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Type 2 Diabetes MellitusNCT00194896

Preferred Treatment of Type 1.5 Diabetes

A study testing rosiglitazone and glyburide in people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, run by University of Washington at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this research was to test whether one treatment was superior over another in the management of type 1.5 diabetes. Specifically we tested recently diagnosed antibody positive type 2 diabetic patients to determine whether treatment with rosiglitazone results in greater preservation of beta cell function… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 35 to 69 years
Conditions the study is for
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
What is being tested?
rosiglitazone and glyburide
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
64 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Feb 2000to Dec 2008
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 35 to 69 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age at onset of diabetes - 35-69 years old.
  • No history of ketonuria or ketoacidosis.
  • Not requiring insulin to achieve glycemic control.
  • Not receiving more than two oral hypoglycemic agents.
  • Not taking a thiazolidinedione agent.
  • HbA1c in established patients (on an oral hypoglycemia agent for over 4 months) of greater than 6% and under 10%.
  • Fasting c-peptide greater than or equal to 0.8 ng/ml.
  • Women must be either post-menopausal or on adequate birth control (i.e. oral contraceptives, tubal ligation, hysterectomy, condoms, or diaphragm) or use abstinence.

Who cannot join

  • Patients with history of chronic pancreatitis or other secondary causes of diabetes.
  • Patients receiving systemic corticosteroids.
  • Patients with severe systemic illness (e.g. recent MI, CHF or cerebral vascular disease).
  • Creatinine greater than 1.4 or liver enzymes greater than 2 times the upper limits of normal.
  • Not able to adhere to the protocol.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • DVA Puget Sound Health Care System

    Seattle, Washington, 98108

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About this study

Official title: Rosiglitazone Intervention Study in Patients With Type 1.5 Diabetes

The purpose of this research was to test whether one treatment was superior over another in the management of type 1.5 diabetes. Specifically we tested recently diagnosed antibody positive type 2 diabetic patients to determine whether treatment with rosiglitazone results in greater preservation of beta cell function compared to treatment with glyburide.

Read the detailed description

Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes have different underlying pathophysiologic processes. The disease process in classical Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune destruction of the pancreatic beta cells. In contrast, the disease process in classical Type 2 diabetes is not autoimmune in nature, a decreased sensitivity to insulin action is central to the disease process, and a poorly understood but non-inflammatory beta cell lesion occurs which diminishes insulin secretion. In clinical practice, the diagnosis of Type 1 versus Type 2 diabetes is made phenotypically using variables such as age at onset, apparent abruptness of onset of hyperglycemia, presence of ketosis, degree of obesity (especially central and intra abdominal), prevalence of other autoimmune diseases, and apparent need for insulin replacement. This clinical distinction of Type 1 versus Type 2 diabetes is recognized to be imperfect.

There is also a third group of individuals, who phenotypically are usually like classic Type 2 diabetics but who are positive for one or more of the autoantibodies commonly seen in the Type 1 disease process, namely islet cell antibodies (ICA) and/or insulin autoantibodies (IAA) and/or autoantibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD Ab) and/or autoantibodies to the tyrosine phosphatase islet cell autoantibody 512 (IA 2 Ab).

These patients, autoantibody positive [Ab(+)] Type 2 or Type 1.5 diabetes, were the focus of our study. Compared to antibody negative Type 2 diabetics, patients with Type 1.5 diabetes have a more rapid decline in beta cell function, fail sulfonylurea therapy and require insulin therapy earlier (4-13).

Hypothesis: Rosiglitazone treatment will ameliorate or slow the underlying disease process in antibody positive Type 2 diabetes.

Patients meeting the inclusion criteria came in for a baseline visit. The nature of the study was explained and informed consent obtained. A fasting blood sample was obtained for autoantibodies, glucose, C peptide of proinsulin molecule (C-peptide), glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), genetic typing, and T lymphocyte (T cell) responses to islet antigens. The beta cell function test was performed. Patients were then randomized to either rosiglitazone or glyburide.

