Active clinical trials for "Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2"

This study is conducted Asia, Europe and North America. The aim of this study is to describe insulin therapy adherence and the burden of non-adherence on patient functioning, well-being and diabetes management.

This study is conducted in Asia, Europe and in the United States of America. The aim of this study is to examine patient and physician beliefs regarding insulin therapy and the degree to which patients adhere to their insulin regimens.

Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CIAKI) is a major complication with adverse outcomes after contrast media injection. Although the risk of developing CIAKI is low in patients with normal renal function, it is dramatically higher in patients with conditions such as diabetes mellitus (DM) or chronic kidney disease (CKD). More recently, our data showed that contrast agents can induce endothelial dysfunction partially via free radicals in diabetes. Therefore, strategies to prevent CIAKI and endothelial dysfunction in DM patients with CKD are urgently needed. Alpha-lipoic acid and its reduced form, dihydrolipoate, are potent antioxidants. We hypothesized that alpha lipoic acid can prevent the contrast-induced acute kidney injury and endothelial dysfunction in type 2 diabetes.

In this study we compare the vitamin B12 status by measuring serum vitamin B12 and holotranscobalamin in type 2 diabetic patients with and without metformin treatment. Afterwars we investigate which biomarker could be adequate to reflect B12 status in metformin-treated patients. With the help of a questionnaire we assess clinical, nutritional and demographic factors which are associated with vitamin B12 deficiency.

This study is conducted globally. The aim of this study is to describe the proportion of patients with hypoglycaemic episodes and estimate the incidence of various types of hypoglycaemia in the retrospective and prospective periods.

This non-interventional, multi-centric, cross-sectional study is aimed to determine the prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease in Indian patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM). 3000 patients will be enrolled from 30 investigative sites all over the country. Each investigative site will be expected to enrol 100 subjects. All the procedures will be completed in a single day.

This prospective, multi-center, 2 period cross-over study is designed to determine if people who use injection pens for subcutaneous medication delivery prefer the BD NEXT pen needle (PN) in comparison with currently marketed pen needles of the same or similar gauge and length. Subjects will use the investigational (BD NEXT) PN and their usual conventional PN each for one week in a randomly assigned sequence, and will be asked to evaluate and compare characteristics of the BD NEXT pen needle versus their usual pen needle when used for all their pen injections performed at home. Since injection experience may vary according to the type of pen device used, equal numbers of subjects will be recruited who are users of three of the most commonly used insulin pen injectors.

Background: - An ongoing study is looking at American Indians who have kidney problems caused by type 2 diabetes. Kidney disease due to type 2 diabetes is a major problem in American Indians. We previously found that early treatment of kidney disease with losartan was probably beneficial for reducing progression of the disease. Researchers now want to see if these benefits continue to be seen several years after the end of the treatment study. Objectives: - To study long-term benefit of losartan treatment for diabetic kidney disease in American Indians with type 2 diabetes. Eligibility: - Participants in the American Indian diabetic kidney disease study (OH95-DK-N037). Design: Participants will have a physical exam and medical history before starting the study. Blood and urine samples will be collected. Participants will have a set of tests as part of this study. Those who have severe kidney problems, such as kidney failure, will only have a basic kidney exam with scans. The remaining participants will have a full urine collection and analysis. They will also provide a kidney biopsy. Treatment will not be provided as part of this study.

Retrospective cohort of all the patients with elevated blood sugar (but no Diabetes) attending the study sites from 2002 to 2007. We retrieval their records to see how many of them actually developed diabetes. The patient's record will be followed up to 6 years after their first abnormally high blood sugar checked. We will measure their parameters including sex, age, pay code and whether they have hypertension or not to see what factors will increase risk of DM development.

The functionality and reproducibility of pulse wave analysis is investigated in 20 type 2 diabetic patients who had two 24 hour measurements performed within one week with the Arteriograph24 equipment.