NCT01546545

Insulin Variance Throughout the Day

Testing Whether Insulin Resistance Varies Throughout a Day A Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 11 (actual)
• Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is designed to determine whether the sensitivity of a participant's insulin varies from the morning to the evening.

Detailed description

Study visit 1: about 16 hours - The participant will arrive to the visit fasting. The participant will have an oral glucose tolerance test which takes about 3 ½ hours. An IV line will be placed in the participant's arm vein for blood draw purposes and will remain there throughout the testing. A blood sample will be drawn 15 minutes and just before the participant will drink a sugar solution consisting of 75 grams of glucose. Blood will be drawn at specific times after the participant consumes the drink. The participant will have a second oral glucose tolerance test which takes about 3 ½ hours. An IV line will be placed in the participant's arm vein for blood draw purposes and will remain there throughout the testing. A blood sample will be drawn 15 minutes and just before the participant drinks a sugar solution. Blood will be drawn at specific times after the participant consumes the drink.

Conditions

• Insulin Sensitivity

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-03-01
• Primary completion: 2013-05-01
• Completion: 2013-05-01
• First posted: 2012-03-07
• Last updated: 2024-03-07
• Results posted: 2024-03-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States