Active clinical trials for "Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2"

The risk of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) associated with the treatment of diabetes increases with age. Hypoglycemia is a common reason for admission to hospital for older patients with diabetes. Older patients are often unaware that their blood sugar is low and asymptomatic hypoglycemia, as assessed by continuous blood sugar monitoring, is frequent in the elderly. There is also evidence that older people with diabetes are more likely to develop cardiovascular events such a heart attack and more likely to die suddenly when compared to older people without diabetes. It is possible that low blood sugar levels contribute to the increased frequency of these events, but this possibility has never been studied. The purpose of this study is to assess how frequently low blood sugar occurs in older patients with diabetes and to see if low blood sugars adversely affect heart function in these patients.

The purpose of this study is to assess safety and efficacy of empagliflozin compared to sitagliptin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are treatment-naive or on treatment with metformin and have insufficient glycaemic control. The study will assess non-inferiority of empagliflozin to sitagliptin with regards to HbA1c.

The purpose of this study is to examine whether exercise reduces the postprandial effects of an unhealthy meal on heart function and endothelial function. Both healthy people and type 2 diabetes subjects will during three days either carry out two different sessions of exercise training or not before ingesting an unhealthy meal high in saturated fat and fast carbohydrates. The two different exercise training modes used are high intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate intensity training (MIT) Hypothesis: Exercise training in advance of an unhealthy meal will improve endothelial- and cardiac function in healthy and type 2 diabetes individuals. HIIT will reduce the negative postprandial effects on the endothelium more than MIT.

The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of ticagrelor versus placebo in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is a common way to assess glycemic control in diabetes management. Multiple times of blood glucose measurements by fingerstick in the same day are of tough challenge to it. The changes and variations of glucose excursion in senior diabetics with Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)involve a safety issue besides glycated hemoglobin (GHb) value. The goal of this study is to explore modified SMBG protocols for precisely monitoring and predicting glycemic excursion, variability in senior type 2 diabetics with CAD.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the most important and frequent causes of death. Postprandial lipidemia (PPL) is an independent risk factor for CVD, besides the traditional risk factors e.g. hypertension, high LDL-cholesterol, family disposition of CVD and type 2 diabetes (T2D). A high PPL is associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction and stroke. Reduction of increased PPL, as a part of CVD prevention, is therefore pivotal. Especially in groups with increased risk of CVD, like the metabolic syndrome (MeS) and T2D. Identification of a simple diet-related method will possibly result in reduction of CVD in healthy as well as high-risk subjects. The aim of this project is to investigate the effect whey protein consumed as pre-meal prior to a fat-rich meal on responses of triglycerides and apolipoprotein B48 (ApoB48) in subjects with type 2 diabetes compared to healthy subjects. Secondarily the aim is to study the responses of glucose, insulin, glucagon, amino acids, inflammatory markers, incretins, rate of gastric emptying and metabolomics. Also satiety feeling will be measured. Investigators hypothesize that whey protein consumed 15 minutes prior to a fat-rich isocaloric meal reduces triglyceride- and ApoB48 responses more in type 2 diabetic subjects compared to healthy subjects. The investigators research will hopefully contribute to a better understanding of how PPL can be modified in a simple manner. It will promote innovation to the food industry for development and production of healthy food products, which can be applied in the fight against CVD in the background population in general and high-risk people in particular. Thus, the results of this project can impart knowledge of great importance both to the national and international food industry as well as the healthcare systems.

The purpose of this study is to test the effect of increasing the body pH acutely with an alkaline medication (sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO3, sodibic) on glucose metabolism post meal in non diabetic subjects with normal renal function. The investigators aim to determine whether there is an acute reduction in venous blood pH following a typical Western-style (high acid load) breakfast in healthy men and women, and whether this effect is attenuated by the concurrent administration of an alkaline medication. The effect on glucose metabolism, hunger/satiety and arterial stiffness post meal will be assessed.

The primary aim of this study is to examine the feasibility of implementing an evidence based patient engagement strategy, known as personalized health planning (PHP), in the context of a a shared medical appointment (SMA) for individuals with type II diabetes in a primary care setting.

This Phase IIIb, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, multicenter, treat-to-target study of 26 weeks treatment duration will evaluate the efficacy and safety of once-weekly albiglutide versus placebo as add-on to intensified basal-bolus insulin therapy (with or without metformin) in subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). Approximately 450 subjects will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to 1 of 2 treatment groups: albiglutide + intensified basal-bolus insulin therapy (with or without metformin) or placebo + intensified basal-bolus insulin therapy (with or without metformin. The total duration of a subject's participation will be approximately 32 weeks.

This study is conducted in Asia. The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of a pre-pregnancy life style intervention to reduce the risk of diabetes and prediabetes.