Flavonoids in the Treatment of Endothelial Dysfunction in Children With Diabetes

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

WITHDRAWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-07-31

Study Completion Date

2012-09-30

Brief Summary

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Diabetes is the most common metabolic disease of childhood. Vascular disease is a leading complication of diabetes, and attempts to maintain close glycemic control do not prevent the sequelae that claim the lives and quality of life of millions of diabetics each year. Up to forty percent of patients with diabetes mellitus ultimately develop diabetic nephropathy, the most common cause of end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis in the US. Flavonoid-rich diets are a promising intervention to prevent the endothelial dysfunction that apparently leads to this deadly complication. The mechanisms are still unclear but probably involve nitric oxide synthesis. The investigators hypothesize that early maintenance of the integrity of renal vasculature will significantly improve the lifelong prognosis for patients with diabetes. Flavonoids with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities could be used to protect endothelial function, and together with good glycemic control, prevent the development and progression of nephropathy. The investigators aims are to:

1. compare endothelial function by studying reactive hyperemia, nitric oxide, and proinflammatory factors in adolescents (12-21 years old) with diabetes versus healthy sex- and age-matched control subjects.
2. identify early markers in urine for vascular endothelial injury.
3. examine the effects of flavonoids on vascular function, urine nitric oxide, and proinflammatory factors in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Detailed Description

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Our proposal is the first attempt to use flavonoids to treat endothelial dysfunction as a causative factor of nephropathy in a pediatric population with diabetes. The investigators plan to recruit 40 adolescents with type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus and 40 healthy peers into a double-blind, randomized, controlled study. Peripheral arterial tonometry, a noninvasive method to assess vascular status, will be employed to study endothelial function in both groups. Measurements of renal nitric oxide synthesis will be assayed using a nitric oxide chemiluminescence analyzer. Urinary protein microarray analyses will be conducted to assess early markers of kidney inflammation. The array is a multiplex sandwich fluorescent immunoassay for the simultaneous quantification of interleukin-1b (IL-1b), IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, interferon gamma, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, macrophage inflammatory protein-1-alpha and beta, and RANTES. The initial acute response and effect of 14 days of treatment with a flavonoid-rich capsulated supplement will be compared to a placebo. Study subjects will return for baseline assessments a week after the final flavonoid supplement to evaluate the sustainability of the response. Differences between group means for the measured variables before, during, and after the interventions will be tested for statistical significance using paired t-tests and nonparametric statistics. Univariate correlations will be calculated using Pearson's r.

Conditions

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Diabetic Nephropathy Endothelial Dysfunction

Keywords

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diabetes mellitus diabetic nephropathy vascular endothelial dysfunction flavonoids flow-mediated dilation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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healthy controls high flavonoid

20 healthy adolescents (12-21 years old) receiving the flavonoid-rich capsule/supplement

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL