The Role of Endogenous Lactate in Brain Preservation and Counterregulatory Defenses Against Hypoglycemia

November 23, 2016 updated by: Radboud University Medical Center

The Effect of Exercise-induced Hyperlacticacidemia on Counterregulatory Responses, Symptoms, Cognitive Function and Brain Lactate Accumulation During Hypoglycemia in (Hypoglycemic Unaware)Type I Diabetes Patients and Normal Controls

Iatrogenic hypoglycemia is the most frequent acute complication of insulin therapy in people with type 1 diabetes (T1DM). Recurrent hypoglycemic events initiate a process of habituation, characterized by suppression of hypoglycemic symptoms, eventually leading to hypoglycemia unawareness, which creates a particularly high risk of severe hypoglycemia. Recent evidence suggest a pivotal role for (brain) lactate in the pathogenesis of hypoglycemia unawareness. Indeed, exogenous lactate administration may preserve brain function and attenuate counterregulatory responses to and symptomatic awareness of hypoglycemia. It is unknown whether endogenous elevation of plasma lactate produces the same effects and whether such effects differ between patients with T1DM with and without hypoglycemia unawareness and healthy controls.

Objective: To investigate the effect of elevated levels of endogenous lactate on brain lactate accumulation and on counterregulatory responses to, symptomatic awareness of and cognitive function during hypoglycemia in patients with T1DM with and without hypoglycemia unawareness and normal controls.

Hypothesis: The investigators hypothesize first that endogenous lactate, when raised through high intensity exercise, preserves neuronal metabolism during subsequent hypoglycemia, which in turn will attenuate counterregulatory hormone responses, appearance of symptoms and deterioration of cognitive function. Second, the investigators posit that these effects will be augmented in patients with hypoglycemia unawareness compared to healthy subjects and T1DM patients with normal awareness as a consequence of greater transport capacity of lactate into the brain.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

30

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 40 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion criteria for healthy subjects

  • Age: 18-40 years
  • Body-Mass Index: 18-30 kg/m2
  • Blood pressure: <160/90 mmHg
  • Recreationally active: i.e. taking part in competitive sport or regular exercise training, of a non-professional nature, once or more a week.

Inclusion criteria T1DM patients with normal hypoglycemic awareness

  • Diabetes duration ≥ 1 year
  • Age: 18-40 years
  • Body-Mass Index: 18-30 kg/m2
  • HbA1c: 42-75 mmol/mol (6-9%)
  • Outcome Clarke questionnaire: 0-1
  • Blood pressure: <160/90 mmHg
  • Recreationally active: i.e. taking part in competitive sport or regular exercise training, of a non-professional nature, once or more a week

Inclusion criteria T1DM patients with hypoglycemia unawareness

  • Diabetes duration ≥ 1 year
  • Age: 18-40 years
  • Body-Mass Index: 18-30 kg/m2
  • HbA1c: 42-75 mmol/mol (6-9%)
  • Outcome Clarke questionnaire: =>3
  • Blood pressure: <160/90 mmHg
  • Recreationally active

Exclusion criteria:

  • Inability to provide informed consent
  • Presence of any medical condition that might interfere with the study protocol, such as brain injuries, epilepsy, a major cardiovascular disease event or anxiety disorders
  • Use of any medication, except for oral contraceptives
  • MR(I) contraindications (pregnancy, severe claustrophobia, metal parts in body)
  • Orthopedic and/or neurological diseases that impair exercise
  • Cardiopulmonary disease as stated in the 2001 American heart association and 2002 American college of cardiology/American heart association guidelines

Additional exclusion criteria for all T1DM patients:

  • Use of any other medication than insulin, except for oral contraceptives or stable thyroxine supplementation therapy
  • complications of T1DM, including proliferative retinopathy, neuropathy or nephropathy

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Basic Science
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: High intensity exercise
Subjects will preform a high intensity training exercise (3* 30 seconds all out sprint on a cycle ergometer) to raise plasma lactate levels
Behavioral: High intensity exercise
3x30 seconds 'all out' sprints
Sham Comparator: Lay down comfortably
As a control conditions, subjects wil lay down comfortably and rest
Behavioral: Lay down comfortably
rest

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Plasma level of adrenaline in response to hypoglycemia (Adrenaline, measured in arterial plasma)
Time Frame: during 60 m of hypoglycemia
during 60 m of hypoglycemia

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Plasma levels of other counter-regulatory hormones (Levels of counter-regulatory hormones measured in arterial plasma)
Time Frame: During 60 min hypoglycemia
Levels of counter-regulatory hormones measured in arterial plasma
During 60 min hypoglycemia
Glucose infusion rate (Amount of glucose 20% necessary to maintain plasma glucose at steady state values)
Time Frame: During 60 min hypoglycemia
Amount of glucose 20% necessary to maintain plasma glucose at steady state values
During 60 min hypoglycemia
Plasma lactate levels (Lactate levels measured in arterial plasma)
Time Frame: During 60 min hypoglycemia
Lactate levels measured in arterial plasma
During 60 min hypoglycemia
Cognitive functioning, as measured by cognitive tests
Time Frame: During 60 min hypoglycemia
Cognitive test will be: Dutch State Trait Anxiety Inventory, Digit Span, Stroop color word test, word fluency test, trail making test and Pasat
During 60 min hypoglycemia
Plasma levels of inflammatory markers (levels of cytokines)
Time Frame: During 60 min hypoglycemia
levels of cytokines
During 60 min hypoglycemia
Brain perfusion measured with ASL-MRI
Time Frame: During 60 min hypoglycemia
Brain perfusion measured with ASL-MRI
During 60 min hypoglycemia
Brain lactate accumulation measured with 1H-MRS
Time Frame: During 60 min of hypoglycemia
Brain lactate levels measured with 1H-MRS
During 60 min of hypoglycemia

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Plasma glucose concentration
Time Frame: During 60 min hypoglycemia
Plasma glucose concentration, necessary to adjust glucose infusion rate
During 60 min hypoglycemia
Plasma insulin concentration (Insulin levels, measured in arterial plasma)
Time Frame: During 60 min hypoglycemia
Insulin levels, measured in arterial plasma
During 60 min hypoglycemia

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Radboud University Medical Center

Collaborators

European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes
Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Bastiaan de Galan, Dr., Radboud University Medical Center

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 14, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 3, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

December 4, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 25, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 23, 2016

Last Verified

April 1, 2016

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Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • End_lac_sympt

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