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Acetylcarnitine and Insulin Sensitivity

NCT00393770 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 43

Last updated 2011-06-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Decreased insulin sensitivity (e.g. insulin resistance) is a hallmark and a major pathogenic factor of type 2 diabetes. It is the key factor of the metabolic syndrome - a cluster of arterial hypertension, obesity, impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia, coagulation abnormalities,albuminuria and increased cardiovascular risk - that may precede or accompany type 2 diabetes.

Insulin function and the abnormalities associated with insulin resistance, may have a major role in preventing type 2 diabetes and, in the long-term, diabetes micro- and macrovascular complications. Carnitine is involved in lipids and carbohydrates metabolism and acetyl-L-carnitine(ALC), an intramitochondrial carrier of acylic group, may modulate cell fuel substrate utilization. Studies found that carnitine may improve insulin sensitivity and glucose disposal in healthy subjects and in patients with type 2 diabetes. A recent study also found that a primed constant infusion of acetyl-L-carnitine (ALC) may increase glucose utilization in type 2 diabetic patients, possibly restoring the glycogen synthase activity.

Thus, we designed the Acetylcarnitine in insulin resistance study, a pilot, sequential,longitudinal study aimed to assess whether acetyl-carnitine may improve insulin function and lipid profile in patients at increased risk of type 2 diabetes.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

L-acetylcarnitine

250-500 mg/kg/die.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Norberto Perico, MD · Mario Negri Institute

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-02-29
Primary Completion
2006-10-31
Completion
2007-09-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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