Diabetes
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Type 1, type 2, or other type of diabetes patients (including pancreatic diabetes) between 18 and 90 years of age and those with normal glucose tolerance who are attending our hospital. 1-A) Normal glucose tolerance is defined as a fasting blood glucose of less than 110 mg/dl or HbA1c of less than 6.2% at a checkup within the past year. (2) Those whose attending physician has determined that they can tolerate an arginine stimulation test. (3) Hemoglobin (Hb) levels of at least 11.3 g/dL.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Persons strongly suspected of suffering from dementia or psychiatric disorders (2) Those who are using drugs that affect glucagon and GLP-1 secretion, such as GLP-1 receptor agonists, SGLT2 inhibitors, and DPP-4 inhibitors. (3) Persons with severe renal or hepatic dysfunction (4) Persons with bronchial asthma that is difficult to control (5) Persons deemed inappropriate for this clinical research by the Principal Investigator or a Research Supervisor.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increment of glucagon and GLP-1 secretion by arginine stimulation test | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Correlation between increment of glucagon or GLP-1 and HbA1c, age, gender, clinical indices such as diabetes mellitus type, disease duration, blood pressure, and laboratory tests (blood count, blood glucose, Cre, BUN, uric acid, AST, ALT, ALP, gamma-GTP, LDH, CK, TP, Alb, T-Cho, LDL-C, HDL-C, TG, Amy, Lipa, T-Bil, Na, K, Cl, Ca, urine qualitative, urine sediment, urine protein, urine Alb /Cre as examined at the examination) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kansai Electric Power Medical Research Institute Yutaka Seino Distinguished Center for Diabetes Research