Clinical trials: Insulin Sensitivity/Resistance
Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
Circuit Training and Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Type 2 Diabetes in Youth
The overall goal of this project is to examine the physiological and metabolic effects of a 16-week circuit-training (strength training + aerobic activities) program, with and without a behavioral component utilizing motivational…
- Trial name
- NCT00693511
- Testing
- Circuit Training, Circuit training + motivational interviewing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Effects of TOTUM-448 on Liver Fat Content, Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Gut Microbiota Among Participants with MASLD
This clinical trial aims to investigate the effects of TOTUM-448, a mix of 5 plant extracts and choline, consumed at the daily regimen of two times per day, on liver fat content, cardiometabolic risk factors and gut microbiota…
- Trial name
- CARDIO-LIVER (NCT06704321)
- Testing
- TOTUM-448
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Valbiotis
Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder of Shift Work Type, Metabolic Disease
Impact of Circulating and Tissue-specific Lipids on Vascular Function and Insulin Sensitivity in Chronic Night Shift Workers
People who experience repeated bouts of circadian misalignment, such as shift workers, are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and Type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared to daytime workers.
- Conditions
- Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder of Shift Work Type, Metabolic Disease, Insulin Sensitivity, Blood Pressure
- Trial name
- SHINE (NCT06550115)
- Testing
- Time-restricted eating, Control eating
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Colorado State University
Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity
The Effect of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass on Insulin Sensitivity in Type 2 Diabetes
Gastric bypass surgery induces remission of diabetes within days after surgery, before significant weight loss. The aim of the study is to examine whether improved insulin sensitivity of muscle and liver contributes to the…
- Trial name
- NCT01202526
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hvidovre University Hospital
Insulin Sensitivity
Mechanism of Microbiome-induced Insulin Resistance in Humans (Aim2)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether microbiome modulation and an experimental reduction in plasma LPS concentration improve inflammation and insulin action in insulin resistant (obese and T2DM) subjects.
- Trial name
- MicroB2 (NCT02127125)
- Testing
- Maltodextrin, Synbiotic, Sevelamer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Prediabetes
Blood Sugar Take Care and Glucose Metabolism
This prospective international clinical trial is a two-arm, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, multicenter study. 112 prediabetic subjects will be randomized to Blood Sugar Take Care or placebo.
- Trial name
- NCT01554020
- Testing
- Blood Sugar Take Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NewChapter, Inc.
Insulin Resistance, Obesity
The Effect of Artificial Sweeteners (AFS) on Sweetness Sensitivity, Preference and Brain Response in Adolescents
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of dietary exposure to artificial sweeteners on taste sensitivity, preference and brain response in adolescents using fMRI, psychophysical measures, and questionnaires.
- Trial name
- NCT02499705
- Testing
- Sucralose, Sucrose, Sucralose + maltodextrin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Type 2 Diabetes
Pharmacogenomics of Thiazolidinediones
The purpose of this study is to determine predictors of response to pioglitazone, an anti-diabetic medication. The investigators know from randomized clinical trials that some 30% of patients do not respond to this type of…
- Trial name
- PPAR (NCT01135394)
- Testing
- Pioglitazone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 114 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Insulin Resistance, Obesity
Adipose Tissue Response to Overfeeding in Insulin Resistance-Prone vs. Insulin Sensitive Humans
Obesity has become an epidemic worldwide. Data from our laboratory and others demonstrate that most of the excess morbidity from obesity is related to insulin resistance (IR).
- Trial name
- NCT02084641
- Testing
- Over feeding
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
The Verona Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Study
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a complex disease whose clinical phenotype results from the variable combination of genetic and nongenetic factors.
- Trial name
- VNDS (NCT01526720)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universita di Verona
Insulin Resistance
Effect of Dietary Polyphenols on Insulin Sensitivity
A large and growing segment of the population is prediabetic. Dietary interventions that improve insulin sensitivity may be important in preventing the progression to full-blown diabetes in these individuals.
- Trial name
- NCT00668928
- Testing
- Polyphenols (flavon-3-ol monomers and oligomers)
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Insulin Resistance
Low Dose Fat-Induced Insulin Resistance
The primary goal of this study is to determine the dose of fatty acids that acutely induces mild insulin resistance in healthy volunteers.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Insulin Resistance, Insulin Sensitivity
- Trial name
- BCAA (NCT03479671)
- Testing
- Intralipid, 20% Intravenous Emulsion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Obesity, Insulin-resistant
HIT in Insulin-resistant and Insulin-sensitive Obese Adolescents
Evaluate the effects of HIT on the cardiorespiratory performance and substrate oxidation of insulin-resistant and insulin-sensitive obese adolescents.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Insulin-resistant, Adolescents
- Trial name
- NCT03042234
- Testing
- Group Insulin-Resistant, Group Insulin-Sensitive
- Where
- 3 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo
Sarcopenia
Study of Inactivity on Metabolism of Elderly Muscles
Skeletal muscle mass declines with inactivity (casting is a good example) and increases with activity (such as weightlifting). Whether muscle mass increases or decreases, is determined by whether more new proteins within muscle…
- Trial name
- NCT01818609
- Testing
- Step reduction
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Obesity
Exercise Training and Fitness in Severe Obesity
Obesity is commonly associated with insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia, which seem to be linked with an impaired ability to oxidize lipids, particularly in class III obese individuals [Body Mass Index (BMI): > 40 kg*m-2].
- Trial name
- INTFMOBE (NCT02254200)
- Testing
- Fatmax group, HIIT group
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Insulin Sensitivity, Aging
Implication of Metabolic and Genomic Modifications in Elderly Subjects
An increase of longevity and of the number of men and women older than 60 years old is observed in most industrialized countries.
- Trial name
- COMPALICLAMP (NCT00951392)
- Testing
- euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp, muscle biopsy, indirect calorimetry
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Obesity, Abdominal, Insulin Resistance
Persea Americana for Total Health (PATH ) Study
The proposed work will investigate the effects of avocados on abdominal obesity and glycemic control among overweight/obese adults.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Abdominal, Insulin Resistance, Insulin Sensitivity
- Trial name
- PATH (NCT02740439)
- Testing
- Avocado, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Insulin Sensitivity, Glucose Metabolism Disorders (Including Diabetes Mellitus)
Acute Microbial Switch
In this project the investigators will test if it is possible to measure changes in intestinal gas production after supplementation of a complex fiber mixture over a 36 hour period in both lean normoglycemic individuals and…
- Conditions
- Insulin Sensitivity, Glucose Metabolism Disorders (Including Diabetes Mellitus), Hyperinsulinism
- Trial name
- NCT05764200
- Testing
- Two day supplementation of a complex fiber mixture
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Insulin Resistance
Timing Estrogen After MenoPaUSe
The aim of the current study is to test whether the effect of estrogen on insulin metabolism depends on the timing of treatment relative to when a woman went through menopause.
- Trial name
- TEMPUS (NCT01605071)
- Testing
- Estradiol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Insulin Resistance
Dissecting the IMpact of 11-OXygenated and Classic Androgens on Skeletal Muscle Insulin Sensitivity (DIMOXIS)
Androgen excess is the cardinal biochemical feature of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Serum testosterone correlates with insulin resistance in PCOS, however, there is an urgent need to improve our understanding of the…
- Conditions
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, Androgen; Hypersecretion, Endocrine System Diseases
- Trial name
- DIMOXIS (NCT05263557)
- Testing
- Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), 11-ketoandrostenedione (11KA4)
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland