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Status unknownNCT03383068PCOSUpdated Dec 26, 2017

Research of Intensive Metabolic Intervention Before Pregnancy in PCOS

A Phase 4 interventional study of Acarbose 100 MG and Exenatide in PCOS and Impaired Glucose Tolerance, sponsored by RenJi Hospital. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 40 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-12-26.

Sponsored by RenJi Hospital · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Dec 2017), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.

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Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
160
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 40 Years
Sex
Female
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-14

Among 13 studies testing exenatide in Glucose Intolerance — none open to participants now, none under way, none of them phase 3. Exenatide · Glucose Intolerance.

Planned enrollment
Largest of 13
160 · median 43
Started
2018
the only one that year
Phase 4
8 of 13
none open now
Registered
12th of 13
by date
Lead sponsor
1 of 13
RenJi Hospital

Among the 13 studies testing exenatide in Glucose Intolerance, this one has the largest planned enrollment, is the only one that started in 2018, is one of 8 in phase 4, and was the 12th registered.

Glucose Intolerance

793 studies on the registry are indexed under Glucose Intolerance; 115 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

None of the 13 studies testing exenatide in Glucose Intolerance is open now. The open studies under Glucose Intolerance, anywhere →

Where they have run

About exenatide

Exenatide: first FDA approval 2005 (BYETTA), first EMA approval 2006. What it is approved for, and how studies give it, is on its page →

Who these studies take

Of the 70 Glucose Intolerance studies recruiting now, 14 (20%) set no upper age limit and 51 (73%) stop at 75 or younger; 10 take children under 18; 33 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 40 Years · female · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

To investigate whether intensive metabolic intervention of PCOS women before pregnancy can improve pregnancy outcome.Besides, the investigators aim to investigate the best therapy strategy of metabolic intervention before pregnancy.The investigators plan to recruit PCOS women at childbearing age. By using acarbose, GLP-1 analogue, berberin et al. the investigators will intervent the participants' metabolic statues for 3 months before pregnancy and to compare outcome in each group.

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To investigate whether intensive metabolic intervention of PCOS women before pregnancy can improve pregnancy outcome.Besides, the investigators aim to investigate the best therapy strategy of metabolic intervention before pregnancy.The investigators plan to recruit PCOS women with IGR / DM not effective of metformin treatment at childbearing age. By using acarbose, GLP-1 analogue, berberin et al. the investigators will intervent the participants' metabolic statues for 3 months before pregnancy and to compare outcome in each group.

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Conditions studied

  • PCOS
  • Impaired Glucose Tolerance

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Keywords

  • PCOS
  • imparied glucose tolerance
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 40 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • PCOS women at Childbearing Age
  • PCOS: Clinical hyperandrogenism and/or hyperandrogenemia, menstrual dysfunction (oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea) and exclusion of other known disorders. PCOS will be diagnosed using the 2003 Rotterdam criteria.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Past or present history of a medical disorder or medication known to affect body composition, insulin secretion and sensitivity, or the growth hormone (GH)-insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) axis (eg hormone or thyroid replacement).
  • History of current or past pregnancy
  • Hormonal or metformin use within 3 months of enrollment
  • Nonclassical congenital adrenal hyperplasia
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Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
160 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Other
    control

    metformin(1000-1500mg/d) treated for 6 months, reverse to normal glucose tolerance

    Drug: Metformin

  • Experimental
    acarbose

    metformin(1000-1500mg/d) treated for 6 months, can not reverse to normal glucose tolerance, then treat with acarbose (100mg tid ) for 3 months

    Drug: Acarbose 100 MG

  • Experimental
    Exenatide

    metformin(1000-1500mg/d) treated for 6 months, can not reverse to normal glucose tolerance, then treat with Exenatide 10μg/bid ) for 3 months

    Drug: Exenatide

  • Experimental
    Orlistat

    metformin(1000-1500mg/d) treated for 6 months, can not reverse to normal glucose tolerance, then treat with Orlistat(0.12mg/tid ) for 3 months

    Drug: Orlistat

Interventions

  • for metformin uneffective subjects, using acarbose for 3 months

    Also known as: Acarbose

  • for metformin uneffective subjects, using Exenatide for 3 months

  • for metformin uneffective subjects, using Orlistatfor 3 months

  • metformin effective subjects,act as control group

    Also known as: METF

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Improvement of pregnant rate after intensive metabolic intervention

    To compare the pregnant rate of four groups after treatment

    Time frame: up to 24 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Improvement of obsorbtion rate after intensive metabolic intervention

    To compare the obsorbtion rate of four groups after treatment

    Time frame: up to 24 weeks

  2. Improvement of stillborn foetus rate after intensive metabolic intervention

    To compare the stillborn foetus rate of four groups after treatment

    Time frame: up to 24 weeks

  3. Improvement of hyperandrogenism

    To compare the free androgen index of three groups after treatment

    Time frame: up to 24 weeks

  4. Improvement of intravenous blood glucose from impaired glucose regulation to normal glucose regulation

    To compare the intravenous blood glucose of three groups after treatment

    Time frame: up to 24 weeks

  5. Improvement of triglyceride

    To compare the circulating triglyceride of three groups after treatment

    Time frame: up to 24 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • Renji Hospital Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism
    Shanghai, Shanghai 200127, China
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for Jan 2018; primary completion for Dec 2018, 11 months later.

Of 15 phase 4 interventional studies under Glucose Intolerance, half reached primary completion within 40 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 16 and three quarters within 47. This study's planned 11 months is below that.

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Registered
Nov 28, 2017
First posted
Dec 26, 2017
StartEst.
Jan 1, 2018
Primary completionEst.
Dec 31, 2018
CompletionEst.
Jun 30, 2020
Last update
Dec 26, 2017
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 26, 2017, 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
NCT03383068
Lead sponsor
RenJi Hospital
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 26, 2017
Start date
Jan 1, 2018 (estimated)
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2018 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 30, 2020 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 26, 2017

Study contacts

Tao Tao, MD
Contact
taotaosh76@163.com
86-13817701776
Tao Tao, MD
principal investigator · RenJi Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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