Middle-School Based Primary Prevention Trial of Type 2 Diabetes

NCT ID: NCT00458029

Last Updated: 2020-04-30

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

4603 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-08-31

Study Completion Date

2011-02-28

Brief Summary

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HEALTHY was a primary prevention trial conducted in 42 middle schools at 7 locations across the US to impact risk factors for type 2 diabetes in adolescents. Students were recruited at start of 6th grade (fall 2006) and followed to end of 8th grade (spring 2009). Half of the schools were randomized to receive an intervention that integrated four components: the school nutrition environment, physical education class activities, behavior change initiatives, and educational and promotional communications activities.

Detailed Description

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In response to increases in incident cases of type 2 diabetes in American children and youth, NIDDK funded a multi-site primary prevention trial designed to moderate risk for type 2 diabetes in middle school aged children. In pilot studies, it was found that an indicator of adiposity, a body mass index greater than the 85th percentile for gender and age, was the most prevalent, modifiable risk factor for diabetes in this age group. In addition, indicators of insulin resistance and dysglycemia, elevated mean fasting insulin and glucose levels, were assessed to determine if the intervention was capable of reducing these risk factors for diabetes in middle school aged children.

The trial was conducted at 7 field centers in 42 middle schools randomly assigned to intervention or control. Following student recruitment and baseline data collection in the first semester of 6th grade (2006), the intervention was implemented in the second semester of 6th grade (2007) and continued throughout 7th (school year 2007-2008) and 8th (school year 2008-2009) grades. All students were exposed to components of the intervention, which were implemented school-wide or grade-wide; however, only students who provided appropriate informed consent and assent participated in data collection and evaluation. The primary objective of the trial was to determine if, at the end of the 8th grade, the intervention significantly impacted the risk for developing type 2 diabetes compared to control.

Six pilot studies were performed to collect data to guide the development of an intervention. The prior studies focused on:

* Establishing the feasibility of recruiting students and obtaining physical and physiological measurements, including fasting and 2-hour post glucose load blood draws (early 2003).
* Evaluating a physical education (PE) class program designed to increase moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (late 2003).
* Testing the ability of a nutrition intervention to change food and beverage offerings in school food service and vending (early 2004).
* Implementing a program that integrated the PE class and food service nutrition interventions with a communications and awareness campaign (fall 2004).
* Determining the feasibility of a behavior change intervention, delivered through in-class and other school settings and family outreach, to accomplish self monitoring and goal setting (fall 2005).
* Evaluating PE class activities targeting 7th and 8th graders and a training and support program to motivate PE teacher buy-in and adherence (fall 2005).

Formative research was conducted to inform the creation of all intervention components.

Based on a comprehensive review of the literature and the pilot study results, a robust multi-component intervention was developed to impact the environment and lifestyle choices of middle school children. The intervention consisted of the following integrated components:

* changes in the nutritional quality of food and beverage offerings throughout the total school food environment, including cafeteria meals and programs, a la carte, and vending machines;
* changes in the physical education (PE) program, equipment, and teacher training to increase both participation and number of minutes spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity when implemented by PE teachers in PE class;
* brief classroom activities designed to increase knowledge, enhance decision making skills, promote peer involvement and interaction, and enhance social influence;
* individual and group behavior change initiatives aimed at promoting healthier behaviors through self monitoring, goal setting, and problem solving;
* family outreach to involve parents/guardians and family members by providing information and strategies to support youth in accomplishing behavioral goals; and
* school-wide communications to enhance and promote changes in nutrition, activity, and behavior.

In addition to the primary objective of affecting risk for T2D, major secondary objectives were to: further understand and characterize the etiology of risk of T2D in this age group; evaluate the ability of the intervention to influence lifestyle changes and choices both in and out of school; determine the cost-effectiveness of the intervention; compare academic performance, attendance, and comportment in intervention versus control schools; and describe the influence of non-study changes in the school environment that affect student nutrition and physical activity. Finally, data were collected to evaluate the degree to which the components of the intervention were delivered and administered as planned.

Conditions

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Type 2 Diabetes

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Cluster randomized trial
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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School based intervention

Integration of activities, events, and programs affecting total school food service environment, physical education class, behavior change, promotion, and communications

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

integrated program of nutrition, activity, behavior, and promotion

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

implemented across 5 half-year periods: winter/spring 2007, fall 2007, winter/spring 2007, fall 2008, winter/spring 2008

Control

Observational control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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integrated program of nutrition, activity, behavior, and promotion

implemented across 5 half-year periods: winter/spring 2007, fall 2007, winter/spring 2007, fall 2008, winter/spring 2008

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Middle school student body is at least 50% minority (defined as African American, Hispanic/Latino, and/or Native American) and/or greater than 50% eligible for free or reduced lunch.
* Middle school annual school-wide attrition from all causes is \<= 25% (estimate determined from data provided by the school).
* Middle school expected cohort size at end of study is at least 50 per school determined by applying 50% anticipated enrollment rate and annual school-wide attrition rate over 3 years.
* Student able to participate in the school's standard PE program.
* Student's parent/guardian has provided informed consent for the child to participate in data collection and evaluation procedures.
* Student has provided informed assent to participate in data collection and evaluation procedures.
Minimum Eligible Age

