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Application of Raw Corn Starch on Patients With Insulinoma

NCT03930368 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2019-04-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This will be a prospective single-arm before-and-after clinical trial in which raw corn starch (RCS) will be first applied on patients with unoperated insulinoma. Nutritional intervention with supplementation of RCS will be initiated in 20 patients with suspected insulinoma to improve their hypoglycemia before the surgery. Duration of nutritional intervention, fasting blood glucose, lipid profile, weight change, BMI and other metabolic indices will be recorded and compared before and after the intervention.

Conditions

  • Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia
  • Insulinoma
  • Raw Corn Starch

Interventions

OTHER

low GI diet with regular supplementation of raw corn starch

Patients will be guided with a low GI diet with 60%\~70% of energy from carbohydrates. RCS constituted 30%\~50% of daily carbohydrate, and was supplemented as snacks every 4\~6 hours (25g per time) especially at night.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-04-15
Primary Completion
2019-12-31
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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