Effects of Pistachios on Cardiovascular Responses to Stress in Type 2 Diabetes

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Conditions studied: Cardiovascular Disease, Type 2 Diabetes

In brief

This study is investigating the effects of three different diets, including a diet with pistachios, on cardiovascular disease risk markers in people with type 2 diabetes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00956735

Run by

Penn State University

People needed

30

Starts

2009-08-01

Expected to finish

2013-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-12-16

Who can join

Age: 30 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy, nonsmoking adults, aged 30-75 years (women must be post-menopausal)
• Diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes

You may not qualify if…

• Insulin, more than one blood pressure lowering medication, daily aspirin, NSAID therapy, oral steroids within the last 6 weeks, oral contraceptives, and hormone replacement therapy
• Chronic disease such as cardiovascular disease or any complications of diabetes (retinopathy, neuropathy, etc).
• Allergies or aversions to pistachios
• Unwillingness to consume all foods provided and no other meals or snacks for the 10 weeks of diet intervention

Where it is running

• Penn State University - General Clinical Research Center — University Park, Pennsylvania, United States

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