Can a diabetes drug unclog the Heart's tiny vessels?
NCT ID NCT07741890
First seen Aug 03, 2026 · Last updated Aug 04, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether dapagliflozin, a drug used for diabetes, can improve blood flow in the tiny vessels of the heart in people with angina (chest pain) but no blocked coronary arteries. Participants will take either dapagliflozin or a placebo daily for 180 days. The study measures changes in heart blood flow using MRI scans, and also looks at heart tissue health and structure. The goal is to see if this drug can ease symptoms and improve heart function in this condition.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Dapagliflozin (10 mg tablet) taken daily for 180 days, compared against a placebo.
- What this could lead to
- If it works, dapagliflozin could become a new treatment option to ease chest pain and improve heart blood flow in people with angina caused by tiny vessel dysfunction, not blocked arteries.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase 2 trial with 120 participants, so results may not hold up in larger studies. Dapagliflozin can cause side effects like dehydration, urinary infections, or low blood sugar, and it may not improve symptoms for everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Participant is older than 18 years of age * Participant is willing and able to sign informed consent * Participant is willing to comply with the specified follow-up evaluations * Anginal Symptoms (chest pain, pressure, dyspnea on exertion, or anginal equivalents * Stable CMD treatment (ie: Guideline Directed Medical Treatment) for \>30 days prior to enrollment with no plans to change treatment during trial duration * Non-obstructive CAD: Patients with non-obstructive CAD (coronary narrowing of \<50%, and/or FFR ≥0.80) assessed by Left Heart Cath or CCTA within the past 5 years * Diagnosis of CMD based on prior testing within 5 years: 1. Invasive Coronary Functional Testing derived Coronary Flow Reserve (CFR) \< 2.5 2. Stress Cardiac MRI measure myocardial perfusion reserve index (MPRI) \<2.5 3. Stress Positron Emission Tomography (PET) measured Myocardial Blood Flow \<2.5 Exclusion Criteria: * Clinical Diagnosis Type 1 or 2 diabetes on medical treatment * Clinical Diagnosis of Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) * Symptomatic Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) * History of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) * Severe valvular heart disease (any valve) * BMI \> 35 kg/m² * Cardiomyopathy based on infiltrative diseases (e.g. amyloidosis), accumulation diseases (e.g. haemochromatosis, Fabry disease), muscular dystrophies, cardiomyopathy with reversible causes (e.g. stress cardiomyopathy), hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy or known pericardial constriction * Current treatment with any SGLT-2 inhibitor * Hypersensitivity to SGLT2i * Impaired renal function (eGFR less than 30 mL/min/1.73 m2) * Symptomatic hypotension * History of genital mycotic infections * History of chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs) * Pre-menopausal women (last menstruation ≤ 1 year prior to informed consent) who: - are nursing or pregnant or - are of child-bearing potential and are not practicing an acceptable method of birth control, or do not plan to continue using this method throughout the study and do not agree to submit to periodic pregnancy testing during participation in the trial. Acceptable methods of birth control include tubal ligation, transdermal patch, intra uterine devices/systems (IUDs/IUSs), oral, implantable or injectable contraceptives, sexual abstinence (if allowed by local Authorities), double barrier method and vasectomized partner. * Contraindications to CMRI such as ferromagnetic implants and materials, Cochlear implants, implanted neurostimulators, severe obesity, and certain cerebral aneurysm clips, severe claustrophobia. * Comorbidities limiting life expectancy to less than one year * Any clinical condition that might interfere with the trial protocol or the Participant's ability to be compliant with the trial protocol (e.g., active alcohol or drug abuse, dementia). * Currently enrolled in another investigational device or drug trial, or less than 30 days since ending another investigational device or drug trial(s) or receiving other investigational treatment(s). Patients participating in a purely observational trial will not be excluded * Any other condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, may preclude the participant from safe participation in the study or compromise data integrity
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