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A Clinical Study on the Effect of Hypoglycemic Drugs on the Prognosis of Spinal Surgery in Diabetic Patients

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Air Force Military Medical University of People's Liberation Army

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus
Spinal Diseases

Treatments

Drug: Hypoglycemic Drugs

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05214235
KY20212189-C-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases caused by multiple etiologies and characterized by chronic hyperglycemia. It seriously harms human health and has become a global public health challenge. Diabetes mellitus is present in 5% to 25% of patients undergoing spine surgery, and the prevalence has been increasing over the past decade. It is worth noting that spinal surgery for patients with diabetes has significant risks, mainly manifested in the significant increase of postoperative complications such as wound infection, delayed healing and wound hematoma, which seriously affect the long-term prognosis of patients' quality of life, spinal function and stability of internal fixation. Research shows that hypoglycemic drugs can not only control blood glucose level, but also affect the stability of nerve, bone and internal fixation, which is expected to improve the prognosis of spinal surgery in patients with diabetes. Metformin and sitagliptin are widely used hypoglycemic drugs. Studies have shown that metformin can increase bone mineral density in patients and have a protective effect on bones. Sitagliptin induces macrophage polarization of the M2 phenotype and reduces the impaired behavior of osteoblasts on titanium (TI) implants in a dose-dependent manner, thereby enhancing the bone regeneration required for successful orthopedic and dental implants in diabetic patients. However, the effects of these two drugs on the long-term prognosis of diabetic patients after spinal surgery, such as quality of life, spinal function and stability of internal fixation, have not been reported.

This investigation is a prospectie cohort study. The purpose of this study is to determine whether metformin and sitagliptin are associated with patient-reported outcomes and internal fixation stability at one year following elective spine surgery. Providers may use this information to help patients who need elective spinal surgery choose hypoglycemic drugs and to counsel patients with diabetes on expectations following spine surgery.

Enrollment

124 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 90 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients undergoing elective spinal surgery;
  • Clinical diagnosis of diabetes (using the diagnostic criteria proposed by the WHO Expert Committee on Diabetes in 1999);
  • Use metformin or sitagliptin;
  • The age ranges from 18 to 90;
  • Sign informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

  • Acute traumatic injury;
  • Patients with cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, Parkinson's disease, spinal cord transverse syndrome, spinal cord hemiere syndrome, Guillan-Barre syndrome and other neurological diseases affecting patients' somatosensory and motor;
  • Combined with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and other rheumatoid arthritis;
  • Patients with long-term use of glucocorticoids;
  • complicated with malignant tumor;
  • Pregnant women;
  • Suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, hysteria and other mental diseases;
  • The use of two or more than two mechanisms of hypoglycemic drugs;
  • Do not sign informed consent.

Trial design

124 participants in 2 patient groups

Metformin
Description:
Patients who use metformin to control blood sugar level.
Treatment:
Drug: Hypoglycemic Drugs
Sitagliptin
Description:
Patients who use sitagliptin to control blood sugar level.
Treatment:
Drug: Hypoglycemic Drugs

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Kaili Hao, Master; Yafei Feng, Doctor

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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