Clinical trial for Insulin Resistance
Official title Human Models of Selective Insulin Resistance: Alpelisib, Part I
ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT06354088
What this study is testing
What is Alpelisib 300 mg?
An investigational oral medication being studied for its effects on insulin resistance.
Also referred to as Piqray.
Plain-language explanation of the investigational treatment. It is being studied and is not an approved or proven therapy. The study team can confirm the details.
- What it's testing
- This study is testing whether the drug alpelisib changes how the liver makes fat and sugar when insulin is low. It compares the drug to a pretend treatment with no medicine.
- Who it's for
- You may be able to join if you are an adult who is overweight, has fatty liver, and is at risk for type 2 diabetes.
- What's involved
- You will stay in the hospital for two nights. Each night you will take either alpelisib or a pretend treatment. Doctors will give you a small blood test and a harmless tracer to measure how your liver makes sugar and fat.
- Time commitment
- The study lasts about two nights in the hospital, with two separate visits and several blood tests each night.
- Phase 1: an early, usually small safety study
- You might receive a placebo (an inactive treatment) instead of the study drug, decided by chance.
A plain-language read of the study's public ClinicalTrials.gov listing. The study team confirms the details.
Who can take part
Ages 18 to 70. Healthy volunteers may be eligible.
You may be able to join if
- Adults aged 18-70 years
- Able to understand written and spoken English and/or Spanish
- For Group IS: BMI 18-25 kg/m2
- For Group IR: BMI 30-45 kg/m2
- Insulin sensitive (for Group IS) defined as all of the following: (1) Fasting serum insulin ≤ 10 µIU/mL, (2) Absence of dysglycemia (fasting plasma...
You likely can't join if
- Inability to provide informed consent in English or Spanish
- Abnormal vital signs: (1) Systolic blood pressure \ 160 mm Hg and/or (2) Diastolic blood pressure \ 100 mm Hg and/or (3) Abnormal resting heart rate...
- Abnormal screening serum electrolytes judged by the PI to be potentially clinically significant, including liver function abnormalities (either of...
- Laboratory evidence of diabetes mellitus: (1) Hemoglobin A1c ≥ 6.5%, and/or (2) Fasting plasma glucose ≥ 126 mg/dL
- Reproductive concerns i. Positive qualitative β-hCG (i.e., pregnancy test) in women of childbearing potential ii. Women currently pregnant iii.
- Concerns related to glucose metabolism
See the full eligibility criteria
- Adults aged 18-70 years
- Able to understand written and spoken English and/or Spanish
- For Group IS: BMI 18-25 kg/m2
- For Group IR: BMI 30-45 kg/m2
- Insulin sensitive (for Group IS) defined as all of the following: (1) Fasting serum insulin ≤ 10 µIU/mL, (2) Absence of dysglycemia (fasting plasma glucose \< 100 mg/dL and hemoglobin A1c \< 5.7%), (3) Homeostasis Model...
- Insulin resistant (for Group IR) defined as fasting serum insulin ≥ 13 µIU/mL plus at least one of the following: (1) Presence of prediabetic state (fasting plasma glucose 100-125 mg/dL and/or hemoglobin A1c 5.7-6.4%)...
- Inability to provide informed consent in English or Spanish
- Abnormal vital signs: (1) Systolic blood pressure \ 160 mm Hg and/or (2) Diastolic blood pressure \ 100 mm Hg and/or (3) Abnormal resting heart rate \< 55 bpm (except at PI's discretion) or ≥ 110 bpm
- Abnormal screening serum electrolytes judged by the PI to be potentially clinically significant, including liver function abnormalities (either of the following): (1) Transaminases (AST or ALT) \> 3.0 x the upper limit...
