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The Effects of Soy Isoflavones to Improve the Metabolism of Glucose and Lipids

The Study of the Effects of Soy Isoflavones on the Metabolism of Glucose and Lipids in Postmenopausal Chinese Women With Impaired Glucose Regulation

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00951912
Enrollment
165
Registered
2009-08-04
Start date
2009-08-31
Completion date
2011-09-30
Last updated
2012-10-17

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Conditions

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Keywords

genistein, daidzein, impaired glucose regulation, glucose metabolism, lipids metabolism, inflammation, women

Brief summary

Many studies showed that soy foods or soy isoflavones can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), osteoporosis and some cancers, but few human studies assessed effects of purified isoflavone components (genistein and daidzein) on glucose metabolism. This double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial will examine the effects of purified genistein and daidzein on glucose metabolism in prediabetic or diabetic women. One hundred and eighty eligible women age 30-70 years(without any treatment of diabetic drugs) will be recruited and randomly allocated into the following three arms: Placebo (10g isolated soy protein, ISP); Genistein (10g ISP + 50mg genistein); Daidzein (10g ISP + 50mg daidzein) per day for 6 mo. Fasting glucose, lipids, insulin, inflammation marks and post-load for glucose and insulin will be determined at 0, 3th, and 6th month. Changes in these indices will be compared among the three groups.

Detailed description

Subjects were Chinese adult women, age 30-70 year, with an FG concentration ranging from 5.6 to 7.0 mmol/L or 2-h PG concentration ranging from 7.8-11.0 mmol/L or with newly diagnosed diabetes not requiring medication treatment according to a doctor's suggestion or participants did not willing to take medication themselves, and managed their diabetes just with a stable diet and exercise. Women were excluded if they had a history of coronary heart disease, stoke, thyroid disease, severe liver, lung, or gastrointestinal tract diseases; were currently or in the past 8 weeks used hypoglycemic or lipid-lowering or weight-reduction agents; were occurrence of diabetic complications; use of hormone replacement therapy; allergy to soy;were long-term antibiotics users.

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTPlacebo

10g soy protein isolated per day

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTDaidzein

50mg daidzein +10g soy protein isolated per day

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTGenistein

50mg genistein +10g soy protein isolated per day

Sponsors

Chinese Nutrition Society
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Danone Institute International
CollaboratorOTHER
Department of Health of Guangdong Province
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Sun Yat-sen University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
30 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Chinese women aged 30-70 y * Fasting glucose \>=5.6 mmol/l; post-load glucose \>=7.8 mmol/l

Exclusion criteria

* Diabetes renal diseases * Confirmed CVD, chronic liver,kidney diseases,Thyroid disease * Medications affecting glucose or lipid metabolism

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage Change in Low Density Lipoprotein CholesterolBaseline, 6 months(6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%
Percentage Change in QUICKIBaseline, 6 monthsQUICKI is the abbreviation of Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index,and it is a marker to evaluate insulin sensitivity in HOMA model.It is calculated by using the following equation: 1/(logFIns +logFG),where FIns represents fasting insulin in microunits per milliliter, and FG is in millimoles per liter. The percentage change was caculated as (6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%
Percentage Change in Total CholesterolBaseline, 6 months(6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%
Percentage Change in TriglycerideBaseline, 6 months(6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%
Percentage Change in High Density Lipoprotein CholesterolBaseline, 6 months(6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%
Percentage Change in Fasting Plasma GlucoseBaseline,6 months(6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%
Percentage Change in 120-minutes Postload Plasma GlucoseBaseline, 6 months(6th month value-baseline value)/baseline\*100%
Percentage Change in HbA1CBaseline, 6 months(6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%
Percentage Change in AUC of GlucoseBaseline, 6 monthsvalues were from 75g glucose oral glucose tolerance test and caculated as (6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%
Percentage Change in Fasting Plasma InsulinBaseline, 6 months(6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%
Percentage Change in HOMA-IRBaseline, 6 monthsHOMA-IR was calculated with the homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance,and it is caculated as the following equation: HOMA-IR=FIns×FG/22.5, where FIns represents fasting insulin in microunits per milliliter, and FG is in millimoles per liter. The percentage change was caculated as (6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Urinary Daidzein3 monthsUrinary daidzein excretion
Urinary Genistein3 monthsUrinary genistein excretion
Total Energy Intake at Follow-upan average of the 24 weeks follow-up period which were evalutated on baseline,12 week and 24 week.The energy intake was evaluated by 3 days dietary records.
Total Urinary Isoflavones3 months

Countries

China

Participant flow

Recruitment details

the recruitment period last about half a year,and the types of location are clinic of endocrinology and nutritional clinic

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Placebo
the placebo group were given 10g soy protein isolated without isoflavones
54
Daidzein
Daidzein group were given 10g soy protein isolated and 50mg purify daidzein
55
Genistein
Genistein group were given 10g soy protein isolated and 50mg purify genistein
56
Total165

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001FG002
Overall StudyAdverse Event011
Overall StudyLack of Efficacy100
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up220
Overall StudyOther: Colon cancer100
Overall StudyOther:Depression100
Overall StudyOther: Stroke010
Overall StudyPhysician Decision101
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject110

