endocrine and metabolic disorder
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. When an arginine tolerance test is required due to suspected adult growth hormone deficiency or a peripheral rapid calcium tolerance test is required due to suspected insulinoma or medullary thyroid carcinoma in the usual course of medical care. 2. Diagnosis of glucose intolerance, diabetes mellitus, reactive hypoglycemia, insulinoma, or glucagonoma by functional and imaging tests at the hospital, the Department 4. Patients must have maintained the function of major organs (listed below) on the clinical examination within 30 days prior to enrollment. 5. Patients who have given a full explanation of their participation in this study, and who have given written consent of their own free will based on sufficient understanding.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Within 2 months of last use of somatostatin receptor analogs. 2) In case of severe infection, before or after surgery, or serious trauma. 3) Other cases in which the principal investigator or subinvestigator determines that the subject is inappropriate for this study. 4) When arginine tolerance test and rapid peripheral calcium tolerance test are not necessary under normal medical practice.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Association of arginine loading test and rapid calcium loading test results with changes in HbA1c levels Glucose, insulin, and glucagon responses after calcium injection (0,3,6,10 min) and arginine injection (0,30,60,90,120 min). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Changes in blood pressure and pulse rate 2. Changes in blood glucose and insulin sensitivity (FPG, GA, IRI, HOMA-R, QUICKI, CPI) 3. Changes in lipids (total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides) 4. Changes in renal function and electrolytes (BUN, Cre, Na, K, Cl, urinary Cr, urinary albumin) 5. Bone effects (ALP, Ca, iP) and changes 6. Evaluation of safety and adverse events (Ht, Na, BUN, glycemic status, adverse events associated with drug administration) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kanazawa university hospital Department of Endocrinology and metabolism