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NCT03999853

Butyrate Adjuvant Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes

Completed Phase 1, PHASE2 Results posted Last updated 31 March 2026
What this trial tests

Phase 1, PHASE2 trial testing BKR-017 in Type1diabetes in 6 participants. Completed in 1 December 2025.

Timeline
28 July 2022
Primary endpoint
1 April 2025
1 December 2025

Quick facts

Lead sponsorMayo Clinic
PhasePhase 1, PHASE2
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationna
Designsingle group
Maskingnone
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment6
Start date28 July 2022
Primary completion1 April 2025
Estimated completion1 December 2025
Sites1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Who can join

Adults 20 to 80, any sex, with Type1diabetes. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Insulin Sensitivity Primary · Day 0 to Day 48

Change in Insulin sensitivity as measured by estimated glucose disposal rate (eGDR), a validated clinical tool for estimating insulin sensitivity in Type 1 Diabetes.

Day 0
GroupValue95% CI
Conventional Therapy / Butyrate5.71± 2.05
Day 48
GroupValue95% CI
Conventional Therapy / Butyrate6.02± 1.92
Glucose Variability Secondary · Day 0 to Day 48

Change in glucose measured by Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) which is a blood test that measures blood glucose levels.

Day 0
GroupValue95% CI
Conventional Therapy / Butyrate7.1± 0.2
Day 48
GroupValue95% CI
Conventional Therapy / Butyrate6.8± 0.2
Change in Triglycerides Secondary · Day 0 to Day 28

The change in triglycerides levels was measured through blood samples taken at Day 0 and Day 28.

Day 0
GroupValue95% CI
Conventional Therapy / Butyrate83.5± 9.0
Day 28
GroupValue95% CI
Conventional Therapy / Butyrate85.2± 17.6

Adverse events — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Time frame: Adverse events were collected from the time of administration of a subject's first dose of test product until study completion, approximately 48 days.. Reporting threshold: 0%. Adverse-event reports describe events observed during the trial — not all are caused by the drug.

Conventional Therapy / Butyrate
Serious: 0/6 (0%)
Deaths: 0/6
Other adverse events (2 terms — click to expand)

ReactionSystemConventional Therapy / But…
NauseaGastrointestinal disorders
DiarrheaGastrointestinal disorders

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03999853 adverse events section.

Sponsor's own description

The investigators are interested to evaluate the effect of BKR-017 (colon-targeted 500 mg butyrate tablets) as adjuvant therapy on metabolic control in type 1 diabetes (TID) subjects.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Drugging the efferocytosis process: concepts and opportunities.
    Mehrotra P, Ravichandran KS. · · 2022 · cited 319× · PMID 35650427 · DOI 10.1038/s41573-022-00470-y
  2. S100A9 exerts insulin-independent antidiabetic and anti-inflammatory effects.
    Ursino G, Lucibello G, Teixeira PDS, Höfler A, et al · · 2024 · cited 12× · PMID 38170783 · DOI 10.1126/sciadv.adj4686

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