Interferon-Alpha for Diabetes Mellitus Type 1
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Official title
Ingested Interferon-Alpha: Prolongation or Permanence of the "Honeymoon" Phase in Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Mellitus
Brief summary
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This study will see if interferon-alpha given early in the disease can stop or slow the immune attack on insulin-producing cells. In addition, the study will examine the safety and efficacy of interferon-alpha (given by mouth) to protect beta cell function. Patients between 3 and 25 years of age with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus less then six weeks may be eligible for this study. All study-related tests and medications at the NIH Clinical Center are provided at no cost.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00024518
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 57 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 3 Years to 25 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 31, 2001
- Primary completion
- Aug 31, 2008
- Completion
- Aug 31, 2008
- Last update posted
- Nov 18, 2013
2001 – 2008
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 5
- U.S. states
- 4
- U.S. cities
- 5
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike | Bethesda | Maryland | 20892 | — |
| Children's Hospital - St. Paul | Saint Paul | Minnesota | — | — |
| Children's Hospital - Kansas City | Kansas City | Missouri | — | — |
| University of Texas, Dallas | Dallas | Texas | 75216 | — |
| University of Texas, Houston | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
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- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00024518, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
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- Last update posted Nov 18, 2013 · Synced Sep 13, 2026
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