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Study NCT ID: NCT03930368
Status: UNKNOWN
Last Update Posted: 2019-04-29
First Post: 2019-04-16
Is Possible Gene Therapy: False
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: Application of Raw Corn Starch on Patients With Insulinoma
Sponsor: Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Organization:

Study Overview

Official Title: Application of Raw Corn Starch on Patients With Unoperated Insulinoma is Helpful to Decrease Risk of Hypoglycemia
Status: UNKNOWN
Status Verified Date: 2019-04
Last Known Status: RECRUITING
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: This will be a prospective single-arm before-and-after clinical trial in which raw corn starch (RCS) will be first applied on patients with unoperated insulinoma. Nutritional intervention with supplementation of RCS will be initiated in 20 patients with suspected insulinoma to improve their hypoglycemia before the surgery. Duration of nutritional intervention, fasting blood glucose, lipid profile, weight change, BMI and other metabolic indices will be recorded and compared before and after the intervention.
Detailed Description: Insulinoma is a rare disease which can cause recurrent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, subsequent hyperphagia as well as weight gain. As only 50% \~ 60% of pharmacological therapy (diazoxide, somatostatin, etc) is effective to elevate blood glucose, the nutritional interventions play a role as an important supportive treatment to maintain glycemic stablization and control weight gain before the curative surgery. As the essential management for patients with glycogen storage disease (GSD), the extended release cornstarch has been proved superior to prevent hypoglycemia since 1980s. Its application has elevated GSD patients' quality of life and prolonged their survival. In view of its charicteristic of chronic release in gastrointestinal tract, we will for the first time try to utilize the raw corn starch (RCS) on patients with suspected insulinoma and evaluate its efficacy of improving hypoglycemia in such patients.

This will be a prospective single-arm before-and-after clinical trial. Nutritional intervention with supplementation of RCS will be initiated in 20 patients with suspected insulinoma to improve their hypoglycemia before the surgery. Duration of nutritional intervention, fasting blood glucose, lipid profile, weight change, BMI and other metabolic indices will be recorded and compared before and after the intervention.

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: False
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: False
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: