Active clinical trials for "Diabetes Mellitus"

This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of dutogliptin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who are receiving background treatment with pioglitazone.

The purpose of this trial is to test whether a drug called alefacept will slow or halt destruction of the beta cells in the pancreas. If the destruction of the beta cells is stopped, the patients might be able to produce insulin on their own longer, which could stop or slow the progression of their type 1 diabetes. This is a multi-center prospective, placebo-controlled, double-blind and randomized trial to investigate the ability of alefacept to protect residual beta cells from ongoing autoimmune destruction in adolescents and young adults with newly diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM).

To compare in terms of HbA1c insulin naive patients with Type 2 Diabetes starting with insulin glargine on an algorithm with insulin naive patients starting with insulin glargine on the physician's standard practice. To compare in terms of FBG insulin naïve patients starting with insulin glargine on an algorithm with insulin naïve patients starting with insulin glargine on the physician's standard practice. To compare the percentage of patients achieving HbA1c< 7% in each treatment group. To compare hypoglycaemic events (minor, severe and nocturnal) between groups. To compare average insulin dose between groups. To compare PRO (patients' reported outcomes) between groups. To compare mean changes in body weight between treatment groups.

This research project is supported by a multicentric network of collaborators whose goal is to assess the efficacy of transplanting allogenic pancreas islets to restore insulin secretion in patients with type 1, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus with kidney transplantation and to improve their metabolic control.

Examine the effects of TI in combination with an anti-diabetic regimen including inhaled insulin versus anti-diabetic treatment without inhaled insulin on lung function & pulmonary safety

Based upon the preclinical evidence in models of diabetic nephropathy under conditions approximating both type I and II diabetes, treatment with alagebrium appears to have favorable and advantageous effects on the biochemical, structural, pathological and functional hallmarks of diabetic nephropathy. The renoprotective effects of alagebrium in preclinical models favor the evaluation of this drug in patients with type I diabetes.

The main purpose of this research study is to investigate whether the TANTALUS II System is effective in improving glycemic (blood sugar) control in subjects who have type 2 diabetes (high blood sugar) and are overweight. The research will also evaluate the impact on weight loss and will study other health conditions related to obesity. This research study involves an experimental system. The experimental system is the TANTALUS System, which consists of the implantable portion that includes the implantable pulse generator (IPG) and three pairs of implantable leads. There are also three external parts (items that are used outside your body): the programmer, the charger, and the Patient Wand.

Based in a surgery technique studied in a non-obese diabetic mouse model by Rubino and Marescaux(2004), wich reversed diabetes in those animals, we have performed a previous study in human volunteers with type 2 diabetes and overweight (non-obese). The surgery is a duodenal exclusion in wich the stomach volume is kept intact. We observed improvement of glycemic control and hemoglobin A1c, allied to reduction of medicines: insulin was withdrawn or significantly lowered. Further improvement of diabetes could be achieved by intervention in insulin resistance, another factor of diabetes pathophysiology. As that factor is related to visceral fat, we hypothesize that surgical removal of the major omentum, a great component of central adiposity, could beneficial . This study will evaluate the mechanisms of amelioration of type 2 diabetes mellitus after duodenal exclusion surgery plus total omentectomy, by the method of standardized meal stimulus and insulin tolerance test, in human non-obese volunteers with diabetes type 2 and known insulin secretion capacity. The previously studied volunteers submitted to duodenal exclusion without omentectomy will be the control group.

The purpose of this study is to find out if very tight blood glucose control from the onset of Type 1 Diabetes can preserve beta cell function. Study subjects will be randomly assigned to receive either standard diabetes management or intensive diabetes management, which involves several days of closed loop therapy followed by home use of a continuous glucose monitor and insulin pump.

This research is a prospective, randomized, cross-over study that is being done to compare the effect of morning only, evening only and twice daily insulin glargine (Lantus®) on hypoglycemia (blood glucose level <70 mg/dL) as measured by continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in patients with type 1 diabetes.