Has your cat recently been diagnosed with diabetes and not yet started treatment?

Blood sampling for a clinical study on feline diabetes

There is now an opportunity to participate in a research study on feline diabetes mellitus! The aim of the study is to improve the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, and we are looking for cats that have been diagnosed with diabetes but have not yet started treatment.

We would like to collect blood samples before treatment is initiated, after 3–5 weeks, and after 8–12 weeks. If your cat goes into remission, we would also like to collect a blood sample approximately 4 weeks after treatment has been discontinued. Whenever possible, samples will be collected during your cat’s regular veterinary appointments; otherwise, an additional appointment for blood sampling will be arranged.

There are no costs associated with participating in the project. At each sampling occasion, a fructosamine analysis is included free of charge. Fructosamine is a long-term blood glucose marker that reflects blood glucose levels over the preceding 2–3 weeks. After all sampling occasions have been completed, we will analyse your cat’s endogenous insulin from the three sampling occasions free of charge, and the results will be reported to your treating veterinarian.

We ask that your cat is fasted for 8 hours before the appointment. You can either feed your cat late in the evening and attend a veterinary appointment the following morning before breakfast and administration of any medication or feed your cat at lunchtime and attend an appointment in the afternoon/evening before the next meal and administration of any medication. 

Participation in the study is voluntary, and you have the right to withdraw your cat from the study at any time.

For further information or to participate in the study, please contact Luka Ecimovic in the first instance, or Emma Strage.