Effect of Pemafibrate on Hemorheology in Patients with Hypertriglyceridemia and Aggravated Blood Fluidity Associated with Type 2 Diabetes or Metabolic Syndrome

Persistent high serum triglyceride (TG) and free fatty acid (FFA) levels, which are common in metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes, are risk factors for cardiovascular events because of exacerbated hemorheology. To explore the effects of pemafibrate, a selective peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha modulator, on hemorheology, we performed a single-center, nonrandomized, controlled study in patients with type 2 diabetes (HbA1c 6-10%) or metabolic syndrome, with fasting TG levels of ≥ 150 mg/dL and a whole blood transit time of > 45 s on a microarray channel flow analyzer (MCFAN). Patients were divided into a study group, receiving 0.2 mg/day of pemafibrate (n = 50) for 16 weeks, and a non-pemafibrate control group (n = 46). Blood samples were drawn 8 and 16 weeks after entry to the study to evaluate whole blood transit time as a hemorheological parameter, leukocyte activity by MCFAN, and serum FFA levels. No serious adverse events were observed in either of the groups. After 16 weeks, the pemafibrate group showed a 38.6% reduction in triglycerides and a 50.7% reduction in remnant lipoproteins. Pemafibrate treatment did not significantly improve whole blood rheology or leukocyte activity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus or metabolic syndrome complicated by hypertriglyceridemia and exacerbated hemorheology.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

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Journal of clinical medicine - 12(2023), 4 vom: 13. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Iwakura, Tomohiro [VerfasserIn]
Yasu, Takanori [VerfasserIn]
Tomoe, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Ueno, Asuka [VerfasserIn]
Sugiyama, Takushi [VerfasserIn]
Otani, Naoyuki [VerfasserIn]
Kawamoto, Shinya [VerfasserIn]
Nakajima, Hiroyuki [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diabetes mellitus
Free fatty acid
Journal Article
Metabolic syndrome
Microcirculation
Rheology
Triglyceride

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Date Revised 01.03.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/jcm12041481

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353421502