Active clinical trials for "Prediabetic State"

Vitamin D deficiency is widespread throughout the world, and the deficiency has been associated with several chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. In Nordic countries, like in Finland, there is a particular variation in vitamin D status, and during wintertime, when there is no exposure to ultraviolet-B light from the sun, serum concentrations of vitamin D decrease substantially. In Finland, some 40% of middle-aged men and one third of women also have some degree of impairment of glucose metabolism. The purpose of this trial is to investigate the effects of two different daily doses of vitamin D on glucose metabolism in men 60 years of age or older and who are vitamin D deficient, have a high body mass index and at least two characteristics of cardio-metabolic syndrome. Altogether 102 subjects with low serum calcidiol (<60 nmol/L) will be recruited and randomized to one of the three groups: 1) 40 µg/d vitamin D3, 2) 80 µg/d vitamin D3 or 3) placebo. The supplementation period will last for 6 months from September 2011 to March 2012. The main hypotheses of the trial are: (1.) Vitamin D supplementation will improve glucose and insulin metabolism in people with a low baseline vitamin D status, in a dose-dependent manner. (2.) Vitamin D supplementation will have an effect on the expression of genes involved in glucose and insulin metabolism and inflammation. (3.) Vitamin D supplementation will have an effect on epigenetic changes in key genes participating in vitamin D metabolism.

Chronically elevated free fatty acids impair insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion (ie lipotoxicity) by a combination of oxidative stress, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and inflammation. This study will test whether alpha-lipoic acid, which has potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, prevents or ameliorates lipotoxicity.

The purpose of the E-LITE Study is to evaluate the feasibility and potential effectiveness of two lifestyle interventions in a community based primary care setting. The study aims to assess how changes in diet, exercise, and behavioral self-management affect weight and related risk factors for adults at risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

The goal of this randomized control trial is to study the impact of an electronic health record embedded tool's ability to facilitate shared provider-patient goal setting to promote lifestyle behavior change and prevent diabetes in primary care.

The goal of this study is to explore the effects of FeatForward on physical activity and cardio-metabolic risk factors. The study will be implemented as a 2-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing the effects of FeatForward in patients assigned to use the application versus a control group who will not use the app over a 6-month follow-up period. The investigators hypothesize that subjects using FeatForward will be more physically active and will achieve greater improvements in their cardio-metabolic risk (CMR) factors than a usual care control group that will not use the app over a 6-month period.

Background: A significant proportion of pre-diabetics, show macro and micro vascular complications associated with hyperglycaemia. Although many trials have demonstrated the efficacy of lifestyle and pharmaceutical interventions in diabetes prevention, no trial has evaluated the extent to which mid- and long-term complications can be prevented by early interventions on hyperglycaemia. Aims: To assess the long-term effects on multiple complications of hyperglycaemia of early intensive management of hyperglycaemia with linagliptin, metformin or their combination added to lifestyle intervention (LSI) (diet and physical activity), compared with LSI alone in adults with non-diabetic intermediate hyperglycaemia (IFG, IGT or both). Study Design: Investigator initiated (non-commercial), long-term, multi-centre, randomised, partially double blinded, placebo controlled, phase-IIIb clinical trial with prospective blinded outcome evaluation. Participants will be randomised to four parallel arms: 1) LSI + 2 placebo tablets/day; 2) LSI + 2 Metformin tablets of 850 mg/day; 3) LSI + 1 Linagliptin tablets of 5 mg/day and 1 placebo; 4) LSI + 2 tablets of a fixed-dose combination of Linagliptin 2.5mg and Metformin 850 /day. Active intervention will last for at least 2 years. Setting and population: Males and Females with pre-diabetes (IFG, IGT or both) aged 45 to 74 years selected from primary care screening programs in 14 clinical centres from 10 countries: Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kuwait, Poland, Serbia, Spain and Turkey and . (N=1000) Main Outcomes: The primary endpoint is a combined continous variable: "the microvascular complication índex" (MCI) composed by a linear combination of the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study Scale (ETDRS) score (based on retinograms), the level of urinary albumin to creatinine ratio, and a measure of distal small fibre neuropathy (sudomotor test by SUDOSCAN), measured during baseline visit and at 24th and 48th month visits after randomisation. In addition, serological biomarkers of inflammation, vascular damage, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, insulin secretion, measures of quality of life, sleep quality, neuropsychological evaluation and endothelial function will be also evaluated in a subset of participants.