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicDaidzeinGenisteinPlaceboTotal
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
12 Participants14 Participants11 Participants37 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
43 Participants42 Participants43 Participants128 Participants
Age Continuous56.36 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9.9
57.02 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9.68
56.31 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 11.07
56.57 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.17
Region of Enrollment
China
55 participants56 participants54 participants165 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
55 Participants56 Participants54 Participants165 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
4 / 544 / 552 / 56
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 540 / 550 / 56

Outcome results

Primary

Percentage Change in 120-minutes Postload Plasma Glucose

(6th month value-baseline value)/baseline\*100%

Time frame: Baseline, 6 months

Population: All participants were determinted by intention to treat

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Placebo GroupPercentage Change in 120-minutes Postload Plasma Glucose-4.90 percentage of changeStandard Deviation 20.67
Daidzein GroupPercentage Change in 120-minutes Postload Plasma Glucose-3.13 percentage of changeStandard Deviation 20.6
Geinstein GroupPercentage Change in 120-minutes Postload Plasma Glucose-5.59 percentage of changeStandard Deviation 24.23
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-11.9308, 8.3916]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-9.4232, 10.8091]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-7.6067, 12.5318]ANOVA
Primary

Percentage Change in AUC of Glucose

values were from 75g glucose oral glucose tolerance test and caculated as (6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%

Time frame: Baseline, 6 months

Population: The number of patticipants was determinted by intention to treat

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Placebo GroupPercentage Change in AUC of Glucose-6.23 percentage of changeStandard Deviation 14.06
Daidzein GroupPercentage Change in AUC of Glucose-3.27 percentage of changeStandard Deviation 16.98
Geinstein GroupPercentage Change in AUC of Glucose-5.24 percentage of changeStandard Deviation 17.96
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-10.5857, 4.6535]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-8.583, 6.5886]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-5.5817, 9.5195]ANOVA
Primary

Percentage Change in Fasting Plasma Glucose

(6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%

Time frame: Baseline,6 months

Population: the number of participants for analysis was determined by intention to treat

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Placebo GroupPercentage Change in Fasting Plasma Glucose-1.80 percentage of changeStandard Deviation 13.5
Daidzein GroupPercentage Change in Fasting Plasma Glucose-1.00 percentage of changeStandard Deviation 12.61
Geinstein GroupPercentage Change in Fasting Plasma Glucose-4.89 percentage of changeStandard Deviation 11.79
Comparison: Null hypothesis: There are no difference in the difference of changes in plasma glucose.~Power calculation: The sample size of 55 subjects per group provided about 90% power to detect a significant change in the FG concentration of 8 mg/dL (7%) by using a general assumption of a 2-tailed a level of 0.05 and allowing for a 20% withdrawal rate.p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-6.6569, 5.0607]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-2.7486, 8.9171]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-1.9234, 9.6881]ANOVA
Primary

Percentage Change in Fasting Plasma Insulin

(6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%

Time frame: Baseline, 6 months

Population: The number of participants was determinted by intention to treat

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Placebo GroupPercentage Change in Fasting Plasma Insulin25.27 percentage of changeStandard Deviation 114.23
Daidzein GroupPercentage Change in Fasting Plasma Insulin21.41 percentage of changeStandard Deviation 91.23
Geinstein GroupPercentage Change in Fasting Plasma Insulin6.06 percentage of changeStandard Deviation 78.26
p-value: <0.05Kruskal-Wallis
Primary

Percentage Change in HbA1C

(6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%

Time frame: Baseline, 6 months

Population: The number of participants analyzed was determinted by intention to treat.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Placebo GroupPercentage Change in HbA1C-1.38 percentage of changeStandard Deviation 7.17
Daidzein GroupPercentage Change in HbA1C-1.37 percentage of changeStandard Deviation 5.99
Geinstein GroupPercentage Change in HbA1C-1.30 percentage of changeStandard Deviation 9.29
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-6.174, 0.8243]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-3.5428, 3.5194]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-6.202, 0.8288]ANOVA
Primary

Percentage Change in High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol

(6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%

Time frame: Baseline, 6 months

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Placebo GroupPercentage Change in High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol3.18 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 20.4
Daidzein GroupPercentage Change in High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol1.36 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 15.21
Geinstein GroupPercentage Change in High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol2.15 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 14.54
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-6.0057, 9.6426]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-6.7619, 8.817]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-8.5442, 6.9624]ANOVA
Primary

Percentage Change in HOMA-IR

HOMA-IR was calculated with the homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance,and it is caculated as the following equation: HOMA-IR=FIns×FG/22.5, where FIns represents fasting insulin in microunits per milliliter, and FG is in millimoles per liter. The percentage change was caculated as (6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%

Time frame: Baseline, 6 months

Population: The number of participants for analysis was determinted by intention to treat

