Diabetes drug dapagliflozin may protect hearts after attack
NCT ID NCT05050500
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether the diabetes drug dapagliflozin can reduce inflammation and improve outcomes in people with type 2 diabetes who recently had a heart attack. Researchers gave 143 patients either dapagliflozin or standard care for 6 months. They measured heart complications like another heart attack, stroke, or death, as well as levels of inflammatory markers in the blood.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- dapagliflozin (a diabetes drug that also helps the heart)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that adding dapagliflozin to standard care after a heart attack reduces inflammation and lowers the risk of further heart problems in people with type 2 diabetes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center Phase 4 study with only 143 participants. Results may not apply to all patients, and the drug may not show a clear benefit over standard therapy alone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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143 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2023
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- 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 to 80 years
- 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: 1. Diagnosed with acute MI, either STEMI or NSTEMI, according to the fourth universal definition of MI (Thygesen et al. 2019), disease onset within 7 days. 2. Previously diagnosed with type2 diabetes mellitus, newly diagnosed type2 diabetes according to ADA criteria or glucose intolerance. 3. Capable of giving signed informed consent, which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form and the protocol. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. 2. Patients with renal dysfunction. (GFR\<90mmol/L). 3. Patients who have recently undergone immunosuppressive therapy. 4. Patients with a history of recurrent urinary tract infections. 5. Patients who are known to be allergic to SGLT-2 inhibitors. 6. Patients who are hemodynamically unstable. 7. Chronic symptomatic heart failure within the last year and known reduced ejection fraction (LVEF≤40 %), documented before the current MI hospitalization. 8. Severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh class C) at the time of inclusion into the trial. 9. Any other non cardiovascular diseases, such as active malignancy requiring treatment at the time of screening or with a life expectancy of fewer than two years based on the investigator´s clinical judgment. 10. Currently on treatment with a sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2-inhibitor).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mengmei Li
Qingdao, Shandong, 266042, China
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