The Genetics of Diabetes in Southern California Chinese Americans

The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified February 2011 by University of California, Irvine.
Recruitment status was  Recruiting
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Information provided by:
University of California, Irvine
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00824395
First received: January 15, 2009
Last updated: February 2, 2011
Last verified: February 2011

January 15, 2009
February 2, 2011
January 2006
November 2010   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00824395 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
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The Genetics of Diabetes in Southern California Chinese Americans
Mitochondria and Metabolic Syndrome in a Southern California Chinese Cohort

The purpose of this research study is to investigate the genetic causes of diabetes. Specifically, we are interested in the mitochondrial genome and how variants in the mitochondrial genome influence a person's risk to develop diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

Since our laboratory's initial linkage of Type 2 diabetes to a mtDNA rearrangement in a three generation maternal pedigree 13 years ago, there has been increasing support for our hypothesis that mitochondrial dysfunction plays an important role in the etiology of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and the overlapping Metabolic Syndrome (MS). With this study we are planning an extensive investigation of defects in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) caused potentially by deleterious sequence variants in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). As the primary objective we are trying to further substantiate 2 hypotheses: 1) that these diabetogenic mtDNA variants, which are proposed to range from recent, relatively severe, mutations will result in substantial OXPHOS defects with familial DM & MS and 2) that ancient, relatively mild polymorphisms result in partial OXPHOS defects and an increase in the risk to develop DM & MS.

Observational
Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
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Retention:   Samples With DNA
Description:

whole blood and serum

Non-Probability Sample

We are currently recruiting Chinese Americans living in Southern California, espcially in Orange and Los Angeles Counties. We are particularly in need of Chinese American men and women with diabetes as well as healthy male controls. We can arrange for offsite weekend trips to cities within LA or Orange Counties for eligible groups of 10 or more people.

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • Metabolic Syndrome
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  • 1
    Individuals with diabetes
  • 2
    Individuals without diabetes
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*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Recruiting
500
November 2010
November 2010   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Chinese or Taiwanese ancestry
  • Resident of Southern California
  • Age between 40 and 65
  • Both people with and without diabetes are welcome to enroll.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Younger than 40 years or older than 65 years
  • Ancestry is not Chinese or Taiwanese
  • Not a resident of Southern California
Both
40 Years to 65 Years
Yes
Contact: Julia Platt, MS 949-824-9232 jplatt@uci.edu
Contact: Shiqin Xu, PhD 949-892-7645 shiqinx@uci.edu
United States
 
NCT00824395
2005-4675
No
Douglas C. Wallace, Ph.D / Principal Investigator, UC Irvine Center for Mitochondrial Medicine and Genetics
University of California, Irvine
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Principal Investigator: Douglas C Wallace, PhD UC Irvine Center for Mitochondrial Medicine
University of California, Irvine
February 2011

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