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Small study explores how genetics affect diabetes drug response

NCT ID NCT04323189

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This pilot study looks at how the diabetes drug sitagliptin (Januvia) affects people who naturally have lower levels of a protein called DPP4 due to their genes. Researchers will compare 20 adults with and without this genetic trait to see how sitagliptin changes blood sugar and DPP4 activity after a meal. The goal is to better understand how genetics influence drug response, not to test a new treatment.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Sitagliptin (Januvia)
What this could lead to
If successful, this could help explain why some people respond differently to sitagliptin, potentially leading to more personalized diabetes treatment.
What could go wrong
This is a very small pilot study with only 20 participants, so results may not apply to the general population. It is designed to gather information, not to prove a new treatment works.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Phase 4

Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.

Participants

About 20 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Aug 2020

Expected to finish

Feb 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 to 80 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Participant of the Penn Medicine Biobank who is willing to be recontacted to participate in future research. * Cases are defined as adults 18-70 years with likely decreased DPP4. * Controls are defined as adults who are matched to cases by: age, gender, race, BMI, hypertension status, diabetes status, renal function, and medication use that may affect outcomes of interest. Exclusion Criteria: * The study will exclude volunteers with any significant medical conditions that may interfere with study participation, data interpretation, or pose safety risk(s) to the subject. * Recent hospitalization or acute illness such as infection within the past two weeks * Pregnancy * Use of insulin * Use of a GLP-1 agonist or DPP4 inhibitor medication * Use of oral diabetes agents other than metformin unless matched with controls * Type 1 diabetes * Chronic steroid use or use within the last 30 days * Significant liver disease including liver enzymes \>3 x upper limit of normal range * Renal dysfunction defined as eGFR\< 50mL/min/1.73m2 * Significant cardiac disease such as heart transplantation * Significant gastrointestinal conditions that may interfere with drug absorption or GLP-1 release including bariatric surgery * Significant hematologic disease such as hematocrit \<35% * Use of chronic anticoagulation * Severe pulmonary disease * Severe neurologic or psychiatric disease * Inability to comprehend study procedures

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

heart failure hereditary disease type 2 diabetes mellitus

As listed by the trial registrant

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Genetics disease Heart failure TYPE2 diabetes

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

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