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NCT ID: NCT04770155 Terminated - Vascular Function Clinical Trials

Vascular Dysfunction in Black Individuals: Roles of Nitric Oxide and Endothelin-1

UMMC_Pilot
Start date: May 27, 2021
Phase: Early Phase 1
Study type: Interventional

The research aims of this proposal are: - Specific Aim 1: To test whether an increase in nitric oxide signaling can increase vasodilator responses in young Black individuals. - Specific Aim 2: To test whether a decrease in endothelin-1 signaling can increase vasodilator responses in young Black individuals.

NCT ID: NCT04239482 Terminated - Insulin Sensitivity Clinical Trials

Nutritional Supplementation and Insulin Sensitivity

Start date: September 1, 2020
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a progressive disease and early intervention and prevention strategies are therefore very important. An important early hallmark in the development of T2DM is insulin resistance. Since the majority of postprandial glucose disposal occurs in skeletal muscle, improving muscle insulin sensitivity will thus have a major impact on disease prevention. Abdominally obese men and women have an increased risk to develop T2DM, and are also characterized by an impaired vascular function. This may hamper proper delivery of insulin, glucose and oxygen to muscles, thereby contributing to - and possibly causing - muscle insulin resistance. Earlier it has been shown that supplementation with L- arginine improves vascular function by improving nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability. These NO- mediated beneficial effects on vascular function may improve delivery of insulin, glucose and oxygen to the muscle tissue, thereby improving muscle insulin sensitivity and mitochondrial function. However, the doses needed of this amino acid cannot be provided by regular diets or supplements, also due to the bitter taste of L-arginine. Alternatively, smaller amounts of L- arginine with a specific combination of other nutritional components (i.e. nitrate and nitrite), which are already part of the regular diet and support alternative pathways to improve NO- mediated vascular function, may also induce beneficial effects. The investigators now hypothesize that in abdominally obese adults with impaired fasting glucose concentrations L-arginine combined with nitrate/nitrite increases muscle insulin sensitivity.