Incretin and CRTd.
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Heart Failure
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- aged more than 18 years, with clinical hystory of T2DM non insulin dependent, and diagnosed failing heart with depressed ejection fraction; CRTd recipients.
Exclusion Criteria:
- T2DM in insuline therapy; renal impairment, chronic inflammatory and systemic diseases; neoplastic diseases.
Sites / Locations
- Raffaele Marfella
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Placebo Comparator
incretin arm
conventional hypoglycemic drug arm
T2DM with HF treated by CRTd participants will be assigned prospectively to an intervention (incretin therapy plus conventional hypoglycemic drug therapy) according to study protocol to evaluate the effect of the drug on cardiac deaths, all cause deaths, and hospital admission for heart failure.
T2DM with HF treated by CRTd participants will be assigned prospectively to placebo comparator (placebo plus conventional hypoglycemic drug therapy) according to study protocol to evaluate the effect of the drug on cardiac deaths, all cause deaths, and hospital admission for heart failure.