Changes in Bone Turnover With Exposure to a GLP-1 Receptor Agonist — CMBD  

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Clinical Trial

Official title: Changes in Bone Turnover With Exposure to a GLP-1 Receptor Agonist (UAB Core Center for Basic Skeletal Research)

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine changes in bone turnover markers and calcitonin following the initiation of exenatide compared to placebo in postmenopausal women wtih type 2 diabetes.

Hypothesis 1a: Bone resorption (measured by osteocalcin and bone-specific alkaline phosphatase) will be lower and bone formation (measured by type I collagen crosslinked aminoterminal peptide in urine (Urine NTX)) will be higher when subjects are treated with exenatide compared to when subjects are treated with placebo.

Hypothesis 1b: Calcitonin levels will not vary significantly between periods of treatment with exenatide vs. placebo.

Clinical Trial Description

Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) are at an increased risk of fracture, despite having bone mineral density (BMD) levels similar to age and sex matched cohorts. Recent studies have indicated that changes in incretin (INtestinal seCRETion of INsulin) hormones in the setting of T2DM may play a role in bone metabolism. Two of these incretin hormones, gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), have been shown to be involved in bone turnover regulation, in addition to their effect in increasing insulin secretion and decreasing glucagon secretion in a glucose-dependent manner. In addition, the rise in glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) in the postprandial state has been found to have a direct effect on reduced bone resorption in a non-fasting state and treatment with GLP-2 improved BMD in postmenopausal women. Due to their glucose lowering effects, incretin hormones have been a therapeutic target for the treatment of T2DM through GLP-1 receptor agonists (i.e. exenatide) or inhibition of incretin hormone metabolism via dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4)inhibitors. The GLP-1 receptor analog exenatide leads to an approximate 13-fold increased GLP-1 effect compared to approximate doubling of incretin hormone levels with current DDP-4 inhibitors. In rodent models, calcitonin levels rise significantly following treatment with GLP-1 receptor agonists, leading to c-cell hyperplasia. However, review of calcitonin changes in humans and cynomolgus monkeys treated with GLP-1 receptor agonists have not shown similar results. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Diabetes Mellitus
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
• Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

• NCT number: NCT01381926
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Start date: February 2011
• Completion date: August 2015