DECREASE: Dapagliflozin Plus Exenatide on Central REgulation of Appetite in diabeteS typE 2 (DECREASE)
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus focused on measuring SGLT2 inhibition; dapagliflozin, GLP-1 receptor agonist; exenatide, Central satiety and reward circuits, bodyweight, brain
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18-75 years
- BMI 27-40 kg/m2
- Stable bodyweight (<5% reported change during the previous 3 months).
- Diagnosed with T2DM > 3 months prior to screening
- Treatment with metformin and/or sulphonylurea at a stable dose for at least 3 months.
- HbA1c 7.0-10% for patients treated with metformin
- HbA1c 7.5-10% for patients treated with metformin and/ or sulphonylurea
- For women: post menopausal (excluding possible menstruation cycle effects)
Exclusion Criteria:
- GLP-1 based therapies, DDP-4 inhibitors, SGLT-2 inhibitors, thiazolidinediones or insulin within 3 months before screening
- Weight-lowering agents within 3 months before screening.
- Congestive heart failure (NYHA II-IV)
- Chronic renal failure (glomerular filtration rate < 45 mL/min/1.73m2 per Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD))
- Liver disease
- History of gastrointestinal disorders (including gastroparese, pancreatitis and cholelithiasis)
- Patients with MEN2 syndrome or history or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma
- Neurological illness
- Malignancy (except for basal cell carcinoma)
- History of major heart disease
- History of major renal disease
- Pregnancy or breast feeding
- Implantable devices
- Substance abuse
- Addiction
- Alcohol abuse (defined as: for men > 21 units/week, for women >14 units/week)
- Smoking/ nicotine abuse (defined as: daily smoking / a daily use of nicotine)
- Contra-indication for MRI, such as claustrophobia or pacemaker
- psychiatric illnesses; mood disorders, eating disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, dissociative disorders, somatoform disorders, delirium, dementia and other cognitive disorders
- Chronic use of centrally acting agents or glucocorticoids within 2 weeks immediately prior to screening
- Use of cytostatic or immune modulatory agents
- History of allergy for exenatide or other GLP-1 RA
- Participation in other studies
- Individuals who have received treatment within the last 30 days with a drug that has not received regulatory approval for any indication at the time of study entry
- Individuals who are investigator site personnel, directly affiliated with the study, or are immediate family of investigator site personnel directly affiliated with the study. Immediate family is defined as a spouse, parent, child, or sibling, whether biological or legally adopted.
- Individuals who have previously completed or withdrawn from this study or any other study investigating GLP-1 receptor agonist or dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-4 within 6 months
- Visual disability, not correctable with glasses or contact lens
- Individuals who, in the opinion of the investigator, are unsuitable in any other way to participate in this study
- Poor commandment of the Dutch language or any (mental) disorder that precludes full understanding the purpose, instruction and hence participation in the study
- Further exclusion criteria will be in compliance with the EMeA SPC of exenatide and dapagliflozin
Sites / Locations
- Amsterdam UMC, location VU Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Placebo Comparator
SGLT2 inhibitor + GLP-1 receptor agonist
GLP-1 receptor agonist (exenatide) and placebo
SGLT2 inhibitor (dapagliflozin) and placebo
double placebo
dapagliflozin 10 mg tablet /day and exenatide twice daily subcutaneous injection (week 1-4; 5 microgram, week 5 -16; 10 microgram)
GLP-1 receptor agonist exenatide twice daily in combination with placebo dapagliflozin
SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin 10 mg tablet /day in combination with placebo GLP-1 receptor agonist exenatide twice daily
placebo dapagliflozin and placebo exenatide twice daily