The goal of this study is to test a potentially easier method for measuring how much insulin a person is capable of producing than the current gold-standard method, the "hyperglycemic clamp." Participants will come in for a two-day (overnight) visit in which they will first undergo a "hyperglycemic clamp," in which they receive an intravenous (into the vein) infusion of glucose (sugar) in order to measure the maximum amount of insulin their body produces in response. They will then consume a series of three standardized meals throughout the rest of the day. At 23:00, they will take a single dose of alpelisib, a drug that interferes within insulin's actions in the body. Then, the following morning, they will undergo a "Mixed Meal Tolerance Test" in which they consume a standardized liquid nutritional beverage and have blood drawn periodically before and during the test.
Type 2 diabetes results from a combination of insulin resistance and failure of pancreatic beta cells to produce sufficient insulin to compensate for it. Beta cell failure is therefore central to type 2 diabetes pathophysiology, and assessment of beta-cell reserve carries prognostic significance for likelihood of progression to type 2 diabetes. Beta-cell reserve may also serve as a useful clinical endpoint for the prevention or treatment of type 2 diabetes. The gold standard for measuring beta-cell reserve is the hyperglycemic clamp technique, which quantifies insulin secretion in response to hyperglycemia induced by exogenous glucose infusion. The hyperglycemic clamp, however, is technically challenging and not suitable for large-scale use, including in many research settings. As such, oral-based methods such as the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and mixed-meal tolerance test (MMTT) have been developed to assess beta-cell reserve. Although these measures are useful, they come with important limitations. The investigators therefore wish to improve upon these oral methods by imposing a near-maximal beta-cell challenge during MMTT. The investigators have designed the Alpelisib Challenge Test (ACT) for this purpose, as alpelisib induces temporary, high-grade insulin resistance that will then allow a more accurate assessment of insulin-secretory capacity during MMTT. Study volunteers will be admitted to the inpatient clinical research unit for one overnight, 30-hour stay. On the morning of Study Day 1, they will undergo the gold-standard hyperglycemic clamp technique to assess beta-cell reserve. Then, at bedtime, they will take a single dose of alpelisib 300 mg followed by measurement of insulin secretion during MMTT on the morning of Study Day 2. This study can therefore determine the potential validity of the ACT by determining correlation coefficients with beta-cell reserve as measured during the hyperglycemic clamp.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
15
All participants will ingest one dose of alpelisib 300 mg (2 x 150-mg tablets) at 23:00 on Study Day 1
All participants will ingest standardized mixed meals of Nestlé BOOST Plus on the morning of Study Day 2 after taking alpelisib the previous evening
All participants will undergo a two-hour hyperglycemic clamp procedure to measure pancreatic insulin reserve on the morning of Study Day 1, prior to taking alpelisib. This procedure involves an infusion of dextrose 20% solution.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York, United States
RECRUITINGCorrelation coefficient between clamp and ACT/MMTT
Determination of utility of Alpelisib Challenge Test as measure of pancreatic beta-cell reserve based on correlation of insulin/C-peptide levels and/or insulin secretion rates during MMTT portion of ACT versus gold-standard hyperglycemic clamp
Time frame: Up to 17 hours after dosing alpelisib
Serum insulin level
Serum insulin levels during steady-state period of hyperglycemic clamp and in response to alpelisib following an overnight fast and MMTT
Time frame: After 2-3 hours of hyperglycemic clamp and up to 17 hours after alpelisib dose
Serum C-peptide level
Serum C-peptide levels during steady-state period of hyperglycemic clamp and in response to alpelisib following an overnight fast and MMTT
Time frame: After 2-3 hours of hyperglycemic clamp and up to 17 hours after alpelisib dose
Insulin secretion rate (ISR)
Calculated from individual insulin levels using C-peptide deconvolution during hyperglycemic clamp steady state and MMTT
Time frame: After 2-3 hours of hyperglycemic clamp and up to 17 hours after alpelisib dose
Insulin clearance rate (ICR)
Calculated from individual insulin levels using C-peptide deconvolution during hyperglycemic clamp steady state and MMTT
Time frame: After 2-3 hours of hyperglycemic clamp and up to 17 hours after alpelisib dose
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