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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00212290
Date of registration: 20/09/2005
Primary sponsor: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Public title: Insulin Resistance and Central Nervous System (CNS) Function in Type 2 Diabetes
Scientific title:
Date of first enrolment: November 2002
Target sample size: 140
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00212290
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Suzanne Craft, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  VA Puget Sound Health Care System, University of Washington
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Impaired glucose tolerance OR mild type 2 diabetes mellitus OR normal blood sugar
regulation

- Stable weight and activity level

Exclusion Criteria:

- Medications for diabetes

- Dementia

- Medications with known effects on memory

- Serious neurologic disease or head trauma

- Serious systemic illness (e.g., renal failure or uncontrolled hypertension)

- Serious psychiatric illness (e.g., schizophrenia or bipolar disorder)

- Allergy to pioglitazone or nateglinide



Age minimum: 55 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Insulin Resistance
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Intervention(s)
Drug: nateglinide
Drug: pioglitazone
Drug: placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Beta-amyloid in spinal fluid (sub-study)
Cerebral glucose metabolism (sub-study)
Inflammatory markers in spinal fluid (sub-study)
Plasma beta-amyloid levels (main study)
Selective attention (main study)
Verbal memory (main study)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Blood levels of insulin, insulin degrading enzyme, cortisol and inflammatory markers
Psychomotor speed
Verbal fluency
Secondary ID(s)
DK61606 (completed)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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