Co-Feedback Action of Growth Hormone, PP and PYY on Ghrelin in Bulimia
NCT ID: NCT03338387
Last Updated: 2025-02-19
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Basic Information
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ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
PHASE2
24 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2003-05-06
2026-12-20
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Acipimox is an anti-lipolytic drug and increases growth hormone release by decreasing free fatty acids levels and that Acipimox may exert to a negative feedback of growth hormone on ghrelin.
Physical exercise is a potent physiological stimulus for growth hormone release. As ghrelin has a stimulatory effect on growth hormone secretion, growth hormone may inhibit circulating ghrelin levels via a feedback loop. Growth hormone stimulates lipolysis and resultant free fatty acids may suppress ghrelin secretion.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Acipimox
Other Names: Olbetam
Acipimox
Acipimox
Placebo
Other Names:
Placebo (for Olbetam)
Placebo
Placebo Other Names: Placebo (for Olbetam)
Interventions
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Acipimox
Acipimox
Placebo
Placebo Other Names: Placebo (for Olbetam)
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Body mass index (BMI) between 18 and 23 kg/m2
Exclusion Criteria
* History of bleeding disorders
* Subjects with diabetes type 1 or 2, hypo- or hyperthyroidism
* Subjects with hepatogastroenteric disease
* Pregnant, trying to become pregnant or breast feeding
* Patients with other psychiatric diseases
18 Years
30 Years
FEMALE
Yes
Sponsors
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Charles University, Czech Republic
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Kvido Smitka
M.D., Ph.D.
Principal Investigators
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Kvido Smitka, M.D., Ph.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Charles University
References
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Nedvidkova J, Smitka K, Papezova H, Vondra K, Hill M, Hainer V. Acipimox during exercise points to an inhibitory feedback of GH on ghrelin secretion in bulimic and healthy women. Regul Pept. 2011 Feb 25;167(1):134-9. doi: 10.1016/j.regpep.2010.12.012. Epub 2011 Jan 13.
Smitka K, Papezova H, Vondra K, Hill M, Hainer V, Nedvidkova J. A higher response of plasma neuropeptide Y, growth hormone, leptin levels and extracellular glycerol levels in subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue to Acipimox during exercise in patients with bulimia nervosa: single-blind, randomized, microdialysis study. Nutr Metab (Lond). 2011 Nov 17;8(1):81. doi: 10.1186/1743-7075-8-81.
Smitka K, Papezova H, Vondra K, Hill M, Hainer V, Nedvidkova J. Short-term exercise combined with Acipimox administration induces an increase in plasma ACTH and its subsequent fall in the recovery phase in bulimic women. Regul Pept. 2013 Mar 10;182:45-52. doi: 10.1016/j.regpep.2012.12.010. Epub 2013 Jan 11.
Smitka K, Papezova H, Vondra K, Hill M, Hainer V, Nedvidkova J. The role of "mixed" orexigenic and anorexigenic signals and autoantibodies reacting with appetite-regulating neuropeptides and peptides of the adipose tissue-gut-brain axis: relevance to food intake and nutritional status in patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Int J Endocrinol. 2013;2013:483145. doi: 10.1155/2013/483145. Epub 2013 Sep 9.
Smitka K, Maresova D. Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ: An Update on Pro-inflammatory and Anti-inflammatory Microenvironment. Prague Med Rep. 2015;116(2):87-111. doi: 10.14712/23362936.2015.49.
Smitka K, Nedvidkova J, Vondra K, Hill M, Papezova H, Hainer V. Acipimox Administration With Exercise Induces a Co-feedback Action of the GH, PP, and PYY on Ghrelin Associated With a Reduction of Peripheral Lipolysis in Bulimic and Healthy-Weight Czech Women: A Randomized Study. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2019 Mar 12;10:108. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00108. eCollection 2019.
Roubalova R, Prochazkova P, Papezova H, Smitka K, Bilej M, Tlaskalova-Hogenova H. Anorexia nervosa: Gut microbiota-immune-brain interactions. Clin Nutr. 2020 Mar;39(3):676-684. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2019.03.023. Epub 2019 Mar 23.
Smitka K, Prochazkova P, Roubalova R, Dvorak J, Papezova H, Hill M, Pokorny J, Kittnar O, Bilej M, Tlaskalova-Hogenova H. Current Aspects of the Role of Autoantibodies Directed Against Appetite-Regulating Hormones and the Gut Microbiome in Eating Disorders. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021 Apr 19;12:613983. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.613983. eCollection 2021.
Prochazkova P, Roubalova R, Dvorak J, Kreisinger J, Hill M, Tlaskalova-Hogenova H, Tomasova P, Pelantova H, Cermakova M, Kuzma M, Bulant J, Bilej M, Smitka K, Lambertova A, Holanova P, Papezova H. The intestinal microbiota and metabolites in patients with anorexia nervosa. Gut Microbes. 2021 Jan-Dec;13(1):1-25. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2021.1902771.
Other Identifiers
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AZV Grant Agency
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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