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NCT04270097

Genetic and Epigenetic Risk of T2D in the UAE

Status unknown Last updated 17 February 2020
What this trial tests

trial in Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 in 1,000 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline
23 March 2016
Primary endpoint
1 December 2022
1 December 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsorImperial College London Diabetes Centre
StatusStatus unknown
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment1,000
Start date23 March 2016
Primary completion1 December 2022
Estimated completion1 December 2022
Sites1 location across United Arab Emirates

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Imperial College London Diabetes Centre

Who can join

Adults 18 to 70, any sex, with Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 or Obesity. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

T2D is a global public health crisis and a threat to socioeconomic development of all nations, particularly in developing countries. Countries in the Gulf region, including the UAE, have some of the highest rates of T2D worldwide. The epidemic in the region has grown in parallel with the worldwide rise in obesity, which is fuelled by rapid urbanization, nutrition transition, and increasing sedentary lifestyles. Whether these unfavourable changes in environmental risk factors can explain the increased risk of T2D in the region, or whether the populations in the Gulf region are more genetically susceptible to disease is yet to be investigated. In this study, for the first time, the contribution of environmental, genetic, and epigenetic factors towards the increased risk of T2D amongst the population of the UAE will be investigated. This will be through, firstly, identifying environmental risk factors with higher prevalence rates, and bigger effect sizes on T2D in the UAE in comparison to Europe. Secondly, identifying genetic variants known to predict T2D in Europeans/other populations, but with stronger association with T2D in Emiratis. Thirdly, identifying novel genetic variants that are perhaps rare in Europeans/other populations, but confer increased risk for T2D in the UAE. Lastly, candidate genes underlying T2D pathogenesis via epigenetic mechanisms will be identified in Emiratis and Europeans. The end result is to identify the underlying candidate markers and mechanisms involved in T2D pathogenesis, which can better explain differences in magnitude of risk across populations.

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