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Title: Therapeutic Targets in African-American Youth With Type 2 Diabetes

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02960659

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Official title

Therapeutic Targets in African-American Youth With Type 2 Diabetes

Brief summary

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Background: The pill metformin treats diabetes. But it does not work for all youth, especially African-Americans. The injectable Liraglutide treats type 2 diabetes in adults. Researchers want to understand how these drugs work and if they decrease excess sugar made by the liver in youth with type 2 diabetes. Objective: To test if using liraglutide and metformin are better than just metformin for decreasing excess sugar produced by the liver in African-American youth with type 2 diabetes. Eligibility: African-Americans ages 12-25 with type 2 diabetes Design: Visit 1: Participants will be screened with medical history, physical exam, and blood and urine tests. Participants will stop taking diabetes medicines for 1 week. They will learn how to check blood sugars at home twice a day. Visit 2: Overnight at the clinic. Participants will have: Vital signs taken. Pregnancy test. A thin plastic tube (IV catheter) be inserted in each forearm by needle. Blood drawn several times after drinking a sweet drink. X-ray of total body fat. Urine and stool collected. Breath tests while wearing a clear hood for up to 45 minutes. For several hours, participants can have only water. At 4 a.m. they will get sugar and fat with nonradioactive isotopes in one IV. Blood will be collected. Every 30 minutes from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., they will drink small amounts of a shake and have blood drawn. Participants will be randomly assigned to take either both study drugs daily or just metformin daily. Visits 3-4: Participants will bring their blood sugar records and have blood tests. Visit 5, after 3 months: Repeat of visit 2....

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02960659
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1, Phase 2
Enrollment
24 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
12 Years to 25 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
May 8, 2017
Primary completion
May 19, 2022
Completion
May 19, 2022
Last update posted
Jul 31, 2023

2017 – 2022

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Bethesda Maryland 20892

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