Status:

COMPLETED

Postprandial Inflammation and Fatty Acids

Lead Sponsor:

Wageningen University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation

Conditions:

Cardiovascular Disease

Diabetes Type 2

Eligibility:

MALE

50-70 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The main objective is to elucidate the acute effects of an oral intake of either saturated, monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fatty acids on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) whole genome exp...

Detailed Description

Consumption of high-fat diets can lead to postprandial dyslipidemia, impairment of endothelial function, activation of immune cells and changes in gene expression profiles of immune cells such as peri...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • For all participants:
  • male gender
  • 50-70 yrs
  • For diabetic patients only:
  • BMI \>30 kg/m2
  • Well-controlled diabetes: fasting plasma glucose concentration must be \<10.0 mmol/l at the time of screening.
  • Must be on sulphonylurea- or metformin therapy for at least 6 months with a constant dose for at least two months, or on dietary treatment for at least 6 months2.
  • For obese controls only:
  • BMI \> 30 kg/m2
  • normoglycemic according to WHO criteria (OGTT, fasting blood glucose\< 7 mmol/L, after 2 hr \<7.8mmol/L)
  • For lean controls only:
  • BMI 18-25 kg/m2
  • normoglycemic according to WHO criteria (OGTT, fasting blood glucose\< 7 mmol/L, after 2 hr \<7.8mmol/L)

Exclusion

  • For all participants:
  • Female gender
  • Age below 50 or above 70 years
  • Hemoglobin levels \<8.4 mmol/L
  • Allergic to cow milk or dairy products
  • Allergic to fish oil
  • Vegetarian
  • Tobacco smoker
  • Current or recent (\<4 weeks) use of fish oil supplements or more then four times fish/week; 24.35 g of EPA-DHA of fish per month (800 mg/day) as judged by the questionnaire.
  • Received inoculations within 2 months of starting the study or planned to during the study
  • Donated or intended to donate blood from 2 months before the study till two months after the study
  • Unstable body weight (weight gain or loss \> 3 kg in the past three months)
  • Medical condition that can interfere with the study outcome (i.e. cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal disease, renal dysfunction)
  • Use of medications know to interfere with glucose homeostasis (i.e. corticosteroids)
  • abuse of drugs and/or alcohol
  • participation in another biomedical study within 1 month before the first screening visit
  • For obese, type 2 diabetic subjects only:
  • severe diabetes which requires application of insulin
  • diabetes-related complications
  • For obese subjects and lean controls only:
  • hyperglycemic according to WHO criteria (OGTT, fasting blood glucose \>6.0mM, after 2 hr\>11mM)
  • systolic blood pressure \>160 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure \> 100 mmHg
  • Urinary glucose concentrations (\>0.25 g/l)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

42 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00977262

Start Date

October 1 2009

End Date

December 1 2009

Last Update

April 21 2010

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Wageningen University, Division of Human Nutrition

Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands, 6700 EV

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Wageningen University, Division of Human Nutrition

Wageningen, Netherlands, 6700 EV