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Completed Phase 2 Interventional

Interferon-Alpha for Diabetes Mellitus Type 1

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00024518

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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

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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