DiabetesISTARNCT02835859

Intestinal Sweet Taste Receptor Function and Adaptation to Dietary Sugars and Sweeteners

A study testing Dietary: saccharin and Estimate glucose absorptions in people with Diabetes, run by AdventHealth Translational Research Institute at 1 site in United States.

Completed

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

Official record

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to collect data that will help researchers better understand the various causes of obesity and diabetes; particularly to understand how consumption of NCASs affects the way the body uses nutrients. Read more about this study

Who is it for?: Ages 18 to 65 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for: Diabetes
What is being tested?: Dietary: saccharin and Estimate glucose absorptions
Type of treatment: Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?: No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people: 10 participants
Where: 1 siteUnited States
Study dates: Aug 2014to Sep 2017
Phase: Interventional
Are there results?: None posted in the registry

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 18 to 65 years
All sexes
Healthy volunteers accepted
Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

Age 18-65 years inclusive;
Men and women;
Able to provide written, informed consent;
Weight stable (± 3 kg) during the 3 months prior to enrollment;
BMI ≤ 25 kg/m2

Who cannot join

Diagnosed with any of the following co-morbidities: a) coronary artery disease, angina or heart failure, b) diabetes, c) bleeding disorders, d) infections, e) hepatitis and/or cirrhosis, f) severe asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, g) renal insufficiency, h) bariatric surgery, i) inflammatory bowel disease or malabsorption, j) cancer within the last 3 years (except non-melanoma skin cancer or treated cervical carcinoma in situ), k) psychiatric or eating disorders, l) untreated or inadequately controlled thyroid or other endocrine disorders, m) active rheumatoid arthritis or other inflammatory rheumatic disorder;
Consumption of more than a can of diet beverage or a spoonful of non-caloric artificial sweeteners weekly (or each equivalent from foods) during the past month.
Pregnant or nursing women;
Current smokers (smoking within the past 3 months);
Known hypersensitivity to saccharin, lactisole, and acetaminophen or any of its exipients;
History of difficult blood sample collections or unfavorable anatomy of venous access;
Use of medications: a) nitrates, b) beta-blockers, c) digoxin, d) anti-diabetic agents, e) oral, injected or chronic topical steroids (inhaled steroids for mild asthma are acceptable), f) chronic use of aspirin or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, g) other drugs known to affect immune or metabolic function and h) orlistat, phentermine or other weight loss or anorectic agents.
Blood pressure greater than or equal to 160/100 or less than or equal to 100/50 at screening.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site

Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes
Orlando, Florida, 32804

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About this study

Conditions: Diabetes
Being tested: Dietary: saccharin, Estimate glucose absorptions
Keywords: Obesity, sweet taste receptors
Medical subject headings: Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity

What participants receive

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

Dietary: saccharinOther
Assess the glycemic and hormonal responses to an oral glucose load preceded by an oral solution of NCASs (saccharin).
Estimate glucose absorptionsOther
Indirectly estimate the rate of glucose absorption and gastric emptying by using 3-O-methyglucose (3-OMG) and acetaminophen, respectively.

Study groups in NCT02835859
Study group	Role	What they receive
Group 1- Oral solution	Experimental	Participants will be randomly assigned to drink two oral solutions made of different combinations of saccharin, lactisole, acetaminophen, 3-O-methyl glucose, or glucose. Receives: Other: Dietary: saccharin; Other: Estimate glucose absorptions

What is being measured

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

Measure in glucose concentrations
Glucose concentrations will be measured by the glucose oxidase method (YSI 2300 automated analyzer) and insulin, C-peptide, GLP-1 and GLP-2 concentrations by immunoassay (Mesoscale Discovery Sector Imager 2400).
Measured: Measure over a 180 minute on Days 10, 15, 20, 25

Timeline

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

Aug 2014Sep 2017

First posted18 Jul 2016 (estimated)
Study startAug 2014
Primary completionJan 2016
Study completionSep 2017

Resources

Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
Publications (25)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
Other trials for DiabetesStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
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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: Basic science
Allocation: Not applicable
Intervention model: Single group
Masking: None (open label)
Enrolment: 10 participants (actual)

IDs, dates and publications

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02835859
Sponsor's protocol ID: TRIMD FH 607060
Acronym: ISTAR
Status last verified: Aug 2020
First submitted: 12 Jul 2016
Last updated: 14 Aug 2020
Results posted: No
Data monitoring committee: Yes
Individual data sharing: No

