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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Diab Rep. 2017 Jul;17(7):50. doi: 10.1007/s11892-017-0878-z

Table 1.

Active Type 1 Diabetes Immunotherapy Clinical Trials

Single Immunotherapies
Title Intervention Primary Outcome(s) Secondary
Outcome(s)
Registry Link
Oral Insulin for Prevention of Diabetes in Relatives at Risk for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Oral Insulin Glycemic control
Autoantibody status
Metabolic status https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00419562
Fr1da Insulin Intervention Oral Insulin Activation of Immune Response
Efficacy of Immune Response
FOXP3/IFNG gene expression
IgG-binding to Insulin
Circulating Insulin-tetramer positive T cells
Progression to Diabetes
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02620072
Trial of Intranasal Insulin in Children and Young Adults at Risk of Type 1 Diabetes (INITII) Intranasal Insulin Proportion of subjects diagnosed with type 1 diabetes B cell function
Insulin Action
Circulating autoantibodies GAD-65 and IA2
T cell response
https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00336674
Teplizumab for Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes In Relatives “At-Risk” Teplizumab Proportion of subjects diagnosed with type 1 diabetes Adverse effects of teplizumab https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01030861
CTLA4-Ig (Abatacept)for Prevention of Abnormal Glucose Tolerance and Diabetes in Relatives At -Risk for Type 1 CTLA4-Ig (abatacept) Change from normal glucose tolerance to abnormal glucose tolerance Change in C-peptide to oral glucose tolerance test https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01773707
Imatinib Treatment in Recent Onset Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Imatinib Mesylate Change in baseline to 12 month 2 hour area under the curve in residual β cell function (C-peptide) HbA1c levels
C-peptide response
Exogenous insulin use
Number of severe hypoglycemic events
Adverse effects
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01781975
Tauroursodeoxycholic Acid (TUDCA) in New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes Tauroursodeoxycholic Acid (TUDCA) Change in baseline to 6, 12, & 18 month 2 hour area under the curve in residual β cell function (C-peptide) Endoplasmic reticulum stress
Liver function
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02218619
Repeat BCG Vaccinations for the Treatment of Established Type 1 Diabetes Bacillus Calmett-Guérin (BCG) Improvement in HbA1c levels Change in immune response
C-peptide levels
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02081326
Combination Immunotherapies
Title Intervention Primary Outcome Secondary Outcome(s) Registry Link
T1DM Immunotherapy Using Polyclonal Tregs + IL-2 (TILT) Tregs + IL-2 Adverse effects
Survival of Tregs
C-peptide response
Exogenous insulin use
HbA1c levels
Number of severe hypoglycemic events
IL-2 effect on Treg kinetics
β-cell death
Circulating autoantibodies GAD-65, IA2, and ICA
Circulating Insulin-tetramer positive T cells
General immune response
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02772679
ATG-GCSF in New Onset Type 1 Diabetes (ATG-GCSF) Anti-tymocyte globulin (ATG)
Granulocyte colony stimulating factor (GCSF)
Change in baseline to 12 month 2 hour area under the curve in residual β cell function (C-peptide) Effect of treatment on surrogate markers for immunologic and metabolic outcomes https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02215200
DIABGAD - Trial to Preserve Insulin Secretion in Type 1 Diabetes Using GAD-Alum (Diamyd) in Combination With Vitamin D and Ibuprofen Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase in alum formulation (GAD-alum)
Vitamin D
Ibuprofen
Change in baseline to 6, 15, and 30 month 2 hour area under the curve and 90 minute value in residual β cell function (C-peptide) Maximum C-peptide level
HbA1c
Exogenous insulin dose
Th-2 cell-mediated immune response
Circulating inflammatory markers
Fasting C-peptide
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01785108
The Use of Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase (GAD) and Gamma-Amino Butyric Acid (GABA) in the Treatment of Type I Diabetes (GABA) Maltodextrin
Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase in alum formulation (GAD-alum)
Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA)
Change in baseline to 12 month total daily insulin dose requirement
Change in baseline to 12 month 2 hour area under the curve residual β cell function (C-peptide)
Circulating autoantibodies GAD-65, IA2, and ICA https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02002130
EDCR Study - Etanercept Diamyd Combination Regimen -Open Trial to Evaluate Safety in Children With Type 1 Diabetes Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase in alum formulation (GAD-alum)
Vitamin D
Etanercept
Tolerability of combination therapy (injection site, incidence of infection, number of adverse effects, number of serious adverse effects, neurological assessments)
Serum calcium and vitamin D
Circulating autoantibody (GAD-65)
Change in immune system markers from baseline to 6 months (inflammatory markers, Th2 cell-mediated immune response, Tregs
Change in baseline to 6, 9, 15, 30 month 2 hour area under the curve residual β cell function (C-peptide)
Maximum C-peptide
Exogenous insulin dose
Fasting C-peptide
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02464033
Prevention Trial: Immune-tolerance With Alum-GAD (Diamyd) and Vitamin D3 to Children With Multiple Islet Autoantibodies (DiAPREV-IT2) Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase in alum formulation (GAD-alum)
Vitamin D3
Proportion of subjects diagnosed with type 1 diabetes Change from baseline to 5 years in glucose metabolism
Occurrence of adverse effects
https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02387164