Measuring Cholesterol in the Fasting and Postmeal State in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Completed

Conditions studied: Type 2 Diabetes

In brief

Many patients with type 2 diabetes have difficulty attaining cholesterol goals, partly due to the recommendations for fasting measurements that may not be practical in the typical clinical setting. Focus toward therapy is shifting toward non-fasting assessments but little is known about the usefulness of this approach in diabetes, where postmeal cholesterol levels are more abnormal. This is an observational study examining fasting and postmeal lipids (cholesterol) in patients with type 2 diabetes using standard means and NMR.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00287404

Run by

University of North Carolina

People needed

30

Starts

2005-10-01

Expected to finish

2006-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2007-12-28

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 20-75
• male or female
• Type 2 diabetes
• Hemoglobin A1C less than 9 at last measurement (within 3 months)

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnancy
• Non-English speaking.
• Inability to fast for 12 hours
• Hypoglycemia requiring assistance in the previous 6 months
• Unwilling to consume the standardized meal

Where it is running

• University of North Carolina Diabetes Care Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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