Fitness Training in Children

NCT ID: NCT00205296

Last Updated: 2015-10-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 300 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2002-03-31
• Study Completion Date: 2012-12-31

Brief Summary

We hypothesize that improvement in cardiovascular fitness is associated with a greater improvement in insulin sensitivity than improvement in body composition (loss of body fat) is associated with insulin sensitivity. Towards that we are randomizing children who are overweight, or children with low fitness levels to exercise intervention 2 or three times per week.

Conditions

Obesity; Low Fitness

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Interventions

exercise

this will test the effect of exercise on insulin sensitivity, fitness and body composition

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• obesity
• low fitness

Exclusion Criteria

• diagnosis of diabetes
• inability to exercise

• Minimum Eligible Age: 7 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 16 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Wisconsin, Madison

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Aaron Carrel, MD, MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Locations

University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

2002-090

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id