Free Fatty Acids-Induced Hypertension in Obese Subjects (Aim #2) (FFAADA)

December 17, 2018 updated by: Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, Emory University

Free Fatty Acids-Induced Hypertension, Endothelial Dysfunction, Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, and Autonomic Dysfunction in Lean and Obese Subjects (Aim #2)

The purpose of this study is to see if salsalate, an Nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB) mediated inflammation inhibitor, or carvedilol, an α- and β-blocker, will protect against free fatty acid induced hypertension, insulin resistance, endothelial dysfunction, inflammation and oxidative stress, and autonomic dysfunction in obese normotensive subjects.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

During postprandial lipemia, dietary triglycerides transported by intestinal chylomicrons are hydrolyzed by lipoprotein lipase lining the vascular bed, with subsequent release of FFA for transport across the endothelium. Whether the intermittent flux of FFA has the same impact as the i.v. lipid infusion will be examined. Decreased endothelial function has been reported after a single or long-term dietary high fat load in normal subjects; however, others have found no effects on brachial artery vasoreactivity. Our preliminary studies indicate that high oral fat loads (60 g) resulted in higher FFA levels and BP changes, and reduced FMD compared to low fat load (25 g).

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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36

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • Georgia
      • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30303
        • Grady Memorial Hospital

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Males or females
  • Obese subjects (body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m^2)
  • 18 and 65 years
  • Blood pressure reading < 140/80 mm Hg and no prior history of hypertension

Exclusion Criteria:

  • History of diabetes mellitus
  • History of hypertension
  • Fasting triglyceride levels > 250 mg/dL
  • Liver disease (ALT 2.5x > upper limit of normal)
  • Serum creatinine ≥1.5 mg/dL
  • Smokers, drug or alcohol abuse
  • Mental condition rendering the subject unable to understand the scope and possible consequences of the study
  • Female subjects who are pregnant or breast feeding

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: DOUBLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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EXPERIMENTAL: Salsalate
Obese, normotensive, healthy subjects will receive an intravenous (IV) administration of Intralipid 20% for 24 hours, and then one salsalate 750 mg tablet twice daily for two weeks. If the subject has no side effects, the dose will be increased to two salsalate 750 mg tablets twice daily for the remaining four weeks. The subjects will then receive another 24-hour IV administration of Intralipid 20% at the 6-week point.
Drug: Salsalate
Salsalate 750 mg
Other Names:
  • NSAID
  • Disalcid
Drug: Intralipid 20%
24-hour infusion of Intralipid 20% solution at 20 mL/h (96 g/24 h)
Other Names:
  • 20% I.V. Fat Emulsion
EXPERIMENTAL: Carvedilol
Obese, normotensive, healthy subjects will receive an intravenous (IV) administration of Intralipid 20% for 24 hours, and then one carvedilol 3.125 mg tablet twice daily for two weeks. If the subject has no side effects, the dose will be increased to two carvedilol 3.125 mg tablets twice daily for the remaining four weeks. The subjects will then receive another 24-hour IV administration of Intralipid 20% at the 6-week point.
Drug: Intralipid 20%
24-hour infusion of Intralipid 20% solution at 20 mL/h (96 g/24 h)
Other Names:
  • 20% I.V. Fat Emulsion
Drug: Carvedilol
Carvedilol 3.125 mg
Other Names:
  • Coreg
PLACEBO_COMPARATOR: Placebo
Obese, normotensive, healthy subjects will receive an intravenous (IV) administration of Intralipid 20% for 24 hours, and then one placebo tablet twice daily for two weeks. The dose will be increased to two placebo tablets twice daily for the remaining four weeks. The subjects will then receive another 24-hour IV administration of Intralipid 20% at the 6-week point.
Drug: Intralipid 20%
24-hour infusion of Intralipid 20% solution at 20 mL/h (96 g/24 h)
Other Names:
  • 20% I.V. Fat Emulsion
Drug: Placebo
One tablet

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Systolic Blood Pressure.
Time Frame: Pre-dose (Baseline), within 4 hours at Baseline visit
Systolic blood pressure is the amount of pressure the heart generates when pumping blood through the arteries to the body. Current guidelines identify normal systolic blood pressure as lower than 120 mmHg. Blood pressure was measured in triplicate with a manual cuff prior to and every 4 hours during the 24-hour infusion with subjects in supine position. Change is the difference in systolic blood pressure at the baseline visit from pre-dosing with Intralipid to 4 hours during Intralipid infusion.
Pre-dose (Baseline), within 4 hours at Baseline visit
Change in Systolic Blood Pressure
Time Frame: Pre-dose (Baseline), within 8 hours at Baseline visit
Systolic blood pressure is the amount of pressure the heart generates when pumping blood through the arteries to the body. Current guidelines identify normal systolic blood pressure as lower than 120 mmHg. Blood pressure was measured in triplicate with a manual cuff prior to and every 4 hours during the 24-hour infusion with subjects in supine position. from Change is the difference in systolic blood pressure at the baseline visit from pre-dosing with Intralipid to 8 hours during Intralipid.
Pre-dose (Baseline), within 8 hours at Baseline visit
Change in Systolic Blood Pressure
Time Frame: Pre-dose (Baseline), within 12 hours at Baseline visit
Systolic blood pressure is the amount of pressure the heart generates when pumping blood through the arteries to the body. Current guidelines identify normal systolic blood pressure as lower than 120 mmHg. Blood pressure was measured in triplicate with a manual cuff prior to and every 4 hours during the 24-hour infusion with subjects in supine position. Change is the difference in systolic blood pressure at the baseline visit from pre-dosing with Intralipid to 12 hours during Intralipid infusion.
Pre-dose (Baseline), within 12 hours at Baseline visit
Change in Systolic Blood Pressure
Time Frame: Pre-dose (Baseline), within 16 hours at Baseline visit
Systolic blood pressure is the amount of pressure the heart generates when pumping blood through the arteries to the body. Current guidelines identify normal systolic blood pressure as lower than 120 mmHg. Blood pressure was measured in triplicate with a manual cuff prior to and every 4 hours during the 24-hour infusion with subjects in supine position. Change is the difference in systolic blood pressure at the baseline visit from pre-dosing with Intralipid to 16 hours during Intralipid infusion.
Pre-dose (Baseline), within 16 hours at Baseline visit
Change in Systolic Blood Pressure
Time Frame: Pre-dose (Baseline), within 20 hours at Baseline visit
Systolic blood pressure is the amount of pressure the heart generates when pumping blood through the arteries to the body. Current guidelines identify normal systolic blood pressure as lower than 120 mmHg. Blood pressure was measured in triplicate with a manual cuff prior to and every 4 hours during the 24-hour infusion with subjects in supine position. Change is the difference in systolic blood pressure at the baseline visit from pre-dosing with Intralipid to 20 hours during Intralipid infusion.
Pre-dose (Baseline), within 20 hours at Baseline visit
Change in Systolic Blood Pressure
Time Frame: Pre-dose (Baseline), within 24 hours at Baseline visit
Systolic blood pressure is the amount of pressure the heart generates when pumping blood through the arteries to the body. Current guidelines identify normal systolic blood pressure as lower than 120 mmHg. Blood pressure was measured in triplicate with a manual cuff prior to and every 4 hours during the 24-hour infusion with subjects in supine position. Change is the difference in systolic blood pressure at the baseline visit from pre-dosing with Intralipid to 24 hours during Intralipid infusion.
Pre-dose (Baseline), within 24 hours at Baseline visit
Change in Systolic Blood Pressure
Time Frame: Pre-dose (Week 6), within 4 hours at Week 6 visit
Systolic blood pressure is the amount of pressure the heart generates when pumping blood through the arteries to the body. Current guidelines identify normal systolic blood pressure as lower than 120 mmHg. Blood pressure was measured in triplicate with a manual cuff prior to and every 4 hours during the 24-hour infusion with subjects in supine position. Change is the difference in systolic blood pressure at Week 6 from pre-dosing with Intralipid to 4 hours during Intralipid infusion.
Pre-dose (Week 6), within 4 hours at Week 6 visit
Change in Systolic Blood Pressure
Time Frame: Pre-dose (Week 6), within 8 hours at Week 6 visit
Systolic blood pressure is the amount of pressure the heart generates when pumping blood through the arteries to the body. Current guidelines identify normal systolic blood pressure as lower than 120 mmHg. Blood pressure was measured in triplicate with a manual cuff prior to and every 4 hours during the 24-hour infusion with subjects in supine position. Change is the difference in systolic blood pressure from at Week 6 from pre-dosing with Intralipid to 8 hours during Intralipid infusion.
Pre-dose (Week 6), within 8 hours at Week 6 visit
Change in Systolic Blood Pressure
Time Frame: Pre-dose (Week 6), within 12 hours at Week 6 visit
Systolic blood pressure is the amount of pressure the heart generates when pumping blood through the arteries to the body. Current guidelines identify normal systolic blood pressure as lower than 120 mmHg. Blood pressure was measured in triplicate with a manual cuff prior to and every 4 hours during the 24-hour infusion with subjects in supine position. Change is the difference in systolic blood pressure at Week 6 from pre-dosing with Intralipid to 12 hours during Intralipid infusion.
Pre-dose (Week 6), within 12 hours at Week 6 visit
Change in Systolic Blood Pressure
Time Frame: Pre-dose (Week 6), within 16 hours at Week 6 visit
Systolic blood pressure is the amount of pressure the heart generates when pumping blood through the arteries to the body. Current guidelines identify normal systolic blood pressure as lower than 120 mmHg. Blood pressure was measured in triplicate with a manual cuff prior to and every 4 hours during the 24-hour infusion with subjects in supine position. Change is the difference in systolic blood pressure at Week 6 from pre-dosing with Intralipid to 16 hours during Intralipid infusion.
Pre-dose (Week 6), within 16 hours at Week 6 visit
Change in Systolic Blood Pressure
Time Frame: Pre-dose (Week 6), within 20 hours at Week 6 visit
Systolic blood pressure is the amount of pressure the heart generates when pumping blood through the arteries to the body. Current guidelines identify normal systolic blood pressure as lower than 120 mmHg. Blood pressure was measured in triplicate with a manual cuff prior to and every 4 hours during the 24-hour infusion with subjects in supine position. Change is the difference in systolic blood pressure at Week 6 from pre-dosing with Intralipid to 20 hours during Intralipid infusion.
Pre-dose (Week 6), within 20 hours at Week 6 visit
Change in Systolic Blood Pressure
Time Frame: Pre-dose (Week 6), within 24 hours at Week 6 visit
Systolic blood pressure is the amount of pressure the heart generates when pumping blood through the arteries to the body. Current guidelines identify normal systolic blood pressure as lower than 120 mmHg. Blood pressure was measured in triplicate with a manual cuff prior to and every 4 hours during the 24-hour infusion with subjects in supine position. Change is the difference in systolic blood pressure at Week 6 from pre-dosing with Intralipid to 24 hours during Intralipid infusion.
Pre-dose (Week 6), within 24 hours at Week 6 visit
Change in Flow-mediated Dilation
Time Frame: Pre-dose (Baseline), within 12 hours at Baseline visit
The change in endothelium-dependent vascular reactivity will be measured by flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery using a high-resolution vascular ultrasound with a 10-MHz linear array transducer. FMD is expressed as the percentage increase in diameter at the baseline visit from pre-dosing with Intralipid to 12 hours during Intralipid infusion.
Pre-dose (Baseline), within 12 hours at Baseline visit
Change in Flow-mediated Dilation
Time Frame: Pre-dose (Baseline), within 24 hours at Baseline visit
The change in endothelium-dependent vascular reactivity will be measured by flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery using a high-resolution vascular ultrasound with a 10-MHz linear array transducer. FMD is expressed as the percentage increase in diameter at the baseline visit from pre-dosing with Intralipid to 24 hours during Intralipid infusion
Pre-dose (Baseline), within 24 hours at Baseline visit
Change in Flow-mediated Dilation
Time Frame: Pre-dose (Week 6), within 12 hours at Week 6 visit
The change in endothelium-dependent vascular reactivity will be measured by flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery using a high-resolution vascular ultrasound with a 10-MHz linear array transducer. FMD is expressed as the percentage increase in diameter at the Week 6 visit from pre-dosing with Intralipid to 12 hours during Intralipid infusion.
Pre-dose (Week 6), within 12 hours at Week 6 visit
Change in Flow-mediated Dilation
Time Frame: Pre-dose (Week 6), within 24 hours at Week 6 visit
The change in endothelium-dependent vascular reactivity will be measured by flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery using a high-resolution vascular ultrasound with a 10-MHz linear array transducer. FMD is expressed as the percentage increase in diameter at the Week 6 visit from pre-dosing with Intralipid to 24 hours during Intralipid infusion
Pre-dose (Week 6), within 24 hours at Week 6 visit

