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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to quantitate hepatic de novo lipogenesis (DNL) in youth with poorly-controlled type 1 diabetes (T1D) (HbA1c >8.5%), youth with T1D who achieve targeted glycemic control (HbA1c <7.5%) and lean controls. Hypothesis: Youth with poor glycemic control experience higher fractional hepatic DNL during the fasting and the postprandial states than youth who achieve targeted glycemic control and lean controls.
Recently there has been an increased interest in limiting intake of carbohydrates (CHO) for improving long term health. While healthcare professionals (HCPs) are sometimes reluctant to limit the CHO intake due to the lack of information related to safety issues, low CHO diets are increasing in popularity amongst both people with and without diabetes. One of these diets, the very low CHO high fat diet (VLCHF) raises concern on its impact on the lipid profile, liver, response to glucagon, and insulin dose adjustments when adopting it in the context of type 1 diabetes (T1D). The investigators recently conducted a series of interviews with people with diabetes following a VLCHF diet (Brazeau et al. Manuscript in preparation) to inquire on their reasons for adopting VLCHF as well as challenges they faced. The main reasons to initiate the diet were to limit blood glucose fluctuations and reduce medication. An issue that was frequently mentioned during the interviews was the lack of support from HCPs which often leads to not discussing it with said HCP. This is an important source of concern that can lead to additional safety issues. Our goal is to provide information regarding the safety of a VLCHF diet for T1D and the individualized insulin adjustments required. The investigators aim to evaluate the changes in daily blood glucose fluctuations after 6 weeks of a VLCHF diet, to monitor the changes in the insulin dosing and to measure impact on lipid profiles, response to glucagon, and liver function.
Glucagon regulation and response in persons with T1D at the basal state and in response to various stimuli remains unclear. Dr. Philip Cryer has previously reported that, in T1D young adults with a course of the disease of 16+9 years, the absence of endogenous insulin secretion results in increased glucagon secretion after a mixed meal, concluding that endogenous insulin reciprocally regulates the alpha-cell glucagon secretion and also suggesting that glucagon dysregulation may play an important role in post-prandial hyperglycemia in T1D. Interestingly, recent research on human islets have shown that insulin inhibits counter-regulatory glucagon secretion by a paracrine effect mediated by SGLT2-dependent stimulation of somatostatin release. An important gap in our knowledge is whether the timing of prandial insulin doses affects the glucagon response to a hyperglycemic stimulus in patients with T1D who have undetectable C-peptide. Whether appropriately timed exogenous insulin can modify the glucagon response to glucose fluctuations has not been studied. As such, this pilot study aims to characterize the glucagon response to meal-time hyperglycemia and to compare the difference in glucagon secretion when mealtime bolus insulin is given before the meal versus after the meal with the objective of understanding factors that contribute to the peak post-prandial blood glucose and AUC of blood glucose after a mixed meal in this target population.
The primary objective of this study is to determine the safety, tolerability and pharmacodynamics of pitolisant in patients with Type 1 Diabetes
The MDI (Multiple Daily Injections) plus SMBG |(Self Monitoring Blood Glucose) Advisor (MPSA) is a software product that is designed to assist in insulin dosage decision making for subjects with T1DM using multiple daily injection and SMBG. The study will focus on the development, validation and eventually testing of the MPSA algorithm use. The major objective of the project is to develop an algorithm that will be able to optimize treatment plan parameters of MDI patients who use SMBG as glucose monitoring method. The clinical study has two segments. Segment A is an observational study needed for the development of the algorithm (this segment was already completed at the time of the registration) and Segment B is a proof of concept interventional study to validate the algorithm's Safety and Efficacy. Up to 20 patients using MDI and SMBG or Flash Glucose Monitoring (FGM) without using glucose trends will be enrolled to this proof of concept study. The study will evaluate the algorithm use for a period of 11 weeks. Post screening, patients will undergo a two weeks run-in period while using MDI and SMBG or FGM (patients that do not use FGM will be provided with blinded Libre Flash to be used during the run-in period and 2 weeks prior to arriving to end of study visit). Then, patients will undergo insulin treatment plan changes every week for 7 weeks. At the first 3 weeks insulin dose adjustments will be done for basal insulin dose only, week 4 will be without changes, and in the next 3 weeks the carbohydrate ratio will be amended. No recommendations will be given during the last two weeks of the study. These two weeks will be used for data analysis. Each recommendation of the Advisor will be approved by a physician before implementation. Glucose outcomes will be evaluated comparing the two weeks run-in period to the last two weeks of the study.
Islet transplantation may be appropriate in up to 10% of adults with Type 1 diabetes who suffer repeated episodes of hypoglycaemia with severely impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia (IAH) (1). Our Scotland-wide islet transplant programme performed its first transplant in February 2011 and 30 islet transplants have followed in 18 recipients. Following islet transplantation we have observed improved glycaemic control in all subjects. When metabolic control is improved with exogenous insulin, weight gain is common (2). In our transplant recipients significant reductions in bodyweight and fat mass with no significant reduction in total caloric intake pre- versus post-transplantation has been observed. We hypothesise that energy expenditure is increased post-transplantation leading to weight loss and diminished fat mass. The mechanisms that may be implicated include increased activity energy expenditure, increased resting energy expenditure (REE) and, or, increased post-prandial thermogenesis (PPT= the energy expended after a meal) secondary to increased portal circulation of insulin being partially or fully restored, and diminished circulating systemic insulin concentrations with a decreased propensity for storing fat. The aim of this study is to understand the mechanism of weight loss and body compositional changes by detailed examination of energy intake and energy expenditure in transplant recipients along with control subjects listed for insulin-pump therapy and glucose tolerant controls. These detailed studies are lacking in islet transplantation and are important as they will reveal how physiology is altered post-transplantation, if peripheral hyperinsulinaemia (insulin-pump subjects and pre-transplant subjects) negatively affects energy expenditure and how quantitative measures such as activity energy expenditure, diet and quality-of-life measures such as fear of hypoglycaemia alter post-transplant. This will lead to the improved management of patients with hypoglycaemia and IAH.
A new version of the DiAs artificial pancreas (AP) system has been developed in view of wide scale outpatient trials. Denominated as inControl , it includes improved user interface and communication modules while closed-loop algorithms remain similar. During this pilot study, the investigators will evaluate this new version of AP for a two-week period during which the patients will use it for closed-loop insulin delivery 24/7 The main goal is train the clinical team with the new system and collect patient opinions on system acceptance from questionnaires. If this trial is conclusive, a randomized 6-month multicentre study including 240 patients will be initiated. A total of 5 patients will be included in this training study over a 4-week period.
This is a single center, single-blind randomized cross over design trial that will compare the impact of intra-nasal naloxone vs. intra-nasal saline administration during experimental hypoglycemia on day one on responses to experimental hypoglycemia on day two. Investigators intend to enroll 18 individuals to obtain the complete data sets from 15 participants. Expected duration of subject participation is 10-12 weeks. This study will consist of two 2-day intervention visits separated by approximately 8 weeks.
The aims of the study are to see if additional insulin doses for the fat and protein in a meal, given at different times, improve blood glucose levels and are safe and acceptable to children with Type 1 diabetes using multiple daily insulin injections.
The purpose of the study is to observe/ collect clinical data, subject users' feedback, and device data to better understand the real-life usage and acceptance of the 722 Pump in type 1 diabetes subjects,<18 years of age, and the role of insulin pump therapy in Qingdao,China.