{"id":33970,"date":"2013-09-09T02:37:22","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T06:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?post_type=tips&#038;p=33970"},"modified":"2015-12-29T09:01:18","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T14:01:18","slug":"volunteers-needed-for-nih-diabetes-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=33970","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers Needed for NIH Diabetes Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/NIH-Logo.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-33971 lazyload\" title=\"NIH Logo\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/NIH-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;ve been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the last 5 years, you may be eligible to help scientists test treatments by participating in an NIH study.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">NIH has launched a long-term clinical trial called the GRADE study. Researchers will examine the benefits and risks of common diabetes drugs used with metformin. \u00a0Metformin\u00a0is often the first line of treatment in type 2 diabetes. \u00a0If metformin isn\u2019t enough to keep blood glucose in check, doctors sometimes add another drug. But no long-term studies have looked at which drug combination works best and has fewer side effects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To address this issue,\u00a0Scientists hope to enroll about 5,000 participants at 37 locations across the country. All volunteers will take metformin, along with a second medication randomly assigned from among 4 classes of drugs approved for use with metformin by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Participants will have their diabetes medications managed free of charge during the study. Other health care must come from participants\u2019 own providers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Learn more about the GRADE study at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/grade.bsc.gwu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/grade.bsc.gwu.edu<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the last 5 years, you may be eligible to help scientists test treatments by participating in an NIH study.<br \/>\nNIH has launched a long-term clinical trial called the GRADE study. 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