Efficacy Study of Metformin Glycinate on Postprandial Lipemia
Type 2 Diabetes
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Type 2 Diabetes focused on measuring Postprandial lipemia, Diabetes, Metformin glycinate, oxidized LDL
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients of both sexes
- Between 35 and 65 years old
- Patients with type 2 diabetes within two years of diagnosis according to the ADA criteria
- Overweight patients (BMI between 25.5 and 29.9 kg/m2) or with grade 1 obesity (BMI between 30.0 and 34.9 kg/m2), according to WHO classification
- Low HDL levels: <50 in women and <40 mg/dL in men
- Hypertriglyceridemia: >150 and less than 300 mg/dL
- Patients who had not taken antidiabetes drug treatment or with diet and exercise treatment, or with metformin or DPP4 inhibitor monotherapy
- HbA1c between 6.5 and 8.5%.
- Creatinine clearance >60 ml/min (calculated by Cockcroft and Gault)
- Informed consent form signed.
- Women using contraception.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with other types of diabetes (type 1, LADA, MODY, etc.).
- Patients with primary dyslipidemia.
- Patients with poorly substituted hypothyroidism TSH > 5 mU/mL.
- Patients hospitalized in the last month.
- Patients with a disease of poor short-term prognosis
- Patients with autoimmune or rheumatic diseases.
- Patients with acute infection or febrile illness.
- History of chronic liver disease or ALT or AST ≥ 2.0 times the upper limit of normal, or GGT ≥ 3 times the upper limit of normal.
- Patients with any other chronic disease, for example: HIV, rheumatic diseases.
- Pregnant or positive pregnancy test.
- Women who are breastfeeding.
- Patients in another research project.
Sites / Locations
- Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas Y Nutrición Salvador ZubiránRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
metformin glycinate
metformin hydrochloride
620mg tablets of metformin glycinate: 1 tablet by mouth at night for 3 days, 1 tablet in the morning and evening for 3 days, 1 tablet in the morning and 2 tablets in the evening for 3 days and 2 tablets in the evening and 2 tablets in the morning until the end of the study. Total study dose: 1240mg every 12 hours.
500mg tablets of metformin hydrochloride:1 tablet by mouth at night for 3 days, 1 tablet in the morning and evening for 3 days, 1 tablet in the morning and 2 tablets in the evening for 3 days and 2 tablets in the evening and 2 tablets in the morning until the end of the study. Total study dose: 1000mg every 12 hours.