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Precision Diets for Diabetes Prevention

Precision Diets for Diabetes Prevention

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03919877
Enrollment
115
Registered
2019-04-18
Start date
2018-05-24
Completion date
2023-10-18
Last updated
2026-05-22

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

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Insulin Resistance, Pre Diabetes

Brief summary

With this study the investigators want to understand the physiological differences for people developing pre-diabetes and diabetes. The investigators hypothesize that different individuals go through different paths in the development of the disease. By understanding the personal mechanism for developing disease, the investigators will find a personalized approach to prevent that development. The investigators are also hoping to be able to find a biomarker that will pinpoint to the particular defect and thus, diagnose the problem at an earlier stage and have the information to give personalized diet recommendations to prevent the development of diabetes more effectively.

Detailed description

At present, individuals with prediabetes or diabetes are grouped together as a single entity, but almost certainly they represent a mix of different gene-environment interactions that lead to one of four dominant physiologic mechanisms underlying their dysglycemia. 1- liver insulin resistance, 2- muscle insulin resistance, 3- impaired insulin secretion, 4- impaired incretin hormone secretion. Gaps that we are addressing here are extremely important - first, we will define a composite biomarker to identify different subphenotypes of prediabetes based on the four known physiologic mechanisms that contribute differentially in each individual to glucose elevations, which we hypothesize will also be reflected in their "glucotype". Importantly, because both continuous glucose monitor and administration of standardized meal testing and metabolic tests are not practical in the clinic, the development of a composite biomarker comprised of select multi-omics measures and clinical variables will enable clinicians and possibly patients (without clinician) to easily identify the specific diet that will yield optimal health results.

Interventions

OTHERDietary

Dietary counseling based on results of CGM analyses.

OTHEROral Food Challege

Participants ate a variety of foods, to assess their impact on blood sugars.

Sponsors

Stanford University
Lead SponsorOTHER
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
CollaboratorNIH

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Be 18 years of age or older; * Not be pregnant, if female;

Exclusion criteria

* Have major organ disease, hypertension defined as \>160/100, pregnant/lactating, diabetogenic medications, malabsorptive disorders like celiac sprue, others, heavy alcohol use, use of weight loss medications or specific diets, weight change \> 2 kg in the last three weeks, history of bariatric surgery. * Any medical condition that physicians believe would interfere with study participation or evaluation of results. * Mental incapacity a nd/or cognitive impairment on the part of the patient that would preclude adequate understanding of, or cooperation with, the study protocol.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in Glycemic Control as Measured by Change Blood Sugar ValuesAssessed at a meal (2 to 6 weeks after baseline), starting just prior eating, for a period of 3 hoursChange in glycemic control measured from baseline through all phases of study, stratified according food type and metabolic sub-type. Glycemic control is derived from continuous glucose monitor (CGM) data and expressed in milligrams/deciliter.
Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curve - Classification of Metabolic SubphenotypeBaseline (Day 1)Classify metabolic subphenotype in individuals without diabetes using a machine learning algorithm applied to the glucose time-series response generated by a 16-point (blood draws) oral glucose tolerance testing (OGTT) done in the clinical research center and at home (using CGM). Participants were categorized as insulin sensitive (IS) if teady state plasma glucose (SSPG) was \<120 mg dl-1 and insulin resistant (IR) if their SSPG was ≥120 mg dl-1. For this analysis, disposition index (DI) \< 1.58 indicates dysfunctional β-cell function, whereas DI ≥ 1.58 indicates normal β-cell function.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in Area Under the Curve (AUC) of Blood Glucose LevelAssessed at a meal (2 to 6 weeks after baseline), starting just prior eating, for a period of 3 hoursMeasured from baseline through all phases of study, from continuous glucose monitor (CGM) data, and stratified according food type and metabolic sub-type.

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMichael P Snyder, PhD

Stanford University

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORTracey McLaughlin, MD

Stanford University

Baseline characteristics

Characteristic
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
15 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
100 Participants
Age, Continuous54 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 12.7
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
4 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
100 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
11 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
30 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
11 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
69 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
115 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
64 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
51 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 115
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 115
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 115

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: May 23, 2026