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Administrative data

NCT number NCT00459940
Other study ID # 20030288
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received April 12, 2007
Last updated April 12, 2007
Start date September 2004
Est. completion date March 2006

Study information

Verified date April 2007
Source University of Aarhus
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Denmark: Danish Medicines AgencyDenmark: Danish Dataprotection Agency
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In the present double blind, placebo-controlled, parallel study we evaluated the impact of 12 weeks thiazolidinedione (TZD) administration on basal and insulin-stimulated substrate metabolism in growth hormone-replaced adults with growth hormone deficiency.


Description:

In human subjects GH (Growth Hormone) acutely antagonises the effects of insulin on glucose uptake in skeletal muscle and increases the hepatic glucose production of humans. This has clinical implications for patients with active acromegaly, in whom the prevalence of glucose intolerance and overt diabetes mellitus is increased. It is also of significance in relation to GH replacement therapy in GH-deficient adults not least when considering that a substantial proportion of these patients are insulin resistant in the GH-untreated state. There is evidence to indicate that the acute insulin antagonistic effects may be balanced with time by the favourable effects of GH on body composition and physical fitness, but the data are ambiguous. The mechanism underlying these effects of GH are not fully characterised, but there is experimental evidence of a causal linked to the concomitant stimulation of lipolysis, since GH-induced insulin resistance is partly abrogated when lipolysis is pharmacologically suppressed. This is noteworthy since elevated levels of free fatty acids (FFA) are also implicated in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance in patients with the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) are insulin sensitizers which function as highaffinity agonists for the nuclear peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma, which improve insulin sensitivity in T2DM. PPAR gamma is a nuclear receptor expressed mainly in adipocytes, which activates the transcription of genes involved in lipid and glucose metabolism. Administration of TZD in T2DM enhances insulin-stimulated glucose uptake via mechanisms including a lowering of circulating FFA and a redistribution of fat away from hepatocytes and myocytes and into peripheral adipocytes. To our knowledge, the impact of TZDs on GH-induced insulin resistance has not previously been reported. Experimental data in human subjects on this issue are of potential importance not only in relation to patients with abnormal GH status, but also regarding our understanding of the pathogenesis of insulin resistance in general and the complex actions of PPAR gamma activation in particular.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 20
Est. completion date March 2006
Est. primary completion date
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Male
Age group 19 Years to 71 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Growth hormone replaced (minimum 6 months) growth hormone deficient men

- Age over 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

- Ischemic coronary disease, defined by EF<0.6, former myocardial infarction, angina pectoris or actual treatment of cardiac insufficiency

- Actual or former malignancy, except intracranial neoplasia that caused the participants pituitary disease, provided that there was clinical evidence for permanent remission

- Blood donation within 6 months

- Excessive alcohol consumption

- Known allergic reaction from contents of test drug

- Radioactive radiation exposure in terms of treatment or study enrollment within one year

- Liver insufficiency

- Insulin treatment

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
Pioglitazone


Locations

Country Name City State
Denmark Medical Department M, The Medical Research Laboratories, Aarhus University Hospital Aarhus C

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Aarhus

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

References & Publications (7)

Alford FP, Hew FL, Christopher MC, Rantzau C. Insulin sensitivity in growth hormone (GH)-deficient adults and effect of GH replacement therapy. J Endocrinol Invest. 1999;22(5 Suppl):28-32. — View Citation

Boden G, Cheung P, Mozzoli M, Fried SK. Effect of thiazolidinediones on glucose and fatty acid metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes. Metabolism. 2003 Jun;52(6):753-9. — View Citation

Nielsen S, Møller N, Christiansen JS, Jørgensen JO. Pharmacological antilipolysis restores insulin sensitivity during growth hormone exposure. Diabetes. 2001 Oct;50(10):2301-8. — View Citation

Nielsen S, Møller N, Pedersen SB, Christiansen JS, Jørgensen JO. The effect of long-term pharmacological antilipolysis on substrate metabolism in growth hormone (GH)-substituted GH-deficient adults. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2002 Jul;87(7):3274-8. — View Citation

Nørrelund H, Djurhuus C, Jørgensen JO, Nielsen S, Nair KS, Schmitz O, Christiansen JS, Møller N. Effects of GH on urea, glucose and lipid metabolism, and insulin sensitivity during fasting in GH-deficient patients. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2003 Oct;285(4):E737-43. Epub 2003 Jun 10. — View Citation

Racette SB, Davis AO, McGill JB, Klein S. Thiazolidinediones enhance insulin-mediated suppression of fatty acid flux in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Metabolism. 2002 Feb;51(2):169-74. — View Citation

Spiegelman BM. PPAR-gamma: adipogenic regulator and thiazolidinedione receptor. Diabetes. 1998 Apr;47(4):507-14. Review. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Circulating FFA level
Primary FFA turnover
Primary Lipid oxidation
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