Islet Function and Clinical Analyses of Transplant Recipients (Islet OGTT)

The Washington University

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Type One Diabetes Mellitus

Treatments: Other: OGTT (Oral Glucose Tolerance Test)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00870831

00-0870

Details and patient eligibility

About

To follow the patterns and natural history of Islet Transplant recipients (the ones that were involved in the Modified Edmonton Protocol) using oral glucose to check sugar levels as well as insulin and C-peptide over the course of 5 years

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Type 1 Diabetes with hypoglycemia unawareness that received a Islet Transplant here at Washington University
• "control" subjects were matched to the transplant recipients base upon age, height, weight, & race (and could not have diabetes)

Exclusion criteria

• well controlled Type 1 diabetes
• transplant failure
• unable to match potential subject to a recipient

Trial design

8 participants in 2 patient groups

Islet Recipient

Description:

Subjects that have successfully received and maintained an Islet transplant at Washington University Center for Islet Transplantation

Treatment:

Other: OGTT (Oral Glucose Tolerance Test)

Control

Description:

subjects that were similar in height, weight and age that did NOT have diabetes to act as the comparative group

Treatment:

Other: OGTT (Oral Glucose Tolerance Test)