Living Together With Chronic Disease: Informal Support for Diabetes Management in Vietnam (VALID)...
Diabete Type 2Insufficient self-management is a significant barrier for people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) to achieve glycemic control and reduce the risk of acute and long-term diabetes complications which negatively affect the quality of life and increase the risk of diabetes-related death. This pre-post study aimed to evaluate the impact of a peer-based club intervention to improve self-management among people living with T2D in two rural communities in Vietnam.
The Prevalence of Autoimmune Antibodies in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Managed by Endocrinology...
Type 2 DiabetesThe purpose of this study is to assess the levels of autoimmune markers of diabetes in those with a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.
Digitally-Enabled Weight Management Program on T2DM
Weight ChangeBody1 moreThe study (known as clinical audit in UK) will observe and report on a digitally-enabled structured weight management program including use of a meal replacement on clinical and economic outcomes for community-dwelling adults living with type 2 diabetes.
CuraLin Herbal Supplement for Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 DiabetesThe purpose of this study is to provide preliminary data necessary for a larger, controlled trial of CuraLin as a treatment option for T2DM. This study will also fill the gap in literature surrounding herbal medicine in the treatment of T2DM. The use of herbal preparations for diabetes has increased globally, and given the costs, adverse effects, lack of clinical outcome improvement, and minimal A1c reductions associated with medications, safer, more affordable alternatives need to be explored. CuraLin™ is a dietary supplement manufactured by NutraStar Inc. and sold by CuraLife; it is a blend of nine ayurvedic plants and herbs taken three times daily, after meals for the management of diabetes. It is hypothesized that CuraLin will be safely tolerated among adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, and will improve glucose control and cardiometabolic risk factors over this 12 week study.
Relationship Between Glycemic Control and Irisin in Type 2 Diabetic Patients With Sarcopenic or...
SarcopeniaObesity2 moreThe goal of this observational study is to compare glycemic control and irisin levels in subjects with diabetes mellitus type 2 with sarcopenic obesity vs non-sarcopenic obesity. The main questions it aims to answer are: Is glycemic control worse in diabetic patients with sarcopenic obesity? Are irisin levels higher in patients with non-sarcopenic obesity? Participants will be asked to: Fill in three questionaries on lifestyle Perform two physical performance tests The investigators will collect the following data: Anthropometric measurements Body composition by bioelectrical impedance analysis. Results of routine blood analyses Irisin levels by drawing a vial of blood from the antecubital vein
From Skin Fibroblasts to Neural Stem Cells to Investigate in Vitro the Impact of Diabetes on Adult...
Diabetes MellitusType 25 moreObesity and glucose intolerance or overt diabetes are increasing at an alarming rate in the population, and are bound to become a public health issue and a major cause of disability, loss of independence and high social costs in the near future. A large body of evidence has in recent years highlighted, among the negative effects of overnutrition and glucose dysmetabolism, also an acceleration of cognitive decline and of brain senescence, through cellular (vascular, neuronal, or both) and molecular mechanisms still incompletely clarified. Understanding how overweight and impaired glucose homeostasis negatively affect brain function represents both a major scientific challenge and an avenue to early detection and possibly prevention of this invalidating complication. The aim of this project is to obtain neuronal progenitor-like cells from skin fibroblasts in order to correlate patient-specific metabolism to adult neural stem cell (NSC) and neuronal function in vitro.
Hydroxymethylation, Incident Type 2 Diabetes and Incident Obesity
Incident Type 2 DiabetesIncident ObesityThe proposed discordant identical and fraternal twin study of incident type 2 diabetes and incident obesity is pivotal to public health because this study design compares diseased twins with their non-diseased co-twins for a better understanding of environment-induced hydroxymethylation independent of genetic influences as the novel biological mechanism underlying the diseases. By engaging students in the proposed co-twin control study, we will prepare our next generation of public health researchers to sustain our impact on public health across generations. The discovery of new environmentally and epigenetically therapeutic and preventive regimens will pave the way to fight against incident type 2 diabetes and incident obesity.
Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Four Second Line Pharmacological Strategies in Type 2 Diabetes...
Cardiovascular EventsType2 Diabetes1 moreTo perform an observational analysis to emulate a target trial (i.e., a hypothetical pragmatic trial that would have answered the causal question of interest) comparing the effectiveness and safety of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i), glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA), dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4i), and sulfonylureas (SU), at the class and individual agent level, in head-to-head comparisons in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D).
Understanding and Optimizing Care for Young Adults With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Transitioning...
Type 1 DiabetesType 2 DiabetesIn this study, we will determine the feasibility of an innovative care model for young adults with diabetes and compare the primary and secondary outcomes in the innovative model to those in the usual care model for adult diabetes management at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Diabetes Center.
Empagliflozin-based Quadruple Therapy vs Basal Insulin-based Therapy
Diabetes MellitusType 2This study aimed to evaluate the long-term effectiveness and safety of the empagliflozin as add-on thearpy compared to basal insulin-based antidiabetic agents (OADs) combination therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled on triple OADs in a real clinical practice.