In adults with inadequately controlled type 1 diabetes, a single dose of liraglutide 1.8 mg significantly reduced the rise in free fatty acids versus placebo.
In plain wordsIn adults with type 1 diabetes, one dose of liraglutide reduced the rise in blood fatty acids compared with placebo.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseRise in free fatty acids
- Study
n = 26
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Fat metabolism and adipogenesis · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- 1.8 mg · subcutaneous · 5 hoursAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
liraglutide significantly reduced the increase in FFA, and totally prevented the increase in acetoacetate and β-hydroxybutyrate concentrations while suppressing glucagon and ghrelin concentrations.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Twenty-six patients with inadequately controlled T1DM were randomly divided into 2 groups of 13 patients each.
After an overnight fast, patients were injected, subcutaneously, with either liraglutide 1.8 mg or with placebo.
They were maintained on their basal insulin infusion and were followed up in our clinical research unit for 5 hours.