Active clinical trials for "Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2"

This study compares the medical and psychological effects of telemonitoring plus intensified self-management support to those of usual care alone for patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). If this intervention proves effective without increasing costs or clinician burden, then its implementation could yield major public health benefits, especially for vulnerable and underserved DM patients, and broader societal benefit may occur through increased helping behavior and strengthened social ties.

The MID-Frail STUDY project focuses on the use of interventions designed to improve functional status and enhance quality of life (rather than traditional treatments such as glucose- and blood pressure- lowering) by acting on the mechanisms involved in producing frailty and its progression to adverse outcomes.

The present study investigates the effects of recreational soccer in type 2 diabetic men in regard to muscular, cardiovascular adaptations and glycaemic control. 12 men participate in 6 month structured recreational soccer training and 10 men act as control with no change in lifestyle. Testing consisting of fasting blood samples, muscle biopsies, Dexa-scans, echocardiography, maximal oxygen consumption, Yo-Yo interval test, bloodpressure, Resting heart rate, and endothelial function (Itamar, Endopat)will be performed at baseline, after 12 and 24 weeks, respectively. The study examines the hypothesis that the high-intensity aerobic work profile combined with a high anaerobic turnover from the nature of soccer (accelerations, decelerations, turns, sudden stops) will improve glycaemic control, muscle and cardiac function and taken together will improve the overall health profile in type 2 diabetic men

It is well-known that women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus are in risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life; approximately half of the women develop overt type 2 diabetes within the first 10 years after pregnancy. Knowing this, we want to examine the effect of the type 2 diabetes medicine, liraglutide (Victoza), in women with previous gestational diabetes with the aim of reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Life style intervention including diet and exercise is the recommended strategy for prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). First-degree relatives of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus have an increased risk of insulin resistance and a lifetime risk of developing type 2 diabetes of 40%- 80%. Poor physical fitness is a strong indicator of an increased risk of developing diabetes. Long-term endurance exercise training has been shown to increase insulin sensitivity in sedentary young and elderly individuals, first degree relatives of patients with Type 2 diabetes, glucose intolerant obese, or Type 2 diabetic humans. In type 2 diabetic patients, non-diabetic individuals with IGT and sedentary adults after exercise training of different intensity, different duration and different frequency an increase of insulin sensitivity was found. However, despite the vast knowledge concerning beneficial effects physical activity for the prevention of T2DM (and many other chronic metabolic disorders) to date wide ranging strategies have not been realized satisfactory. Regardless of age, ethnicity, sex or health status the lack of time is the primary reason for the failure to exercise on a regular basis (or is stated as primary reason). Therefore the investigators aimed at investigating whether a controlled endurance/resistance training twice a week over 6 month might be beneficial for healthy, non obese, first degree relatives with T2DM. Therefore the investigators measure parameters associated with the prevention of T2DM like insulin sensitivity, flux through fATPase and fCK, intramyocellular and hepatocellular lipids.

The study is designed to see if once daily oral dosing of LY2608204 will help control diabetes as measured by the glycosylated fraction of hemoglobin A (HbA1c) level. It will also help to determine the safety of the medication and the most useful doses of the medication.

The purpose of the study was to monitor the activity of periodontal disease and suggest potential biomarkers related to active periodontal disease in patients with chronic periodontitis (PD) associated or not with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), based on the evaluation of the profile of gene expression of periodontal sites and the evaluation of inflammatory salivary proteins. Two hundred and five periodontal patients were enrolled, but only 41 exhibited ≥ 1 mm attachment loss in at least three periodontal site (active sites) 2 months after non-surgical periodontal therapy. The final sample was: 21 patients with chronic periodontitis (PD group) and 20 with chronic periodontitis and diabetes (PD+DM group). Fifteen periodontal- and systemically healthy patients were included as control group. Saliva collection, glycated hemoglobin measurement, periodontal examination and radiographs were conducted before and 2 months after non-surgical periodontal therapy. Radiographic subtraction was performed from pairs of the radiographs. Measurements of the areas with density loss were recorded. Gingival biopsies of active and non-active sites with similar clinical parameters were harvested for Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Array gene expression analysis. Saliva samples were analyzed by Multiplex Cytokine Profiling Immunoassay for analysis of protein expression. The clinical attachment loss mean was higher in the PD+DM group (p<0.05). There was a high correlation between clinical attachment loss and darkened radiographic areas in active sites of the PD group and PD+DM group. When compared PD group to PD+DM, patients with diabetes had an up-regulated profile. Active sites of the PD group showed nine genes (specific chemokines, interleukins and receptors) differentially expressed with an up-regulated profile. Active sites of the PD+DM group showed six genes (specific chemokines, interleukins and receptors) differentially expressed with an up-regulated profile. After periodontal therapy, there was a reduction of some salivary proteins in both periodontal groups, but not significant. In conclusion, it was possible to identify genes differentially expressed in active sites from both groups, which may be considered useful in indicating potential biomarkers for the diagnosis of periodontitis; salivary proteins show a trend in distinguishing the standard of health and disease and may be used in the future as potential biomarkers of periodontitis with or without diabetes.

This study aims to investigate the postprandial effects of cocoa supplementation in glucose and lipids, and surrogate markers of atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes. The investigators aim to test the hypothesis that cocoa will lower high-fat mixed meal breakfast-induced postprandial rise of glucose, lipids and markers of atherosclerosis in patients with diabetes. Randomized cross-over controlled trial, in which participants will be assigned to the placebo or cocoa group with breakfast meal. Patients with type 2 diabetes(n=25) will qualify for the study. The participants will be asked to consume 2 cups cocoa or placebo beverage on 2 separate postprandial study days. Both groups will receive high-fat mixed meal breakfast on each day. Blood draws and blood pressure (including HDI) measurements will be conducted at fasting, 30 min, 1,2, 4 & 6 hours postprandial each day for 2 days.

The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and effectiveness of the two different basal insulins commonly used for basal blood sugar control in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients who are hospitalized and require low doses of insulin: neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin and glargine (Lantus®) insulin. Previous research has shown that both NPH insulin and glargine (Lantus®) insulin is safe and effective for the control of blood sugar in a type 2 diabetic patient. This research is being done because the costs of medications for diabetic patients are very expensive. Our goal with this research is to show that a less expensive insulin (NPH) is as safe and effective as a more expensive insulin [glargine (Lantus®)] in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are in the hospital.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the possible effects of daily intake of yogurt drink fortified with vitamin D alone or with vitamin D + calcium on some selected glycemic, metabolic, inflammatory and oxidative stress markers in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM).