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NCT04639414CompletedPhase 4

Combined Active Treatment in Type 2 Diabetes With NASH

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 Jul 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The aim of this multicentre, prospective, placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized, 3-arm parallel group, interventional study is to assess for the first time the effects of either a combined therapy with the antihyperglycemic drugs semaglutide and empagliflozin or empagliflozin monotherapy compared to placebo as potential treatments for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
192 (actual)
First submitted
5 Apr 2019
Start date
26 Mar 2021
Primary completion date
31 Jan 2025
Lead sponsor
German Diabetes Center
NCT number
NCT04639414
EudraCT number
2019-001987-31

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 4
  • Participants enrolled: 192
  • From 26 Mar 2021 to the primary completion date, 31 Jan 2025
  • 25 sites in 2 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Medications that may induce steatosis:tamoxifen, raloxifene, oral glucocorticoids or chloroquine

Other illness

  • Liver disease of other etiology including chronic viral hepatitis (B or C), alcohol abuse, hemochromatosis, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, autoimmune hepatitis, Wilson's disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis or primary biliary cirrhosis, or liver cirrhosis of any etiology
  • History of ketoacidosis

Age

  • Past (≥5 years) or current history of alcohol or drug abuse and/or psychiatric disease including severe depression necessitating pharmacological treatment

Other

  • Contraindications on liver biopsy
  • Evidence of cirrhosis on liver biopsy
  • Alcohol consumption \>30 g/d for males and \>20 g/d for females
  • Planned pregnancy, pregnant or lactating women, positive pregnancy test, and woman of childbearing potential not using two adequate methods of contraception, including a barrier method and a highly efficacious non-barrier method

Who the study is looking for

  • Diagnosis of T2D and NASH with fibrosis stage F1-F3
  • Age between 25 and 75 years
  • HbA1c ≤ 9.5%
  • obtained written informed consent

Age in the registry: 25 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (25)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Medizinische Universität Graz
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GrazAustriaUnknown status
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
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InnsbruckAustriaUnknown status
Wiener Gesundheitsverbund, Klinik Landstraße
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ViennaAustriaUnknown status
Medizinische Universität Wien
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ViennaAustriaUnknown status
Wiener Gesundheitsverbund - Klinik Hietzing
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ViennaAustriaUnknown status
Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW
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Bad OeynhausenGermanyUnknown status
Leber- und Studienzentrum Checkpoint
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BerlinGermanyUnknown status
Franziskus-Krankenhaus Berlin
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BerlinGermanyUnknown status
University Clinics Berlin Charité
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BerlinGermanyUnknown status
University Clinics Bochum
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BochumGermanyUnknown status
Städtisches Klinikum Brandenburg GmbH
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BrandenburgGermanyUnknown status
Städtisches Klinikum Braunschweig gGmbH
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BraunschweigGermanyUnknown status
University Clinics Carl Gustav Carus Dresden
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DresdenGermanyUnknown status
Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
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DüsseldorfGermanyUnknown status
German Diabetes Center
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DüsseldorfGermanyUnknown status
University Clinics Essen
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EssenGermanyUnknown status
University Clinics Frankfurt
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FrankfurtGermanyUnknown status
University Clinics Freiburg
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Freiburg im BreisgauGermanyUnknown status
University Clinics Heidelberg
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HeidelbergGermanyUnknown status
Eugastro GmbH
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LeipzigGermanyUnknown status
University Clinics Johannes-Gutenberg Mainz
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MainzGermanyUnknown status
TUM
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MünchenGermanyUnknown status
University Clinics Tübingen
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TübingenGermanyUnknown status
Universitätsklinikum Ulm
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UlmGermanyUnknown status
University Clinics Würzburg
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WürzburgGermanyUnknown status

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