The objective of the study is to assess the effect of low-calorie diets with normal (18%) vs. high (35%) protein (mainly coming from animal source) composition on body weight and carbohydrates metabolism in overweight and obese subjects with pre-diabetes or diabetes. A dietary intervention is carried out during 6 months in 100 subjects who are individually randomized to an energy-restricted diet with two types of macronutrients composition: 1) 35% protein, 30% fat and 35% carbohydrates and 2) 18% protein, 30% fat and 52% carbohydrates. Around 80% of total protein in diet comes from animal source (of whom around 40% from lean red meat). Subjects are provided with weekly menus and different recipes to use them as part of the diet. Monitoring visits with the nutritionist will be performed every 15 days. At the beginning of the study, after 3 and 6 months, the following parameters are determined: anthropometric (weight, waist circumference, body mass index and body composition), blood pressure, dietary (72-hours dietary registry) and exercise and biochemical analysis (total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, apolipoproteins A1 and B, iron, transferring, ferritin, uric acid, glucose, HbA1c, insulin, adiponectin and resistin). Urine samples are also collected to assess microalbuminuria and ureic nitrogen.

The autoimmune diabetes ACCELERATOR PREVENTION TRIAL (adAPT) is based on the accelerator hypothesis. The trial is designed to establish whether metformin, an oral hypoglycaemic agent that is known to reduce insulin demand in type 2 diabetes (T2D), can do the same in children at risk of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and thereby prevent disease. The first phase of adAPT will screen participants aged 5-16 years (inclusive) for islet-related autoantibodies who are the siblings or offspring of individuals diagnosed with T1D before the age of 25years in Scotland and England. There are four principle islet-related antibodies associated with T1D. The presence of two or more confers a 40% risk of developing T1D in five years. While the presence of none or one antibody carries a similar risk for developing T1D to the general population (1 in 500 in 5years). It is anticipated that 5% of those screened will be identified as double-antibody positive, these participants will be invited to join the intervention phase of the study - randomised controlled trial (RCT). Up to 200 eligible subjects could be identified by screening with a minimum of 90 being enrolled into the RCT phase. adAPT is a proposed three stage project. The current protocol defines the screening phase, Stage 1 and seamless entry into Stage 2. Screening will identify children and young people at high risk of developing T1D and invite them to participate in Stage 1 which will involve a minimum of 4 months treatment with either metformin/placebo, however Stage1 treatment will run seamlessly into Stage 2. Stage 1/2 treatment will last up to 21 months (to accommodate 15months screening, 4 months treatment and 2 months analysis). Post Stage1 analysis/ late Stage 2 participation will last up to 36 months (participants enrolled early into Stage 1 will have the longest intervention). During the Stage1 participants will be tested on three occasions (baseline, month 1 and month 4) for metabolic response using a 5-point mixed meal tolerance test (MMTT). Testing will continue in Stage 1/2 with 3 visits further visits at months 8, 12, 18. Late Stage 2 visits will occur on months 24, 30 & 36. Participants will be invited to continue into Stage 3, taking treatment up to 60 months post analysis of Stage 1 and associated protocol amendment and additional consent.

Costa ES, Izar MC, Fonseca FAH, França C, Tria H. The benefits of green banana biomass consumption in patients with diabetes mellitus. Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 2015. According to the Guidelines of the Brazilian Society of Diabetes, Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a heterogeneous group of metabolic disorders associated with microvascular complications, hyperglycemia, resulting in a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Currently, it is estimated that the world population with diabetes is 382 million people and it is expected to reach 471 million in 2035. About 80% of individuals with diabetes live in developing countries where the epidemic has greater intensity. In the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial and UK Prospective Diabetes Study demonstrated that intensive glycemic control (HbA1c ~ 7.0%) reduces chronic microvascular complications. The resistant starch (RS) is defined as starch and products of its hydrolysis are not absorbed in the small intestine. The green banana presents significant levels of RS, and it is considered a source for the intake of this substance. These foods have physiological functions in the intestinal regulation in glycemic control and delayed gastric emptying. To our knowledge, there are no long-term studies with DM to prove the benefits of resistant starch use. The objective of this study is to assess the benefits of green banana biomass consumption by patients with Pre DM and DM. Considering the possibility of improving glucose, lipid profile, increasing the secretion of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), insulin, adiponectin, and reduction in inflammatory markers IL-6, PCR.

Individuals with prediabetes have a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of combination of ketogenic diet and aerobic exercise interventions versus ketogenic diet alone on the glucose level in prediabetes female with normal weight.