All patients were encouraged to perform self blood glucose monitoring twice per day, before breakfast and before dinner. The treatment goals for all patients was the same: before breakfast and before dinner blood sugar levels between 90-130 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dI) and HbA1c of less then 7% without severe hypoglycemia. Patients unable to reach goal with monotherapy had metformin (initially) or acarbose (secondarily) added, as there is no evidence to suggest that either affect beta-cell function.

The rosiglitazone treatment group commenced therapy with 4 milligram (mg) once per day and increased to twice per day if adequate glycemic control was not achieved. For glyburide, therapy was initiated with 2.5 mg in the morning or the patient was maintained on the dose they had been receiving prior to starting the study. The starting dose was raised by 2.5 mg in the evening and further up to a maximum of 10 mg twice a day if necessary to achieve desired glycemic control.

If adequate control, HbA1c less than 7%, was not achieved on glyburide or rosiglitazone monotherapy, metformin was added and the dose gradually increased as needed and tolerated to a maximum of 1000 mg twice daily. If necessary, acarbose was also used up to a maximum dose of 100 mg thrice daily as needed and tolerated.

After initiation of the study, patients were seen at 1 month and then every 3 months for up to 3 years. Those patients randomized to rosiglitazone had the liver enzyme alanine transaminase (ALT) monitored every 2 months. In addition, telephone contact was utilized to achieve and maintain glycemic goals. Each participant was followed for up to 3 years. Drs. Chiu and Palmer coordinated the study. If the patient and his/her private physician prefer, the treatment protocol was implemented by the patient's private physician.

Being tested
rosiglitazone, glyburide
Keywords
type 2 diabetes mellitus, autoantibodies, islet proteins, rosiglitazone, glyburide, c-peptide
Medical subject headings
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • rosiglitazoneDrug

    Also called Avandia

    Tablet taken orally at a dosage of 4 mg once per day and increase to twice per day if adequate glycemic control was not achieved. Study drug was taken up to 3 years.

  • glyburideDrug

    Tablet taken orally, initially 2.5 mg in the morning or dose subject received prior to starting the study. Dosage was increased by 2.5 mg in the evening up to a maximum of 10 mg twice a day if necessary to achieve desired glycemic control. Study drug was taken up to 3 years.

Study groups in NCT00194896
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
rosiglitazoneActive comparatorRosiglitazone is an oral antidiabetic agent which acts primarily by increasing insulin sensitivity. The rosiglitazone treatment group commenced therapy with 4 mg once per day and increase to twice per day if adequate glycemic control was not achieved.
Receives: Drug: rosiglitazone
glyburideActive comparatorGlyburide is a sulfonylurea. Glyburide therapy was initiated with 2.5 mg in the morning or the patient was maintained on the dose they had been receiving prior to starting the study. This starting dose was raised by 2.5 in the evening and further up to a maximum of 10 mg twice a day if necessary to achieve desired glycemic control.
Receives: Drug: glyburide

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Changes in Beta Cell Function Assessed by Fasting and Stimulated C-peptide Measured at 36 Months.

    Changes in beta cell function assessed by fasting and stimulated C-peptide measured at 36 months.

    Measured: 36 months

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Patients Positive for T Cell Responses to Islet Proteins at 36 Months.

    Number of participants positive for T cell reactivity to islet proteins at 36 months.

    Measured: 36 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted19 Sep 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startFeb 2000
  3. Primary completionSep 2008
  4. Study completionDec 2008

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
64 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00194896
Sponsor's protocol ID
16707-D
Other IDs
496539-188;, 16707D
Status last verified
Mar 2018
First submitted
14 Sep 2005
Last updated
29 Mar 2018
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Lampeter EF, Homberg M, Quabeck K, Schaefer UW, Wernet P, Bertrams J, Grosse-Wilde H, Gries FA, Kolb H. Transfer of insulin-dependent diabetes between HLA-identical siblings by bone marrow transplantation. Lancet. 1993 May 15;341(8855):1243-4. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)91148-f.

    PubMed 8098394
  • DeFronzo RA. Pathogenesis of type 2 (non-insulin dependent) diabetes mellitus: a balanced overview. Diabetologia. 1992 Apr;35(4):389-97. doi: 10.1007/BF00401208. No abstract available.

    PubMed 1516769
  • Porte D Jr. Banting lecture 1990. Beta-cells in type II diabetes mellitus. Diabetes. 1991 Feb;40(2):166-80. doi: 10.2337/diab.40.2.166.

