Diabetes is a complicated disease involving several underlying causes. In addition, long term complications are due to inadequate control of blood sugars leading to multiple problems. At Chase Medical Research, we are engaged in a number of trials that address new therapies to control Diabetes as well as it’s complications.

The Diabetes Clinical Trials conducted here at Chase Medical Research encompass the following:

• Type I Diabetes
  An autoimmune disease that occurs when T cells attack and decimate the beta cells in the pancreas that are needed to produce insulin, so that the pancreas makes too little insulin (or no insulin). Without the capacity to make adequate amounts of insulin, the body is not able to metabolize blood glucose (sugar), to use it efficiently for energy, and toxic acids (called ketoacids) build up in the body. There is a genetic predisposition to type 1 diabetes.
• Type II Diabetes
  One of the two major types of diabetes, the type in which the beta cells of the pancreas produce insulin but the body is unable to use it effectively because the cells of the body are resistant to the action of insulin. Although this type of diabetes may not carry the same risk of death from ketoacidosis, it otherwise involves many of the same risks of complications as does type 1 diabetes (in which there is a lack of insulin).
• Diabetic Neuropathy (pain associated with Diabetes)
  A family of nerve disorders caused by diabetes. Diabetic neuropathies cause numbness and sometimes pain and weakness in the hands, arms, feet, and legs. Neurologic problems in diabetes may occur in every organ system, including the digestive tract, heart, and genitalia. People with diabetes can develop nerve problems at any time, but the longer a person has diabetes, the greater is the risk.
• Diabetic Nephropathy (kidney problems related to Diabetes)
  The kidney disease associated with long-standing diabetes. Diabetic nephropathy is also called Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease (or Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome) or intercapillary glomerulonephritis.
• Diabetes in conjunction with Obesity
  Many studies have proven a strong link between obesity and diabetes. Diabetes is a disorder in which the body’s cells fail to take up glucose from the blood. Tissues waste away as glucose-starved cells are forced to consume their own proteins. Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, blindness, and amputation in adults.

To learn more about the clinical trails we are presently conducting or are about to begin, please contact Chase Medical Research at 203-419-4420

*some content referenced from MedTerms.com