CompletedNot Applicable

Lifestyle Therapy for Youth With Type 2 Diabetes

Canada15 participantsStarted 2012-09

Plain-language summary

Background: Little is known about the efficacy of intensive lifestyle therapy (i.e. increased physical activity and dietary changes) for the management of glycemia and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Our hypothesis is that education regarding healthy lifestyle changes will significantly reduce blood sugars in youth with T2DM that do not require insulin therapy. Our secondary hypothesis is that the intensive lifestyle therapy will cause quick and sustained reductions in health risk measured by body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, waist circumference, LDL cholesterol, serum triglycerides and apolipoprotein B.

Who can participate

Age range10 Years – 20 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * youth with a BMI considered overweight according to the International Obesity Task Force * diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, confirmed with a 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test within two years of enrollment Exclusion Criteria: * youth with type 1 diabetes * use of insulin or other anti-diabetic drugs * youth with medication-induced diabetes * youth who have recently been admitted to hospital with ketoacidosis * youth have experienced weight loss or enrolled in a weightloss program in the last 6 months * youth with an orthapaedic injury preventing them from exercising * youth who have a history of alcohol or drug abuse

What they're measuring

Glycemic control determined by a standard fasting measure of glycosylated hemoglobin using internationally recognized DCCT assay

Timeframe: 16 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01597154

SponsorUniversity of Manitoba

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2014-05