Publications

Swithers SE. Artificial sweeteners produce the counterintuitive effect of inducing metabolic derangements. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Sep;24(9):431-41. doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2013.05.005. Epub 2013 Jul 10.
PubMed 23850261
Kyriazis GA, Soundarapandian MM, Tyrberg B. Sweet taste receptor signaling in beta cells mediates fructose-induced potentiation of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Feb 21;109(8):E524-32. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1115183109. Epub 2012 Feb 6.
PubMed 22315413
Nakagawa Y, Nagasawa M, Yamada S, Hara A, Mogami H, Nikolaev VO, Lohse MJ, Shigemura N, Ninomiya Y, Kojima I. Sweet taste receptor expressed in pancreatic beta-cells activates the calcium and cyclic AMP signaling systems and stimulates insulin secretion. PLoS One. 2009;4(4):e5106. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005106. Epub 2009 Apr 8.
PubMed 19352508
Masubuchi Y, Nakagawa Y, Ma J, Sasaki T, Kitamura T, Yamamoto Y, Kurose H, Kojima I, Shibata H. A novel regulatory function of sweet taste-sensing receptor in adipogenic differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e54500. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054500. Epub 2013 Jan 15.
PubMed 23336004
Simon BR, Parlee SD, Learman BS, Mori H, Scheller EL, Cawthorn WP, Ning X, Gallagher K, Tyrberg B, Assadi-Porter FM, Evans CR, MacDougald OA. Artificial sweeteners stimulate adipogenesis and suppress lipolysis independently of sweet taste receptors. J Biol Chem. 2013 Nov 8;288(45):32475-32489. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.514034. Epub 2013 Sep 24.
PubMed 24068707
Margolskee RF, Dyer J, Kokrashvili Z, Salmon KS, Ilegems E, Daly K, Maillet EL, Ninomiya Y, Mosinger B, Shirazi-Beechey SP. T1R3 and gustducin in gut sense sugars to regulate expression of Na+-glucose cotransporter 1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Sep 18;104(38):15075-80. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0706678104. Epub 2007 Aug 27.
PubMed 17724332
Dyer J, Salmon KS, Zibrik L, Shirazi-Beechey SP. Expression of sweet taste receptors of the T1R family in the intestinal tract and enteroendocrine cells. Biochem Soc Trans. 2005 Feb;33(Pt 1):302-5. doi: 10.1042/BST0330302.
PubMed 15667333
Jang HJ, Kokrashvili Z, Theodorakis MJ, Carlson OD, Kim BJ, Zhou J, Kim HH, Xu X, Chan SL, Juhaszova M, Bernier M, Mosinger B, Margolskee RF, Egan JM. Gut-expressed gustducin and taste receptors regulate secretion of glucagon-like peptide-1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Sep 18;104(38):15069-74. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0706890104. Epub 2007 Aug 27.
PubMed 17724330
Mace OJ, Affleck J, Patel N, Kellett GL. Sweet taste receptors in rat small intestine stimulate glucose absorption through apical GLUT2. J Physiol. 2007 Jul 1;582(Pt 1):379-92. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.130906. Epub 2007 May 10.
PubMed 17495045
Fujita Y, Wideman RD, Speck M, Asadi A, King DS, Webber TD, Haneda M, Kieffer TJ. Incretin release from gut is acutely enhanced by sugar but not by sweeteners in vivo. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Mar;296(3):E473-9. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.90636.2008. Epub 2008 Dec 23.
PubMed 19106249
Ma J, Bellon M, Wishart JM, Young R, Blackshaw LA, Jones KL, Horowitz M, Rayner CK. Effect of the artificial sweetener, sucralose, on gastric emptying and incretin hormone release in healthy subjects. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2009 Apr;296(4):G735-9. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.90708.2008. Epub 2009 Feb 12.
PubMed 19221011
Brown AW, Bohan Brown MM, Onken KL, Beitz DC. Short-term consumption of sucralose, a nonnutritive sweetener, is similar to water with regard to select markers of hunger signaling and short-term glucose homeostasis in women. Nutr Res. 2011 Dec;31(12):882-8. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2011.10.004.
PubMed 22153513
Steinert RE, Frey F, Topfer A, Drewe J, Beglinger C. Effects of carbohydrate sugars and artificial sweeteners on appetite and the secretion of gastrointestinal satiety peptides. Br J Nutr. 2011 May;105(9):1320-8. doi: 10.1017/S000711451000512X. Epub 2011 Jan 24.
PubMed 21255472
Brown RJ, Walter M, Rother KI. Ingestion of diet soda before a glucose load augments glucagon-like peptide-1 secretion. Diabetes Care. 2009 Dec;32(12):2184-6. doi: 10.2337/dc09-1185. Epub 2009 Oct 6.
PubMed 19808921
Pepino MY, Klein S. Response to comment on Pepino et al. Sucralose affects glycemic and hormonal responses to an oral glucose load. Diabetes care 2013;36:2530-2535. Diabetes Care. 2014 Jun;37(6):e149. doi: 10.2337/dc14-0268. No abstract available.
PubMed 24855177

