EFFECT OF FENOFIBRATE ADJUVANT THERAPY ON ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN EGYPTIAN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS

Authors

  • SAHAR K HEGAZY Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University, Egypt.
  • TAMER A ELBEDEWY Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt.
  • HAIDY M SAMI Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Delta University for Science and Technology, Gamasa-Mansoura, Egypt.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2020.v13i3.36733

Keywords:

Type 2 diabetes mellitus, Fenofibrate, Endothelial dysfunction, Syndecan-1, Asymmetric dimethylarginine, Nil

Abstract

Objective: Endothelial dysfunction is afflicted to the maturation of arteriosclerosis and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) vascular complications. This study designed to evaluate the impact of fenofibrate adjuvant therapy on endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular risk in patients with T2DM.

Methods: Seventy-five subjects were recruited from the Internal Medicine Department of Tanta University Hospital. The participants were classified into three groups: Group 1 (control group), 25 healthy subjects; Group 2, 25 T2DM patients received glimepiride/metformin (2:500 mg/day); and Group 3, 25 T2DM patients received glimepiride/metformin (2:500 mg/day)+fenofibrate (300 mg/day). Patients were assessed before and 3 months after intervention for the determination of body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, glycemic picture (hemoglobin A1C % and homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistant), lipid panel, Castelli’s risk index (CRI-I and CRI-II), albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR), and endothelial dysfunction biomarkers (asymmetric dimethylarginine [ADMA] and Syndecan-1 (SDC-1)]. Data were statistically analyzed by one-way analysis of variance; p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results: The addition of fenofibrate to oral hypoglycemic drugs (Group 3) provoked a significant decrease in all measured parameters when compared with Group 2. As compared to the control group, Group 3 showed no significant difference in most measured parameters after 3 months of therapy. For T2DM patients of Group 3, both ADMA and SDC-1 showed a significant positive correlation with all measured parameters except for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol which exhibited significant negative correlation after 3 months of therapy (p<0.05).

Conclusion: The addition of fenofibrate adjuvant therapy to oral hypoglycemic drugs improved the vascular endothelial dysfunction, CRI-I, CRI-II, glycemic picture, lipid panel, ACR, and blood pressure and reduced the BMI in patients with T2DM.

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Published

07-03-2020

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K HEGAZY, S., T. A ELBEDEWY, and H. M SAMI. “EFFECT OF FENOFIBRATE ADJUVANT THERAPY ON ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN EGYPTIAN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS”. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, vol. 13, no. 3, Mar. 2020, pp. 172-9, doi:10.22159/ajpcr.2020.v13i3.36733.

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