Actively Recruiting
Pharmacogenetics of the Response to GLP-1 in Mexican-Americans With Prediabetes
Led by The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Updated on 2026-03-17
300
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
257 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
T
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Lead Sponsor
V
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This project uses both transcriptomic- and genomic-level data to identify mechanisms of individual responses to glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) in Mexican-Americans with prediabetes. The GLP-1 hormone is essential for glucose reduction, weight loss, cardiovascular risk reduction, and renal protection. Newly discovered mechanisms will illuminate causal links between disease genotype and phenotype, which may ultimately guide personalized therapeutic approaches for type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, renal disease, and other related diseases.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Pharmacogenetics of the Response to GLP-1 in Mexican-Americans With Prediabetes
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Men and women aged 18 years and older
- Diagnosis of prediabetes defined by impaired fasting glucose (100-125 mg/dL), impaired glucose tolerance (140-199 mg/dL after 75-gram oral glucose), or hemoglobin A1C between 5.7% and 6.4%
- High risk for diabetes progression with obesity (BMI 60; 30 kg/m2) and/or metabolically unhealthy status defined by at least two of the following: elevated blood pressure (SBP 60; 130 mmHg and/or DBP 60; 85 mmHg), elevated triglycerides 60; 150 mg/dL, low HDL cholesterol (males <40 mg/dL; females <50 mg/dL), or elevated fasting glucose 60; 100 mg/dL
- Women of childbearing potential must agree to use effective pregnancy prevention methods during the study
- Laboratory values: hematocrit 60; 34 vol%, estimated glomerular filtration rate 60; 60 mL/min/1.73 m2, AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) < 2.5 times upper limit of normal, alkaline phosphatase < 2.5 times upper limit of normal
You will not qualify if you...
- History of type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
- Use of metformin, DPP-4 inhibitors, GLP-1 receptor agonists, SGLT-2 inhibitors, thiazolidinediones, insulin, sulfonylureas, meglitinides, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, or corticosteroids in the past 3 months
- Active cancer
- Significant cardiac, liver, pancreatic, or kidney disease
- History of serious allergic reaction to study medication or other incretin mimetics
- Prisoners or involuntarily incarcerated individuals
- History of pancreatitis, medullary thyroid cancer, or multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2)
- Family history of medullary thyroid cancer, MEN 2, or any thyroid cancer
- Hospitalization for COVID-19 in the last 3 months
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
UTHealth Clinical Research Unit (CRU) at UT Brownsville
Brownsville, Texas, United States, 78520
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
N
Norma Perez-Olazaran
CONTACT
R
Rocio Uribe
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
1
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