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Study at a glance

From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 14 Aug 2020. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.

Official title: Intestinal Sweet Taste Receptor Function and Adaptation to Dietary Sugars and Sweeteners
ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02835859
Acronym / sponsor ID: ISTAR / TRIMD FH 607060
Conditions: Diabetes
Keywords: Obesity, sweet taste receptors
Study type: Interventional
Recruitment status: Completed
Enrolment: 10 participants (actual)
Lead sponsor: AdventHealth Translational Research InstituteUniversity, hospital or other
Collaborators: Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
Study start: Aug 2014
Primary completion: Jan 2016 (actual)
Study completion: Sep 2017 (actual)
First posted: 18 Jul 2016 (estimated)
Results: Not posted in the source record

Clinical summary

The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.

Study design

Primary purpose: Basic science
Allocation: Not applicable
Intervention model: Single group
Masking: None (open label)
Number of arms: 1

Arm	Type	Receives
Group 1- Oral solution	Experimental	Other: Dietary: saccharin, Other: Estimate glucose absorptionsParticipants will be randomly assigned to drink two oral solutions made of different combinations of saccharin, lactisole, acetaminophen, 3-O-methyl glucose, or glucose.

Who may qualify

Ages: 18 to 65 years
Sex: All
Healthy volunteers: Accepted
Age groups: Adult, Older adult

Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)

Age 18-65 years inclusive;
Men and women;
Able to provide written, informed consent;
Weight stable (± 3 kg) during the 3 months prior to enrollment;
BMI ≤ 25 kg/m2

Key exclusion criteria (8 listed)

Diagnosed with any of the following co-morbidities: a) coronary artery disease, angina or heart failure, b) diabetes, c) bleeding disorders, d) infections, e) hepatitis and/or cirrhosis, f) severe asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, g) renal insufficiency, h) bariatric surgery, i) inflammatory bowel disease or malabsorption, j) cancer within the last 3 years (except non-melanoma skin cancer or treated cervical carcinoma in situ), k) psychiatric or eating disorders, l) untreated or inadequately controlled thyroid or other endocrine disorders, m) active rheumatoid arthritis or other inflammatory rheumatic disorder;
Consumption of more than a can of diet beverage or a spoonful of non-caloric artificial sweeteners weekly (or each equivalent from foods) during the past month.
Pregnant or nursing women;
Current smokers (smoking within the past 3 months);
Known hypersensitivity to saccharin, lactisole, and acetaminophen or any of its exipients;

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Interventions

Intervention	Type	Arms
Dietary: saccharinAssess the glycemic and hormonal responses to an oral glucose load preceded by an oral solution of NCASs (saccharin).	Other	Group 1- Oral solution
Estimate glucose absorptionsIndirectly estimate the rate of glucose absorption and gastric emptying by using 3-O-methyglucose (3-OMG) and acetaminophen, respectively.	Other	Group 1- Oral solution

Primary outcome

Measure in glucose concentrations
Time frame: Measure over a 180 minute on Days 10, 15, 20, 25
Glucose concentrations will be measured by the glucose oxidase method (YSI 2300 automated analyzer) and insulin, C-peptide, GLP-1 and GLP-2 concentrations by immunoassay (Mesoscale Discovery Sector Imager 2400).

