Aronia in the Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Regimen

NCT ID: NCT04647175

Last Updated: 2022-03-28

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

58 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-11-23

Study Completion Date

2022-06-01

Brief Summary

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In a triple-crossover study, the effect aronia consumption on type 2 diabetes will be examined. 48 type 2 diabetes patients need to complete the trial. Each patient will receive two daily doses of both fermented aronia, aronia, or placebo for eight weeks each. There will be 3 weeks wash-out periods between the intervention periods. Before and after the intervention periods, various measurements will be performed to assess the effects of aronia, fermented aronia, and placebo on type 2 diabetes.

Detailed Description

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Hypothesis: Fermented aronia extract (FAE) improves glycaemia and lipidaemia in T2D more efficiently than both non-fermented aronia extract (NFAE) and placebo.

Research questions:

Does FAE/NFAE when administered to T2D subjects:

* Improve glucose responses to an oral glucose tolerance test and HbA1C?
* Improve fasting LDL-, HDL- and total cholesterol?
* Reduce insulin resistance and increase total antioxidative/anti-inflammatory capacity?
* Increase circulating GLP-1 and GIP levels with lower DPP4 activity?
* Alleviate hypertension and obesity?

Methods A total of 48 T2D patients is needed for the double blind, randomized triple cross-over trial. The patients will consume FAE, NFAE or placebo daily divided into two doses which is expected to provide a sufficient dose of bioactive phenolic compounds. The patients will be recruited through "forsoegsperson.dk", "sundhed.dk", and flyers placed at Aarhus university hospital (AUH). T2D patients with fasting blood glucose ≤ 12 mM and HbA1c \> 6.1% and \< 10%, without severe comorbidities, will be included. Before enrolment, the patients receive all necessary study information (written and oral) including potential adverse effects (e.g. aronia allergy), and they will have to provide their informed consent (visit 1). There will be an assessment of whether the patients fulfill the criteria as well.

The randomized double-blinded triple cross-over study consists of three eight weeks intervention periods (placebo, FAE and NFAE), where the participants are randomly assigned to the order of treatments (six different possibilities of order). The intervention periods are separated by minimum three weeks wash-out periods (see figure 1 for details). Before and after each intervention period, i.e. six times, oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) will be performed. The Central Denmark Region Committees on Health Research Ethics has approved the trial.

Analyses OGTT: Prior to the OGTT, the participants have fasted for 8 hours where after they will consume 75 g glucose dissolved in 300 ml water within 5 minutes. Blood will be sampled at time points -10, 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, and 240 minutes.

Blood Analyses: After the blood sampling, plasma will be stored at -80° C until further analysis. Obviously, the investigators aim to determine if FAE and NFAE consumption is capable of lowering the fasting and postprandial blood sugar and thus, the levels of glucose, fructosamin and HbA1c will be measured. The concentration of advanced glycosylation end products will be assessed in fasted blood samples. Also, lipidaemia will be examined, e.g. total cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein and low-density lipoprotein concentrations. The inflammatory state will be assessed by measuring the level of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines as well as the concentration of C-reactive protein in fasting blood samples. To determine whether aronia acts through incretin mediated regulation, the concentrations of GIP and GLP-1 and the activity of DDP4 will be measured. The concentrations of glucagon, insulin, and adiponectin will be assessed as well.

Insulin resistance: β-cell dysfunction and insulin resistance will be estimated from blood glucose and insulin concentrations using Homeostasis Model Assessment (3) and Matsuda Index (4) which are based on concentrations measured at fasting states and during the OGTT, respectively.

Diurnal blood pressure: 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring will be carried out. The necessary equipment is available at AUH. The participants will have their 24-hour blood pressure measured before and after each intervention period.

Body mass index (BMI): At the first visit the participants height and weight are measured, and the weight will subsequently be monitored.

Metabolomics and microbiomics assays: The results from the previous tests (effects on main outcomes) will determine the extent of the subsequent metabolomics and microbiomics analyses. Fecal samples for microbiomics, as well as blood and urine samples for metabolomics will be stored at -80° C until use.

Data analysis: The power calculation is based on our primary effect parameter glucose incremental area under the curve (iAUC). The number of participants needed to obtain a statistical power of 80% at a level of P\<0.05 (α=0.05; 1-β=0.8) was calculated as 48. The investigators wanted to detect a minimal relevant difference for the area of (mean ± s.d.) 65±50 mmol/l x 120 min, which gives us an estimated effect size of 1.30. The anticipated dropout is 20%. ANOVA will be conducted for each variable to determine if the variables change upon administration of FAE, NFAE, or placebo as well as to assess intergroup variability at baseline and endpoint. Significance will be set to p \< 0.05.

Conditions

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Fermented aronia - aronia - placebo

The participants receive each intervention for 8 weeks in the stated order.

Group Type OTHER

Fermented aronia

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Aronia

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Fermented aronia - placebo - aronia

The participants receive each intervention for 8 weeks in the stated order.

Group Type OTHER

Fermented aronia

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Aronia

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Placebo - aronia - fermented aronia

The participants receive each intervention for 8 weeks in the stated order.

Group Type OTHER

Fermented aronia

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Aronia

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Placebo - fermented aronia - aronia

The participants receive each intervention for 8 weeks in the stated order.

Group Type OTHER

Fermented aronia

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Aronia

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Aronia - placebo - fermented aronia

The participants receive each intervention for 8 weeks in the stated order.

Group Type OTHER

Fermented aronia

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Aronia

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Aronia - fermented aronia - placebo

The participants receive each intervention for 8 weeks in the stated order.

Group Type OTHER

Fermented aronia

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Aronia

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Interventions

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Fermented aronia

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Intervention Type OTHER

Aronia

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Intervention Type OTHER

Placebo

Given twice daily for 8 weeks

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Type 2 diabetes
* ≥30 ≤80 years of age
* Fasting blood glucose ≤12 mmol/liter.
* HbA1c \> 6,1% og \<10%(\>43 og \< 86 mmol/mol) if patients are in medical diabetes treatment
* HbA1c \> 6,5% og \<10% (\>48 og \< 86 mmol/mol) if patients are not in medical diabetes treatment

Exclusion Criteria

* Changes in diabetes within the last 3 months.
* Serious comorbidities, including cardiovascular-, neurological-, psychological- and/or renal diseases.
* Pregnant or planned pregnancy.
Minimum Eligible Age

30 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Aarhus

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Aarhus University Hospital

Aarhus N, Danmark, Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

Other Identifiers

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1-10-72-102-19

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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