Active clinical trials for "Metabolic Diseases"

To demonstrate in patients with T2DM and dyslipidemia not appropriately controlled with a statin and receiving metformin, the superiority of a fixed combination of fenofibrate and metformin vs metformin alone on TG and additionally, if the superiority on TG is established, to demonstrate the superiority on HDL-C

Purpose: In this study, the investigators will delineate how brain network dynamics are modulated by experimentally induced elevated blood glucose levels and examine how glucose levels gate neuronal excitability measured by the response to TMS. Participants: Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 65 with no known diabetes, no known adverse reaction to finger prick blood draw, and no known neurological or psychiatric illness. Participants must have a body-mass index less than 30. Procedures: Participants will consume either a drink that contains 75 g of glucose or a placebo, and their response to TMS will be measured to examine the effect of glucose on motor cortex excitability.

Obese people suffer from significant functional limitations, which affect their quality of life and limit their physical activity level. Functional abilities are largely determined by neuromuscular properties, i.e the ability to produce a torque or a power, and fatigability, i.e the ability to maintain a high level of torque production during repeated contractions. Our previous studies on "healthy" obese adolescents (i.e without inflammation or metabolic disorder) suggests that obesity has positive effects on the neural and muscular factors responsible for torque production, with chronic overload acting as a strength training . However, this high torque level is associated with higher fatigability. These results are in contrast with the data obtained on adult obese patients (young and elderly), in whom torque production and fatigability appear to be more impaired, probably due to the development of metabolic disorders associated with obesity (inflammation, insulin resistance and lipid infiltration in muscle) and aging. The respective effects of mechanical overload, metabolic disorders (insulin resistance and lipid infiltration) and aging on neural and muscular factors of torque production and neuromuscular fatigue etiology are not currently known in young adult obese of elderly. Their relationship to the clinical symptoms of mobility troubles is also unknown. However, this knowledge is crucial for designing physical activity programs tailored and adapted to the level of metabolic impairment and age of obese patients. The hypothesis is that mechanical overload associated with obesity has positive effects on torque production in the absence of metabolic alteration and the effect of aging but negative effects on fatigability, mainly due to muscular factors; the insulin resistance increases peripheral fatigue (due to an alteration in the excitability of the sarcolemma during fatiguing exercise), central fatigue, and slows recovery; the development of inflammation and lipid infiltration, which are more pronounced in obese subjects, further affect torque production through inhibition of the nervous control and alteration of contractile properties and muscle architecture, all these phenomena leading to a decrease in torque production and increased fatigability, cumulating with the effects of the ageing (sarcopenia).

Our objective in this study is to identify the extent to which insulin drives the accumulation of lipids in skeletal muscle of humans. We will test the hypothesis that 4-hours of mild hyperinsulinemia will result in significant muscle lipid accumulation and that such effects will be similar in lean and overweight/obese humans.

In this study the investigators aim at addressing potential relationships between iron stores and glucose homeostasis. Iron (i.e. Ferric Carboxymaltose) will be perfused to pre-menopausal, iron-deficient non-anaemic women suffering from a chronic fatigue syndrome and parameters related to glucose homeostasis, parameters related to metabolic syndrome and inflammation will be measured before and after the intervention.

Researchers at Sansum Diabetes Research Institute want to learn more about how taking a new approved drug called oral Semaglutide, while eating fresh vegetables, impacts health in Hispanic/Latino adults with type 2 diabetes. This study drug is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and may be available by prescription for type 2 diabetes. To do this, 100 Hispanic/Latino adults who have type 2 diabetes will be split into two groups. Over one year, one group will take Semaglutide pills and the other group will take a placebo (a dummy pill that looks just like the real Semaglutide pill but does not contain the active drug). Neither the participants nor the study investigator nor the study doctor will know who is taking the real pill and who is taking the placebo. In case of an emergency, however, the study investigator and doctor can get this information. All participants will receive pills and vegetables every two weeks, have their health assessed by study staff, and meet with the study doctor six times over the course of the study. Participant weight, height, waist circumference, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels will be measured. Participants will also wear monitors to measure blood glucose, physical activity and sleep. Study staff will also ask questions about participant health, medications, mood, sleep, pain, exercise, diet, acculturation, household, language, and trust in doctors.

The aim of the project is to study the influence of biostimulate crops on a healthy population in order to assess influence on hematological parameters and specific metabolism (glucose, lipid, iron, bone) and gut and lipid hormones. Secondary outcome will be to find out micronutrient presence in urine and serum. The use of biostimulation in modern agriculture has rapidly expanded in recent years, owing to their beneficial effects on crop yield and product quality, which have come under the scope of intensive research.

Normal volunteers were randomly received Sheep ghee or sunflower oil, and before and after the study lipid profile and HS-CRP were measured.

Milk proteins possess multiple biological activities including their effect on blood glucose control, satiety and energy intake. The design of functional food products with added milk protein fractions has many challenges related to their inferior sensory properties. Chocolate milk presents the universal vehicle for added milk protein fractions that might partially mask their sensory characteristics. However, commercially produced chocolate milk has a significant amount of added sugar. This project will investigate the properties of a value-added dairy product (chocolate milk with reduced sugar content) enriched with individual milk protein fractions on characteristics of blood glucose control, satiety and energy intake in young healthy adults.

After meals, the level of glucose rises in the circulation. In some individuals who are overweight and older, blood glucose can rise to levels which can damage tissues and cause health problems. Usually the hormone insulin, released from the pancreas, effectively lowers blood glucose. However, in overweight and older people insulin is less effective. Certain foods can lower the rise in blood glucose, particularly proteins. This works by increasing the release of a hormone from the gut called Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 (GLP-1), which in turn increases the release of insulin. A Component of milk left over after cheese making, termed Whey protein, is particularly good at releasing GLP-1. Whey protein is used as a food additive and taken as a supplement to help build muscle. Whey protein is a mixture of proteins which the investigators have modified to be more effective at lowering blood glucose. Using laboratory tests the investigators identified a protein present in Whey that does not increase levels of GLP-1 and removed it. It's removal raises the levels of other proteins which are more effective. In this study, the investigators would like to test the effectiveness of the "modified" whey protein. To do this, 30 older, overweight volunteers will be recruited and given the modified whey protein, a normal whey protein or a mixture of amino acids and then a breakfast meal to raise their blood glucose levels. These drinks will be given in a randomised sequence 1 week apart. On each visit, blood samples to measure blood glucose and related hormone levels will be taken. As GLP-1 can also have an effect on appetite, the investigators will measure the effect of the modified whey protein on subsequent appetite in the volunteers by asking them how hungry they feel.