- Laboratory evidence of diabetes mellitus: (1) Hemoglobin A1c ≥ 6.5%, and/or (2) Fasting plasma glucose ≥ 126 mg/dL
- Reproductive concerns i. Positive qualitative β-hCG (i.e., pregnancy test) in women of childbearing potential ii. Women currently pregnant iii. Women currently breastfeeding
- Concerns related to glucose metabolism
- History of having met any of the American Diabetes Association's definitions of diabetes mellitus (i.e., overt diabetes)
- History of gestational diabetes mellitus within the previous 5 years
- Use of most antidiabetic medications (other than metformin) within the 90 days prior to screening: thiazolidinediones, sulfonylureas, meglitinides, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitors, glucagon-like peptide-1...
- Concerns related to lipid metabolism
- Known diagnoses of familial hypercholesterolemia, familial combined hyperlipidemia, or familial hyperchylomicronemia in the participant or a first-degree relative
- Use of certain lipid-lowering drugs within 14 d prior to screening visit: fibrates (e.g., fenofibrate, gemfibrozil), prescription-strength omega-3 fatty acids (e.g., icosapent ethyl), high-dose niacin (\>100 mg daily)
- Significant cardiovascular diseases (N.B. uncomplicated hypertension is not exclusionary)
- Severe liver disease, including advanced fibrosis (e.g., fibrosis score F3-F4 by vibration-controlled transient elastography) and cirrhosis
- Psychiatric diseases causing functional impairment that: (1) Are or have been decompensated within 1 year of screening, and/or (2) Require use of anti-dopaminergic antipsychotic drugs associated with significant weight...
- Venous thromboembolic disease (deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism) or any required use of therapeutic anticoagulation
- Bleeding disorders, including due to anticoagulation, or significant anemia (see above)
- Active malignancy, or hormonally active benign neoplasm, except allowances for non-melanoma skin cancer and differentiated thyroid cancer (Stage I only)
- Clinical concern for increased risk of volume overload, including due to medications and/or heart/liver/kidney problems, as listed above
- Use of oral or parenteral corticosteroids (at greater than prednisone 5 mg daily, or equivalent) for more than 3 days within the previous 30 days; topical and inhaled formulations are permitted
- Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
- Biliopancreatic diversion
- Restrictive procedures (lap band, sleeve gastrectomy) performed within the past 6 months
- Clinical concern for alcohol overuse based on chart review and/or by recruit's report of more than 14 standard drinks per week for males or more than 7 standard drinks per week for females
- Regular use of tobacco, either daily or an average of at least 1 cigarette per day, and/or nicotine vaping more than 1 day per week
- Clinical concern for use of illicit drugs other than marijuana or lawfully prescribed medications based on recruit's report, chart review, and point-of-care urine drug test at screening
- History of or ongoing febrile illness within 30 days of screening
- Any other disease or condition or laboratory value that, in the opinion of the investigator, would place the participant at an unacceptable risk and/or interfere with the analysis of study data.
- Known allergy/hypersensitivity to any component of the medicinal product formulations (including soy, cow dairy, or gluten), other biologics, venipuncture materials, plastics, adhesive or silicone, or ongoing clinically...
- Dietary restrictions (e.g., vegan, kosher, halal) on gelatin present in overencapsulation
- Concurrent enrollment in another clinical study of any investigational drug/biologic therapy within 6 months prior to screening or within 5 half-lives of an investigational agent or biologic, whichever is longer.
- Prior participation in other studies led by Dr. Cook (PI) is excluded from this prohibition according to his medical/scientific judgment.
The study team makes the final eligibility decision.
Where it is enrolling
- New York, New York, United States
Compensation & support
A stipend or payment for your time may be offered.
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Questions & answers
Do participants get paid in this trial?
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How long does this study last?
The listing doesn't state an exact length. The study team walks you through the schedule and number of visits before you decide to enroll.
Who can join this trial?
This study is enrolling all sexes, 18 years to 70 years. Healthy volunteers may be eligible. The study team makes the final eligibility decision.
Where is this trial taking place?
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