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Status unknownNCT03832725Updated Feb 7, 2019

Pathobiology of Remission of Type 2 Diabetes

An interventional study of High Protein (HP) weight loss diet and High carbohydrate (HC) weight loss diet in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes and Obese, sponsored by University of Tennessee. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 50 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-02-07.

Sponsored by University of Tennessee · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Feb 2019), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 11 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Mar 2018, registered Feb 2019).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
20 Years to 50 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

We propose to investigate effects of HP and HC weight loss diets in Newly Diagnosed T2DM (NT2DM) women and men for 6 months for remission of Type 2 Diabetes. Our long term goal is to establish a weight loss diet plan for remission of NT2DM which would be adaptable for use in physicians' clinics and metabolomics predictors for assessment of remission. The overall objective of this study is to determine if remission of NT2DM can be induced by dietary manipulation using a HP diet and the pathobiology of this remission. We hypothesize that NT2DM subjects will have remission to NGT on the HP diet when they are provided the food and daily menus for compliance. The rationale is the HP diet is palatable for subjects to continue after the 6 month study and stay in remission using diet plans we provide. We will compare the effects of the HP vs HC diet on remission. Specific aims of this study are to determine the effects of the HP and HC diets on NT2DM obese subjects in a 6 month feeding study and determine: (a)remission of NT2DM to Normal Glucose Tolerance(NGT), (b)weight loss, (c)improvements in metabolic markers, Cardiovascular Risk Factors(CVR), and inflammation markers, and epigenetic DNA methylation changes and pathways involved with remission and metabolomic markers to establish predictive markers of remission of NT2DM. We propose to use a non-pharmaceutical means (HP diet) for remission of T2DM and weight loss and determine the pathobiology involved in improvement in metabolic and CVRs by interrogating the samples with emerging technologies. The proposed research is significant because if we can demonstrate the HP diet cause remission of NT2DM to NGT along with other metabolic improvements, it would be a significant improvement in health risk and medical cost to subjects.

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Greater than 30 million people have diabetes. Over time diabetic patients need more and more medications and develop numerous medical complications. Remission of Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) would have profound effects on people with diabetes with respect to overall health improvement (insulin sensitivity(Si), cardiovascular risk factors(CVR), inflammation markers (IC)), reduction of retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy and reduction in medical costs. Methods to accomplish this have not yet been determined, however, it is generally accepted that non-drug methods to treat T2DM is the most cost effective and have the fewest side effects. The primary risk factor for T2DM is obesity. Our randomized clinical trials comparing the effects of High Protein (HP) vs High Carbohydrate (HC) weight loss diets in obese, prediabetic(IGT) women and men where all foods were provided daily for 6 months(mo) showed that while both diet groups had similar weight loss, 100% of HP diet subjects had remission from IGT to Normal Glucose Tolerance(NGT), but only 33% of HC diet group had remission. Also, the HP diet provided greater improvement in Si, CVR, IC, and an increase in % lean body mass (LBM) compared to the HC diet demonstrating that weight loss is not the only factor involved in remission. Based on these findings, we now propose to investigate effects of HP and HC weight loss diets in Newly Diagnosed T2DM (NT2DM) women and men for 6 mo. Our long term goal is to establish a weight loss diet plan for remission of NT2DM which would be adaptable for use in physicians' clinics and metabolomics predictors for assess-ment of remission. The overall objective of this study is to determine if remission of NT2DM can be induced by dietary manipulation using a HP diet and the pathobiology of this remission. We hypothesize that NT2DM subjects will have remission to NGT on the HP diet when they are provided the food and daily menus for compliance. The rationale is the HP diet is palatable for subjects to continue after the 6 mo study and stay in remission using diet plans we provide. We will compare the effects of the HP vs HC diet on remission. Specific aims of this study are to determine the effects of the HP and HC diets on NT2DM obese subjects in a 6 mo feeding study and determine: (a)remission of NT2DM to NGT, (b)weight loss and LBM preservation, (c)improvements in metabolic markers, CVRs, IC, epigenetic DNA methylation changes and pathways involved with remission and metabolomic markers to establish predictive markers of remission of NT2DM. This study is innovative in that we propose to use a non-pharmaceutical means (HP diet) for remission of T2DM diabetes and weight loss and determine the pathobiology involved in improvement in metabolic and CVRs by interrogating the samples with emerging technologies. The proposed research is significant because if we can demonstrate the HP diet cause remission of NT2DM to NGT along with other metabolic improvements, it would be a significant improvement in health risk and medical cost to subjects

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Conditions studied

  • Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes
  • Obese

Keywords

  • Type 2 Diabetes
  • obesity
  • pathobiology
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In context

Diabetes Mellitus

10,925 studies on the registry are indexed under Diabetes Mellitus; 1,319 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 100 is above the median of 80 across 8,367 interventional studies indexed under Diabetes Mellitus.

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Lead sponsor

University of Tennessee is the lead sponsor of 139 studies on the registry; 21 are open to participants now.

