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The Effect of Statin Treatment on Arterial Wall Inflammation as Assessed With 68Ga-DOTATATE PET-CT

The Effect of Statin Treatment on Arterial Wall Inflammation in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus as Assessed With 68Ga-DOTATATE PET-CT

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05730634
Acronym
CARAMEL
Enrollment
24
Registered
2023-02-16
Start date
2019-06-01
Completion date
2022-05-06
Last updated
2023-02-16

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

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Vascular Inflammation

Keywords

statin, dotatate, vascular inflammation, type 2 diabetes mellitus, pet/ct, positron emmission tomography

Brief summary

To study the effect of atorvastatin treatment on vascular uptake of 68Ga-DOTATATE in patients with Type 2 Diabetes.

Detailed description

Well controlled patients with type 2 diabetes, who are statin naïve, will undergo atorvastatin treatment. Before and after treatment, patients will undergo a 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT, to evaluate the effect of treatment on vascular inflammation.

Interventions

Atorvastatin 40mg once daily for three months

Sponsors

Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
50 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Aged 50 years and older 2. Diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 2 and using oral glucose lowering therapy, insulin or combined glucose lowering therapy. 3. Not on statin therapy or willing to stop with current statin therapy for 6 weeks prior to visit 2. 4. HbA1c values below 65 mmol/L. 5. Patients with stable diabetes mellitus, i.e. no changes in type of glucose lowering therapy and / or dosage of oral glucose lowering therapy in the past three months. No more than 20% change in dosage of insulin therapy (short and long acting) in the last three months.

Exclusion criteria

1. History of cardiovascular disease (previous CV-event (MI / stroke) or known coronary artery disease (including acute coronary syndrome). 2. History of chronic kidney disease stage 3b - 5, defined as a CKD-EPI value of \< 45 ml/min/1,73m2 3. Malignant diseases or any clinically significant medical condition that could interfere with the conduct of the study in the opinion of the investigator. 4. Chronic or recent (\< 1 month) infections and/or clinical signs of acute infection. 5. History of auto-immune diseases. 6. Standard contra-indications to 68Ga-Dotatate PET, and CT based on physicians experience and current practices. 7. Inability or unwillingness to comply with the protocol requirements, or deemed by investigator to be unfit for the study. 8. Planned radiation exposure in the next year due to participation in a research project with radiation exposure or for clinical reasons. 9. Elevated liver enzymes (\> 2 ULN of liver transaminases), acute liver failure or known liver disease. 10. Prior medium to severe statin-related side effects or statin related hypersensitivity, i.e. (severe) muscle pains with and/or without myopathy . 11. The concomitant use of statin contra-indicated drugs, including the use of CYP3A4 inhibitors (i.e. erytromycin, dilthiazem, amiodaron, verapamil, fluconazole, ciclosporin, stiripentol, itraconazol, ketoconazol, voriconazol, posaconazol, clarithromycin, ..), systemic use of fusidic acid and ciclosporin. 12. Any contra-indications to the use of statins.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
DOTATATE coronary arteries3 monthsChange in DOTATATE TBRmax coronary arteries after atorvastatin therapy

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in splenic/bone marrow DOTATATE signal3 monthThe secondary objective of this study is to assess the feasibility to measure splenic and bone-marrow inflammatory activity with 68Ga-Dotatate PET-CT in patients with diabetes mellitus, expressed as SUVmax

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 8, 2026