Diabetes drug tested to protect the heart from scarring

NCT ID NCT05367063

Summary

This study investigated whether the diabetes medication canagliflozin could reduce harmful scarring in the heart muscle of people with type 2 diabetes who are at high risk for heart disease. Researchers used special heart scans to measure scarring in 45 participants before and after treatment. The goal was to understand if this drug's known heart benefits work by preventing this type of heart damage.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200000, China

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