GLP1-RAs Effects on Inflammatory and Endothelial Biomarkers in T2DM

Prior treatment

• Previous treatment with semaglutide or GLP1-RAs.
• Patients with acute inflammatory or infectious diseases during the 3 months prior to inclusion in the study.
• Patients exposed to any other type of radiation, medical or professional.
• Abuse of alcohol or drugs in the previous 3 months.

Other illness

• History of any clinically important disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the investigator, may either put the participant at risk because of participation in the study, or influence the results or the participant's ability to participate in the study.
• Any history of ASCVD.
• Ongoing New York Heart Association Class IV (heart failure (HF).
• Type 1 diabetes mellitus.
• Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients.
• Patients with chronic inflammatory, immune or infectious diseases.
• Patients with a history of cancer within the past 5 years.
• History of alcohol, drug or medication abuse.
• Clinically relevant haematological disorders.
• Decompensated metabolic disorders.

Lab values

• eGFR \<45 mL/min/1.73 m2 irrespective of albuminuria or eGFR 45-59 mL/min/1.73 m2 and microalbuminuria (UACR 30-300 mg/g; stage A2) or proteinuria (UACR \>300 mg/g; stage A3) or presence of microvascular disease in at least three different sites \[e.g. microalbuminuria (stage A2) plus retinopathy plus neuropathy\], based on assessments performed within 4 weeks prior to inclusion.
• Known or suspected liver disease, defined by serum transaminase and alkaline phosphatase levels 3 times the normal level.

Age

• Age \> 85 years.

Other

• Participants are excluded from the study if any of the following criteria apply:
• Patients with stenosis of epicardial coronary arteries ≥50%.
• Significant valvulopathy.

• Age ≥ 18 years.
• Diagnosis of T2DM in patients without ASCVD or severe TOD but with SCORE2-Diabetes ≥10% with clinical indication in accordance with current guidelines \[1\] to initiate semaglutide therapy (level of evidence IIa).
• Evaluable, pre-randomization CTA with no evidence of stenosis ≥50% of epicardial coronary vessels, as confirmed by the core laboratory, performed within 2 years prior to inclusion.
• Stable clinical conditions, with controlled blood pressure, lipid profile, and glycemic values, based on assessments performed within 4 weeks prior to inclusion.
• Stable antidiabetic treatment for at least 6 weeks.
• Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50%.
• For female participants, the participant must not be pregnant or lactating and must be of non-childbearing potential, confirmed at enrollment by one of the following:
  • (a) Postmenopausal, defined as amenorrhea for ≥12 months following cessation of fall exogenous hormonal treatments, and with luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone levels in the postmenopausal range. (b) Documentation of irreversible surgical sterilization by hysterectomy bilateral oophorectomy, or bilateral salpingectomy. Tubal ligation is not considered as irreversible surgical sterilization.
• Ability to understand study procedures and sign informed consent.