Status:

COMPLETED

Role of Exenatide in Type 1 Diabetes

Lead Sponsor:

Montefiore Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Conditions:

Type 1 Diabetes

Eligibility:

All Genders

12-21 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to see if giving exenatide and insulin before a meal would lower blood sugars after the meal. This study may help in developing new treatments to help control high blood s...

Detailed Description

A large study in people with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) showed that lowering blood sugars stopped or delayed the occurrence of health problems. As a result of the study, treatment should try to control bl...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • \*\*\*Subjects must be patients of the Texas Children's Hospital Diabetes Care Center\*\*\*.
  • All of the following criteria must be met:
  • Between 12-21 years of age at the time of enrollment.
  • Have been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes for at least 1 year and in good control (HbA1C less than 8.5%).
  • Subjects must be otherwise healthy except for the Type 1 Diabetes and treated hypothyroidism.
  • Menstruating women must have a negative pregnancy test.
  • Hemoglobin equal to or greater than 12 g/dL before each study.
  • Weight greater than 44 kg.
  • Tanner stage greater than 3

Exclusion

  • Any chronic disease: leukemia, asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, cystic fibrosis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis etc or on treatment that might directly or indirectly affect glucose homeostasis, except for diabetes and hypothyroidism; stable on medications.
  • Lack of a supportive family environment as detected by the clinicians and/or social workers.
  • Positive pregnancy test in menstruating young women.
  • BMI greater than 90th percentile for age or less than 10th percentile for age.
  • Lactating and nursing mothers.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

11 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00456300

Start Date

March 1 2007

End Date

March 1 2009

Last Update

February 26 2019

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Texas Children's Hospital/ Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030