Ketosis-Prone Diabetes Mellitus (KPDM): Metformin Versus Sitagliptin Treatment

Dawn Smiley MD

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Ketosis Prone Diabetes; Hyperglycemia; Diabetes Ketoacidosis

Treatments: Drug: metformin; Drug: Sitagliptin; Drug: placebo

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01099618

IRB00026272

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study intends on enrolling 48 subjects with diabetes. Diabetic subjects that no longer need insulin will be randomly placed (like the flip of a coin) on a diabetes pill called metformin, a diabetes pill called sitagliptin or a placebo pill (a pill without active medication). Subjects on pills will be followed for 3½ years and undergo blood tests at specified intervals to assess their ability to make insulin. These studies will allow a better understanding of the factors that lead to high blood sugar in patients with ketosis-prone diabetes mellitus (KPDM) and direct the best diabetes treatment for this patient population.

Hypothesis: Metformin therapy or sitagliptin therapy compared to placebo, will improve β-cell function, insulin sensitivity, and allow for a longer period of time prior to encountering an insulin-deficient relapse after discontinuation of insulin therapy.

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. All newly diagnosed overweight/obese (BMI >/=28 kg/m2) African-American patients with new-onset DKA and/or severe hyperglycemia and without apparent precipitating cause will be considered for inclusion into the study. The diagnosis of DKA will be established by standard criteria (blood glucose > 250 mg/dL, pH < 7.3, HCO3 < 18 mmol/L, increased anion gap).
2. The hyperglycemic group will include patients with an admission plasma glucose > 400 mg/dL but without the presence of metabolic acidosis or ketosis.

Exclusion criteria

1. significant medical or surgical illness, including but not limited to myocardial ischemia, congestive heart failure, chronic renal insufficiency, liver failure, and infectious processes;
2. recognized or suspected endocrine disorders associated with increased insulin resistance, such as hypercortisolism, acromegaly, or hyperthyroidism;
3. bleeding disorders, thrombocytopenia, or abnormalities in coagulation studies;
4. pregnancy,
5. have an allergy to any component of metformin or sitagliptin.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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48 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Metformin

Active Comparator group

Description:

All newly diagnosed subjects with KPDM that are able to discontinue insulin after 12 weeks or less will be randomized in double-blind fashion to receive either metformin 1000mg, sitagliptin 100mg or placebo once daily. Subjects that do not achieve remission will continue to receive insulin therapy and will discontinue the protocol. A total of 48 obese subjects with DKA (N=24) and obese subjects with hyperglycemia without ketoacidosis (n=24) will be equally randomized to receive metformin (MET) 1000 mg (n=16), sitagliptin (SIT) 100mg (n=16) or placebo (n=16).

Treatment:

Drug: metformin

Sitagliptin

Active Comparator group

Description:

All newly diagnosed subjects with KPDM that are able to discontinue insulin after 12 weeks or less will be randomized in double-blind fashion to receive either metformin 1000 mg, sitagliptin 100mg or placebo once daily. Subjects that do not achieve remission will continue to receive insulin therapy and will discontinue the protocol. A total of 48 obese subjects with DKA (N=24) and obese subjects with hyperglycemia without ketoacidosis (n=24) will be equally randomized to receive metformin (MET) 1000 mg (n=16), sitagliptin (SIT) 100mg (n=16) or placebo (n=16).

Treatment:

Drug: Sitagliptin

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

All newly diagnosed subjects with KPDM that are able to discontinue insulin after 12 weeks or less will be randomized in double-blind fashion to receive either metformin 1000 mg, sitagliptin 100mg or placebo once daily. Subjects that do not achieve remission will continue to receive insulin therapy and will discontinue the protocol. A total of 48 obese subjects with DKA (N=24) and obese subjects with hyperglycemia without ketoacidosis (n=24) will be equally randomized to receive metformin (MET) 1000 mg(n=16), sitagliptin (SIT) 100mg (n=16) or placebo (n=16).

Treatment:

Drug: placebo