The Role of the Duodenum in the Pathogenesis of Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Vanderbilt University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes

Treatments: Procedure: Nasojejunal feeding tube; Procedure: Placement of nasogastric feeding tube

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00568620

GCRC #1710

R01DK070860 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

IRB#070770

Details and patient eligibility

About

In parallel with the increasing prevalence of obesity worldwide, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has reached epidemic proportions. Despite a multitude of available therapies, only bariatric surgery (e.g., roux-en-Y gastric bypass (GBP)) has proven to be an effective long term treatment modality for morbid obesity. Moreover, the majority of T2DM patients who undergo GBP experience normalization of their blood glucose and are able to discontinue their anti-diabetes medications soon after the procedure. The insulin resistant state commonly seen in non-diabetic obese subjects also improves after GBP. Evidence from recent animal studies suggests that the rapid return to euglycemia seen in T2DM patients after GBP might in part result from excluding the duodenum from the flow of nutrients. With the use of enteral feeding tubes, we hope to better understand the factors in the human gut that may predispose obese individuals to the development of insulin resistance and T2DM.

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria for lean, healthy control subjects:

1. Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) < 100
2. Age 18 to 55
3. BMI 18.5 to 24.9 kg/m2
4. Stable weight for prior 3 months

Inclusion criteria for prediabetic individuals:

1. Based on American Diabetes Association criteria of FPG > 100 and <126
2. Age 18 to 55
3. BMI 35 to 60 kg/m2
4. Stable weight for prior 3 months

Inclusion criteria for diabetic individuals:

1. Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) for < 5 years
2. Hemoglobin A1c < 8%
3. Age 18 to 55
4. BMI 35 to 60 kg/m2
5. Stable weight for prior 3 months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria for all study subjects:

1. Use of any of the following medications: Thiazolidinediones, dipeptidyl-peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitors (e.g., sitagliptin), GLP-1 analogs (e.g., exenatide).

2. Subjects with T2DM who are unable to maintain adequate glycemic control (i.e., having a fasting blood glucose that exceeds 250mg/dL on two consecutive tests) while temporarily discontinuing their oral diabetes medications for the study and in whom the study physician determines insulin therapy would not be appropriate.

3. Females with a positive pregnancy test

4. Prior gastric, duodenal, proximal jejunal surgery or pancreas resection 6. Known malabsorptive disorder 7. History of cancer in past 5 years 8. Renal insufficiency defined by serum creatinine > 1.5 mg/dl 9. Hepatic enzyme elevations of greater than twice the upper limits of normal 10. Current use of warfarin or clopidogrel 11. Intercurrent infections 12. Contraindication to nasogastric or nasojejunal feeding tube (e.g., deviated nasal septum, prior upper gastrointestinal bleed, or history of easy bleeding) 13. Residence outside the greater Nashville, TN area

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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19 participants in 2 patient groups

1: Nasogastric feeding tube

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Placement of nasogastric feeding tube

2: Placement of nasojejunal feeding tube

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Nasojejunal feeding tube