Effect of Short Course of Glucocorticoid in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus(DM) Type 2

Summary

Participants will receive prednisone 40 mg for 3 days. 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), insulin and C-peptide will be measured on day 1 (before prednisone) and day 3 (after prednisone). Also capillary glucose values will be obtained during and after the period of prednisone intake.

Timeline

Start

2016-06-03

Primary completion

2017-04-01

Completion

2017-07-01

Publications

• Background Donihi AC, Raval D, Saul M, Korytkowski MT, DeVita MA. Prevalence and predictors of corticosteroid-related hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients. Endocr Pract. 2006 Jul-Aug;12(4):358-62. doi: 10.4158/EP.12.4.358.
• Background Hwang JL, Weiss RE. Steroid-induced diabetes: a clinical and molecular approach to understanding and treatment. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2014 Feb;30(2):96-102. doi: 10.1002/dmrr.2486.
• Background van Raalte DH, Brands M, van der Zijl NJ, Muskiet MH, Pouwels PJ, Ackermans MT, Sauerwein HP, Serlie MJ, Diamant M. Low-dose glucocorticoid treatment affects multiple aspects of intermediary metabolism in healthy humans: a randomised controlled trial. Diabetologia. 2011 Aug;54(8):2103-12. doi: 10.1007/s00125-011-2174-9. Epub 2011 May 12.
• Shah M, Adel MM, Tahsin B, Guerra Y, Fogelfeld L. Effect of short-term prednisone on beta-cell function in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus and healthy subjects. PLoS One. 2020 May 5;15(5):e0231190. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231190. eCollection 2020.

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