Status:

COMPLETED

Salsalate Therapy to Reduce Insulin Resistance and Cardiovascular Risk

Lead Sponsor:

VA Office of Research and Development

Collaborating Sponsors:

Joslin Diabetes Center

Conditions:

Atherosclerosis

Cardiovascular Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

21-75 years

Phase:

PHASE2

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The hypothesis is that salsalate therapy may be an effective and safe method to modulate inflammation in metabolically-critical tissues and thus reduce insulin resistance and its related complications...

Detailed Description

Recent studies demonstrate an important role for sub-acute, chronic inflammation in the development of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2 DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). A broad bo...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male and female veterans between the age of 21-75 who have IFG (impaired fasting glucose) and/or IGT

Exclusion

  • any diabetes therapy in the prior 12-months period
  • any acute illness
  • Ongoing high dose aspirin or Salsalate Therapy
  • history of GI bleeding
  • hearing problems
  • poor vascular access, prior pancreatitis, uncontrolled hypertension, pregnancy, renal disease or anemia

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

71 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00330733

Start Date

January 1 2007

End Date

September 1 2010

Last Update

January 21 2020

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Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center

Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85012