E, or placebo for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. N Engl J Med. 2010 May 6;362(18):1675-85. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0907929. Epub 2010 Apr 28.
Cusi K, Orsak B, Bril F, Lomonaco R, Hecht J, Ortiz-Lopez C, Tio F, Hardies J, Darland C, Musi N, Webb A, Portillo-Sanchez P. Long-Term Pioglitazone Treatment for Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Prediabetes or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2016 Sep 6;165(5):305-15. doi: 10.7326/M15-1774. Epub 2016 Jun 21.
Bril F, Biernacki DM, Kalavalapalli S, Lomonaco R, Subbarayan SK, Lai J, Tio F, Suman A, Orsak BK, Hecht J, Cusi K. Role of Vitamin E for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Diabetes Care. 2019 Aug;42(8):1481-1488. doi: 10.2337/dc19-0167. Epub 2019 May 21.
Aronoff S, Rosenblatt S, Braithwaite S, Egan JW, Mathisen AL, Schneider RL. Pioglitazone hydrochloride monotherapy improves glycemic control in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes: a 6-month randomized placebo-controlled dose-response study. The Pioglitazone 001 Study Group. Diabetes Care. 2000 Nov;23(11):1605-11. doi: 10.2337/diacare.23.11.1605.
Miyazaki Y, Matsuda M, DeFronzo RA. Dose-response effect of pioglitazone on insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2002 Mar;25(3):517-23. doi: 10.2337/diacare.25.3.517.
Rosenstock J, Einhorn D, Hershon K, Glazer NB, Yu S; Pioglitazone 014 Study Group. Efficacy and safety of pioglitazone in type 2 diabetes: a randomised, placebo-controlled study in patients receiving stable insulin therapy. Int J Clin Pract. 2002 May;56(4):251-7.
Rajagopalan S, Dutta P, Hota D, Bhansali A, Srinivasan A, Chakrabarti A. Effect of low dose pioglitazone on glycemic control and insulin resistance in Type 2 diabetes: A randomized, double blind, clinical trial. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2015 Sep;109(3):e32-5. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2015.05.030. Epub 2015 May 15.
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Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the University of Florida
Other Identifiers
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OCR34802
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
PRO00025104
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
IRB202000690-N-A
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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