Status:

COMPLETED

Glucose Tolerance in Acromegaly: The Influence of GH-excess on Glucose Metabolism and Insulin Resistance

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital Tuebingen

Collaborating Sponsors:

Pfizer

Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

Conditions:

Acromegaly

Diabetes

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Brief Summary

Observational, Cross-sectional, longitudinal, multi-center, diagnostic study Cross-sectional part of the study: To evaluate the influence of acromegaly on glucose tolerance Longitudinal part of the ...

Detailed Description

TRIAL DESIGN Observational, cross-sectional (patients with normal glucose tolerance). longitudinal (patients with impaired glucose tolerance), multi-center, diagnostic study. After checking the inclu...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Acromegaly in adult subjects (≥ 18 years) either controlled or uncontrolled (Diagnosis should be based on OGTT where Acromegaly is defined as a lack of suppression of GH nadir to \< 0.5 ng/dL, after oral administration of 75 g of glucose, OGTT and IGF-I levels at least 10 % above the normal value ± 2 SD).
  • Written informed consent

Exclusion

  • Liver disease such as cirrhosis, chronic active hepatitis or chronic persistent hepatitis, or persistent ALT, AST, alkaline phosphatase 3 x \> upper limit of normal, or total bilirubin 2 x \> upper limit of normal.
  • Renal failure (GFR ≤ 30 ml/min)
  • Abnormal clinical laboratory values considered by the investigator to be clinically significant and which could affect the interpretation of the study results.
  • History of malignancy of any organ system, treated or untreated, within the past 3 years whether or not there is evidence of local recurrence or metastases, with the exception of localized basal cell carcinoma of the skin.
  • Suspected or known drug or alcohol abuse.
  • Any condition which in the opinion of the investigator makes the patient unsuitable for inclusion.
  • Participation in any other clinical trial with an investigational new drug.
  • Patients on longterm, continuous (more than 2 weeks/year) systemic therapy with glucocorticosteroids with exception of a substitution of a pituitary lack of ACTH/cortisol (e.g. patients with panhypopituitarism).
  • Instable heart insufficiency for example cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure (NYHA class III or IV), unstable angina, sustained ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation).
  • Type I diabetes according to the guidelines of the European Diabetes Society or obvious other manifestations of other forms of diabetes (e.g. steroid diabetes).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2008

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

138 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00663000

Start Date

April 1 2008

End Date

December 1 2012

Last Update

September 16 2014

Active Locations (6)

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Dept. Internal Medicine, Div. Endocrinology, Charité Campus Mitte, University of Berlin

Berlin, Germany, 10117

2

Endokrinologikum Dresden

Dresden, Germany, 01069

3

Dept. Internal Medicine, Div. Endocrinology, University of Magdeburg

Magdeburg, Germany, 39120

4

Dept. Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Max Planck Institute for Neuroscience and Psychiatry

München, Germany, 80804