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Postprandial Metabolism After Bariatric Surgery in Type 2 Diabetes

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Type 2 Diabetes
Obese
Interventions
Other: liquid meal
Procedure: biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch
Procedure: sleeve gastrectomy
Radiation: PET/scan
Other: [7,7,8,8-2H]-palmitate
Device: indirect calorimetry
Registration Number
NCT02815943
Lead Sponsor
Université de Sherbrooke
Brief Summary

Bariatric surgery procedures have now been firmly demonstrated to lead to significant improvement and even, in many cases, complete reversal of abnormal glucose homeostasis in type 2 diabetes (T2D). Various surgery procedures are can be performed to induce weight loss. The most striking anti-diabetic effects are observed with biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD-DS), followed by Roux-in-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG). The first two procedures induce both a restriction of energy intake and a low absorption of dietary fatty acids while the latter exclusively targets energy intake restriction. The investigator and others have shown that improvement of T2D occurs within days after BPD-DS or RYGB in the vast majority of patients, prior to any significant weight loss. This very rapid metabolic recovery is explained by a normalization of β-cell function after meal challenges and ameliorated hepatic insulin sensitivity. The investigator and others have shown that these acute anti-diabetic effects are mostly recapitulated by matched caloric restriction, independent of changes in gastrointestinal hormones, showing the importance of gastrointestinal-derived energy fluxes for acute diabetes control. Muscle insulin sensitivity, on the other hand, improves more slowly in association with weight loss, demonstrating the heterogeneous metabolic response of the various organs to BPD-DS. Some preliminary studies also demonstrate a rapid reduction of NEFA levels and production rate upon i.v. administration of lipids during euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamps. This very rapid improvement in NEFA tolerance strongly suggests that adipose tissue storage of circulating fatty acids also improves very rapidly, prior to any significant weight loss, after BPD-DS. It may also suggest an acceleration of oxidative fatty acid metabolism in organs such as the liver, the heart and/or skeletal muscles. Studies of the rapid metabolic changes after bariatric surgery conducted thus far rapidly improved the understanding of the fundamental pathogenic defects of T2D. However, much remains to be understood about the acute changes in gastrointestinal-derived metabolic fluxes, organ-specific metabolic responses to bariatric surgery and their relationship with the reversal of T2D. Using in vivo methodological approaches, the investigator proposes to investigate the early organ-specific changes in dietary fatty acid metabolism in response to BPD-DS vs. SG and their relation to improved systemic changes in glucose homeostasis, insulin sensitivity and β-cell function in patients with T2D.

Detailed Description

Participants will undergo a metabolic study before and 8 to 12 days after bariatric surgery after a 12-hour fast and a three-day food and physical activity diary with accelerometry. The patients recover very rapidly from the surgery and will be able to participate to the proposed investigations the week after their hospitalization on an outpatient basis on the earliest week day between 8 and 12 days after the surgery procedure. The metabolic study is a 6-hour meal test using Positron Emitting Tomography (PET).

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
18
Inclusion Criteria

Four groups of 11 subjects each: obese subjects with T2D or with normal glucose tolerance undergoing either BPD-DS or SG for treatment of obesity. T2D and control subjects will be matched for age (± 3 years), BMI (± 2 kg/m2) and gender across both BPD-DS and SG.

