Study of Duodenal-Jejunal Bypass(DJB) as a Potential Cure for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Hypothesis: The duodenum plays a major role in glucose homeostasis through mechanisms largely unknown at this time. Evidence of this hypothesis comes from accumulated data in bariatric surgery patients who underwent Roux-en-y Gastric Bypass or Biliopancreatic Diversion (BPD) with or without a Duodenal Switch. Current evidence strongly supports this hypothesis with a long term (over 10 years) Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus(T2DM) resolution rate of 84-86% following the gastric bypass and over 95% for the duodenal switch.

The clinical resolution of T2DM is defined as independence of all anti-diabetic medications and maintaining a HbA1c less than 6.0. Recent rodent experiments by Francesco Rubino and subsequent human case reports by Cohen et al. supports the validity of this hypothesis. The modified procedure involved a roux-en-y bypass of the duodenum and 30-50cm of proximal jejunum, unaltering the stomach and pylorus resulted in resolution of T2DM with no weight loss in all subjects.

Inclusion criteria

• Established diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes mellitus
• Body Mass Index(BMI) less than 35
• Insulin usage duration less than 10 years
• Negative anti-GAD
• Fasting C-peptide level over 1.0 mcg/ml
• Ability and willingness to follow up for a period of 1 year
• Willingness to consent for utilizing personal results without individual identifier information to be published in medical studies and other media as determined by the study investigators
• Ability to understand and describe the risks, benefits and mechanism of action of the procedure

Exclusion criteria

• Current pregnancy or positive pregnancy test
• Liver Cirrhosis
• Coagulopathy
• Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
• HIV
• Previous abdominal surgery preventing laparoscopy
• Previous vagotomy
• Previous gastric or small intestine surgery
• Inability to comply with study requirements
• Currently active medical malpractice lawsuit/s
• Diseases of the exocrine pancreas: pancreatitis trauma, pancreatectomy, neoplasia, cystic fibrosis, hemochromatosis
• Endocrinopathies: acromegaly, glucagonoma, Cushing's Syndrome, pheochromocytoma, hyperthyroidism, somatostatinoma, aldorestanoma
• Chemical Induced Diabetes: vacor, pentamidine, nicotinic acid, glucocorticoids, thyroid hormones, diazoxide, beta-adrenergic agonists, thiazides, phenytoin, alfa-interferon
• Genetic Syndromes with Diabetes: Down's, Klinefelter's, Turner's, Wolfram, Lawrence-Moon- Beidel, Prader-Willi, Friederich's ataxia, Huntington's Chorea, Myotonic Dystrophy, Porphyria,
• If a candidate is deemed to be not an appropriate candidate based on investigators recommendation.