Fatty taste test reveals gut hormone secrets in diabetes and obesity
NCT ID NCT02028975
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at how tasting fatty acids (like linoleic acid) changes levels of gut hormones in healthy people, those with type 2 diabetes, and obese individuals without diabetes. Researchers measured hormone levels in blood after oral stimulation and compared taste sensitivity between groups. The goal was to find biological markers linked to fat taste perception.
What this could mean
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- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help explain why some people crave fatty foods and how taste perception changes in obesity and diabetes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early observational study, not a treatment trial. Results may not lead to any direct medical application.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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81 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2010
- Finished
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Mar 2012
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * persons who have provided written consent * Healthy volunteers: * Men \> 18 years * 19 \<BMI \< 25 kg.m-2 * Fasting triglyceridemia \< 1.50 g/l * Fasting glycemia \< 1.10 g/l * Without regular medical treatment * Patients with type-2 diabetes: * Men \>18 years * type 2 diabetes (fasting glycemia \> 7 mmol/l at the diagnosis) treated with diet or diet + oral antidiabetics (metformin, and/or insulinsecretion agents \[hypoglycemic sulphonamides, or glinides\] and/or glitazones and/or acarbose) * Stable oral antidiabetic treatment for 3 months * Obese non-diabetic patients: * Men \> 18 years * BMI 30 kg.m-2 * Fasting glycemia \< 1.10 g/l * HbA1c \< 6.0% * Absence of treatment with hypoglycemic agents (including benfluorex) * Absence of medical treatment for obesity * Absence of a history of surgery for obesity (band, by-pass) or gastric stimulator (type Tantalus) Exclusion Criteria: * Persons not covered by the national health insurance * Smokers, or smoking cessation within the 3 months preceding inclusion * Persons with eating disorders: * Severe digestive disease (enteropathy with absorption disorders, inflammatory digestive disease) * Pancreatic insufficiency * History of pancreas surgery * Type 1 diabetes * Renal insufficiency * Hepatic insufficiency * Treatment with proton pump inhibitors, insulin, GLP-1 analogues, DPP-4 inhibitors
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Dijon
Dijon, 21079, France
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