Low blood Sugar's hidden impact on blood vessels revealed
NCT ID NCT02445781
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how different levels of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) affect blood vessels in healthy adults. Researchers want to understand if low blood sugar causes inflammation or blood clotting changes. The study involves 32 healthy volunteers and uses a controlled procedure to safely lower blood sugar levels.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Early phase 1
The earliest testing in people: a first look at safety, in a very small group.
- Participants
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About 32 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Start date
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Jul 2015
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 55 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: • Body mass index \>21kg · m-2 Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women * Subjects unwilling or unable to comply with approved contraception measures * Subjects unable to give voluntary informed consent * Subjects on anticoagulant drugs, anemic or with known bleeding diatheses * Subjects with a history of severe, uncontrolled hypertension, heart disease, cerebrovascular incidents * Current tobacco use * Subjects with any known allergies to any of the study medications being used Physical Exam Exclusion Criteria * Uncontrolled severe hypertension (i.e., blood pressure greater than 160/100) * Clinically significant cardiac abnormalities (e.g. heart failure, arrhythmia) * Pneumonia treatment or hospitalization within 2 weeks prior to enrollment (study visit) * Hepatic failure / jaundice * Renal failure * Cerebrovascular accident occurrence or hospitalization within 4 weeks prior to enrollment * Fever greater than 38.0 degrees C Screening Laboratory Tests Exclusion Criteria * Hematocrit lower than 32 % * White blood cell (WBC) count lower than 3 thou/ul or greater than 14 thou/ul * Liver function tests: serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) greater than twice upper limit of normal range * Alkaline phosphatase greater than 150U/L * Total bilirubin (TBil) greater than 2 mg/dl * Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 * Positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C * Any abnormal cardiac response during multi-stage exercise test (if over 40 years of age)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Maryland, Baltimore
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States
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University of Maryland, Baltimore
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States
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