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NCT00483210

Tissue Lipids and Insulin Resistance

Withdrawn NA Last updated 4 March 2015
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Fenofibrate in Tissue Lipid Metabolism. Withdrawn.

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of Arkansas
PhaseNA
StatusWithdrawn
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingnone
Primary purposetreatment

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of Arkansas

Who can join

Adults 60 to 85, any sex, with Tissue Lipid Metabolism. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Resistance to the hypoglycemic action of insulin develops within 7 days of bedrest in young, healthy volunteers. We propose that the same event occurs in elderly individuals confined to bed, that alterations in lipid metabolism are, at least in part, responsible for the insulin resistance associated with bedrest, and that the accumulation of intracellular triglyceride (TG) in liver and muscle will play a role in impairing insulin action. Further, we propose that the PPARα (Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Alpha) agonist fenofibrate will increase tissue fatty acid disposal by activating mitochondrial oxidative capacity, thereby improving insulin sensitivity. We will investigate a series of specific hypotheses designed to examine the role of altered lipid metabolism in the development of insulin-resistance associated with bedrest. Further, since inactivity is likely a principal factor in the development of insulin resistance in the elderly, the response to the inactivity imposed by bedrest represents an acceleration of the normal development of insulin resistance in elderly individuals. Therefore, the results of this study will also be pertinent to the understanding of the mechanisms responsible for the natural development of insulin resistance in free-living elderly.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Nuclear receptors in health and disease: signaling pathways, biological functions and pharmaceutical interventions.
    Jin P, Duan X, Huang Z, Dong Y, et al · · 2025 · cited 21× · PMID 40717128 · DOI 10.1038/s41392-025-02270-3

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