The Use of Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase (GAD) and Gamma-Amino Butyric Acid (GABA) in the Treatment of Type I Diabetes
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Official title
The Use of Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase (GAD)and Gamma-Amino Butyric Acid(GABA)in the Treatment of Type I Diabetes.
Brief summary
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Type I Diabetes is an auto immune disease in which the body's immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. Therefore, children affected by this condition present with high blood sugars. This condition affects 1:400/500 persons worldwide.Type I Diabetes, previously known as Juvenile Diabetes,usually strikes in childhood, adolescence, or young adulthood, but lasts for a lifetime. To date, there has been no treatments that can arrest, or reverse the ongoing beta cell destruction. We hypothesize that GABA, a naturally occurring substance, has the potential to reduce the inflammation and protect the pancreatic beta cells from autoimmune destruction. GAD-alum may contribute to the preservation of residual insulin secretion in patients with recent onset, Type I Diabetes.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02002130
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Enrollment
- 101 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Placebo GABA and Placebo GAD-alum Drug
- GABA and Placebo GAD-alum Drug
- Active Oral GABA and Active GAD-alum injection Drug
Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 4 Years to 18 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Dec 31, 2014
- Primary completion
- Oct 14, 2021
- Completion
- Apr 14, 2022
- Last update posted
- May 5, 2022
2015 – 2022
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's of Alabama | Birmingham | Alabama | 35233 | — |
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- Last update posted May 5, 2022 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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