Effect of Prolonged (72 Hour) Glucagon Administration on Energy Expenditure in Healthy Obese Subjects

Summary

The main purpose of this study is to examine the effect of prolonged (72 hour) administration of glucagon compared to placebo on energy expenditure in healthy, non-diabetic, obese subjects.

Timeline

Start

2017-10-24

Primary completion

2018-02-14

Completion

2027-02

Publications

• Background Arafat AM, Kaczmarek P, Skrzypski M, Pruszynska-Oszmalek E, Kolodziejski P, Szczepankiewicz D, Sassek M, Wojciechowicz T, Wiedenmann B, Pfeiffer AF, Nowak KW, Strowski MZ. Glucagon increases circulating fibroblast growth factor 21 independently of endogenous insulin levels: a novel mechanism of glucagon-stimulated lipolysis? Diabetologia. 2013 Mar;56(3):588-97. doi: 10.1007/s00125-012-2803-y. Epub 2012 Dec 22.
• Background Astrup A, Rossner S, Van Gaal L, Rissanen A, Niskanen L, Al Hakim M, Madsen J, Rasmussen MF, Lean ME; NN8022-1807 Study Group. Effects of liraglutide in the treatment of obesity: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Lancet. 2009 Nov 7;374(9701):1606-16. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61375-1. Epub 2009 Oct 23.
• Background Calles-Escandon J. Insulin dissociates hepatic glucose cycling and glucagon-induced thermogenesis in man. Metabolism. 1994 Aug;43(8):1000-5. doi: 10.1016/0026-0495(94)90180-5.
• Background Cegla J, Troke RC, Jones B, Tharakan G, Kenkre J, McCullough KA, Lim CT, Parvizi N, Hussein M, Chambers ES, Minnion J, Cuenco J, Ghatei MA, Meeran K, Tan TM, Bloom SR. Coinfusion of low-dose GLP-1 and glucagon in man results in a reduction in food intake. Diabetes. 2014 Nov;63(11):3711-20. doi: 10.2337/db14-0242. Epub 2014 Jun 17.
• Background Cryer PE. Minireview: Glucagon in the pathogenesis of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia in diabetes. Endocrinology. 2012 Mar;153(3):1039-48. doi: 10.1210/en.2011-1499. Epub 2011 Dec 13.
• Background Flint A, Raben A, Rehfeld JF, Holst JJ, Astrup A. The effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 on energy expenditure and substrate metabolism in humans. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2000 Mar;24(3):288-98. doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801126.
• Background Kim J, Heshka S, Gallagher D, Kotler DP, Mayer L, Albu J, Shen W, Freda PU, Heymsfield SB. Intermuscular adipose tissue-free skeletal muscle mass: estimation by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in adults. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2004 Aug;97(2):655-60. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00260.2004. Epub 2004 Apr 16.
• Background Melzack R, Rosberger Z, Hollingsworth ML, Thirlwell M. New approaches to measuring nausea. CMAJ. 1985 Oct 15;133(8):755-8, 761.
• Background Miyoshi H, Shulman GI, Peters EJ, Wolfe MH, Elahi D, Wolfe RR. Hormonal control of substrate cycling in humans. J Clin Invest. 1988 May;81(5):1545-55. doi: 10.1172/JCI113487.
• Background Nair KS. Hyperglucagonemia increases resting metabolic rate in man during insulin deficiency. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1987 May;64(5):896-901. doi: 10.1210/jcem-64-5-896.
• Background Salem V, Izzi-Engbeaya C, Coello C, Thomas DB, Chambers ES, Comninos AN, Buckley A, Win Z, Al-Nahhas A, Rabiner EA, Gunn RN, Budge H, Symonds ME, Bloom SR, Tan TM, Dhillo WS. Glucagon increases energy expenditure independently of brown adipose tissue activation in humans. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2016 Jan;18(1):72-81. doi: 10.1111/dom.12585. Epub 2015 Nov 20.
• Background SCHULMAN JL, CARLETON JL, WHITNEY G, WHITEHORN JC. Effect of glucagon on food intake and body weight in man. J Appl Physiol. 1957 Nov;11(3):419-21. doi: 10.1152/jappl.1957.11.3.419. No abstract available.
• Background Tan TM, Field BC, McCullough KA, Troke RC, Chambers ES, Salem V, Gonzalez Maffe J, Baynes KC, De Silva A, Viardot A, Alsafi A, Frost GS, Ghatei MA, Bloom SR. Coadministration of glucagon-like peptide-1 during glucagon infusion in humans results in increased energy expenditure and amelioration of hyperglycemia. Diabetes. 2013 Apr;62(4):1131-8. doi: 10.2337/db12-0797. Epub 2012 Dec 17.
• Whytock KL, Carnero EA, Vega RB, Tillner J, Bock C, Chivukula K, Yi F, Meyer C, Smith SR, Sparks LM. Prolonged Glucagon Infusion Does Not Affect Energy Expenditure in Individuals with Overweight/Obesity: A Randomized Trial. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 Jun;29(6):1003-1013. doi: 10.1002/oby.23141.

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