Role of Growth Hormone Antagonism in Modulating Insulin Sensitivity in Subjects With Pre-diabetes (PEGIR)

April 20, 2017 updated by: University of California, San Francisco

Role of Growth Hormone Antagonism in Modulating Insulin Sensitivity in Subjects With Insulin Resistance But Without Diabetes

Growth hormone is well known to cause changes in glucose regulation. People with Laron syndrome are born without the growth hormone receptor and are protected from diabetes. Mice who are engineered without the growth hormone receptor are similarly protected from diabetes. Conversely, people who have excessive amounts of growth hormone, such as patients with acromegaly, have an increased risk for type 2 diabetes. In acromegaly patients, treatment with pegvisomant, a medication that reduces insulin like growth factor-1 by blocking the growth hormone receptor, significantly improves insulin resistance. Pegvisomant has not been explored as a possibility for the treatment of type 2 diabetes or insulin resistance in people without acromegaly. In this study, the investigators hope to study the metabolic effects of pegvisomant on people who have insulin resistance but not diabetes. Pegivosmant is expected to improve insulin resistance in the liver, fat and muscle as well as decrease serum free fatty acids.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

6

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • San Francisco, California, United States, 94110
        • San Francisco General Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • BMI between 18-35
  • Homeostatic model assessment - insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) >2.77
  • Able to administer daily subcutaneous injections of pegvisomant

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy
  • Breastfeeding in the last 6 months
  • Liver function tests greater than 3x the upper limits of normal
  • unstable diet over the last 3 months
  • unstable weight over the last 6 months
  • unstable lipid lowering regimen
  • diabetes - type 1 or type 2
  • History of major gastrointestinal surgery
  • History of pancreatic, liver, biliary, or intestinal disease
  • Fasting blood glucose >126
  • Fasting triglycerides>500
  • A1c>6.5

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: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Pegvisomant arm
Pegvisomant 20 mg subcutaneously Qday x 28 days will be administered by the study subject.
Drug: pegvisomant
Pegvisomant 20 mg subcutaneously Qday will be administered by the study subject for 28 days during this study.
Other Names:
  • Somavert

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Insulin Sensitivity
Time Frame: 28 days

Investigators will measure insulin sensitivity via hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp prior to the initiation of the study medication and then again at the end of the 28 days to evaluate the effect of pegvisomant on insulin sensitivity and reported as HOMA-IR.

HOMA-IR was derived from fasting insulin and fasting glucose by the calculation: fasting insulin (microU/L) x fasting glucose (nmol/L)/22.5
28 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Lipolysis
Time Frame: 28 days
Treatment with pegvisomant is expected to alter lipolysis. To assess this investigators will do fasting and steady state stable isotope measurements prior to treatment with pegvisomant and at day 28 after treatment with pegvisomant.
28 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Collaborators

San Francisco General Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Ethan J Weiss, MD, University of California, San Francisco

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 24, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 24, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

December 30, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 24, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 20, 2017

Last Verified

April 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • WI178028

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