Improving glycaemic control with L carnitine
- Conditions
- Topic: Primary CareSubtopic: Not AssignedDisease: All DiseasesNutritional, Metabolic, EndocrineDiabetes mellitus
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN46349186
- Lead Sponsor
- ottingham University Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 36
Inclusion criteria patients with T2DM:
1. Body mass index (BMI) 27-37 kg/m2
2. Male
3. Age 18-60 years old
4. Type 2 diabetes mellitus reasonably well controlled (HbA1c less than or equal to 58 mmol/mol) on diet therapy or metformin alone
5. Not taking anti-diabetes medication other than metformin
6. Understand verbal and/or written explanation of the study requirements
Inclusion criteria control participants:
1. Body mass index (BMI) 27-37 kg/m2
2. Male
3. Age 18-60 years old
4. Normal glucose tolerance (2 hour blood glucose <5.6 after screening OGTT)
5. Not taking anti-diabetes medication
6. Understand verbal and/or written explanation of the study requirements
1. Malignancy (excluding localised basal and squamous cell skin cancer)
2. Metabolic diseases (stable treated hypothyroidism allowed)
3. Active cardiovascular disease (current angina, myocardial infarct, or coronary artery surgery/angioplasty within 12 months)
4. Primary muscle disorders
5. Cerebrovascular disease
6. Neurological disease e.g. epilepsy, Parkinsons disease
7. Active respiratory disease
8. Active gastrointestinal or liver disease
9. Renal impairment (eGFR <60 ml/min)
10. Clotting dysfunction
11. Anti-diabetes medication other than metformin
12. Other medications that may affect glucose tolerance (e.g. corticosteroids), muscle metabolism, or safety (e.g. anticoagulants)
13. Any other conditions in addition to the above that the investigators consider may affect study measurements or safety
14. Abnormalities on screening blood tests that in the view of the investigators are clinically significant
15. Any metallic implants that will affect the DEXA scan.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Skeletal muscle total carnitine content is measured at baseline and 24 weeks.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration