Glucose Counterregulation in Long Standing Type 1 Diabetes

Glucose Counterregulation in Long Standing Type 1 Diabetes

Brief description of study

We are in the final phase of this study and are searching for a Hypo-AWARE Type 1 diabetic control group (Group 2) The primary goal for Group 2 in this study is to show us how hormones of Type 1 diabetics should react during hypoglycemic and non-hypoglycemic events. Participants can be (on a pump or injections) and... 1. Are between the age of 25 and 65. 2. Have had T1D for at least of 10 years (and been on insulin for 10 years) 3. Are in a diabetes management program with an endocrinologist or diabetes specialist which includes approximately 3 visits per year. 4. Has some hypoglycemia but is always aware when blood glucoses occasionally go low. 5. Does not currently wear a CGM. 6. Has an HbA1c that is not greater than 10. 7. Has a BMI less than 30

Detailed description of study

The present protocol is designed to determine whether strict hypoglycemia avoidance by real-time continuous glucose monitoring (RT-CGM), can restore endogenous glucose production in response to hypoglycemia in patients with long standing disease. Twelve subjects with long standing type 1 diabetes complicated by hypoglycemia unawareness underwent assessment of the endogenous glucose production response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia using paired hyper-insulinemic eu- and hypoglycemic clamps with stable glucose isotope infusions before and at 6 and 18 months following initiation of RT-CGM. The primary analysis will be change in the endogenous glucose production response from before to 6 months following initiation of RT-CGM, and a secondary analysis will consider the persistence of any change at 18 months. The clinical significance of any determined changes in the endogenous glucose production response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia will be determined by comparison to responses obtained using paired hyper-insulinemic eu- and hypoglycemic clamps on one occasion in a matched control group of 12 subjects with long-standing type 1 diabetes but no hypoglycemia unawareness, and in a matched control group of 12 non-diabetic subjects.

Eligibility of study

You may be eligible for this study if you meet the following criteria:

  • Conditions:
    Diabetes,Type 1 diabetes,Diabetes,Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
  • Age: Between 25 Years - 65 Years
  • Gender: All


Updated on 27 Jul 2023. Study ID: 814114

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