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Effect of Salicylate on Glucose Metabolism in Insulin Resistance States

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Joslin Diabetes Center

Status and phase

Completed
Phase 2
Phase 1

Conditions

Insulin Resistance

Treatments

Drug: Placebo
Drug: Salsalate

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other
NIH

Identifiers

NCT00258128
R37DK051729 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
CHS 00-01
R01DK051729 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Data supports diet induced obesity leads to activation of the IKK/NF-kB inflamatory pathway and that chronic inflammation leads to insulin resistance and diabetes. In rodents, salicylates inhibit IKK/NF-kB and may improve insulin sensitivity. We will study if this is true in people.

Full description

Please see the following review articles on this topic:

Shoelson SE, Lee J, Goldfine AB. (2006) Inflammation in insulin resistance. J. Clin. Invest. 116, 1793-1801.

Goldfine AB, Fonseca V and Shoelson SE (2010) Therapeutic approaches to target inflammation in type 2 diabetes. Clin Chem. 57, 162-167.

Donath MY and Shoelson SE (2011) Type 2 diabetes as an inflammatory disease. Nat Rev Immunol. 11, 98-107.

Goldfine AB and Shoelson SE (2017) Therapeutic approaches targeting inflammation for diabetes and associated cardiovascular risk. J Clin Invest. 127, 83-93.

Enrollment

17 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

age 18 to 65 years, inclusive; HbA1c >6.0% (off medication-diabetic) normal hemoglobin and hematocrit, without donation of blood in the previous 2 months; without involvement in any study evaluating an investigational drug or device for the previous 2 months; normal clotting studies; female postmenopausal or surgically sterile, or using barrier or oral contraception and with a negative pregnancy test.

Exclusion criteria

pregnant or lactating women; patients with persistent ketonuria or a history of ketoacidosis (suggesting the need for insulin therapy); current of previous use of insulin for glucose control; patients with abnormal liver function defined as elevation of bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, ALT, AST, or GGTP more than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal; patients with kidney disease (serum creatinine > 1.5 mg/dL) macroalbuminuria (1+ protein on a standard urine dip-stick, or > 300 mg urinary albumin/day)- (patients with microalbuminuria will be enrolled); patients with any significant diseases or conditions, including emotional or psychiatric disorders and substance abuse, including history of binge drinking, that, in the opinion of the investigator, are likely to alter the patient's ability to complete the study; patients with metabolic acidosis (abnormal anion gap); history of gastric ulcer, dyspepsia, or upper or lower GI bleed; history of allergy to aspirin, or bleeding diathesis or currently on oral anticoagulants including warfarin, heparin, aspirin or other NSAIDs; patients with major vascular event within 6 months of screening for the study (e.g., myocardial infarction stroke, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, angioplasty, peripheral vascular surgery); patients with chronic heart disease, or a history of myocardial infarction or stroke. Symptomatic angina pectoris or cardiac insufficiency as defined by the NYHA; classification as Functional Class III or IV; patients with HbA1C > 13% (normal range 4-6%); patients who smoke more than one pack of cigarettes daily; patients taking treatment medications known to affect insulin sensitivity (e.g. diuretics, beta-blockers); patients taking warfarin, heparin or NSAID on a chronic basis; patients with inadequately controlled serum lipid levels (total cholesterol ≥ 275 mg/dL and fasting triglycerides ≥ 450 mg/dL); patients with history of cancer within 5 years prior to screening for the study other than basal cell carcinoma; active alcohol or other substance abuse.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Other

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Quadruple Blind

17 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Treatment
Experimental group
Description:
This third small study has a randomized, masked, placebo controlled parallel design to compare salsalate 4.0 g/d to placebo. This is the salsalate 4.0 g/d arm.
Treatment:
Drug: Salsalate
Placebo
Placebo Comparator group
Description:
This third small study has a randomized, masked, placebo controlled parallel design to compare salsalate 4.0 g/d to placebo. This is the placebo arm.
Treatment:
Drug: Placebo

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