The Electroretinogram in Healthy and Glucose Intolerant Young Men

NCT01140932 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2010-12-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose is to investigate the electroretinogram (ERG) in young, healthy men in the normoglycaemic and hyperglycaemic state before and after intervention with corticosteroids treatment, high calorie diet and exercise restraint.

Conditions

  • Electroretinography

Interventions

DRUG

Prednisolone

12 days of corticosteroids treatment (prednisolone 37,5 mg/day)

BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle change

High calorie diet (130 % of recommended daily energy intake) and relative physical inactivity (no exercise and at least 8 hours of rest/day)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael Larsen, MD, DMsc · Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-02-28
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-06-30

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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