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WithdrawnNCT01265017Updated Apr 18, 2018

Role of Pregnancy Related Hormones in Lowering the Insulin Requirement in Pregnant Women With Type 1 Diabetes

A Phase 1 interventional study of Estradiol, medroxyprogesterone, hydrocortisone, GH and Matching placebo in Type 1 Diabetes, sponsored by Sansum Diabetes Research Institute. Withdrawn at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-04-18.

Sponsored by Sansum Diabetes Research Institute · Phase 1, Interventional, and Basic science

Why this study was withdrawn
Insufficient funding
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
0
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

This is a randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled, single-center study to evaluate stimulated C-peptide secretion after exogenous administration of mild immunosuppression and growth-promoting factors to women with preexisting T1DM who had a decline in insulin requirement or had detectable C-peptide during a previous pregnancy. Fifteen subjects will be enrolled and randomly assigned in a 2:1 ratio to either active treatment or placebo in a parallel group design.

Participation for individual subjects will consist of an initial Screening Visit, a 2-week baseline period, a Baseline Visit, visits at week 2 and 4 of the treatment period, a visit at the end of the treatment period (week 6), and a follow-up visit 2 weeks after study treatment discontinuation.

Subjects will receive either active treatment or matching placebo of estradiol 1 mg every 8 hours; medroxyprogesterone 2.5 mg every 24 hours; hydrocortisone 2.5 mg every morning, 1.25 mg every afternoon, and 1.25 mg at bedtime each night; and growth hormone 2 mg once a day).

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The primary objective of this study is to determine whether women with preexisting T1DM who showed a decline in insulin requirement, defined as a decrease in insulin requirement of 25% or more, or a decrease deemed to be clinically significant by the investigator, with no other medically determined reason, or who had detectable C-peptide during a previous pregnancy will show a change in stimulated C peptide response when not pregnant and treated with exogenous pregnancy-related hormones and growth factors (Estradiol, medroxyprogesterone, hydrocortisone, GH) for 6 weeks.

The secondary objectives of this study are as follows:

  • Determine whether the study treatment leads to a change in T1DM autoantibodies between Baseline and Week 6
  • Determine the percentage of subjects experiencing a clinically significant decline in total daily insulin requirement at Week 6, defined as a 25% decrease from Baseline
  • Descriptively evaluate the association between serum levels of growth hormone, cortisol, and prolactin and changes in C-peptide levels
  • Evaluate the safety of administration of the study treatments compared with placebo, as measured by blood pressure, pulse, weight change, blood glucose, and adverse events (AEs)
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Conditions studied

  • Type 1 Diabetes

Keywords

  • type 1 diabetes
  • pregnancy
  • insulin requirement
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In context

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1

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Lead sponsor

Sansum Diabetes Research Institute is the lead sponsor of 35 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Of its 8 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 3 (38%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Female aged 18 years or older with T1DM and a documented history of at least one of the following:
  • Decrease in insulin requirement with no other medically determined reason
  • Detectable C-peptide
  • Free of systemic corticosteroid use within 3 months before study entry.
  • Stable weight (±10%)
  • Stable diet and exercise
  • Stable insulin requirement (\<20% variability in insulin does in the 2 weeks prior to screening)Normal renal function as measured by an estimated glomerular filtration rate (simple MDRD)
  • Negative pregnancy test and not planning to become pregnant during the study period. The subject must be willing to use an effective nonhormonal method of birth control during the study.
  • Able to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
  • Abnormal thyroid function (thyroid-stimulating hormone [TSH] and free thyroxine [FT4] test results) defined as TSH \<0.4mIU/L or TSH>4.5mIU/L or Free T4 \<0.6ng/dL or Free T4>1.6ng/dL.
  • Abnormal renal function, as defined by serum creatinine greater than 1.2 mg/dL
  • Any medical condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, yields the subject not suitable for study participation, including history of stroke, cancer, hypercoagulable problems, risk for deep vein thrombosis, and other unstable hormonal conditions, or Addison's disease or growth hormone deficiency.
  • Currently treated with systemic steroids, hydrocortisone, growth hormone, or immunomodulatory medications
  • Currently lactating.
  • Pregnant within the last 9 months.
  • Menopausal
  • Taking hormonal therapy
  • Known hypersensitivity to any of the medications used in this study or any component of the formulation.
  • Known eating disorder
  • History of phlebitis
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
0 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Active Treatment

    interventions include Estradiol, medroxyprogesterone, hydrocortisone, GH as follows * Estradiol 1mg every 8 hours administered orally * Medroxyprogesterone 2.5 mg every 24 hours administered orally * Hydrocortisone 2.5 mg every morning, 1.25 mg every afternoon, and 1.25 mg at bedtime administered orally * Growth hormone 2 mg once a day administered by subcutaneous injection

    Drug: Estradiol, medroxyprogesterone, hydrocortisone, GH

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Matching placebo

    Drug: Matching placebo

Interventions

  • DrugEstradiol, medroxyprogesterone, hydrocortisone, GH

    * Estradiol 1mg every 8 hours administered orally * Medroxyprogesterone 2.5 mg every 24 hours administered orally * Hydrocortisone 2.5 mg every morning, 1.25 mg every afternoon, and 1.25 mg at bedtime administered orally * Growth hormone 2 mg once a day administered by subcutaneous injection,

    Also known as: estradiol,medroxyprogesterone,hydrocortisone,growth hormone

  • DrugMatching placebo

    matching placebo

    Also known as: inert pills

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. stimulated C-peptide response

    The primary efficacy endpoint is the Week 6 change from Baseline in stimulated C peptide response. It will be modeled as a function of treatment group and baseline stimulated C peptide using an analysis of covariance model. The assessment at the Screening Visit will serve as the baseline assessment in computing the C peptide change from baseline endpoint

    Time frame: 6 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Clinical, immunologic and hormonal responses

    The following secondary efficacy endpoint will be summarized descriptively and graphically by treatment group to which subjects were randomized: Week 6 changes from Baseline in the following: HbA1c, Total daily insulin requirement, IAA, GADA, IA-2A, ICA (pending the availability of sample processing, ZnT8A (pending the availability of sample processing), IGF-1, Prolactin, Growth hormone, Cortisol

    Time frame: 6 weeks

  2. Insulin requirement

    Proportion of subjects with a 25% or greater decrease from Baseline in total daily insulin requirement at Week 6

    Time frame: 6 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • Sansum Diabetes Research Institute
    Santa Barbara, California 93105, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 18, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01265017
Lead sponsor
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute
Responsible party
Kristin Castorino, DO (Principal Investigator, Sansum Diabetes Research Institute) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 22, 2010
Start date
Jul 2012
Primary completion
Jun 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 2020 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 18, 2018

Study contacts

Lois Jovanovic, MD
principal investigator · Sansum Diabetes Research Institute

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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