Exclusion Criteria
  • presence of overt cardiovascular disease, as assessed by history, physical exam, and abnormal EKG;
  • treatment with a fibrate, a thiazolidinedione, a beta-blocker or other drugs known to affect lipid or carbohydrate metabolism (except statins, sulfonylurea, metformin, and other antihypertensive agents that can be temporarily stopped prior to the protocols);
  • presence of liver or renal disease, uncontrolled thyroid disorder or other major illnesses;
  • smoking (>1 cigarette/day) and/or consumption of more than 2 alcoholic beverages per day;
  • prior history or current fasting plasma cholesterol level > 7 mmol/l or fasting TG > 6 mmol/l;
  • any other contraindication to temporarily stop current medications for hyperglycemia, lipids, or hypertension.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Before SG surgery[7,7,8,8-2H]-palmitate-
Before DBP-DS surgeryindirect calorimetry-
Before SG surgeryPET/scan-
Before DBP-DS surgeryPET/scan-
Before DBP-DS surgery[7,7,8,8-2H]-palmitate-
Before DBP-DS surgeryliquid meal-
After DBP-DS surgeryindirect calorimetryIt is a bariatric surgery. BPD consists in the exclusion of the duodenum from the alimentary tract with re-anastomosis of the blind loop 100 to 150 cm proximal to the ileo-coecal valve. This leads to bypass of the biliopancreatic secretions towards the distal small intestine, resulting in fat malabsorption. BPD also entails a distal gastrectomy to avoid the occurrence of peptic ulceration of the gastrointestinal anastomosis.
After SG surgeryPET/scanIt is a bariatric surgery where the stomach is reduced to about 15% of its original size, by surgical removal of a large portion of the stomach along the greater curvature.
After SG surgeryindirect calorimetryIt is a bariatric surgery where the stomach is reduced to about 15% of its original size, by surgical removal of a large portion of the stomach along the greater curvature.
After DBP-DS surgeryPET/scanIt is a bariatric surgery. BPD consists in the exclusion of the duodenum from the alimentary tract with re-anastomosis of the blind loop 100 to 150 cm proximal to the ileo-coecal valve. This leads to bypass of the biliopancreatic secretions towards the distal small intestine, resulting in fat malabsorption. BPD also entails a distal gastrectomy to avoid the occurrence of peptic ulceration of the gastrointestinal anastomosis.
After DBP-DS surgerybiliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switchIt is a bariatric surgery. BPD consists in the exclusion of the duodenum from the alimentary tract with re-anastomosis of the blind loop 100 to 150 cm proximal to the ileo-coecal valve. This leads to bypass of the biliopancreatic secretions towards the distal small intestine, resulting in fat malabsorption. BPD also entails a distal gastrectomy to avoid the occurrence of peptic ulceration of the gastrointestinal anastomosis.
After DBP-DS surgeryliquid mealIt is a bariatric surgery. BPD consists in the exclusion of the duodenum from the alimentary tract with re-anastomosis of the blind loop 100 to 150 cm proximal to the ileo-coecal valve. This leads to bypass of the biliopancreatic secretions towards the distal small intestine, resulting in fat malabsorption. BPD also entails a distal gastrectomy to avoid the occurrence of peptic ulceration of the gastrointestinal anastomosis.
After DBP-DS surgery[7,7,8,8-2H]-palmitateIt is a bariatric surgery. BPD consists in the exclusion of the duodenum from the alimentary tract with re-anastomosis of the blind loop 100 to 150 cm proximal to the ileo-coecal valve. This leads to bypass of the biliopancreatic secretions towards the distal small intestine, resulting in fat malabsorption. BPD also entails a distal gastrectomy to avoid the occurrence of peptic ulceration of the gastrointestinal anastomosis.
Before SG surgeryliquid meal-
Before SG surgeryindirect calorimetry-
After SG surgerysleeve gastrectomyIt is a bariatric surgery where the stomach is reduced to about 15% of its original size, by surgical removal of a large portion of the stomach along the greater curvature.
After SG surgeryliquid mealIt is a bariatric surgery where the stomach is reduced to about 15% of its original size, by surgical removal of a large portion of the stomach along the greater curvature.
After SG surgery[7,7,8,8-2H]-palmitateIt is a bariatric surgery where the stomach is reduced to about 15% of its original size, by surgical removal of a large portion of the stomach along the greater curvature.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
dietary fatty acid uptake2 years

assessed using PET/CT method with oral administration of 18FTHA

lipid metabolism2 years

will be determined using tracers of fatty acids

glucose metabolism2 years

will be determined using tracers of glucose

whole body inter-organ partitioning2 years

assessed using PET/CT method with oral administration of 18FTHA

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
habitual food intake2 years

with a 3-day food record,

Total oxidation rate2 years

will be determined by indirect calorimetry

Hormonal responses2 years

will be determined using a multiplex assay system.

Dietary fatty acid oxidation rate2 years

will be measured using breath 13CO2 enrichment

Insulin secretion index (ISI)2 years

will be assessed using deconvolution of plasma C-peptide with standard C-peptide kinetic parameters

Insulin sensitivity2 years

will be determined using different standard methods, including the HOMA-IR

physical activity2 years

with portable arm band accelerometry for 3 days prior to each metabolic study

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centre de recherche du CHUS

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Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

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