10 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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George Washington University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

NIH

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Gary D Foster, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Temple University

Kathryn Hirst, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

George Washington University Biostatistics Center

Locations

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University of California at Irvine

Irvine, California, United States

Site Status

George Washington University Biostatistics Center

Rockville, Maryland, United States

Site Status

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, Oregon, United States

Site Status

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status

University of Texas Health Science Center

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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HEALTHY Study Group; Hirst K, Baranowski T, DeBar L, Foster GD, Kaufman F, Kennel P, Linder B, Schneider M, Venditti EM, Yin Z. HEALTHY study rationale, design and methods: moderating risk of type 2 diabetes in multi-ethnic middle school students. Int J Obes (Lond). 2009 Aug;33 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):S4-20. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2009.112.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19623188 (View on PubMed)

Drews KL, Harrell JS, Thompson D, Mazzuto SL, Ford EG, Carter M, Ford DA, Yin Z, Jessup AN, Roullet JB; HEALTHY Study Group. Recruitment and retention strategies and methods in the HEALTHY study. Int J Obes (Lond). 2009 Aug;33 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):S21-8. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2009.113.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19623184 (View on PubMed)

Gillis B, Mobley C, Stadler DD, Hartstein J, Virus A, Volpe SL, El ghormli L, Staten MA, Bridgman J, McCormick S; HEALTHY Study Group. Rationale, design and methods of the HEALTHY study nutrition intervention component. Int J Obes (Lond). 2009 Aug;33 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):S29-36. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2009.114.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19623185 (View on PubMed)

McMurray RG, Bassin S, Jago R, Bruecker S, Moe EL, Murray T, Mazzuto SL, Volpe SL; HEALTHY Study Group. Rationale, design and methods of the HEALTHY study physical education intervention component. Int J Obes (Lond). 2009 Aug;33 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):S37-43. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2009.115.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19623187 (View on PubMed)

Venditti EM, Elliot DL, Faith MS, Firrell LS, Giles CM, Goldberg L, Marcus MD, Schneider M, Solomon S, Thompson D, Yin Z; HEALTHY Study Group. Rationale, design and methods of the HEALTHY study behavior intervention component. Int J Obes (Lond). 2009 Aug;33 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):S44-51. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2009.116.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19623189 (View on PubMed)

DeBar LL, Schneider M, Ford EG, Hernandez AE, Showell B, Drews KL, Moe EL, Gillis B, Jessup AN, Stadler DD, White M; HEALTHY Study Group. Social marketing-based communications to integrate and support the HEALTHY study intervention. Int J Obes (Lond). 2009 Aug;33 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):S52-9. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2009.117.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19623190 (View on PubMed)

Schneider M, Hall WJ, Hernandez AE, Hindes K, Montez G, Pham T, Rosen L, Sleigh A, Thompson D, Volpe SL, Zeveloff A, Steckler A; HEALTHY Study Group. Rationale, design and methods for process evaluation in the HEALTHY study. Int J Obes (Lond). 2009 Aug;33 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):S60-7. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2009.118.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19623191 (View on PubMed)

Baranowski T, Cooper DM, Harrell J, Hirst K, Kaufman FR, Goran M, Resnicow K; STOPP-T2D Prevention Study Group. Presence of diabetes risk factors in a large U.S. eighth-grade cohort. Diabetes Care. 2006 Feb;29(2):212-7. doi: 10.2337/diacare.29.02.06.dc05-1037.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 16443862 (View on PubMed)

Jago R, Harrell JS, McMurray RG, Edelstein S, El Ghormli L, Bassin S. Prevalence of abnormal lipid and blood pressure values among an ethnically diverse population of eighth-grade adolescents and screening implications. Pediatrics. 2006 Jun;117(6):2065-73. doi: 10.1542/peds.2005-1716.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 16740849 (View on PubMed)

Cullen KW, Hartstein J, Reynolds KD, Vu M, Resnicow K, Greene N, White MA; Studies to Treat or Prevent Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Study Group. Improving the school food environment: results from a pilot study in middle schools. J Am Diet Assoc. 2007 Mar;107(3):484-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2006.12.004.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 17324667 (View on PubMed)

Hartstein J, Cullen KW, Reynolds KD, Harrell J, Resnicow K, Kennel P; STOPP T2D Prevention Study Group. Impact of portion-size control for school a la carte items: changes in kilocalories and macronutrients purchased by middle school students. J Am Diet Assoc. 2008 Jan;108(1):140-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2007.10.005.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 18156001 (View on PubMed)

Studies to Treat or Prevent Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Study Group. Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among a racially/ethnically diverse group of U.S. eighth-grade adolescents and associations with fasting insulin and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance levels. Diabetes Care. 2008 Oct;31(10):2020-5. doi: 10.2337/dc08-0411. Epub 2008 Jun 30.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 18591405 (View on PubMed)

