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Skin Autofluorescence (AF) Decision Tree in Detecting Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) or Diabetes Mellitus (DM)

Assessment of Value of Skin Autofluorescence in Detecting Diabetes Mellitus or Impaired Glucose Tolerance. Comparison With Fasting Plasma Glucose and Glycated Hb

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01406665
Enrollment
218
Registered
2011-08-01
Start date
2010-10-31
Completion date
2011-04-30
Last updated
2011-08-01

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Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Impaired Glucose Tolerance

Keywords

diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance

Brief summary

Early detection of (pre)diabetes, including impaired glucose tolerance is currently deficient because the best accepted standard, an oral glucose tolerance test (oGTT), is not feasible in a setting of screening or broad case-finding and other current methods lack in sensitivity. A previously reported study, and analysis of retrospective skin autofluorescence (AF) data, suggests that noninvasive skin AF may offer an alternative for detection of (pre)diabetes. The objective is to test the validity of a decision tree based on skin autofluorescence, and some simple clinical characteristics, as a detection tool for diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance. Sensitivity and specificity, positive and negative predictive value of this skin AF based decision model will be compared to those of fasting plasma glucose (FPG), glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), and to two short questionnaires (Finnish Findrisk, and Cambridge score). Study design: Skin AF, HbA1c and an oGTT (including an FPG) will be simultaneously performed in at least 120 persons with the characteristics described in the following paragraph. A Findrisk and Cambridge questionnaire will also be collected.

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

University Medical Center Groningen
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

-age \>20 years * additionally a priori intermediate risk for IGT/diabetes: by having at least one criterion from the metabolic syndrome, or by at least once having had an increased glucose or glycated hemoglobin value in the preceding two years, but these outside the range of diabetes/IGT

Exclusion criteria

-known diabetes mellitus * use of oral antidiabetics for other purposes than diabetes such as hepatic steatosis * local skin disease of the lower arm obviating skin autofluorescence measurement * known serious renal insufficiency (s-creatinine \> 180 umol/l). * inability to fill in questionnaires

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
oGTT (WHO criteria)-defined impaired glucose tolerance or diabetesindividually immediately following test, for study <26 weeksnumbers of true and false positives and negatives for oGTT (WHO criteria)-defined impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes are scored for Skin autofluorescence (based decision tree), FPG and HbA1c

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Findrisk diabetes questionnaire scoreindividually immediately after test, for study <26 weeksFindrisk diabetes questionnaire score is based on anthropometric data and questionnaire.

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

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