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Activity of Brown Adipose Tissue during hypoglycaEmia

Conditions
diabetes
metabolism
10012653
10018424
Registration Number
NL-OMON36610
Lead Sponsor
Academisch Medisch Centrum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
16
Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria for healthy volunteers
* Male
* Caucasian race
* 18-50 years old
* BMI 20-28 kg/ m2
* Subjects should be able and willing to give informed consent;Inclusion criteria for type 1 diabetes patients
* Male
* Caucasian race
* Age 18-50 years
* BMI 20-28 kg/ m2
* Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
* Subjects should be able and willing to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria for healthy volunteers
* Use of prescription medications (beta-adrenoreceptor blockers)
* Cardiac history (previous arrhythmia)
* History of epilepsy
* Acute illness within 3 months before the study
* Significant renal impairment (creatinine clearance <50ml/min)
* Family history of diabetes;Exclusion criteria for type 1 diabetes patients
* Impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia
* Evidence of severe diabetes complications (autonomic neuropathy, macroalbuminuria, proliferative retinopathy)
* Use of beta-adrenoreceptor blockers
* Cardiac history (previous arrhythmia)
* History of epilepsy
* Acute illness within 3 months before the study
* Significant renal impairment (creatinine clearance <50ml/min)

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Change in Standardised Uptake Value (SUV) of the tracer<br /><br>[18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) visualised with positron emission tomography<br /><br>(PET) in BAT (normoglycaemia vs. hypoglycaemia).</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Difference between the change in SUV in BAT in the group with healthy<br /><br>volunteers versus the diabetes patients. </p><br>
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