Results and safety

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

Research links

Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 14 Aug 2020.
Background: PubMed 23850261Swithers SE. Artificial sweeteners produce the counterintuitive effect of inducing metabolic derangements. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Sep;24(9):431-41. doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2013.05.005. Epub 2013 Jul 10.
Background: PubMed 22315413Kyriazis GA, Soundarapandian MM, Tyrberg B. Sweet taste receptor signaling in beta cells mediates fructose-induced potentiation of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Feb 21;109(8):E524-32. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1115183109. Epub 2012 Feb 6.
Background: PubMed 19352508Nakagawa Y, Nagasawa M, Yamada S, Hara A, Mogami H, Nikolaev VO, Lohse MJ, Shigemura N, Ninomiya Y, Kojima I. Sweet taste receptor expressed in pancreatic beta-cells activates the calcium and cyclic AMP signaling systems and stimulates insulin secretion. PLoS One. 2009;4(4):e5106. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005106. Epub 2009 Apr 8.
Background: PubMed 23336004Masubuchi Y, Nakagawa Y, Ma J, Sasaki T, Kitamura T, Yamamoto Y, Kurose H, Kojima I, Shibata H. A novel regulatory function of sweet taste-sensing receptor in adipogenic differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e54500. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054500. Epub 2013 Jan 15.
Background: PubMed 24068707Simon BR, Parlee SD, Learman BS, Mori H, Scheller EL, Cawthorn WP, Ning X, Gallagher K, Tyrberg B, Assadi-Porter FM, Evans CR, MacDougald OA. Artificial sweeteners stimulate adipogenesis and suppress lipolysis independently of sweet taste receptors. J Biol Chem. 2013 Nov 8;288(45):32475-32489. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.514034. Epub 2013 Sep 24.
Background: PubMed 17724332Margolskee RF, Dyer J, Kokrashvili Z, Salmon KS, Ilegems E, Daly K, Maillet EL, Ninomiya Y, Mosinger B, Shirazi-Beechey SP. T1R3 and gustducin in gut sense sugars to regulate expression of Na+-glucose cotransporter 1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Sep 18;104(38):15075-80. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0706678104. Epub 2007 Aug 27.
Background: PubMed 15667333Dyer J, Salmon KS, Zibrik L, Shirazi-Beechey SP. Expression of sweet taste receptors of the T1R family in the intestinal tract and enteroendocrine cells. Biochem Soc Trans. 2005 Feb;33(Pt 1):302-5. doi: 10.1042/BST0330302.
Background: PubMed 17724330Jang HJ, Kokrashvili Z, Theodorakis MJ, Carlson OD, Kim BJ, Zhou J, Kim HH, Xu X, Chan SL, Juhaszova M, Bernier M, Mosinger B, Margolskee RF, Egan JM. Gut-expressed gustducin and taste receptors regulate secretion of glucagon-like peptide-1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Sep 18;104(38):15069-74. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0706890104. Epub 2007 Aug 27.
Background: PubMed 17495045Mace OJ, Affleck J, Patel N, Kellett GL. Sweet taste receptors in rat small intestine stimulate glucose absorption through apical GLUT2. J Physiol. 2007 Jul 1;582(Pt 1):379-92. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.130906. Epub 2007 May 10.
Background: PubMed 19106249Fujita Y, Wideman RD, Speck M, Asadi A, King DS, Webber TD, Haneda M, Kieffer TJ. Incretin release from gut is acutely enhanced by sugar but not by sweeteners in vivo. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Mar;296(3):E473-9. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.90636.2008. Epub 2008 Dec 23.
Background: PubMed 19221011Ma J, Bellon M, Wishart JM, Young R, Blackshaw LA, Jones KL, Horowitz M, Rayner CK. Effect of the artificial sweetener, sucralose, on gastric emptying and incretin hormone release in healthy subjects. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2009 Apr;296(4):G735-9. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.90708.2008. Epub 2009 Feb 12.
Background: PubMed 22153513Brown AW, Bohan Brown MM, Onken KL, Beitz DC. Short-term consumption of sucralose, a nonnutritive sweetener, is similar to water with regard to select markers of hunger signaling and short-term glucose homeostasis in women. Nutr Res. 2011 Dec;31(12):882-8. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2011.10.004.
Individual participant dataSharing planned: No

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Referral and contact

AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.

George Kyriazis, PhD principal investigator

Study Principal Investigator

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Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Dietary: saccharin and Estimate glucose absorptions in people with Diabetes, run by AdventHealth Translational Research Institute 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 5 inclusion and 8 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 14 Aug 2020. 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?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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?

Measure in glucose concentrations (time frame: Measure over a 180 minute on Days 10, 15, 20, 25). 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 NCT02835859, which also lists 25 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 14 Aug 2020.