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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
46 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2012-04-30
2014-10-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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\- Non diabetic participants will be recruited from within the National University of Ireland, Galway student and staff community. Diabetic patients will be recruited from University College Hospital, Galway in collaboration with their hospital consultant.
Test- day
\- They will undergo two separate, identical and simultaneous Oral Glucose Tolerance test and 13C-glucose breath tests on two separate occasions after an overnight fast of 12 hours starting at 8pm. On arrival their heart rate, blood pressure, height and weight will be recorded. Following a resting period of 10 minutes, samples will be obtained for fasting glucose and breath enrichment values (at t = -20 and -10mins). At t = 0 min, participants will consume a standard glucose solution. This glucose solution will consist of 150mg of 13C-glucose, 74.85g of glucose and 200ml of water and 25ml of orange flavoring. Breath samples will be obtained immediately after consumption of test solution and repeated every 15 min over a 4-h interval. Blood glucose concentrations will be taken every 15 min starting at t = 15 min, over a 2-h interval and every 30 min for another 2-h interval. Participants will remain at rest throughout the study.
Sample size assessment
\- Target recruitment is 40 non-diabetics and 40 diabetic participants. This study will use a Student's t-test to determine difference, or otherwise, in glucose oxidation in breath 13CO2, in 2 different groups of individuals. With power arbitrarily set at 0.8, effect size of 1.21 reduction in breath, and Alpha set at 0.01 a final number of 35 participants is required for each group. The n=40 for each group is set to allow a 5 participant drop out in each group Dillon et al (2009).
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
BASIC_SCIENCE
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Type 2 diabetes
Diabetic patients Oral glucose breath test
Oral glucose breath test
Simultaneous oral glucose tolerance test and exogenous 13C-glucose breath test following a 12hr overnight fast. Fasting samples were obtained for plasma glucose, insulin, c-peptide, leptin, adiponectin, resistin, HbA1c and two breath 13CO2 abundance values (at t = -15 and -5min). At t = 0min, each subject drank a 75g glucose solution (Thornton \& Ross, UK) containing 0.15g of 1-13C glucose. Further breath samples (every 15 min over a 240min interval) and further plasma blood glucose, insulin and c-peptide samples (90,120,180min) were also taken.
Healthy controls
non-diabetic Oral glucose breath test
Oral glucose breath test
Simultaneous oral glucose tolerance test and exogenous 13C-glucose breath test following a 12hr overnight fast. Fasting samples were obtained for plasma glucose, insulin, c-peptide, leptin, adiponectin, resistin, HbA1c and two breath 13CO2 abundance values (at t = -15 and -5min). At t = 0min, each subject drank a 75g glucose solution (Thornton \& Ross, UK) containing 0.15g of 1-13C glucose. Further breath samples (every 15 min over a 240min interval) and further plasma blood glucose, insulin and c-peptide samples (90,120,180min) were also taken.
Interventions
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Oral glucose breath test
Simultaneous oral glucose tolerance test and exogenous 13C-glucose breath test following a 12hr overnight fast. Fasting samples were obtained for plasma glucose, insulin, c-peptide, leptin, adiponectin, resistin, HbA1c and two breath 13CO2 abundance values (at t = -15 and -5min). At t = 0min, each subject drank a 75g glucose solution (Thornton \& Ross, UK) containing 0.15g of 1-13C glucose. Further breath samples (every 15 min over a 240min interval) and further plasma blood glucose, insulin and c-peptide samples (90,120,180min) were also taken.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Non-diabetic participants must not be taking any medication for diabetes
* Participants must speak English or Irish proficiently
* All participants must be males
* All participants must live within Galway City
* Type 2 diabetic participants must have been diagnosed within the last five years
* Type 2 diabetic participants must be treated by Metformin alone for their diabetes
* All participants must provide written informed consent to comply with every aspect of the study
Exclusion Criteria
35 Years
82 Years
MALE
Yes
Sponsors
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Irish Endocrine Society
OTHER
National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Amir Shafat
Dr
Principal Investigators
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Amir Shafat, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
National University of Ireland, Galway
Locations
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Physiology laboratory
Galway, Galway, Ireland
Countries
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References
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Rating D, Langhans CD. Breath tests: concepts, applications and limitations. Eur J Pediatr. 1997 Aug;156 Suppl 1:S18-23. doi: 10.1007/pl00014264.
Stellaard F, Koetse HA, Elzinga H, Boverhof R, Tjoonk R, Klimp A, Vegter D, Liesker J, Vonk RJ. 13C-carbohydrate breath tests: impact of physical activity on the rate-limiting step in lactose utilization. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2000 Aug;35(8):819-23. doi: 10.1080/003655200750023183.
Lifschitz CH, Boutton TW, Carrazza F, Beyreiss K, Schmitz J, Ricour C, Shulman R, Nichols BL. A carbon-13 breath test to characterize glucose absorption and utilization in children. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1988 Nov-Dec;7(6):842-7. doi: 10.1097/00005176-198811000-00008.
Mizrahi M, Lalazar G, Adar T, Raz I, Ilan Y. Assessment of insulin resistance by a 13C glucose breath test: a new tool for early diagnosis and follow-up of high-risk patients. Nutr J. 2010 May 27;9:25. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-9-25.
Dillon EL, Janghorbani M, Angel JA, Casperson SL, Grady JJ, Urban RJ, Volpi E, Sheffield-Moore M. Novel noninvasive breath test method for screening individuals at risk for diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2009 Mar;32(3):430-5. doi: 10.2337/dc08-1578. Epub 2008 Dec 15.
Other Identifiers
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13CGLU
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id