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Acute effect of the renally excreted low-calorie sweetener, acesulfame potassium (Ace-K), on urinary glucose excretion in healthy humans.

Not Applicable
Conditions
Type 2 diabetes
Metabolic and Endocrine - Diabetes
Registration Number
ACTRN12624000800527
Lead Sponsor
The University of Adelaide
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot yet recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
12
Inclusion Criteria

Healthy males and females aged from 18 to 70 years
- Body mass index (BMI) from 18 to 30 kg/m2
- HbA1c less than 5.7%
- Fasting blood glucose less than 5.6 mmol/L

Exclusion Criteria

- Habitual use of more than one serve of any food or beverage containing a low-calorie sweetener per day during the past 3 months, ascertained using a low-calorie sweetener frequency questionnaire.
- Evidence of drug abuse, consumption of more than 20 g alcohol or 10 cigarettes on a daily basis
- Haemoglobin below the lower limit of the normal range (ie. < 135 g/L for men and 115 g/L for women), and ferritin below the lower limit of normal (ie. < 30 ng/mL for men and 20 mg/mL for women)
- Female participants who are pregnant or planning for pregnancy, or are lactating
- History of any form of heart disease or symptoms of syncope or pre-syncope (including feeling lightheaded or dizzy, feeling unsteady when standing, unexplained falls, fainting, unexplained changes in vision, such as blurring or tunnel vision)
- Other significant illness, including epilepsy, cardiovascular or respiratory disease
- Impaired renal or liver function (as assessed by calculated creatinine clearance less than 60 mL/min or abnormal liver function tests (more than 2 times upper limit of normal range))
- Donation of blood within the previous 3 months
- Participation in any other research studies within the previous 3 months
- Inability to give informed consent
- Vegetarians

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
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