    PubMed 1991568
  • Zimmet PZ, Tuomi T, Mackay IR, Rowley MJ, Knowles W, Cohen M, Lang DA. Latent autoimmune diabetes mellitus in adults (LADA): the role of antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase in diagnosis and prediction of insulin dependency. Diabet Med. 1994 Apr;11(3):299-303. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1994.tb00275.x.

    PubMed 8033530
  • Tuomi T, Groop LC, Zimmet PZ, Rowley MJ, Knowles W, Mackay IR. Antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase reveal latent autoimmune diabetes mellitus in adults with a non-insulin-dependent onset of disease. Diabetes. 1993 Feb;42(2):359-62. doi: 10.2337/diab.42.2.359.

    PubMed 8425674
  • Zimmet PZ. The pathogenesis and prevention of diabetes in adults. Genes, autoimmunity, and demography. Diabetes Care. 1995 Jul;18(7):1050-64. doi: 10.2337/diacare.18.7.1050. No abstract available.

    PubMed 7555542
  • Groop LC, Bottazzo GF, Doniach D. Islet cell antibodies identify latent type I diabetes in patients aged 35-75 years at diagnosis. Diabetes. 1986 Feb;35(2):237-41. doi: 10.2337/diab.35.2.237.

    PubMed 3510930
  • Groop L, Miettinen A, Groop PH, Meri S, Koskimies S, Bottazzo GF. Organ-specific autoimmunity and HLA-DR antigens as markers for beta-cell destruction in patients with type II diabetes. Diabetes. 1988 Jan;37(1):99-103. doi: 10.2337/diab.37.1.99.

    PubMed 3275559
  • Kobayashi T, Tamemoto K, Nakanishi K, Kato N, Okubo M, Kajio H, Sugimoto T, Murase T, Kosaka K. Immunogenetic and clinical characterization of slowly progressive IDDM. Diabetes Care. 1993 May;16(5):780-8. doi: 10.2337/diacare.16.5.780.

    PubMed 8098691
  • Kobayashi T. Subtype of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in Japan: slowly progressive IDDM--the clinical characteristics and pathogenesis of the syndrome. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 1994 Oct;24 Suppl:S95-9. doi: 10.1016/0168-8227(94)90234-8.

    PubMed 7859641
  • Kobayashi T, Nakanishi K, Sugimoto T, Itoh T, Murase T, Kosaka K, Tsuji K. Maleness as risk factor for slowly progressive IDDM. Diabetes Care. 1989 Jan;12(1):7-11. doi: 10.2337/diacare.12.1.7.

    PubMed 2653752
  • Kobayashi T, Itoh T, Kosaka K, Sato K, Tsuji K. Time course of islet cell antibodies and beta-cell function in non-insulin-dependent stage of type I diabetes. Diabetes. 1987 Apr;36(4):510-7. doi: 10.2337/diab.36.4.510.

    PubMed 3545950
  • Nakanishi K, Kobayashi T, Sugimoto T, Murase T, Itoh T, Kosaka K. Predictive value of insulin autoantibodies for further progression of beta cell dysfunction in non-insulin-dependent diabetics. Diabetes Res. 1988 Nov;9(3):105-9.

    PubMed 3072143
  • Hao W, Li L, Mehta V, Lernmark A, Palmer JP. Functional state of the beta cell affects expression of both forms of glutamic acid decarboxylase. Pancreas. 1994 Sep;9(5):558-62. doi: 10.1097/00006676-199409000-00003.

    PubMed 7809009
  • Mehta V, Hao W, Brooks-Worrell BM, Palmer JP. The functional state of the beta cell modulates IL-1 and TNF-induced cytotoxicity. Lymphokine Cytokine Res. 1993 Aug;12(4):255-9.

    PubMed 8218598

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing rosiglitazone and glyburide in people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, run by University of Washington at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Mar 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 10 Aug 2011). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Changes in Beta Cell Function Assessed by Fasting and Stimulated C-peptide Measured at 36 Months. (time frame: 36 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00194896, which also lists 35 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 29 Mar 2018.

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