Of its 7 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (29%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years to 50 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

i) Age range 20 yrs to 50 yrs; ii) BMI > 30 kg/m2 to 55kg/m2; iii). Fasting blood glucose >126 mg/dl and 2 hour glucose >200 mg/dl determined by OGTT; iv). HbA1c > 6.5 % to ≤10%.

Exclusion criteria

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Exclusion Criteria:

i) Proteinuria or elevated serum creatinine (>1.5 mg/dl); ii) Surgical or premature menopause; iii) liver disease or abnormal liver function tests; iv) T2DM of greater than 2 yrs; v) Thyroid disease with abnormal TSH; vi) Weight > 350 lbs, (due to fit on DXA); vii) Triglycerides>400 mg/dl or LDL cholesterol >160 mg/dl; viii) SBP>145, DBP>100 mm of Hg; ix) on medications known to effect lipid or glucose metabolism; x) Pregnancy or become pregnant in next 6 mo; xi) Weight loss >10% of body weight in last 6 mo; xii)History of cancer \<5 yrs or undergoing active treatment; xiii) smoking, xiv)alcohol abuse; xv) having CPAP treatment. xvi)Subjects with HbA1c >10% will be referred to an endocrinologist for pharmacological treatment.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
100 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    High protein (HP) weight loss diet

    A weight loss high protein (HP) (30% Kcal protein, 40% Kcal carbohydrate (CHO) and 30% Kcal fat) diet will be given to the subjects on that arm of study to pick up weekly for 6 months.

    Other: High Protein (HP) weight loss diet

  • Active comparator
    High carbohydrate (HC) weight loss diet

    A weight loss high carbohydrate (HC) (15% Kcal protein, 55% Kcal CHO and 30% Kcal fat) diet will be given to the subjects on that arm of study to pick up weekly for 6 months. Intervention with the HC diet will be 6 months. If subjects have not had remission of Type 2 Diabetes by the end of the 6 months, they will be referred to an endocrinologist for pharmaceutical treatment

    Other: High carbohydrate (HC) weight loss diet

Interventions

  • OtherHigh Protein (HP) weight loss diet

    Newly diagnosed Type 2 Diabetic (NT2DM) subjects will be placed on a HP diet for 6 months with all food provided for weight loss and remission of NT2DM. Intervention with the HP diet will be 6 months. If subjects have not had remission of Type 2 Diabetes by the end of the 6 months, they will be referred to an endocrinologist for pharmaceutical treatment

  • OtherHigh carbohydrate (HC) weight loss diet

    Newly diagnosed Type 2 Diabetic (NT2DM) subjects will be placed on a HC diet for 6 months with all food provided for weight loss and remission of NT2DM. Intervention with the HP diet will be 6 months. If subjects have not had remission of Type 2 Diabetes by the end of the 6 months, they will be referred to an endocrinologist for pharmaceutical treatment

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Remission of Type 2 Diabetes

    Remission of NT2DM to NGT will be determined by the OGTT ( a 75 gm glucose drink given at 0 minutes and then blood drawn to determine the glucose level at 2 hrs). This OGTT will be done at 3 and 6 months with the criteria of fasting glucose \<126 mg/l and 2 hour glucose \<140 mg/dl. Criteria for improvement from NT2DM to IGT will be fasting blood glucose \<126 mg/dl and 2 hour glucose \<199 mg/dl. At each weekly visit for food pick up the subject's glucose will be monitored for blood glucose changes from the start of the diet study. If subjects do not have remission of diabetes at 6 months, they will be referred to an endocrinologist for possible pharmacology treatment.

    Time frame: Each subject will be monitored for 6 months while they are on the HP or HC diet for remission of Type 2 Diabetes

Secondary outcomes

  1. Weight loss

    Determine changes in weight loss changes in inflammation markers such as cytokines, changes in incretins and determine metabolom markers for diagnosis of remission of NT2DM over the 6 months of the study

    Time frame: Each subject will be monitored for 6 months while they are on the HP or HC diet

  2. Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVR)

    Changes in CVR will be determined by changes in blood pressure (systolic/diastolic) from the start of the diet to the end of the 6 month diet study.

    Time frame: Each subject will be monitored for 6 months while they are on the HP or HC diet

  3. Inflammation markers such as cytokines,

    Changes in inflammation markers in the subjects' blood such as cytokines

    Time frame: Each subject will be monitored for 6 months while they are on the HP or HC diet

  4. Metabolom Markers

    Changes in Metabolom Markers will be measured to determine changes from the start of the study to the end of the 6 months for possible markers of remission diabetes

    Time frame: Each subject will be monitored for 6 months while they are on the HP or HC diet

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • University of Tennessee Health Science Center
    Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Study protocol and informed consent will be shared. Data at the end of the study will be reported. No patient identification will be shared.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap, Icf

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 7, 2019, 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
NCT03832725
Lead sponsor
University of Tennessee
Responsible party
Frankie Stentz (Professor/ Department of Medicine/Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Tennessee) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 6, 2019
Start date
Mar 1, 2018
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 31, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 7, 2019

Study contacts

Frankie B Stentz, PhD
Contact
fstentz@uthsc.edu
901-448-5803
Frankie B Stentz, PhD
principal investigator · University of Tennessee

Oversight

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