The HOME Trial: Hyperinsulinaemia: the Outcome of Its Metabolic Effects, a Randomized Controlled Trial

Overview

The HOME-trial is a prospective, randomized controlled trial. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of metformin HCL in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus intensively treated with insulin on the quality of the metabolic control of diabetes, the daily dose of insulin, the lipid profile, the blood pressure, the incidence / progression of microvascular and macrovascular complications, and on the qualify of life (Diabetes Health Profile). Early results had been published in Diabetes Care, December 2002, pages 2133-2140.

The HOME-trial is a prospective, randomized controlled trial. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of metformin HCL in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus intensively treated with insulin on the quality of the metabolic control of diabetes, the daily dose of insulin, the lipid profile, the blood pressure, the incidence / progression of microvascular and macrovascular complications, and on the qualify of life (Diabetes Health Profile). Early results had been published in Diabetes Care, December 2002, pages 2133-2140. Phase: Phase III Study Type: Interventional Overall Status: No longer recruiting (all patients have finished the study) Study Start Date 02 January 1998 Study Completion Date October 2002 Study Design: Study Purpose: Treatment Allocation: 1 randomized 0 non randomized Masking: Double blind Control: Placebo Assignment: Parallel Endpoints: Safety / Efficacy Primary Outcome: • To investigate the quality of the metabolic control of diabetes and related variables (daily dose of insulin, body weight). Secondary Outcome: * To investigate the occurrence of macro- and microvascular complications. * To investigate the quality of life and to perform a socio-economic evaluation. Conditions: Type 2 diabetes mellitus requiring insulin therapy. Keywords: Type 2 diabetes mellitus; metformin; randomized; double-blind; placebo-controlled; diabetes regulation Interventions: Metformin (850 mg) or placebo 1-3 times daily. Insulin: 4 times daily or 'mixtures' of 30% rapidly and 70% slowly acting insulin, 2 times daily. Eligibility Criteria (only add main ones) Inclusion Criteria: * Patients of both sexes (women after menopause, women of child-bearing age after sterilization or if practicing reliable contraception) * Type 2 DM requiring insulin therapy after failure of maximal oral antidiabetic treatment (glycosylated Hb \> 7.5%) and need for exogenous insulin. (No concomitant use of oral antidiabetic agents) * Being ambulatory * Age: 30 to 80 years * Proven absence of Islet Antibodies, if QI \< 28 kg/m2 * Insulin therapy 4 times daily (21), or insulin therapy 2 times daily using insulin 'mixtures' (rapidly and slowly acting) * Standard dietary prescription by the dietician * Absence of keto-acidosis * Informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Congestive heart failure, NYHA-classes III or IV * Cardiac failure and/or myocardial infarction in the last four months before enrolment * Other severe organic / systemic disease * Metformin-induced lactic-acidosis * Intolerance to metformin hydrochloride * Renal disease or renal dysfunction * Hypoxic states * Severe hepatic dysfunction * Excessive alcohol intake, acute or chronic * Acute or chronic metabolic acidosis Gender: Both Age: 30 - 80 years Target Number of Subjects: 400 (200 metformin, 200 placebo) Central Contact: Name: Adriaan Kooy , internist - diabetologist Degree: MD, PhD Phone: 0528-286222 Extension: 624 Mail: kooy.a@bethesda.nl Study Official/ Investigators Name: Adriaan Kooy Degree: MD, PhD Officials Role: Study Principal Investigator Organizational Affiliation: Bethesda Hospital Hoogeveen Dr. G.H. Amshoffweg 1 7909 AA Hoogeveen The Netherlands Locations: Facility: Bethesda Hospital Hoogeveen City: Hoogeveen State/Province: Drenthe Country: The Netherlands Recruitment Status: No longer recruiting (all patients finished) Facility: Diaconesses' Hospital Meppel City: Meppel State/Province: Drenthe Country: The Netherlands Recruitment Status: No longer recruiting (all patients finished) Facility: Hospital Coevorden - Hardenberg City: Coevorden State/Province: Drenthe Country: The Netherlands Recruitment Status: No longer recruiting (all patients finished)