Status:
COMPLETED
Insulin Receptor Substrate 1 (IRS-1) Regulation in Insulin Resistance
Lead Sponsor:
Mayo Clinic
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Conditions:
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Eligibility:
All Genders
30-65 years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
The study is being conducted to find out why too much fat in your blood stream may cause insulin resistance in your muscles. Insulin is the hormone, produced normally by your body, which causes your b...
Detailed Description
Insulin resistance in skeletal muscle is an early event in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes, obesity, and other conditions associated with the Metabolic Syndrome. The aim of this study is to determ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria:
- Age 30-65 y
- Healthy lean, obese, or known type 2 diabetic
- Body Mass Index (BMI) less than 36
- All nondiabetic subjects must have normal oral glucose tolerance
- Subjects must have the following laboratory values:
- Hematocrit ≥ 35 vol%
- Serum creatinine ≤ 1.6 mg/dl
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (SGOT)\< 2 times upper limit of normal
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (SGPT)\< 2 times upper limit of normal
- Alkaline phosphatase \< 2 times upper limit of normal
- Triglycerides \< 150 mg/dl
- Prothrombin time (PT) 11.7 -14.3 seconds
- Partial thromboplastin time 23.0-37.0 seconds
- Exclusion criteria:
- No diseases known to affect glucose metabolism other than healthy type 2 diabetes
- Subjects must not be receiving any of the following medications: thiazide or furosemide diuretics, beta-blockers, or other chronic medications with known adverse effects on glucose tolerance levels unless the patient has been on stable dose of such agents for the past three months before entry into the study. Subjects may be taking a stable dose of estrogens or other hormonal replacement therapy, if the subject has been on these agents for the prior three months. Subjects taking systemic glucocorticoids are excluded.
- Subjects with a history of clinically significant heart disease (New York Heart Classification greater than grade II; more than non-specific ST-T wave changes on the EKG), peripheral vascular disease (history of claudication), or pulmonary disease (dyspnea on exertion of one flight or less; abnormal breath sounds on auscultation) will not be studied.
- Recent systemic or pulmonary embolus, untreated high-risk proliferative retinopathy, recent retinal hemorrhage, uncontrolled hypertension, systolic BP\>180, diastolic BP\>105, autonomic neuropathy, resting heart rate \>100, electrolyte abnormalities.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
14 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01240252
Start Date
March 1 2012
End Date
July 1 2012
Last Update
June 5 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Mayo Clinic in Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259