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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN40281673
ISRCTN40281673CompletedNot Applicable

Single centre, double-blind, randomised, placebo controlled, cross-over study to investigate the effects of postprandial glucose reduction by acarbose on insulin sensitivity and cardio-vascular markers in type 2 diabetes patients, subjects with impaired glucose tolerance and normal glucose tolerant subjects

Bayer Schering Pharma AG (Germany)0 sites70 target enrollmentStarted: June 29, 2010Last updated:

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
70

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1. Males or females, aged between 18 and 75 years inclusive
  • 2. Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, or previously treated with diet and/or exercise or treated with metformin or acarbose as monotherapy or with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)/impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or with normal glucose tolerance
  • 3. Female patients were either non-fertile or willing to use a medically approved birth control method during the whole duration of the study
  • 4. Body mass index (BMI) between 20 and 40 kg/m^2
  • 5. Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) less than 15 mmol/1
  • 6. Fasting C-peptide greater than 1 ng/ml

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1. On treatment with insulin, insulin secretagogues, corticosteroids (with the exception of inhaled corticosteroids), thiazolidindiones derivates and monoaminooxidase inhibitors
  • 2. Known sensitivity to drugs similar to acarbose
  • 3. Serum creatinine greater than 1.5 mg/dl or pre-existing end-stage nephropathy
  • 4. On laser treatment for diabetes related retinopathy within 3 months prior to study start
  • 5. Alanine aminotransferase (ALAT) greater than 2.5 times of normal range
  • 6. Type 1 diabetes mellitus
  • 7. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) outside of normal range
  • 8. Medical history or signs of chronically gastrointestinal diseases with diarrhoea, flatulence and absorption anomalies

Investigators

Sponsor
Bayer Schering Pharma AG (Germany)

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