Twelve week liraglutide or sitagliptin does not affect hepatic fat in type 2 diabetes: a randomised placebo-controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

Glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1-based therapies have been suggested to improve hepatic steatosis. We assessed the effects of the GLP-1 receptor agonist liraglutide and the dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-4 inhibitor sitagliptin on hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Methods

In this 12 week, parallel, randomised, placebo-controlled trial, performed at the VU University Medical Center between July 2013 and August 2015, 52 overweight patients with type 2 diabetes treated with metformin and/or sulphonylurea agent ([mean ± SD] age 62.7 ± 6.9 years, HbA_1c 7.3 ± 0.7% or 56 ± 1 mmol/mol) were allocated to once daily liraglutide 1.8 mg (n = 17), sitagliptin 100 mg (n = 18) or matching placebos (n = 17) by computer generated numbers. Bo

SUBMITTER: Smits MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6518065 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature