Status:
COMPLETED
Prevention of Clinical Onset of Type 1 Diabetes in High Risk First Degree Relatives
Lead Sponsor:
AZ-VUB
Collaborating Sponsors:
Novo Nordisk A/S
Conditions:
Diabetes, Type I
Eligibility:
All Genders
5-39 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
Prophylactic administration of metabolically active insulin can prevent or delay clinical onset of diabetes in a high risk group of nondiabetic siblings as defined by positivity for autoantibodies aga...
Detailed Description
Hypotheses: Primary: Prophylactic administration of metabolically active insulin can prevent or delay clinical onset of diabetes in a high risk group of nondiabetic siblings as defined by positivity ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Sibling/offspring of a Type 1 diabetic patient
- in good general condition
- age 5-39 years
- fasting plasma glucose \<126 mg/dL AND an OGTT that is non-diabetic by 1997 ADA criteria (33):
- Normal glycemia:
- fasting plasma glucose \< 110 mg/dL and
- 2 hour plasma glucose \< 140 mg/dL
- Impaired Fasting Glucose (IFG):
- fasting plasma glucose 110-125 mg/dL and
- 2 hour plasma glucose \< 140 mg/dL
- Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT):
- fasting plasma glucose \<110 mg/dL and
- 2 hour plasma glucose 140-199 mg/dL
- at least positive for IA-2-A
- absence of a protective DQ genotype: A4-B2/X or X/Y or X/X where X = A2-B3.3, A1-B1.9, A1-B1.2, A4-B3.1, A2-B2 or A4.23-B3.1 Y = A1-B1.1, A1-B2, A1-B1.AZH, A3-B2, A3-B3.1, A3-B3.3, A3-B4, A4-B4, A4.23-B4, A4-B3.2, A3-B1.1, A4-B3.3, A4-B1.1 or A4.23-B2 (32)
- cooperative and reliable subject (age ≥ 14 yrs) / parents (age \< 14 yrs) giving informed consent by signature; the patient/parents should be informed in sufficient detail on the content and procedure of the protocol, indicating potential risks of insulin therapy; early intervention with metabolically active insulin treatment should be identified as a clinical trial. Both parents should sign and agree with the protocol procedure.
Exclusion
- diabetes by 1997 ADA criteria (33):
- fasting plasma glucose ≥ 126 mg/dL, or
- 2 hour plasma glucose ≥ 200 mg/dL
- donation of blood during the study or within one month prior to screening
- pregnancy or lactation in women
- use of inadequate anticonception by female patients of childbearing potential
- use of illicit drugs or overconsumption of alcohol (\> 3 beers/day) or history of drug or alcohol abuse
- being legally incapacitated, having significant emotional problems at the time of the study, or having a history of psychiatric disorders
- having received antidepressant medications during the last 6 months
- treatment with immune modulating or diabetogenic medication (such as corticosteroids)
- presently participating in another clinical study or having done so during the last 12 months
- history of any illness that, in the opinion of the investigator, might confound the results of the study or pose additional risks to the patient
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2000
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
112 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00654121
Start Date
February 1 2000
End Date
November 1 2007
Last Update
April 7 2008
Active Locations (3)
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1
Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen
Antwerp, Belgium
2
Academisch Ziekenhuis and Diabetes Research Center - Brussels Free University-VUB
Brussels, Belgium, 1090
3
Department of Endocrinology and Nephrology, UZ Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -KUL
Leuven, Belgium, 3000