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Post Prandial Individual Responses to Different Foods

Quantifying Differential Individual Responses to OGTT, Starchy Foods, and Mitigators and Its Association With Metabolic Subphenotypes

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06989164
Enrollment
100
Registered
2025-05-25
Start date
2025-10-01
Completion date
2028-11-30
Last updated
2025-12-02

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Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Healthy, PreDiabetes

Brief summary

This study aims to understand why people respond differently to the same foods, especially when it comes to changes in blood sugar after eating. A continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) will be used to observe how individuals respond to specific meals and drinks (e.g., Oral Glucose Tolerance Test, OGTT). By studying these patterns, the investigators hope to identify different types of metabolism and see if certain foods or food ingredients (like fiber, amino acids, or vinegar) can help control blood sugar better for specific groups. This research will help lay the groundwork for personalized dietary advice based on a person's unique biology.

Detailed description

Participants in the study will be provided with a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) and pre-measured cooked rice to test with different potential mitigators: fiber, acid, amino acid (e.g., leucine), whole protein, and exercise. Each of these conditions will be tested on a different day following strict instructions. For some of these tests, participants will be asked to collect a blood microsample and a saliva sample before and after eating the test meal. A stool sample will be collected at baseline.

Interventions

OTHERPost prandial testing

A variety of foods, supplements, and short prescriptive exercise will be tested to see which one helps mitigate the rise is postprandial glucose after eating carbohydrate containing foods.

Sponsors

Stanford University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Participants will be asked to consume pre-portioned foods on different days as the first meal of the day, use a CGM, and take saliva and micro samples of blood before and after each meal. Food, supplements, and short exercise will be tested to see the post prandial effects.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* BMI (body mass index) \>19 kg/m2 but \< 45 kg/m2 * HbA1c \< or equal to 7.0% while not on antihyperglycemic medications * Be willing to provide written informed consent for all study procedures. * Able to commute to Stanford campus for on-site visits

Exclusion criteria

* recent (\<6mos) CVD (cardiovascular disease) event * active malignancy * kidney/liver disease * pregnancy/lactation * chronic inflammatory disease * eating disorder * bariatric surgery * history of acute pancreatitis * current use of antihyperglycemic, diabetogenic, or weight loss medications * heavy alcohol use * physical activity \>2 hours/day * inability to come to Stanford CTRU (Clinical and Translational Research Unit) for metabolic testing

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Post prandial peak glucose levels3 hoursDelta glucose peak within 3 hours after consuming the standard meal - peak glucose value minus baseline glucose value at time 0 measured by CGM in mg/dL.
Post prandial glucose area under the curve (AUC)3 hoursAUC (\>baseline) within three hours measured by CGM in mg/dL during the 3 hours after each study meal.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Glucose time to peak3 hoursThe time in minutes from baseline to peak within 3 hours measured by CGM after each standardized meal.
Changes in personal post prandial metabolic states as measured in micro-sampling by targeted and untargeted metabolomics (LC-MS)1 hourDry blood samples will be collected by micro-sampling before and 1 hour after the standardized meals. Based on those samples, metabolomics (e.g., short-chain fatty acids, amino acids and other polar and nonpolar metabolites) will be extracted and quantified by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS). Both hydrophilic LC and reverse phase LC will be used. Q Exactive will be used for MS. Tandem MS will be collected for annotation. Relative quantification will be used, where the level of metabolites can be compared between samples. Chemical reference will be used for the absolute quantification of targeted metabolites.
Individual microbiome compositionBaselineMicrobiome will be defined by using metagenomics assay to baseline samples
Changes in postprandial proteomic responses as measured in micro-sampling by Olink1 hourDry blood samples will be collected by micro-sampling frequently before and after the standardized meals. Based on those samples, proteomics will be quantified by proximity extension assay for the cardiometabolic panel. 96 proteins will be measured in the unit of normalized protein expression.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

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