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Growth Hormone During Fasting.Signaltransduktion in Muscle and Adipose Tissue and Changes in Intrahepatic Lipid Content

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00476879
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : May 22, 2007
Last Update Posted : August 12, 2008
Sponsor:
Collaborators:
Aarhus University Hospital
Pfizer
Information provided by:
University of Aarhus

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of growth hormone during fasting in healthy lean men.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Metabolism Fatty Liver Drug: Somatropin and pegvisomant Not Applicable

Detailed Description:

During fasting the human body is known to metabolize relatively large amounts of fat, in the expense of proteins and glucose. Partly this shift in metabolism is caused by increasing GH secretion, but exactly how growth hormone exerts these effects remains to be further investigated.

10 healthy lean young men are studied at 4 different occasions in a randomized single-blinded cross-over study. 1: after 12 hours of fasting + GH bolus, 2: after 36 hours of fasting + GH bolus, 3: after 36 hours + saline, 4: after 36 hours of fasting + Somavert.

Aim:

  • to study the signal transduction in muscle and fat tissue
  • to study the metabolism during fasting
  • to study the intrahepatic fat content using magnetic resonance techniques

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 10 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Official Title: Growth Hormone During Fasting. Signaltransduktion in Muscle and Adipose Tissue, Consequence of Growth Hormone Receptor Antagonist, Quantification of Intrahepatic Lipid Content Based on MR Scanning
Study Start Date : August 2006
Actual Primary Completion Date : November 2007
Actual Study Completion Date : June 2008

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MedlinePlus related topics: Hormones

Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: 1
12 hours of fasting and a GH bolus
 Drug: Somatropin and pegvisomant
Somatropin are given intravenous, 0.5mg pegvisomant are given subcutaneous, 15 mg NaCl are given subcutaneous, 2 ml
Experimental: 2
36 hours of fasting and a GH bolus
 Drug: Somatropin and pegvisomant
Somatropin are given intravenous, 0.5mg pegvisomant are given subcutaneous, 15 mg NaCl are given subcutaneous, 2 ml
Experimental: 3
36 hours of fasting and Pegvisomant
 Drug: Somatropin and pegvisomant
Somatropin are given intravenous, 0.5mg pegvisomant are given subcutaneous, 15 mg NaCl are given subcutaneous, 2 ml
Experimental: 4
36 hours of fasting and NaCl injection
 Drug: Somatropin and pegvisomant
Somatropin are given intravenous, 0.5mg pegvisomant are given subcutaneous, 15 mg NaCl are given subcutaneous, 2 ml


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. changes in intrahepatic lipid content [ Time Frame: 12 and 36 hours of fasting. respectively ]
  2. changes in intracellular signaling during fasting [ Time Frame: 36 hours ]
  3. changes in respiratory quotient [ Time Frame: 36 hours of fasting ]
  4. metabolism [ Time Frame: 36 hours of fasting ]
  5. insulin sensitivity [ Time Frame: 36 hours of fasting ]
  6. forearm metabolism [ Time Frame: 36 hours of fasting ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. changes in FFA [ Time Frame: 36 hours of fasting ]
  2. Changes in grelin [ Time Frame: 36 hours of fasting ]
  3. changes in leptin, adiponektin, cortisol, catecholamine, glucagon, carbamide, palmitate [ Time Frame: 36 hours of fasting ]

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Ages Eligible for Study:   20 Years to 40 Years   (Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • male
  • healthy
  • age 20 - 40 years of age
  • BMI 20 -25

Exclusion Criteria:

  • uses any medication
  • drinks more than 21 units of alcohol per
  • is claustrophobic
  • carries any magnetic devices
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Locations
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Denmark
Medical department M, Arhus Sygehus, Region midtjylland
Aarhus, Denmark, 8000
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Aarhus
Aarhus University Hospital
Pfizer
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Louise Moller, MD Medical department M, Aarhus Sygehus, Norrebrogade 44, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

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Responsible Party: Jens Otto Lunde Jorgensen, Medical department M (Endocrinology and Diabetes), Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00476879     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 090600-deleted
First Posted: May 22, 2007    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: August 12, 2008
Last Verified: August 2008

Keywords provided by University of Aarhus:
Growth hormone
Fasting
Signaltransduction
fatty liver
 insulin sensitivity
forearm model
protein metabolism
respiratory quotient

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Fatty Liver
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
 Hormones
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs