Trial reportDiabetologia2018
Effect of sitagliptin on energy metabolism and brown adipose tissue in overweight individuals with prediabetes: a randomised placebo-controlled trial.
Trial report in Diabetologia, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02294084 (The Effect of Sitagliptin on Brown Adipose Tissue and Whole-body Metabolism in Overweight Pre-diabetic Men), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers.
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The Effect of Sitagliptin on Brown Adipose Tissue and Whole-body Metabolism in Overweight Pre-diabetic Men
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of linagliptin on glucose metabolism and pancreatic beta cell function in patients with persistent prediabetes after metformin and lifestyle.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Efficacy and safety of anti-prediabetic drugs in patients with prediabetes: a Bayesian network meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- White adipose tissue browning and peroxisome proliferator activated receptors in MASLD.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
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- Evidence of a bi-directional relationship between heart failure and diabetes: a strategy for the detection of glucose abnormalities and diabetes prevention in patients with heart failure.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2024Review
- Sarcopenia and Diabetes: A Detrimental Liaison of Advancing Age.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Association of apolipoprotein M and sphingosine-1-phosphate with brown adipose tissue after cold exposure in humans.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Biliary diversion increases resting energy expenditure leading to decreased blood glucose level in mice with type 2 diabetes.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2021Article
- MECHANISMS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY: Human brown adipose tissue as a therapeutic target: warming up or cooling down?European journal of endocrinology · 2021Review
- Effect of the Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor Sitagliptin on Muscle Mass and the Muscle/Fat Ratio in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2020Article
- The Exploration of Natural Compounds for Anti-Diabetes from Distinctive Species GarciniaBiomolecules · 2019Review
- Body composition changes in diabetes and aging.Journal of diabetes and its complications · 2019Review
- CXCL12-CXCR4 pathway activates brown adipocytes and induces insulin resistance in CXCR4-deficient mice under high-fat diet.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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18 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
aims/hypothesisThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of sitagliptin on glucose tolerance, plasma lipids, energy expenditure and metabolism of brown adipose tissue (BAT), white adipose tissue (WAT) and skeletal muscle in overweight individuals with prediabetes (impaired glucose tolerance and/or impaired fasting glucose).
methodsWe performed a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial in 30 overweight, Europid men (age 45.9 ± 6.2 years; BMI 28.8 ± 2.3 kg/m
resultsOne participant from the sitagliptin group was excluded from analysis, due to a distribution error, leaving 29 participants for further analysis. Sitagliptin, but not placebo, lowered glucose excursion (-40%; p < 0.003) during OGTT, accompanied by an improved insulinogenic index (+38%; p < 0.003) and oral disposition index (+44%; p < 0.003). In addition, sitagliptin lowered serum concentrations of triacylglycerol (-29%) and very large (-46%), large (-35%) and medium-sized (-24%) VLDL particles (all p < 0.05). Body weight, body composition and energy expenditure did not change. In skeletal muscle, sitagliptin increased mRNA expression of PGC1β (also known as PPARGC1B) (+117%; p < 0.05), a main controller of mitochondrial oxidative energy metabolism. Although the primary endpoint of change in BAT volume and activity was not met, sitagliptin increased [ CONCLUSIONS/
interpretationTwelve weeks of sitagliptin in overweight, Europid men with prediabetes improves glucose tolerance and lipid metabolism, as related to increased [
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02294084.
fundingThis study was funded by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp, Dutch Heart Foundation, Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation, Ministry of Economic Affairs and the University of Granada.
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