Alpha Lipoic Acid and Insulin Resistance

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Insulin Resistance

In brief

Subjects will be screened with a 2 hour oral glucose tolerance test. After this screening visit, their insulin resistance will be measured. Subjects will then be given either alpha lipoic acid (antioxidant) or placebo for 6 weeks. The insulin resistance test will be repeated after the 6 weeks. We believe these studies will confirm the beneficial effect of alpha lipoic acid on insulin sensitivity.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00845156

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

68

Starts

2008-01-01

Expected to finish

2010-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-06-20

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy, not exercising regularly

You may not qualify if…

• Diabetes, Impaired glucose tolerance, Heart disease, Liver disease, HIV, abnormal TSH results, other abnormal lab values

Where it is running

• University of California at San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States

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