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Effects of canagliflozin on the hepatic steatosis, adipose tissue and skeletal muscle in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease / non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Effects of canagliflozin on the hepatic steatosis, adipose tissue and skeletal muscle in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease / non-alcoholic steatohepatitis - Effects of canagliflozin on hepatic steatosis, adipose tissue and skeletal muscle in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus with NAFLD/NASH

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000018814
Enrollment
20
Registered
2015-08-28
Start date
2015-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Type 2 diabetes mellitus with NAFLD/NASH

Interventions

Implementation of FDG-PET/CT. Plain CT, plain MRI,FDG-PET/CT and Fibroscan are performed twice for six months.

Sponsors

Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with type 2 diabetes who fulfilled the following criteria. 1) Patients with HbA1c equal to or greater than 6.0% and lesser than 9.0%. 2) Patients treated with diet, exercise or antidiabetic medications except SGLT2 inhibitor. 3) Patients with a BMI more than 20. 4) Patients with fatty liver diagnosed by abdominal US, and who have a diagnosis of NAFLD or NASH based on the definition of the medical treatment guide of NASH, NAFLD of the Japan society of hepatology. 5) Patients that blood pressure and lipids are well controlled. 6)Having provided voluntary written consent for participation in this study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: -Patients corresponding to any of the following are inapplicable -Patients with a history of allergy to any component of the study medications -Patients with severe ketosis or diabetic coma. -Patients with severe infections, perioperative status, or severe trauma -Patients with severe complications( liver disease, renal disease, mental disorder, cancer) -Patients that we may be running out of plasticity of enforcement for image or analysis of the examination, for example, remarkable spinal column scoliosis -Patients who has difficulty in MRI study implementation including having a Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and internal metal et al -Pregnancy or lactation in women -Inadequacy of usingig this therapy

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
A change in liver fat fraction after administrating a canagliflozin using MRI

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
-A change in hepatic CT HU using CT -A change in visceral and subcutaneous fat cross sectional area using CT. -A change in cross sectional area, CT HU and ratio of fat infiltration of skeletal muscles using CT. -A change in CAP and liver stiffness measurements by FibroScan. -Evaluation of the degree of FDG accumulation of liver, brain, skeletal muscles using FDGPETCT. -Changes of blood pressure, body weight, blood glucose(HbA1c,fasting plasma glucose),GA,HOMAbeta,CPRindex,insulin resistance(HOMAIR), NAFIC score, FIB4 index.

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactKazuki Tajima

Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism

kztajima@yokohama-cu.ac.jp045-787-2639

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026