Clinical trial NCT00147836: Evaluation of the Effects of Different Interventions on Glycemic Control in Newly-Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetic Patients
Official title: Evaluation of the Effects of Oral Anti-Hyperglycemic Agents, Multiple Daily Injections or Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion on Glycemic Control, B-Cell Function and the Remission Rate in Newly-Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetic Patients
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Keywords: type 2 diabetes mellitus
therapy
sulfonylureas
metformin
insulin
Lead sponsor: Sun Yat-sen University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Ministry of Education, China
name: Guangdong Science and Technology Bureau, China
name: Hoffmann-La Roche
name: Novo Nordisk A/S
First posted: 2005-09-07
Enrollment: 436
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 25
Maximum age (years): 70
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to investigate and evaluate the effects of different interventions (1.continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion,2.multiple daily injections, 3.anti-hyperglycemic agents) on glycemic control, B-cell function and the remission rate in newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients.

Detailed description: ß-Cell dysfunction and decreased insulin sensitivity are the main pathophysiological defects responsible for the development of hyperglycemia. With continuous presence of insulin resistance, progressive loss of ß-cell function is the crucial defect. Hyperglycemia has deleterious effect on β-cell function, which is partially reversible by adequate glycemic control. In newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients with severe hyperglycemia, 2 weeks continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) can induce adequate glycemic control with improvement of β-cell function. Nearly half of the patients can maintain euglycemia longer than 12 months by transient CSII. The improvement of β-cell function, especially the restoration of the first-phase insulin response is related to sustained euglycemia in the newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients. But it is unclear whether any other interventions (such as oral hypoglycemic agents and multiple daily injections) inducing optimal glycemic control in a short period of time can have the same effect. As a multicenter, open-label, randomized, parallel-group study will be needed to further prove and clarify the findings.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. informed consents be given before treatment
2. the newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients
3. fasting blood glucose (FBG) level ranging from 7.0～16.7 mmol/L
4. age ranging from 25～70 years old
5. body mass index (BMI) ranging from20～35kg/m2
6. never be treated with any anti-hyperglycemic agents or anti-hyperlipidemic agents

Exclusion Criteria:

1. having any severe acute or chronic complications
2. renal dysfunction, blood creatinine≥150µmol/L
3. blood aminotransferase level rising up(more than 2 times of the normal level)
4. any severe cardiac disease including congestive cardiac failure, unstable angina and myocardial infarct in 12 months
5. serious hypertension (systolic pressure≥180mmHg and/ or diastolic pressure≥110mmHg)
6. chronic or acute pancreatic disease
7. severe systematic diseases or malignant tumor
8. allergic to the drugs using in the trial
9. any factors interfering the result
10. female patients incline to be pregnant
11. being treated with corticosteroid, immunosuppressing drugs or cytotoxic drugs
12. poor compliance

Primary outcomes:
measure: glycemic control, the improvement of β-cell l function and the remission rate after short intensive therapy in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients
timeFrame: Oct. 2007
Secondary outcomes:
measure: the effects of different interventions (oral anti-hyperglycemic agents, multiple daily injections and continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion) on glycemic control, β-cell function and the remission rate in newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients
timeFrame: Oct. 2007
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Guangzhou
country: China
facility: the first Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen university
state: Guangdong
Study officials:
affiliation: Ministry of Education
name: Jianping Weng, MD,PHD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Li Y, Xu W, Liao Z, Yao B, Chen X, Huang Z, Hu G, Weng J. Induction of long-term glycemic control in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients is associated with improvement of beta-cell function. Diabetes Care. 2004 Nov;27(11):2597-602. doi: 10.2337/diacare.27.11.2597.
citation: Weng J, Li Y, Xu W, Shi L, Zhang Q, Zhu D, Hu Y, Zhou Z, Yan X, Tian H, Ran X, Luo Z, Xian J, Yan L, Li F, Zeng L, Chen Y, Yang L, Yan S, Liu J, Li M, Fu Z, Cheng H. Effect of intensive insulin therapy on beta-cell function and glycaemic control in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a multicentre randomised parallel-group trial. Lancet. 2008 May 24;371(9626):1753-60. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60762-X.