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Study NCT ID: NCT00279318
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2025-09-22
First Post: 2006-01-17
Is NOT Gene Therapy: False
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: TEDDY - The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young
Sponsor: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Organization:

Study Overview

Official Title: Consortium for Identification of Environmental Triggers of Type 1 Diabetes
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2025-08
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: The long-term goal of the TEDDY study is the identification of infectious agents, dietary factors, or other environmental agents, including psychosocial factors which trigger T1DM in genetically susceptible individuals or which protect against the disease. Identification of such factors will lead to a better understanding of disease pathogenesis and result in new strategies to prevent, delay or reverse T1DM.
Detailed Description: Epidemiologic patterns suggest that viruses, nutrition, toxic agents or socioeconomic psychosocial factors may contribute to the etiology alone or in combination. Elucidation is confounded by the long interval between exposure and onset of clinical disease, as well as the interaction of multiple genes and/or insults, which appear to interact in a complex manner. Numerous studies have investigated environmental influences but have yielded conflicting results. This may be in part due to the failure to account for genetic susceptibility, begin observation at early ages or in utero, and/or monitor subjects long term and frequently.

Hypotheses:

1. Initiation of persistent beta-cell autoimmunity and progression from beta-cell autoimmunity to diabetes is increased with:

1. Exposure to a trigger factor during pregnancy, such as infections, preeclampsia, blood incompatibility, or birth weight.
2. Differences in the timing of the introduction and/or the type of dietary constituents that include exposure to cereals or gluten, exposure to cow's milk during infancy and/or childhood, and short duration of breast- feeding;
3. Lower intake of serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D in early infancy, vitamin E, anti-oxidants (e.g., carotenoids, ascorbic acid, selenium, or omega-3 fatty acids);
4. Higher frequency of specific (e.g., enterovirus, rotavirus, or bacterial) infections, or non-specific childhood infections including those that exhibit molecular mimicry;
5. Increased exposure to routine childhood immunizations and their timing;
6. Environmental factors that may be contained in drinking water (e.g., low concentrations of zinc or high concentrations of nitrates, or lower pH levels);
7. Exposure to household pets, and various allergies;
8. Excessive weight gain;
9. Increased psychological stress.
2. The risk of persistent beta-cell autoimmunity is lower in children from the general population than in offspring or siblings of T1DM patients when stratifying for the HLA DR-DQ genotype and exposure to environmental triggers.
3. The interaction of HLA DR-DQ genotype with exposure to dietary or infectious factors leads to increased incidence of beta-cell autoimmunity and T1DM.
4. We expect that in some families study participation will be associated with affective (anxiety, depression) and behavioral responses (e.g. actions to prevent possible T1DM).

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: True
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: False
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:

Secondary ID Infos

Secondary ID Type Domain Link View
1UC4DK095300-01 NIH None https://reporter.nih.gov/quic… View
1UC4DK100238-01 NIH None https://reporter.nih.gov/quic… View
1UC4DK106955-01 NIH None https://reporter.nih.gov/quic… View
1UC4DK112243-01 NIH None https://reporter.nih.gov/quic… View
1UC4DK117483-01 NIH None https://reporter.nih.gov/quic… View
1U01DK124166-01 NIH None https://reporter.nih.gov/quic… View
1U01DK128847-01 NIH None https://reporter.nih.gov/quic… View