Gastrointestinal Sensorimotor Dysfunctions in Diabetes Mellitus

Dyspepsia Clinical Trial

Official title: Gastrointestinal Sensorimotor Dysfunctions in Diabetes Mellitus

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to understand why people with indigestion have gastrointestinal symptoms and in particular to understand whether symptoms are related to increased sensitivity to nutrients in the small intestine and to a hormone (GLP1) which is normally released from the small intestine in response to nutrients. We propose to study the contribution of GLP1 to intestinal sensitivity with a drug (exendin 9-39) that blocks the effects of GLP1.

Clinical Trial Description

Upper gastrointestinal symptoms (early satiety, pain, nausea, and vomiting) are not uncommon in diabetic (DM) enteropathy. While these symptoms are often attributed to accelerated or delayed gastric emptying, the precise contribution of abnormal gastric emptying to symptoms in patients with DM gastroparesis is often unclear.

The investigators recently observed that approximately 50% of patients with functional dyspepsia have increased sensation to duodenal nutrient (carbohydrate and lipid) perfusion. Another recent study suggests that patients with functional dyspepsia have low-grade mucosal inflammation, abnormalities of cell-to-cell adhesion proteins which predispose to increased epithelial permeability, and a leaky epithelial barrier. Type 1 DM is associated with increased small intestinal permeability even in subjects who do not have celiac disease.

Hence, the investigators proposed to evaluate the overall hypothesis that intestinal chemosensitivity related to increased epithelial permeability and GLP-1 explains symptom severity in patients with functional dyspepsia and in patients with DM and dyspepsia. Healthy subjects, Patients with DM and GI symptoms, and patients with functional dyspepsia underwent assessment of intestinal chemosensitivity during duodenal nutrient perfusion, gastric emptying (by scintigraphy), cardiovascular and GI vagal functions (plasma pancreatic polypeptide response to sham feeding and a comprehensive autonomic reflex screen), in vivo assessment of small intestinal permeability (urinary lactulose:mannitol ratio), and upper endoscopy with assessment of epithelial tight junction proteins and permeability on small bowel biopsies.

During the nutrient infusion, subjects in each group (i.e., healthy subjects, functional dyspepsia and DM) were randomized to lipid infusion and placebo or lipid infusion and exendin 9-39. Hormonal responses (i.e., GLP-1, cholecystokinin (CCK), gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP), glucagon, peptide tyrosine tyrosine (PYY), C-peptide, and insulin) and plasma glucose will also be evaluated during enteral nutrient infusion. GI symptoms during each perturbation (meal, nutrient infusion) will be evaluated by validated questionnaires. Blood will be collected for DNA-based genetic analyses, initially to assess the relationship of GI sensorimotor dysfunctions and symptoms with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) affecting CCK and GLP-1 receptors. The analysis will assess for disturbances in these parameters in functional and DM dyspepsia, investigate associations between symptoms during enteral infusion and hormonal-epithelial functions, and evaluate relationships between daily symptoms and results of testing. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Diabetes Mellitus
• Diabetes Mellitus With Gastrointestinal Symptoms
• Dyspepsia

• NCT number: NCT02170870
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Mayo Clinic
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: June 2014
• Completion date: November 17, 2017