A Comparison of European and Chinese Blood Sugar Responses

This study is designed to compare the responses to an oral glucose challenge between people of European and Chinese heritage (essential participants in the European arm must have tow European parents and likewise for the Chinese participants).

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Diabetes

Detailed Description

100 participants (50 European and 50 Chinese) will attend a lab after an overnight fast and have a capillary finger-prick blood test to assess fasted blood glucose levels and then consume a 50 gram glucose solution. Blood test will be repeated at 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 and 120 minutes post consumption of the glucose solution. This test will be repeated on a spate occasion at least a week later than the first test. Participants will only take part in the experiment after singing informed consent and agreeing to take part in the study and after a medical screening questionnaire assessing that they are non-diabetic or haemophiliac or have blood born infections.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 100

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United Kingdom
  • South Yorkshire
    • Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, S1 1WB
      • Recruiting
      • Sheffield Hallam Univeristy Food and Nutrition laboratory
      • Contact: Trevor Simper, Dprof; Phone Number: 3978 0114 225 3978; Email: t.simper@shu.ac.uk

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 19 years to 59 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Health adults, male and female between the ages of 19 and 59

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• European ethnicity
• Chinese ethnicity
• age 19-59 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• diabetics
• serious blood born infection
• haemophilia

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Chinese Subjects; 7 blood glucose tests taken over a two hour period
European Subjects; 7 blood glucose tests taken over a two hour period

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Blood sugar response measured by 7 finger prick blood samples	7 finger prick blood samples	2 hours

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Small Changes
• Collaborators: Sheffield Hallam University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: June 1, 2015
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): November 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Anticipated): January 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 15, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 15, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): October 16, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): October 16, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 15, 2015
• Last Verified: October 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Chinese European study 2015