PMID- 30023442 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220318 IS - 2451-8654 (Electronic) IS - 2451-8654 (Linking) VI - 10 DP - 2018 Jun TI - Outpatient versus inpatient mixed meal tolerance and arginine stimulation testing yields comparable measures of variability for assessment of beta cell function. PG - 94-99 LID - 10.1016/j.conctc.2018.03.009 [doi] AB - Standard practice to minimize variability in beta cell function (BCF) measurement is to test in inpatient (IP) settings. IP testing strains trial subjects, investigators, and budgets. Outpatient (OP) testing may be a solution although there are few reports on OP BCF testing variability. We compared variability metrics between OP and IP from a standardized mixed meal tolerance test (MMTT) and arginine stimulation test (AST) in two separate type 2 diabetes (T2DM) cohorts (OP, n = 20; IP n = 22) in test-retest design. MMTT variables included: insulin sensitivity (Si); beta cell responsivity (Phitot); and disposition index (DItot = Si* Phitot) following 470 kCal meal. AST variables included: acute insulin response to arginine (AIRarg) and during hyperglycemia (AIRargMAX). RESULTS: Baseline characteristics were well-matched. Between and within subject variance for each parameter across cohorts, and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC-a measure of reproducibility) across parameters were generally comparable for OP to IP. Table summarizes the ICC results for each key parameter and cohort. [Table: see text] In conclusion, the variability (reproducibility) of BCF measures from standardized MMTT and AST is comparable between OP and IP settings. These observations have significant implications for complexity and cost of metabolic studies. FAU - Shankar, Sudha S AU - Shankar SS AD - Eli Lilly and Company, United States. FAU - Lee, Douglas S AU - Lee DS AD - Pfizer, United States. FAU - Raymond, Ralph H AU - Raymond RH AD - R-Squared Solutions, United States. FAU - Calle, Roberto A AU - Calle RA AD - Pfizer, United States. FAU - Cobelli, Claudio AU - Cobelli C AD - University of Padova, Italy. FAU - Ghosh, Atalanta AU - Ghosh A AD - Janssen, Belgium. FAU - Robertson, R Paul AU - Robertson RP AD - PNRI, Univ. Washington, United States. FAU - Ruetten, Hartmut AU - Ruetten H AD - Sanofi, France. FAU - Staten, Myrlene A AU - Staten MA AD - (c) Kelly Government Solutions for NIDDK, United States. FAU - Stefanovski, Darko AU - Stefanovski D AD - University of Pennsylvania, United States. FAU - Vella, Adrian AU - Vella A AD - Mayo Clinic, United States. FAU - Whitaker, Sanya AU - Whitaker S AD - Foundation for the NIH, United States. FAU - Fryburg, David A AU - Fryburg DA AD - ROI BioPharma Consulting, United States. CN - Foundation for the NIH Biomarkers Consortium Beta Cell Project Team LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180329 PL - Netherlands TA - Contemp Clin Trials Commun JT - Contemporary clinical trials communications JID - 101671157 PMC - PMC6047312 EDAT- 2018/07/20 06:00 MHDA- 2018/07/20 06:01 PMCR- 2018/03/29 CRDT- 2018/07/20 06:00 PHST- 2017/12/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/03/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/03/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/07/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/07/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/07/20 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/03/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2451-8654(17)30196-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.conctc.2018.03.009 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2018 Mar 29;10:94-99. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2018.03.009. eCollection 2018 Jun.