Hypoglycemia and Autonomic Nervous System Function

NCT ID: NCT01816893

Last Updated: 2018-04-02

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

22 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2004-06-08

Study Completion Date

2007-11-06

Brief Summary

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The goals of this proposal are to determine the effects of hypoglycemia on the autonomic nervous system.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Hypoglycemia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp

participant undergoes a euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp

Intervention Type OTHER

Hypoglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp

participant undergoes a hypoglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Hypoglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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Hypoglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp

Intervention Type OTHER

Euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Healthy volunteers
* Males and females age 18 to 50 years

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnancy
* Lactation
* Subjects who smoke or are on other forms of nicotine will be excluded
* Clinically evident coronary artery, cerebrovascular, or peripheral vascular disease, or presence of systemic illness that might affect autonomic function. Such illnesses include diabetes mellitus, congestive heart failure, hypertension, renal, pulmonary, hepatic disease, anemia, malignancies, untreated thyroid disease, and alcoholism.
* Current major depressive illness
* Any individuals on oral, injected, inhaled or topical corticosteroids within the last year or oral contraceptives within the past 3 months will be excluded.
* Use of medications other than thyroxine
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Brigham and Women's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Gail Adler

Associate Professor of Medicine

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Gail K Adler, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Roy L Freeman, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Locations

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Dotson S, Freeman R, Failing HJ, Adler GK. Hypoglycemia increases serum interleukin-6 levels in healthy men and women. Diabetes Care. 2008 Jun;31(6):1222-3. doi: 10.2337/dc07-2243. Epub 2008 Mar 10.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 18332163 (View on PubMed)

Adler GK, Bonyhay I, Failing H, Waring E, Dotson S, Freeman R. Antecedent hypoglycemia impairs autonomic cardiovascular function: implications for rigorous glycemic control. Diabetes. 2009 Feb;58(2):360-6. doi: 10.2337/db08-1153. Epub 2008 Dec 3.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19056608 (View on PubMed)

Gibbons CH, Adler GK, Bonyhay I, Freeman R. Experimental hypoglycemia is a human model of stress-induced hyperalgesia. Pain. 2012 Nov;153(11):2204-2209. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.06.030. Epub 2012 Aug 23.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22921261 (View on PubMed)

Adler GK, Bonyhay I, Curren V, Waring E, Freeman R. Hypoglycaemia increases aldosterone in a dose-dependent fashion. Diabet Med. 2010 Nov;27(11):1250-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03087.x.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20950382 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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R01DK063296

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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M01RR002635

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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2004P001233

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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