Clinical Trials

Inclusion Criteria - Obese Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes:

• Age ≥ 25 or ≤ 65 years.
• HbA1c ≤ 8.5% (type 2 diabetic subjects).
• HbA1c ≤ 6.5% (obese and lean subjects).
• BMI ≥ 28 Kg/M^2 (Obese subjects with and without type 2 diabetes).
• BMI ≤ 25 Kg/M^2 (Lean subjects without type 2 diabetes).
• Use of sulfonylureas or metformin only (type 2 diabetec subjects).
• For female subjects: negative pregnancy test at the time of enrollment or study.
• No history of prior upper abdominal surgery such as adjustable gastric banding, pyloroplasty and vagotomy.
• No active systemic illness or malignancy.
• No symptomatic macrovascular or microvascular disease.
• No contraindications to MRI (e.g., metal implants, claustrophobia).
• Hematocrit > 35%.
• TSH > 0.4 or < 5.5.
• Consumption of < 2 alcohol drinks per day or < 14 per week or a negative AUDIT questionnaire.

Exclusion Criteria - Obese Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes:

• Age ≤ 25 or ≥ 65 years (to avoid studying subjects who could have latent type 1 diabetes, or the effects of age extremes in subjects with normal or impaired fasting glucose).
• HbA1c ≥ 8.5%.
• BMI ≤ 28 Kg/M^2.
• Use of insulin or agents other than sulfonylureas or metformin.
• For female subjects: positive pregnancy test at the time of enrollment or study.
• History of prior upper abdominal surgery such as adjustable gastric banding, pyloroplasty and vagotomy.
• Active systemic illness or malignancy.
• Symptomatic macrovascular or microvascular disease.
• Contraindications to MRI (e.g., metal implants, claustrophobia).
• Hematocrit < 35%.
• TSH < 0.4 or > 5.5.
• Consumption of > 2 alcohol drinks per day or > 14 per week or a positive AUDIT questionnaire.

Inclusion Criteria - Obese Subjects without Type 2 Diabetes:

• BMI ≥ 28 Kg/M^2.
• > 5% liver fat content, as determined by MRI using the proton density fat fraction (PDFF) technique.

Exclusion Criteria - Obese Subjects without Type 2 Diabetes:

• Age ≤ 25 or ≥ 65 years (match subjects with T2DM).
• HbA1c ≥ 6.5%.
• BMI ≤ 28 Kg/M^2.
• Use of any glucose-lowering agents including metformin or sulfonylureas.
• For female subjects: positive pregnancy test at the time of enrollment or study.
• History of prior upper abdominal surgery such as adjustable gastric banding, pyloroplasty and vagotomy.
• Active systemic illness or malignancy.
• Symptomatic macrovascular or microvascular disease.
• Contraindications to MRI (e.g., metal implants, claustrophobia).
• Hematocrit < 35%.
• TSH < 0.4 or > 5.5.
• Consumption of > 2 alcohol drinks per day or > 14 per week or a positive AUDIT questionnaire.

Inclusion Criteria - Lean Subjects without Diabetes:

• Age ≥ 25 or ≤ 65 years (match subjects with T2DM).
• BMI ≤ 25 Kg/M^2). 

Exclusion Criteria - Lean Subjects without Diabetes:

• Age ≤ 25 or ≥ 65 years (match subjects with T2DM).
• HbA1c ≥ 6.5%.
• BMI ≥ 25 Kg/M^2.
• Use of any glucose-lowering agents including metformin or sulfonylureas.
• For female subjects: positive pregnancy test at the time of enrollment or study.
• History of prior upper abdominal surgery such as adjustable gastric banding, pyloroplasty and vagotomy.
• Active systemic illness or malignancy.
• Symptomatic macrovascular or microvascular disease.
• Contraindications to MRI (e.g., metal implants, claustrophobia).
• Hematocrit < 35%.
• TSH < 0.4 or > 5.5.
• Consumption of > 2 alcohol drinks per day or > 14 per week or a positive AUDIT questionnaire.
• Liver fat content ≥ 5% as determined by MRI using the proton density fat fraction (PDFF) technique.

Eligibility last updated 1/12/22. Questions regarding updates should be directed to the study team contact.