Liver transplant diabetes study tests which drug better fights fatty liver
NCT ID NCT05042505
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 100 liver transplant patients with diabetes to see if dapagliflozin or sitagliptin is better at reducing liver fat and improving body composition. Participants took one of the two drugs for 12 months. The goal was to find a safer and more effective way to manage diabetes and prevent fatty liver after transplant, since these patients must take lifelong immunosuppressants that raise blood sugar.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2022
- Finished
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Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Diagnosis of diabetes (pre-transplantation type 2 diabetes or new onset diabetes after transplantation) 2. Subjects taking insulin and/or metformin and/or sulfonylurea. 3. Body mass index (BMI) \>=18.5 kg/m2 Exclusion Criteria: 1. Type 1 diabetes 2. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \<45 ml/min/1.73 m2, calculated by the Chronic Kidney Disease - Epidemiology (CKD-EPI) equation 3. Liver aminotransferases \>3 times the upper limit of the reference range (upper normal limit AST or ALT \>=40 units/L) 4. History of recurrent urinary tract infection 5. History or current acute or chronic pancreatitis 6. Pregnancy 7. Presence of major contraindications to magnetic resonance imaging (cardiac pacemakers, claustrophobia, foreign bodies and implanted medical devices with ferromagnetic properties).
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Division Of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Medanta The Medicity
Gurgaon, Haryana, 122001, India
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