Study to Determine the Effects of Human Growth Hormone and Pioglitazone in Overweight, Prediabetic Adults
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Official title
Effects of GH and Pioglitazone in Viscerally Obese Adults With IGT
Brief summary
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The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of growth hormone and an insulin sensitizer drug in pre-diabetic adults with excessive amounts of abdominal fat. Participants received a combination of two drugs: (1) recombinant human growth hormone (or its placebo) and (2) pioglitazone (or its placebo). We measured the abdominal fat content and blood sugar levels of participants before and after 40 weeks of treatment.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00352287
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 60 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 40 Years to 75 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 28, 2003
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Mar 31, 2005
- Last update posted
- Jul 13, 2006
2003 – 2005
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System | Palo Alto | California | 94304 | — |
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- Last update posted Jul 13, 2006 · Synced Sep 11, 2026
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