Jago R, Baranowski T, Watson K, Bachman C, Baranowski JC, Thompson D, Hernandez AE, Venditti E, Blackshear T, Moe E. Development of new physical activity and sedentary behavior change self-efficacy questionnaires using item response modeling. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2009 Mar 31;6:20. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-6-20.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19335875 (View on PubMed)

Jago R, McMurray RG, Bassin S, Pyle L, Bruecker S, Jakicic JM, Moe E, Murray T, Volpe SL. Modifying middle school physical education: piloting strategies to increase physical activity. Pediatr Exerc Sci. 2009 May;21(2):171-85. doi: 10.1123/pes.21.2.171.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19556623 (View on PubMed)

HEALTHY Study Group; Kaufman FR, Hirst K, Linder B, Baranowski T, Cooper DM, Foster GD, Goldberg L, Harrell JS, Marcus MD, Trevino RP. Risk factors for type 2 diabetes in a sixth- grade multiracial cohort: the HEALTHY study. Diabetes Care. 2009 May;32(5):953-5. doi: 10.2337/dc08-1774. Epub 2009 Feb 5.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19196888 (View on PubMed)

Baranowski T, Watson KB, Bachman C, Baranowski JC, Cullen KW, Thompson D, Siega Riz AM. Self efficacy for fruit, vegetable and water intakes: Expanded and abbreviated scales from item response modeling analyses. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2010 Mar 29;7:25. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-7-25.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20350316 (View on PubMed)

HEALTHY Study Group; Foster GD, Linder B, Baranowski T, Cooper DM, Goldberg L, Harrell JS, Kaufman F, Marcus MD, Trevino RP, Hirst K. A school-based intervention for diabetes risk reduction. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jul 29;363(5):443-53. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1001933. Epub 2010 Jun 27.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20581420 (View on PubMed)

Jago R, Drews KL, McMurray RG, Thompson D, Volpe SL, Moe EL, Jakicic JM, Pham TH, Bruecker S, Blackshear TB, Yin Z. Fatness, fitness, and cardiometabolic risk factors among sixth-grade youth. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2010 Aug;42(8):1502-10. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181d322c4.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20139783 (View on PubMed)

Marcus MD, Baranowski T, DeBar LL, Edelstein S, Kaufman FR, Schneider M, Siega-Riz AM, Staten MA, Virus A, Yin Z. Severe obesity and selected risk factors in a sixth grade multiracial cohort: the HEALTHY study. J Adolesc Health. 2010 Dec;47(6):604-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.04.017. Epub 2010 Jun 29.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21094439 (View on PubMed)

Siega-Riz AM, El Ghormli L, Mobley C, Gillis B, Stadler D, Hartstein J, Volpe SL, Virus A, Bridgman J; HEALTHY Study Group. The effects of the HEALTHY study intervention on middle school student dietary intakes. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2011 Feb 4;8:7. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-7.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21294869 (View on PubMed)

Mietus-Snyder M, Drews KL, Otvos JD, Willi SM, Foster GD, Jago R, Buse JB; HEALTHY Study Group. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol versus particle number in middle school children. J Pediatr. 2013 Aug;163(2):355-62. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.01.012. Epub 2013 Feb 14.

Reference Type DERIVED
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Buse JB, Kaufman FR, Linder B, Hirst K, El Ghormli L, Willi S; HEALTHY Study Group. Diabetes screening with hemoglobin A(1c) versus fasting plasma glucose in a multiethnic middle-school cohort. Diabetes Care. 2013 Feb;36(2):429-35. doi: 10.2337/dc12-0295. Epub 2012 Nov 27.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23193207 (View on PubMed)

Willi SM, Hirst K, Jago R, Buse J, Kaufman F, El Ghormli L, Bassin S, Elliot D, Hale DE; HEALTHY Study Group. Cardiovascular risk factors in multi-ethnic middle school students: the HEALTHY primary prevention trial. Pediatr Obes. 2012 Jun;7(3):230-9. doi: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2011.00042.x. Epub 2012 Mar 28.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22461375 (View on PubMed)

Marcus MD, Foster GD, El Ghormli L, Baranowski T, Goldberg L, Jago R, Linder B, Steckler A, Trevino R. Shifts in BMI category and associated cardiometabolic risk: prospective results from HEALTHY study. Pediatrics. 2012 Apr;129(4):e983-91. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-2696. Epub 2012 Mar 19.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22430457 (View on PubMed)

DeBar LL, Schneider M, Drews KL, Ford EG, Stadler DD, Moe EL, White M, Hernandez AE, Solomon S, Jessup A, Venditti EM; HEALTHY study group. Student public commitment in a school-based diabetes prevention project: impact on physical health and health behavior. BMC Public Health. 2011 Sep 20;11:711. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-711.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 21933431 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.healthystudy.org

public access to HEALTHY intervention program materials

Other Identifiers

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U01DK061230

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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U01DK061223

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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U01DK061231

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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U01DK061249

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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U01DK061230-HEALTHY

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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