Acute Effect of Rebaudioside A on Glucose Excursion During an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (AREBAG)

Investigation of the Acute Effect of Rebaudioside A on the Glucose Excursion During an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in 30 Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (AREBAG)

Investigate the acute effect of the steviol glycoside, rebaudioside A, on the glucose excursion during an oral glucose tolerance test in 30 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Rebaudioside A; Drug: Placebo

Detailed Description

Eligible individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus will be invited for four study visits. During the first and third study visit, rebaudioside A or the placebo will be administered. During the second and fourth study visit, an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) will be executed to measure the response of administration of rebaudioside A versus placebo on the glucose homeostasis. The area under the curve blood glucose values during the first two hours of the OGTT will be compared for both conditions.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 30
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Belgium
  • Flanders
    • Leuven, Flanders, Belgium, 3000
      • Centrum Clinical Pharmacology

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 35 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Signed and dated written informed consent
• Understand procedures
• Type 2 diabetes mellitus
• Body Mass Index (BMI): 25 - 40 kg/m2
• HbA1c: 6.5-8%
• Judged to be in good health

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subject is unable to

  • Refrain from stevia leaves, stevia extracts or steviol glycoside-containing products from 5 days prior to administration of rebaudioside A or placebo until discharge from the unit after the OGTT on the consecutive day.
  • Refrain from quinine-containing products from 72h prior to administration of rebaudioside A or placebo until discharge from the unit after the OGTT on the consecutive day.
  • Maintain their habitual diets and physical activity patterns and refrain from engaging in strenuous physical activities from 72h prior to administration of rebaudioside A or placebo until discharge from the unit after the OGTT on the consecutive day.
  • Refrain from grapefruit products from 14 days before study visit 1 until discharge from the unit after the OGTT on study visit 4.
  • Refrain from alcohol from 24h prior to administration of rebaudioside A or placebo until discharge from the unit after the OGTT on the consecutive day.
  • Refrain from caffeine containing products from 12h prior to administration of rebaudioside A or placebo until discharge from the unit after the OGTT on the consecutive day.
  • Fast at least 5 hours prior to the administration of rebaudioside A or placebo on study days 1 and 3.
  • Fast at least 10 hours prior to the study days 2 and 4.
• Women of childbearing potential (last menstruation less than 1 year prior to screening) who are pregnant, lactating or planning to become pregnant during the study.
• Individuals with other forms of diabetes
• Current or previous treatment with any diabetes drug within 3 months prior to screening, except for metformin.
• Symptomatic hyperglycemia requiring immediate therapy during screening, in the judgement of the principal investigator.
• Evidence of significant diabetic complications.
• History of pancreas or beta-cell transplantation.
• Presence or history of clinically relevant medical, surgical or psychiatric conditions likely to affect the subject's safety in this trial or that could confound the study assessments or endpoints.
• Clinically relevant abnormal physical findings.

• Clinically significant abnormalities of vital signs:

  • Seated systolic blood pressure outside 90-160 mmHg
  • Diastolic blood pressure outside 40-100 mmHg
  • Heart rate <50 bpm
  • Corrected QT (QTC) using Fridericia's formulae >450 msec (for men) or >470 msec (for women) measured with a 12-lead electrocardiogram.
  • Clinically significant abnormal laboratory values.
  • Moderate or severe renal dysfunction defined as a calculated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) <30 ml/min.
• Currently active or history of alcohol abuse.
• Currently active or history of drug addiction or currently a regular user of drugs including "recreational use" of any illicit drug.
• Smoking cigarettes or using nicotine-containing products, during the last 6 months prior to screening, as nicotine inhibits the Transient Receptor Potential 5 (TRPM5) channel.
• Individuals for whom a major surgery is planned to occur between screening and the end of the trial.
• Previous or current use of concomitant medication, which would confound the study conduct or implicate a risk for safety of the participant, as judged by the investigator(s).
• History of relevant drug or food allergies or a history of severe anaphylactic reaction.
• History of hypersensitivity to the study drug or any of the excipients or to medicinal products with similar chemical structures.
• Individuals with hepatitis B and/or hepatitis C virus.
• Individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
• Participation in another clinical trial involving an investigational product within the 3 months preceding screening or 5-halflives of the drug studied, whichever is longer, prior to study supplement administration. Or, participation in any other type of medical research within 3 months preceding screening judged not to be scientifically or medically compatible with this study.
• Individuals who have donated or lost more than 500 ml blood or plasma within 3 months prior to screening.
• Individuals unable to swallow orally administered medication.
• Individuals in which catheter placement is impossible (amputation, no visible veins, …)
• Individuals that cannot speak or understand the Dutch language.
• In the opinion of the principal investigator any other factor that could interfere with the subject's ability to provide informed consent or to complete the study with strict compliance to the study protocol, or that could hold safety concerns for the subject or could impact the outcome of the study results.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: First rebaudioside A and then placebo	Drug: Rebaudioside A; Rebaudioside A 3g; Drug: Placebo; Empty capsules
Experimental: First placebo and then rebaudioside A	Drug: Rebaudioside A; Rebaudioside A 3g; Drug: Placebo; Empty capsules

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Area under the curve (AUC) blood glucose concentrations during an OGTT	Area under the curve blood glucose concentrations during an OGTT	0 to 2 hours after glucose challenge

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
AUC glucose/insulin/glucagon	AUC glucose/insulin/glucagon	-30 to 0 min of OGTT
AUC glucose/insulin/glucagon	AUC glucose/insulin/glucagon	0 to 30 min of OGTT
AUC glucose/insulin/glucagon	AUC glucose/insulin/glucagon	0 to 4 hours of OGTT
Maximal blood glucose	Maximal blood glucose	-30 min to 4 hours of OGTT
Maximal blood glucose excursion	Maximal blood glucose excursion	-30 min to 4 hours of OGTT
Maximal serum insulin	Maximal serum insulin	-30 min to 4 hours of OGTT
Maximal serum glucagon	Maximal serum glucagon	-30 min to 4 hours of OGTT
Concentration(t) (C(t))rebaudioside A, steviol and steviol glucuronide	Concentration of rebaudioside A, steviol and steviol glucuronide on different time points	-30 min to 4 hours of OGTT

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Bart Van der Schueren, UZ Leuven

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Simoens C, Philippaert K, Wuyts C, Goscinny S, Van Hoeck E, Van Loco J, Billen J, de Hoon J, Ampe E, Vangoitsenhoven R, Mertens A, Vennekens R, Van der Schueren B. Pharmacokinetics of Oral Rebaudioside A in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Its Effects on Glucose Homeostasis: A Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet. 2022 Nov;47(6):827-839. doi: 10.1007/s13318-022-00792-7. Epub 2022 Sep 3.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 9, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 1, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): April 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 17, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 17, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): April 27, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 28, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 27, 2021
• Last Verified: April 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Glucose Metabolism Disorders; Metabolic Diseases; Endocrine System Diseases; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
• Other Study ID Numbers: s61580

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No