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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00145093
Date of registration: 02/09/2005
Primary sponsor: Medical Research Foundation, The Netherlands
Public title: Effects of Chromium Supplementation on Parameters of the Metabolic Syndrome in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Scientific title: The Effects of Organic Chromium Supplementation on Clinical Parameters of the Metabolic Syndrome, in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: August 2004
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00145093
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Contacts
Name:   Henk JG Bilo, MD PhD FRCP
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Affiliation:  Isala clinics, medical research foundation
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- type 2 diabetes with haemoglobin A1c level between 7 and 8.5% at the last visit

- treated with oral blood glucose lowering therapy, which has not been changed for the
last three months.

Exclusion Criteria:

- pregnant women; women trying to become pregnant

- patients with a serum creatinine concentration over 150 micromol/l in men and 120
micromol/l in women, Cockcroft < 50 ml/min

- hepatic enzyme levels (ALAT) over 90 U/l (2 x upper limit)

- patients known with allergy or intolerance for yeast

- patients currently taking chromium supplements

- patients treated with insulin.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Intervention(s)
Drug: Baker’s yeast (Bio Chromium)
Primary Outcome(s)
To determine the effect of Baker’s yeast treatment on glycemicic control and insulin resistance when given in combination with oral blood glucose lowering therapy to patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Secondary Outcome(s)
To determine the effect of Baker’s yeast treatment on serum lipids, blood pressure, body fat percentage and BMI when given in combination with oral blood glucose lowering therapy to patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Secondary ID(s)
04.0536P
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Pharma Nord
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