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Pilot Study DiaDEP

Endothelial Dysfunction Could be an Early Biomarker of Renal Impairment in Children and Adolescent With Type 1 Diabetes. Pilot Study DiaDEP

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03912012
Acronym
DiaDEP
Enrollment
23
Registered
2019-04-11
Start date
2019-07-09
Completion date
2020-11-20
Last updated
2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Type1diabetes

Keywords

Diabetes mellitus type 1, Type 1 diabetes, diabetes, pediatrics, Glomerular hyperfiltration, endothelial dysfunction, children, adolescent

Brief summary

With an increased incidence of pediatric type 1 diabetes (T1D) and a decrease in age at diagnosis, children are exposed to complications such as renal impairment at a very young age. The current biomarker used to diagnose renal impairment is microalbuminuria, but it's a late marker. Early screening is a major issue to reduce T1D consequences. Early glomerular hyperfiltration (GHF) could participate in the development and progression of nephropathy. Hyperfiltration has also been associated with a systemic endothelial dysfunction and with changes in arterial stiffness, suggesting, at least to a certain extent, a state of generalized vascular dysfunction. Diabetes is responsible for very early neurovascular dysfunctions, detectable with techniques to evaluate cutaneous neurovascular interaction. Those should help bringing to light very early microcirculation impairment, particularly precocious endothelial dysfunction (ED). No study about correlation between GHF and ED is currently available. The hypothesis assessed is those of a strong correlation between ED and GHF in children and adolescent with a story of T1D for at least 10 years. This pilot study should allow assessing ED's and GHF's proportions in our population, in order to conduct a larger study to prove, in a prospective way, the prognostic value of ED in the apparition of nephropathy, taking into count other factors such as diabetes duration or stability. This measure could be included in the global evaluation of microangiopathy risk in children and then take action to prevent negative outcomes. The second aspect of this study is the assessment of other functions and metabolisms possibly impaired in T1D: osseous microarchitecture, vitamin D status and precocious evaluation of macro angiopathy through intima media thickness measurement. Long term diabetes in children is associated with shorter and leaner bones, despite a correct mineralization, a reduced bone density and a fracture risk increased six fold. Bone status in the population will be evaluated through the study of bones microarchitecture via HR-pQCT (High Resolution peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography) on both tibia and radius, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and bone turn over biochemical markers. Results on bone microarchitecture in a preexisting cohort of healthy children and adolescents will be used to compare results.

Interventions

DRUGIohexol renal clearance measurement

intravenous injection of Iohexol (Omnipaque 300mg) with blood sampling at 0, 120, 180 and 240 minutes (during Day 1.

DEVICEmicrocirculation assessment through Laser Doppler associated to iontophoresis.

endothelial function evaluated following a protocol of iontophoresis of acetylcholine (during Day 1).

DEVICECardiovascular assessment though Intima-media Thickness and Extra-media Thickness measurement

carotid ultrasound (during Day 1)

BIOLOGICALBlood sampling

37 mL of blood sample will be performed at Day 1

BIOLOGICALUrine sampling

The urinary collection will be done during the Day 1, on the first morning urination

assessment of the Body Mass Index by HR-pQCT (during the Day 1)

RADIATIONDual-energy X-ray (DXA)

assessment of bone parameters by DXA (during the Day 1)

Sponsors

Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
10 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Aged ≥ 10 et \< 18 years old * Type 1 diabetes diagnosed more than 10 years previously. * Written informed consent signed by both parents or legal representatives, child or adolescent's agreement. * Health cover

Exclusion criteria

* Associated pathology with a potential impact on cutaneous microcirculation or renal function. * Aspirin or other non-steroid anti-inflammatory treatment with potential impact on endothelial function in the 3 weeks preceding the visit. * Examination with injection of contrast agent during the last 48 hours * Smoking * Ongoing pregnancy or breast feeding * Hypersensitivity to acetylcholine * Contraindication to Iohexol * Ongoing treatment with growth hormone, non-inhaled corticosteroids or anti-calcineurins; * History of treatment with oral corticosteroids (not inhaled) more than 3 successive months regardless of seniority; * Paracetamol treatment less than a week old;

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Glomerular hyper filtration (Glomerular filtration > 135 mL/min/1,73 m2)Day 1assessed through Iohexol renal clearance measurement

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Intima media thicknessDay 1The intima media thickness will be performed by Echo Doppler of both right and left common carotid
arterial blood pressureDay 1arterial blood pressure measurement
Bone massDay 1Bone mass will be performed by Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) on both spine and whole body.
Endothelial function in the forearm.Day 1Endothelial function will be evaluated by the microcirculation assessment through Laser Doppler associated to iontophoresis of acetylcholine.
quantization of bone mineral contentDay 1quantization of bone mineral content will be performed by Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) on both spine and whole body.
Volumetric compartmental densityDay 1Volumetric compartmental density will be performed by High Resolution peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (HR-pQCT) on radius and tibia (Right tibia and non-dominant arm radius). (Unless there is a history of fracture for one of those bones, in which case the opposite side will be studied instead.)
trabecular microarchitectureDay 1trabecular microarchitecture will be performed by High Resolution peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (HR-pQCT) on radius and tibia (Right tibia and non-dominant arm radius). (Unless there is a history of fracture for one of those bones, in which case the opposite side will be studied instead.)
bone densityDay 1bone density will be performed by Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) on both spine and whole body.

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

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