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Diastolic Blood Pressure From Baseline to 6 Weeks
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks
Diastolic blood pressure is the amount of pressure in the arteries when the heart is at rest between beats. Current guidelines identify normal diastolic blood pressure as lower than 80 mmHg. Blood pressure was measured in triplicate with a manual cuff prior to and every 4 hours during the 8 hour infusion with subjects in supine position. Change is the difference between 6-week diastolic blood pressure from baseline diastolic blood pressure.
Baseline, 6 weeks
Change in Oxidative Stress Markers.
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks
Oxidative stress was measured by using liquid chromatography to collect plasma glutathione and glutathione disulfide. Change is the difference between 6-week plasma glutathione and glutathione disulfide from baseline plasma glutathione and glutathione disulfide.
Baseline, 6 weeks
Change in Augmentation Index (AIx)
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks
AIx is a surrogate measure of peripheral arterial resistance and is measured by analysis of the pulse wave at the radial artery. The AIx is calculated as the ratio of the pulse pressure at the second systolic peak to that at the first systolic peak. Change is the difference between 6-week AIx from baseline AIx.
Baseline, 6 weeks
Change in Expression of Inflammatory Biomarker Interleukin-6 (IL-6)
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks
It is measured by using microsphere-based flow cytometric immunoassay. Change is the difference between 6-week level from baseline level.
Baseline, 6 weeks
Change in FFA (Free Fatty Acid) Levels From Baseline to 6 Weeks
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks
Blood samples were collected for measurement of free fatty acids at baseline and 6 weeks after the Intralipid 20% infusion. FFA levels were determined by colorimetric method. Current guidelines identify normal range of FFA level as less than 0.72 mmol/L. Elevated plasma levels of FFA indicate a greater rate of insulin resistance. Change is the difference between 6-week FFA levels from baseline FFA levels.
Baseline, 6 weeks
Change in Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV)
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks
PWV was measured between the carotid and femoral arteries using the SphygmoCor device. Pressure waveforms at the carotid and femoral arteries were acquired using EKG gating. Velocity (distance per time in milliseconds) was calculated using the foot-to-foot method and the distance between the sites was measured manually.
Baseline, 6 weeks
Change in Expression of Inflammatory Biomarker C-Reactive Protein (CRP)
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks
It is measured by using microsphere-based flow cytometric immunoassay. Change is the difference between 6-week inflammatory biomarker level from baseline level.
Baseline, 6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Emory University

Collaborators

Collaborators

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American Diabetes Association

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

Study Start

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July 1, 2009

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

Primary Completion

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March 1, 2011

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

Study Completion

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March 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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March 30, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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April 1, 2015

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

First Posted

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April 2, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

Last Update Posted

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January 8, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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December 17, 2018

Last Verified

Last Verified

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December 1, 2018

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  • IRB00009277a

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