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Study identifier: NCT05501483 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 29, 2026
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Adipose Tissue Heterogeneity and Its Link to Type 2 Diabetes

Condition: Type 2 Diabetes  ·  Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet

PhaseNA
Planned participants60
Who can joinAll sexes, 30 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteersNo

About this study

People with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes treated with metformin that have not reached their HbA1c target (42-64 mmol/mol) will be recruited to the study. If they fulfill the inclusion and none of the exclusion criteria, they will be, after signing informed consent, randomized to a six-month intervention with either pioglitazone, empagliflozin or semaglutide. Fat biopsies are obtained from the subcutaneous abdominal area before and after a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp at baseline and after six months. Participants are regularly followed during this the intervention. The overall goal is to determine how antidiabetic-drugs affect white adipose tissue cellularity and whether adipose heterogeneity impacts on drug response. The primary outcome measure is the change in fat tissue lipolysis (glycerol release in isolated fat cells after hormone stimulation) before and after treatment.

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Mikael Ryden, MD, PhD  ·  +46736995215  ·  mikael.ryden@ki.se

Jesper Bäckdahl, MD, PhD  ·  +46702297237  ·  jesper.backdahl@ki.se

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Locations (1)

Karolinska University HospitalStockholm, SwedenRecruiting

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