In healthy overweight men, exenatide increased GFR by 20% versus placebo.
In plain wordsIn healthy overweight men, exenatide increased kidney filtration compared with placebo.
- Peptide
- Exenatide (exendin-4)
- Outcome
- IncreaseGlomerular filtration rate
- Study
n = 10
- Comparator
- placebo
- Outcome group
- Kidney function · Kidney and urinary
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · intravenousAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- GFR increase
- 18
- exenatide versus placebo (SD 20)
- GFR increase
- 20%
- exenatide versus placebo
Source sentences
GFR increased by a mean of 18 ± 20 (+20%; p = 0.021) and ERPF increased by a median (interquartile range) of 68 (26; 197) ml/min/1.73 m(2) (+14%; p = 0.015) during exenatide infusion versus placebo.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Renal haemodynamics and tubular electrolyte handling were measured in 10 healthy overweight men (aged 20-27 years; BMI 26-31 kg/m(2)) during intravenous administration of placebo (saline 0.9%), exenatide, and exenatide combined with the NO-synthase inhibitor L-N(G)-monomethyl arginine (L-NMMA).