Active clinical trials for "Glucose Intolerance"

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of a fibre mixture added to a high-protein diet on metabolic, gut and brain health.

HYPOTHESIS: Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) have distinct pathophysiologic etiologies. Therefore, therapeutic interventions designed to correct the specific underlying pathogenic abnormalities in IGT and IFG will be required to optimally prevent the progressive beta cell failure and development of overt type 2 diabetes.

The purpose of this study is to understand the role of GLP-1 in the pathogenesis of T2D in youth and explore their potential salutary effects and ability to delay the progressive loss of ß-cell function and reduce hepatic steatosis in youth with prediabetes/new onset T2D and NAFLD.

The microbiota is associated with a wide spectrum of diseases including diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. In this study we will investigate if the bacteria F. prausnitzii, which is a part of the human gut microbiota, can improve metabolic parameters in subjects with impaired glucose control.

Metabolic syndrome and resulting downstream health effects remains a growing health concern. In published trials, the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) assists behavioral changes efforts, leading to improved adherence and results from diet and exercise changes in individuals with obesity, pre-diabetes and diabetes. Mobile health (mHealth) platforms provide satisfactory, easy-to-use tools that help participants in the pursuit of weight change goals. We hypothesize that the use of CGM data and targeted coaching and nutrition education will assist with weight optimization goals in the general (non-diabetic) population using the Signos mHealth platform, with associated health benefits.

Dapagliflozin is one of the SGLT-2 inhibiters. Recent clinical trials have demonstrated that SGLT-2 inhibitors are effective for treating heart failure. The DAPA-HF clinical trial has demonstrated that the effects of empagliflozin and dapagliflozin improve renal outcomes and reduce all-cause and cardiovascular death in patients with HFrEF[1]. However, its effect on myocardial infarction, the most common disease leading to death in the population, has not been evaluated sufficiently. A meta-analysis has demonstrated that compared with the control, SGLT2 inhibitor is associated with a reduction in the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), myocardial infarction, cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality[2]. It seems that dapagliflozin might be effective for patients with acute myocardial infarction based on these studies. Thus, this study aims to evaluate the effect of dapagliflozin on short-term prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction compared to placebo. Faiez Zannad, João Pedro Ferreira, Stuart J Pocock et el. SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a meta-analysis of the EMPEROR-Reduced and DAPA-HF trials. Lancet. 2020 Sep 19;396(10254):819-829. Cai-Yan Zou, Xue-Kui Liu, Yi-Quan Sang et el. Effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on cardiovascular outcomes and mortality in type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis. Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Dec;98(49):e18245.

Despite the efficacy of intensive lifestyle interventions in prediabetes, the incidence of diabetes is rising, and thus there is a critical need for additional strategies to prevent diabetes and to reduce its cardiovascular complications in this high-risk population. Sleep apnea is a highly common condition in prediabetes, but it has been mostly ignored and undertreated in current practice. The proposed study will be the first to assess whether adding CPAP (continuous positive air pressure) treatment to a lifestyle intervention improves cardiometabolic outcomes beyond that achieved with lifestyle alone (i.e. current standard of care) in high-risk individuals with prediabetes.

At present, it is recognized that statins are the cornerstone of treatment for the prevention of major cardiovascular events in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD); However, at the same time, the increased risk of long-term glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes mellitus caused by statin therapy has attracted wide attention. The investigators' recent study found that the levels of glycosylated hemoglobin, insulin and C-peptide increased significantly with the extension of follow-up time in patients with hyperlipidemia. At the same time, serum and fecal bile acid metabolism profiles, especially secondary bile acid metabolism, were extensively changed, especially in ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), suggesting that the decrease of UDCA is a possible mechanism for statins to induce side effects of diabetes. According to this hypothesis, ursodeoxycholic acid combined with statins may improve the abnormal glucose tolerance caused by statins and maximize the benefit of statins. This study is a multicenter, prospective, randomized, parallel, double-blind placebo-controlled, cohort study. Taking ASCVD patients as the research object, the investigators will compare the changes of glycosylated hemoglobin, fasting blood glucose, fasting insulin, C-peptide and metabolomic indexes before and after the use of ursodeoxycholic acid combined with atorvastatin and atorvastatin alone and during follow-up, Further evaluate the changes of blood glucose related indexes before and after the use of ursodeoxycholic acid combined with atorvastatin and atorvastatin alone, clarify the possible mechanism and specific treatment targets of abnormal glucose tolerance caused by statin, and put forward a possible alternative treatment for the disorder of glucose metabolism caused by statin.

With REMD's glucagon receptor antagonist, the study team propose to provide a comprehensive examination of the effect of elevated plasma glucagon concentrations in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2D) patients on: (i) glucose tolerance; (ii) insulin sensitivity in liver, muscle, and adipocytes; (iii) beta cell function; (iv) adipocyte inflammation.

This project uses both transcriptomic- and genomic-level data to identify mechanisms of individual responses to glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) in Mexican-Americans with prediabetes. The GLP-1 hormone is essential for glucose reduction, weight loss, cardiovascular risk reduction, and renal protection. Newly discovered mechanisms will illuminate causal links between disease genotype and phenotype, which may ultimately guide personalized therapeutic approaches for type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, renal disease, and other related diseases.