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Placebo GroupPercentage Change in HOMA-IR22.83 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 107.41
Daidzein GroupPercentage Change in HOMA-IR21.60 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 98.88
Geinstein GroupPercentage Change in HOMA-IR-0.22 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 64.03
p-value: <0.05Kruskal-Wallis
Primary

Percentage Change in Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol

(6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%

Time frame: Baseline, 6 months

Population: The number of participants for analysis was determinted by intention to treat

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Placebo GroupPercentage Change in Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol1.08 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 24.46
Daidzein GroupPercentage Change in Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol-0.93 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 21.21
Geinstein GroupPercentage Change in Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol1.86 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 19.39
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-8.0721, 12.0964]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-10.8111, 9.2679]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-12.7767, 7.2092]ANOVA
Primary

Percentage Change in QUICKI

QUICKI is the abbreviation of Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index,and it is a marker to evaluate insulin sensitivity in HOMA model.It is calculated by using the following equation: 1/(logFIns +logFG),where FIns represents fasting insulin in microunits per milliliter, and FG is in millimoles per liter. The percentage change was caculated as (6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%

Time frame: Baseline, 6 months

Population: The number of participants for analysis was determinted by intention to treat

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Placebo GroupPercentage Change in QUICKI2.32 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 19.47
Daidzein GroupPercentage Change in QUICKI0.18 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 15.6
Geinstein GroupPercentage Change in QUICKI6.29 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 17.77
p-value: <0.05Kruskal-Wallis
Primary

Percentage Change in Total Cholesterol

(6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%

Time frame: Baseline, 6 months

Population: The number of participants for analysis was determinted by intention to treat

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Placebo GroupPercentage Change in Total Cholesterol2.85 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 40.06
Daidzein GroupPercentage Change in Total Cholesterol-0.59 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 11.9
Geinstein GroupPercentage Change in Total Cholesterol-0.64 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 15.83
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-8.444, 15.318]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-8.3475, 15.3092]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-11.7296, 11.8174]ANOVA
Primary

Percentage Change in Triglyceride

(6th month value-baseline value)/baseline value\*100%

Time frame: Baseline, 6 months

Population: The number of participants for analysis was determinted by intention to treat

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Placebo GroupPercentage Change in Triglyceride5.93 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 45.5
Daidzein GroupPercentage Change in Triglyceride3.43 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 38.9
Geinstein GroupPercentage Change in Triglyceride-1.56 Percentage of changeStandard Deviation 39.15
p-value: <0.05Kruskal-Wallis
Secondary

Total Energy Intake at Follow-up

The energy intake was evaluated by 3 days dietary records.

Time frame: an average of the 24 weeks follow-up period which were evalutated on baseline,12 week and 24 week.

Population: The number of participants for analysis was determinted by intention to treat

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Placebo GroupTotal Energy Intake at Follow-up1575 kcalStandard Deviation 575
Daidzein GroupTotal Energy Intake at Follow-up1473 kcalStandard Deviation 294
Geinstein GroupTotal Energy Intake at Follow-up1579 kcalStandard Deviation 367
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-99.3, 304.1]ANOVA
p-value: 0.0595% CI: [-203.7, 196.1]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-305.1, 92.8]ANOVA
Secondary

Total Urinary Isoflavones

Time frame: 3 months

Population: The number of participants for analysis was determinted by the participants who provided the urine samples at the 3-month test.

ArmMeasureValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)Dispersion
Placebo GroupTotal Urinary Isoflavones8.538 ug/mlStandard Deviation 10.153
Daidzein GroupTotal Urinary Isoflavones25.818 ug/mlStandard Deviation 31.78
Geinstein GroupTotal Urinary Isoflavones15.467 ug/mlStandard Deviation 22.022
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-0.6416, -0.2458]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-0.3956, -0.0016]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [0.0544, 0.4358]ANOVA
Secondary

Urinary Daidzein

Urinary daidzein excretion

Time frame: 3 months

Population: The number of participants for analysis was determinted by the number of participants who provided urine samples at the 3-month test

ArmMeasureValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)Dispersion
Placebo GroupUrinary Daidzein3.34 ug/mlStandard Deviation 4.81
Daidzein GroupUrinary Daidzein11.80 ug/mlStandard Deviation 11.14
Geinstein GroupUrinary Daidzein3.73 ug/mlStandard Deviation 8.83
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-0.8617, -0.4089]ANOVA
p-value: 0.0595% CI: [-0.2003, 0.2568]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [0.4419, 0.8851]ANOVA
Secondary

Urinary Genistein

Urinary genistein excretion

Time frame: 3 months

Population: The number of participants for analysis was determinted by the number of participants who supplied the urine samples at the 3-month test

ArmMeasureValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)Dispersion
Placebo GroupUrinary Genistein1.32 ug/mlStandard Deviation 1.72
Daidzein GroupUrinary Genistein1.89 ug/mlStandard Deviation 2.59
Geinstein GroupUrinary Genistein6.54 ug/mlStandard Deviation 8.97
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-0.3911, 0.0796]ANOVA
p-value: 0.0595% CI: [-0.8414, -0.3707]ANOVA
p-value: <0.0595% CI: [-0.6804, -0.2202]ANOVA

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026